Francis, the only survivor of a boat of African immigrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, winds up in Berlin. Living in the fringes of society, he has no choice but to join a drug-dealing gang. Working his way laboriously up the criminal ladder, he commits the ultimate hubris of grasping happiness. A modern take on Alfred Döblin’s masterpiece of German literature that unfolds as a heartbreaking tale of rise and fall, paying tribute to the famous American gangster films of the 70s.
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz
61st TIFF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Burhan Qurbani
- Script: Martin Behnke, Burhan Qurbani
- Cinematography: Yoshi Heimrath
- Editing: Phillip Thomas
- Sound: Michel Schöpping, Simone Galavazi, Gaby de Haan
- Music: Dascha Dauenhauer
- Actors: Welket Bungué, Jella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król, Annabelle Mandeng, Nils Verkooijen
- Production: Sommerhaus Filmproduktion
- Producers: Leif Alexis, Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach
- Co-production: ZDF in collaboration with ARTE, Lemming Film in collaboration with Wild at Art
- Sets: Silke Buhr
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Germany, The Netherlands
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 183'
- Contact: Beta Cinema
Burhan Qurbani
Burhan Qurbani was born 1980 in Germany after his parents moved there in 1979 as political refugees from Afghanistan. His father was a civilian employee in the U.S. Army and so Burhan grew up in different cities all over Germany. In 2002, he started studying Film Directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. For his short films he received the Short Film Prize of German Film Critics, the German Camera Prize for best short and the Black Pearl for the best upcoming filmmaker at the Middle East International Film Festival in 2008. Shahada, Burhan’s first full length feature film, premiered as part of the Official Competition of the 60th Berlinale in 2010. The film had theatrical releases in Germany, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Greece. Shahada also received, amongst many other awards, the Golden Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival and was screened at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar.
Filmography
2007 Illusion (short)
2009 Women Interrupted
2010 Shakada I Πίστη
2014 Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark I We Are Young. We Are Strong
2020 Berlin Alexanderplatz
2009 Women Interrupted
2010 Shakada I Πίστη
2014 Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark I We Are Young. We Are Strong
2020 Berlin Alexanderplatz
