Berlin Alexanderplatz

As Francis gets washed up on the shores of Southern Europe, he swears an oath to God: From now on he wants to be a new person, a better, decent man. Soon after Francis finds himself in Berlin, where he realizes how hard it is to be righteous when you are an illegal refugee in Germany - without papers, without nation and without a work permit. When he receives an enticing offer from a charismatic German, Reinhold, to earn easy money, Francis initially resists the temptation…

Burhan Qurbani adapts Alfred Döblin’s seminal novel - already adapted by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1980 - and presents an epic and realistic film about outsiders, racism and the nature of contemporary Berlin.

Filmography: We Are Young. We Are Strong (2014), Faith (2010).