"In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld."
Günter Lamprecht
as Franz Biberkopf
Hanna Schygulla
as Eva
Barbara Sukowa
as Mieze
Gottfried John
as Reinhold Hoffmann
Ivan Desny
as Pums
Barbara Valentin
as Ida
Brigitte Mira
as Frau Bast
Günther Kaufmann
as Theo
Vitus Zeplichal
as Rudi
Claus Holm
as Wirt
Volker Spengler
as Bruno
Elisabeth Trissenaar
as Lina
Lilo Pempeit
as Frau Pums
Annemarie Düringer
as Cilly
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
as uncredited
Margit Carstensen
as Angel #1
Thomas Schühly
Assistant Director
Anni Nöbauer
Makeup & Hair
Peter Märthesheimer
Producer
Gunther Witte
Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
Günter Rohrbach
Klaus Heim
Hans R. Weiss
Sound
Dieter Minx
Production Manager
Olaf Schiefner
Props
Fritz Goldmann
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Harry Baer
Renate Leiffer
Barbara Baum
Costume Design
Theo Nischwitz
Visual Effects
Monika Jacobs
Costume Assistant
Wulf Gasthaus
Location Manager
Karsten Ullrich
Franz Walsch
Josef Vavra
Assistant Director of Photography
Doris Glatz
Continuity
Theo Müller
Rüdiger Lange
Unit Manager
Helmut Gassner
Set Designer
Werner Achmann
Art Department Manager
Gisela Schneider
Production Secretary
Peter Knöpfle
Michael Assinger
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Director of Photography
Alfred Döblin
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