=the documentary "Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story

", in which cast and crew reflect on their work as if recalling some chunk of an
cient, almost mythological history
=the informative "Notes on the Making of Berlin Alexanderplatz", a 44-minute pro
motional documentary made in 1979 during the shooting of the film
=The half-hour "Berlin Alexanderplatz Remastered" covers the extensive efforts t
aken to restore the film
=the 23-minute interview with Johns Hopkins University professor Peter Jelavich
provides a more singularly intimate deconstruction of the novel and film and the
ir artistic and social importance
=the 80 minutes 1931 film adaptation of the novel, directed by Phil Jutzi and pe
nned by Dblin himself
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=The entire restoration process is documented in detail in the 32-minute Berlin
Alexanderplatz Remastered, directed by Lorenz herself
=Lorenz also directs Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story, a 65-min
ute retrospective where she revisits stars Gunter Lamprecht, Gottfried John, Bar
bara Sukowa, and Hanna Schygulla, cinematographer Xaver Schwarzenberger, and oth
ers, to discuss the production
=The 1980 documentary Notes on the Making of Berlin Alexanderplatz, Hans-Dieter
Hartl's 44-minute snapshot of the production, features invaluable behind-the-sce
nes glimpses of Fassbinder at work
=a video interview with historian Peter Jelavich (an expert on Alfred Dblin's ori
ginal novel and its adaptation)
=a booklet with essays and interviews
=there is Phil Jutzi's 1931 adaptation of the novel, a 91-minute feature directe
d from a script co-written by author Alfred Dblin himself and starring stage acto
r Heinrich George
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