Films with: John, Gottfried

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Story of Franz Biberkof, a former transportation worker. When we first see Franz, he has just been released from prison where he has served four years for an irrational act of violence. He returns to his Berlin neighborhood resolved to go straight but forces in his environment, the influences of his cronies, the grinding poverty, the decay of society overwhelm him and he begins his duel with fate.

DVD 5246

Fassbinder collection.

In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden: "When the object of his affection off-handedly commented, 'too bad you're not a girl,' Erwin disappeared to Casablanca and returned as Elvira. Now, adrift and alone amid the maze of streets of Frankfurt, Elvira revisits the people and places of his past"--Container. Martha: "When her domineering father collapses of a heart attack during their vacation in Rome, virginal spinster Martha encounters the man of her dreams, the sadistic engineer Helmut. Their marriage soon becomes a chamber piece of matrimonial terror"--Container.

DVD 4588

Mutter Küsters fahrt zum Himmel Mother Küsters goes to heaven /

A factory worker goes berserk one day killing the boss' son and then throwing himself into the machinery. Trying to clear her husband's name, the murderer's widow journeys through ludicrous arenas of yellow journalism and left-wing politics.

DVD 3473