Mieze

Nothing's really changed, Ida's called Mieze, that's all, you lost an arm, careful, you'll end up being a lush, and everything'll start all over again, only worse, and that'll be the end of you ....

The Genius of Berlin Buruma, Ian 2008

By the end of the episode, it is obvious that Mieze is sleeping with other men as a prostitute, in order to support the two of them, so that the situation becomes a mirror of the one that Franz used to have with Eva.

1/9: Berlin Alexanderplatz (parts V-VIII) Ed Howard 2008

His new direction is cemented with the introduction of Mieze the radiant Barbara Sukowa, who Eva brings to Franz to be his girlfriend.

Archive 2008-01-01 Ed Howard 2008

In addition to this newly flowing undercurrent, the episode comes to a head with Franz's complete meltdown at Mieze, while Reinhold watches from hiding.

Archive 2008-01-01 Ed Howard 2008

The anger is tempered by the dispassionate tone of the narrator, whose objectively presented stories suggest the themes at the heart of the Franz/Mieze relationship.

1/9: Berlin Alexanderplatz (parts V-VIII) Ed Howard 2008

Franz's relationship with Mieze introduces a brighter, lighter palette of colors, with sunshine streaming in everywhere and colors that expand beyond the miniseries' typical browns and yellows.

1/9: Berlin Alexanderplatz (parts V-VIII) Ed Howard 2008

Reinhold and Mieze are the other major characters and dominate the film from here on in.

1/9: Berlin Alexanderplatz (parts V-VIII) Ed Howard 2008

His new direction is cemented with the introduction of Mieze the radiant Barbara Sukowa, who Eva brings to Franz to be his girlfriend.

1/9: Berlin Alexanderplatz (parts V-VIII) Ed Howard 2008

When Mieze first appears, Fassbinder keeps the camera on Franz's profile while she walks into the room, her footsteps lightly pattering on the soundtrack as the only hint of her presence.

1/9: Berlin Alexanderplatz (parts V-VIII) Ed Howard 2008

When Franz first learns that Mieze might be duplicitous with him, Fassbinder abruptly cuts to a replay of the scene from the first episode in which Franz kills Ida.

1/9: Berlin Alexanderplatz (parts V-VIII) Ed Howard 2008