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Babylon Berlin

2017 5 seasons Drama · Crime

A Weimar-era detective series where a Cologne inspector confronts Berlin's nightlife, political violence and a web of crime.

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About the series

What it’s about

In late 1920s Berlin, police inspector Gereon Rath arrives from Cologne on a delicate mission and is drawn into investigating murders and drug trafficking. The city seethes with social change, emancipation and extremism.

What hooks you

The series is directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Hendrik Handloegten, and stars Volker Bruch as Gereon Rath and Liv Lisa Fries as Charlotte Ritter. It was the most expensive non-English-language series at the time of release. The production embeds hidden details, such as the freight car numbers AB2305 and TY1113, which encode the birthdays of Tykwer and von Borries.

Who it’s for

It is a good pick for those who like historical crime dramas set against a backdrop of political upheaval, with a noir atmosphere and period detail.

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Technical details
Country
Germany
Year
2017
Genres
Drama, Crime
Episode length
45 min
Age rating
18+
MPAA
TV-MA
Status
Off air
World premiere
Oct 13, 2017
Budget$40,000,000

Ratings

MOVIE․ONE · 478 votes
8.5 /10
IMDb
8.433,000
Kinopoisk
8.046,680
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Creative team

All 17
Screenplay Hendrik Handloegten
Starring
  1. 01 Volker Bruch Gereon Rath
  2. 02 Liv Lisa Fries Charlotte Ritter
  3. 03 Leonie Benesch Greta Overbeck
  4. 04 Lars Eidinger Alfred Nyssen
  5. 05 Fritzi Haberlandt Elisabeth Behnke
  6. 06 Mišel Matičević Edgar 'The Armenian' Kasabian
  7. 07 Karl Markovics Samuel Katelbach
  8. 08 Benno Fürmann Günter Wendt
  9. 09 Jens Harzer Dr. Anno Schmidt
  10. 10 Ronald Zehrfeld Walter Weintraub
  11. 11 Christian Friedel Gräf / Reinhold Gräf
  12. 12 Meret Becker Esther Kasabian
  13. 13 Jördis Triebel Dr. Völcker

Trivia

  1. The freight car numbers are AB2305 and TY1113. The numbers encode the birthdays of the series creators Tom Tykwer (May 23) and Achim von Borries (November 13).
  2. The technique of closed-chest cardiac massage was only invented in 1960; in 1956 and 1947 only mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration was used.
  3. The term "serial killer" was coined and came into common use only in the 1970s.
  4. At the time of release, the most expensive non-English-language series.

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