Drugs, dancing, cabaret: Babylon Berlin returns for season three
The Weimar-era detective show has sold to 100 countries, firmly establishing Germany as a serious player in blockbuster series
It has been sold to 100 countries, spawned international interest in the fashions of 1920s Berlin and, in 2020, German’s first TV blockbuster of the streaming era returns for its third season, promising more murder and mystery in the turbulent days of the Weimar era.
Based on the bestselling detective novels by Volker Kutscher, Babylon Berlin is the most expensive non-English language screen production ever. Its cast is a who’s who of Germany’s best actors, headed by Liv Lisa Fries, playing the impoverished stenographer and aspiring detective Charlotte Ritter, and Volker Bruch, who plays her superior, chief inspector Gereon Rath.