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©2020
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4 videodiscs (759 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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disc 1. Season 1 episodes 1-4 -- disc 2. Season 1, episodes 5-8 -- disc 3. Season 2, episodes 1-4 -- disc 4. Season 2, episodes 5-8
"Babylon Berlin is one of the most critically acclaimed European televisions shows of the decade, a sumptuously paranoid thriller set in 1929 Berlin, a metropolis in turmoil. In Seasons 1 and 2, 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"--Container
Based on the novel "Der nasse Fisch" by Volker Kutscher
Originally broadcast on television in 2017
Wide screen
Features: behind-the-scenes footage; trailers
Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Peter Kurth, Matthias Brandt, Leonie Benesch, Severija Janušauskaitė, Ivan Shvedoff, Lars Eidinger, Hannah Herzsprung
DVD, region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.78:1); 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo
In German with optional English subtitles