Netflix Takes German Series 'Babylon Berlin' for U.S.
Netflix has snapped up German period drama Babylon Berlin, one of Europe's most hotly-anticipated new TV series, securing U.S. rights for the show from Run Lola Run and Cloud Atlas director Tom Tykwer.
Based on a series of novels by German writer Volker Kutscher, the Raymond Chandleresque crime story follows German detective, Gereon Rath (played by Volker Bruch), sent to Berlin to investigate a porn ring run by the Russian mafia. The period epic — with a reported budget of $45 million, Babylon Berlin is the most expensive German-language TV series in history — is set against the social and political...
Based on a series of novels by German writer Volker Kutscher, the Raymond Chandleresque crime story follows German detective, Gereon Rath (played by Volker Bruch), sent to Berlin to investigate a porn ring run by the Russian mafia. The period epic — with a reported budget of $45 million, Babylon Berlin is the most expensive German-language TV series in history — is set against the social and political...
- 5/12/2017
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - TV News
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