Berlin Alexanderplatz — Season 1, Episode 13: The Outside and the Inside and the Secret of Fear of the Secret

Episode synopsis

Franz tells Eva that Mieze has left him. Eva reassures him, though she is a bit concerned herself. A robbery pulled off by Pums' gang goes wrong and Franz takes Meck to his apartment to bandage his welding injury. Meck tells Franz that Reinhold is a bad guy, but Franz claims he has a good heart. Meck takes the police into the woods and helps them find Mieze's body, telling them he helped bury her. Eva brings Franz a newspaper that relates Mieze's murder; Franz lapses into demented laughter before vowing to kill Reinhold.

About Berlin Alexanderplatz

In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Punishment Begins
• E2How Is One to Live If One Doesn’t Want to Die?
• E3A Hammer Blow to the Head Can Injure the Soul
• E4A Handful of People in the Depths of Silence
• E5A Grim Reaper with Powers from Almighty God
• E6Love Has Its Price
• E7Remember—An Oath Can Be Amputated
• E8The Sun Warms the Skin, But Burns It Sometimes Too
• E9About the Eternities Between the Many and the Few
• E10Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls
• E11Knowledge Is Power and the Early Bird Catches the Worm
• E12The Serpent in the Soul of the Serpent