In 1928 Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released after serving four years in Tegel prison for the murder of his girlfriend...

Biberkopf is self-employed, hawking necktie holders on the street, but has trouble making enough and doesn't consider...

Troubled by the dubious nature of Franz's job, Lina introduces him to family friend Otto Lüders, who turns out to be ...

Franz goes on an alcohol binge as former medical orderly Baumann searches for him in rooms in a building opposite the...

Franz, after several fleeting encounters, has finally become reacquainted with his former pimp Eva, who feels a deep ...

Franz explains to Reinhold that he wants Cilly to stay with him. Franz gets sucked into Pums's gang when he is drafte...

Franz has survived, but his right arm has been amputated. He recuperates for a time with Eva and Eva's lover Herbert,...

Franz becomes involved in an illegal enterprise with Willy, whom he met at a cabaret. Eva and Herbert drop by to see ...

Eva explains to Franz that Mieze just wants to work to support him as Franz cannot due to his missing arm. After reco...

As Mieze cannot conceive, Eva tells her she'll have a child with Franz that Mieze can then raise. Mieze is delighted,...

Franz tells Reinhold he wants to get involved with Pums again. Reinhold still has his suspicions but Franz is allowed...

Franz introduces Mieze to Meck. Reinhold blackmails Meck to set up a meeting for him with Mieze. Meck takes Mieze on ...

Franz tells Eva that Mieze has left him. Eva reassures him, though she is a bit concerned herself. A robbery pulled o...

In a fantasy sequence, Franz walks along a street of the dead with two angels. He finds Mieze, but she disappears fro...