Rainer Returns

When word of the current screening of Berlin Alexanderplatz would be screened this month at MOMA, I was very, very hopeful that it might finally be coming to DVD. Today's article in the Times confirms that it is coming "later this year." So time to start thinking of stuffing the little ones' Christmas stockings with 13-hours of Weimar high operatic drama. Any guesses on the number of DVDs and price? I say three at $79.99. And, yes, it will be worth every little Deutschmark.