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s04e12 · 2022-11-12
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Babylon Berlin
Sky 1 Scripted
What it is
A metropolis in turmoil. From economy to culture, politics to the underworld – everything is in the grip of radical change.Speculation and inflation are already tearing away at the foundations of the still young Weimar Republic. Growing poverty and unemployment stand in stark contrast to the excesses and indulgence of the city's night life and its overflowing creative energy.Gereon Rath, a young police inspector from Cologne, is transferred to Berlin in order to solve a criminal case – a porno ring run by the Berlin Mafia. What at first glance appears to be simply a matter of extortion soon reveals itself to be a scandal that will forever change the lives of both Gereon and his closest associates.Together with stenotypist Charlotte Ritter and his partner Bruno Wolter, Rath is confronted with a tangled web of corruption, drug dealing, and weapons trafficking, forcing him into an existential conflict as he is torn between loyalty and uncovering the truth. And we are left wondering: in this story, who is friend and who is foe?With the political unrest spurred by May Day demonstrations and rising National Socialism, even an institution like the "Rote Burg," Berlin's police headquarters and the centre of democracy and the constitutional state, is increasingly becoming the melting pot of a democracy whose days are numbered.
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8 this season · 40 totals01e01 Episode 1 2017-10-13 18:15
Episode 1
In 1929, a freight train traveling from the Soviet Union is hijacked. Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Gereon Rath from Cologne pursues a mission in Berlin.
s01e02 Episode 2 2017-10-13 19:15
Episode 2
Rath attempts to interrogate König further regarding the missing film reel, while the Russian revolutionaries' location is revealed by an informant.
s01e03 Episode 3 2017-10-20 18:15
Episode 3
Kardakov flees after the Soviet attack on The Red Fortress. Rath receives an uninvited guest in his apartment.
s01e04 Episode 4 2017-10-20 19:15
Episode 4
The May Day stand-off between communist protesters and police erupts in bloody violence.
s01e05 Episode 5 2017-10-27 18:15
Episode 5
As Berlin becomes increasingly politically charged, those in charge look to change the discourse on the May Day violence.
s01e06 Episode 6 2017-10-27 19:15
Episode 6
Kardakov seeks help in retrieving the Sorokins' gold. Rath faces a moral dilemma, and Bruno makes a power play.
s01e07 Episode 7 2017-11-03 19:15
Episode 7
Lotte's private investigation leads her to the depot where the hijacked train is held. Rath relives painful memories of the front.
s01e08 Episode 8 2017-11-03 20:15
Episode 8
Rath and Bruno finally get a lead to the location of the missing film reel, but after the truth come the consequences.