DVD
Babylon Berlin. Season 1
Call Number
- DVD TV SERIES (CEN)
Languages
In German, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Peter Kurth, Matthias Brandt, Leonie Benesch, Severija Janušauskaitė, Ivan Shvedoff, Lars Eidinger, Hannah Herzsprung, Anton von Lucke, Mišel Matičević, Fritzi Haberlandt, Karl Markovics, Ernst Stötzner, Ivo Pietzcker, Henning Peker, Benno Fürmann, Jens Harzer, Jördis Triebel, Christian Friedel, Thomas Thieme, Denis Burgazliev.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2020]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (379 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
Babylon Berlin is a paranoid thriller set in 1929 Berlin, a metropolis in turmoil. The glittering excesses of the city's nightlife sparkle while an army of the impoverished strives for a better life. Organized crime and political extremists take advantage, extending their power throughout town. Gereon Rath, a young cop from Cologne, is transferred to the vice squad in Berlin, which is headed by the seemingly affable Bruno Wolter. Charlotte Ritter is a stenographer for the homicide department who lives a double life in the city's cabarets, a valuable resource for Rath's investigations. He is confronted with a tangled web of corruption, forcing him into an existential conflict as he is torn between loyalty and uncovering the truth. Then a freight train from the Soviet Union arrives, which appears to hold the key to political power--and is a deadly trap for anyone trying to approach it.
Notes
Based on the novel "Der nasse Fisch" by Volker Kuscher.
Originally broadcast as individual episodes on German television in 2017.
Bonus features: Behind-the-scenes footage ; trailers.
Subjects
- Rath, Gereon (Fictitious character) > Drama.
- Police > Germany > Berlin > Drama.
- Organized crime > Germany > Berlin > Drama.
- Corruption > Germany > Drama.
- Conspiracies > Germany > Drama.
- Stenographers > Drama.
- Nineteen twenties > Drama.
- Berlin (Germany) > History > 1918-1945 > Drama.
- Berlin (Germany) > Politics and government > 20th century > Drama.
- Berlin (Germany) > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama.