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S01E01: The Punishment BeginsIn 1928 Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for killing his girlfriend Ida. After settling into his old apartment he visits Minna, Ida’s sister. Minna succumbs to his forceful advances. In a flashback we see Franz kill Ida with a cream whip after suspecting she was going to leave him. Franz later runs into his old friend Meck and has a drink with him in Max’s bar, a local place. There he meets a young Polish woman named Lina who moves in with him.
Air Date:
Oct 12, 1980
Runtime:
60 minutes
Production:
Casts:
Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Ivan Desny, Barbara Valentin, Brigitte Mira, Günther Kaufmann, Vitus Zeplichal, Claus Holm, Volker Spengler, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Lilo Pempeit, Annemarie Düringer
