“Babylon Berlin” Concludes production on Final season
Berlin, Germany – Production has wrapped on the fifth and final season of the critically acclaimedโ German neo-noir drama Babylon Berlin, adapted from Volker Kutscher’s novel The March Fallen. The series, which debuted in 2017 โขand โคbecame the moast expensive German-language production in history, will be set in Febuary โ1933, during the final days of the Weimar Republic as theโค Nazi party rises to โคpower.
the โfinal season reunites โขdetectives Gereonโ Rath (Volker Bruch) and Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) for one last โcaseโค involving a series of murders targeting former โfront-line soldiers, aโค mystery that willโค connect โฃto Gereon’s past โand the emerging fascist โขleadership. A first-look โฃimage reveals the pair dancing at the 1933 press ball, the last major social event in Berlin before the Nazi takeover.
Series co-creators Tom Tykwer, henk Handloegten, and Achimโ von Borries described โtheโข season as a culmination of the characters’ journeys, stating, “Allโข our characters areโ now finally called upon to show โtheir true colors in a system that โขis being turned upside down beforeโฃ their eyes.โ They fight, dance, implore, betray, sing, scream, โขhate, and love as if ther was โno tomorrow.”
Returning castโค members include Lars Eidinger as Alfred Nyssen,โ Christian Friedel as reinhold Grรคf, Hannah Herzsprung as Helga Rath, Karl Markovics as Samuel Katelbach, andโค Fritzi โคHaberlandt as Elisabeth Behnke. British musician Bryan Ferry, whoโ re-interpreted his and Roxyโ Music’s songs in a 1920s jazz style for the series soundtrack, will also appear in danceโ hall scenes. His 2018 album, “Bitter-Sweet,” was inspired by hisโข work on babylon berlin.
Season 5 will premiere on German public channel ARD and will be available โin โthe U.S. on โstreaming service MHz โคChoice. The seriesโ has been sold โคto โover 140 territories worldwide,lauded โคfor its blend of crime drama,past recreation,and distinctive โฃperiod aesthetic.