Internal combustion engine with partial piston twisting

A reciprocating internal combustion engine comprising:

• a line of cylinders arranged in parallel which are joined via connecting rods and pistons by a crank drive jointly mounted in a crankshaft bearing, the crankshaft bearing being offset relative to a respective cylinder axis of each of the cylinders such that each of the cylinders is laterally offset from a center of a same crankshaft of the crank drive, the cylinders alternatingly having a positive offset and subsequently a negative offset from the center of the same crankshaft, as seen in a lengthwise direction of the internal combustion engine.