Berlin Alexanderplatz. Part 2
Simon Scardifield鈥檚 dramatisation of Alfred D枚blin's modernist masterpiece set in the ruthless underworld of 1920s Berlin. Ex-con, Franz, is offered another shot at redemption.
A dramatisation by Simon Scardifield from Michael Hofmann's landmark translation of Alfred D枚blin's modernist masterpiece - a novel that exploded into 1929 and changed urban writing forever.
Bruised and battered from his run-in with the ruthless Berlin underworld, Franz is offered another shot at redemption when he comes under the protective influence of two friends from his past.
Narrator ..... Claes Bang
Franz ..... Lee Ross
Reinhold ..... David Hounslow
Eva ..... Clare Corbett
Herbert ..... Mark Edel-Hunt
Mitzi ..... Hannah Genesius
Pums ..... Neil McCaul
Oskar ..... Ryan Whittle
Mack ..... Samuel James
Beer ..... Michael Begley
Schnapps ..... Jasmine Hyde
Keyboard ..... Chris Jack
Detective ..... Justice Ritchie
Ida ..... Grace Cooper Milton
Alice ..... Christine Kavanagh
Produced by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby
Directed by David Hunter and Gemma Jenkins
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