Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)
Coming Out at July 16, 2020 in theaters.
Drama
Berlin Alexanderplatz is drama film directed by Burhan Qurbani, and written by Martin Behnke, Alfred Döblin and Burhan Qurbani. The film stars Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng, Joachim Król, Richard Fouofié Djimeli and Mira Elisa Goeres. It primiered at February 26, 2020 on Berlin International Film Festival.
Francis, a 30-year-old refugee, is the sole survivor of a boat that crossed the Mediterranean illegally from West Africa. When he wakes up on a beach in the south of Europe, he is determined to live a regular, decent life, but he winds up in present-day Berlin where a stateless person without a work permit is treated mercilessly. He initially resists an offer to deal drugs in Hasenheide park, but then comes under the influence of Reinhold, his neurotic, sex-addicted pal, a drug dealer and human trafficker who takes him in. When he meets club owner Eva and, after several dramatic experiences, the escort girl Mieze, he feels he’s found something for the first time, something he’s never known before: a little bit of happiness.
Director: Burhan Qurbani
Writers: Martin Behnke, Alfred Döblin (novel), Burhan Qurbani
Stars: Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng, Joachim Król, Richard Fouofié Djimeli, Mira Elisa Goeres
►Cast
| Welket Bungué | ► | Francis |
| Albrecht Schuch | ► | Reinhold |
| Jella Haase | ► | Mieze |
| Annabelle Mandeng | ► | Eva |
| Joachim Król | ► | Pums |
| Richard Fouofié Djimeli | ► | Ottu |
| Mira Elisa Goeres | ► | Katie |
| Rufina Neumann | ► | Moni |
| Lena Schmidtke | ► | Elli |
| Michael Davies | ► | Bantu |
| Nils Verkooijen | ► | Berta |
| Faris Saleh | ► | Masud |
| Benny O.-Arthur | ► | Refugee-drug dealer |
| Derek Meisenburg | ► | Pum’s Body Guard |
| Thelma Buabeng | ► | Amira |
| Lukhanyo Bele | ► | Ayub |
| Thomas Lawinky | ► | Karl |
| Jehdiah Bassey | ► | Zannoovi |
| Dieter Bernhardt | ► | Bodyguard |
| Ceci Chuh | ► | Kelly |
| Devin Dollery | ► | Man on the beach |
| Maria Celestina Dorenburg | ► | Prostitue |
| Carla Louw | ► | Woman on the beach |
| Daza Ouro-Bang’na | ► | Sizzla |
| Hanna Proft | ► | Prostitue |
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