The final season of Babylon Berlin is finally a-go. Cameras are rolling on Season 5, with the first picture teasing more action for Volker Bruch’s police inspector Gereon in the German drama.
According to Beta Film, which produces and sells the show, the story is set to reunite [Gereon] with Liv Lisa Fries’ Charlotte for a final investigation, driven by a glimpse of hope to avoid Germany’s darkest period.” The season is set to the backdrop of Adolf Hitler becoming Reich Chancellor in January 1933 as the end of Germany’s Weimar Republic looms.
Two months later, new elections will give Hitler’s party complete power, but in the five weeks preceding, every German is faced with difficult decisions: to adapt, to risk open opposition, or to flee.
Gereon has disappeared, but Charlotte digs deep into a mysterious case of a series of murders of former front-line soldiers.
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