Babylon Berlin — Season 5
Season 5 is based on Kutscher’s novel "The March Fallen". It's set during the last days of the German republic, running from February 1933, just after Adolf Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor of Germany, through March 5, when a violent campaign against his political opponents secured his absolute power through elections.
30. January 1933: Hindenburg appoints Hitler as Reich Chancellor. Germany is threatening dictatorship. Members of the resistance arrive at the Berlin Press Ball in the evening. At the dance with Gereon (Volker Bruch) Charlotte (Liv Lisa Fri…
Dr. Forster (Ulrich Noethen) guards explosive details about his hospital patient Hitler. Charlotte (Liv Lisa Fries) suspects: The Nazis want to get the psychiatrist out of the way. Just like all their opponents. More and more people are dis…
Charlotte (Liv Lisa Fries) is searching for Hitler's 1918 medical record. Goebbels stages the funeral of an SA man as a state act against “red murderers.” Goering (Devid Striesow) orders arrests en masse. The SA penetrates the police appara…
Return: Dr. Forster (Ulrich Noethen), Gereon (Volker Bruch) and his brother have stormed from the press ball. Gereon accompanies Dr. Forster on his escape to Paris. At the stopover in Cologne, you will experience a turbulent night in the ca…
Gereon (Volker Bruch) wakes up severely abused in a Berlin SA prison next to publicist Heymann. Anyone who opposes the movement in the castle will face government councillor Wendt (Benno Fürmann). Resistance is only possible in a well-camou…
At Lieberberg Castle, Nyssen (Lars Eidinger) is looking forward to the meeting with Hitler. Gereon (Volker Bruch) is released by Wendt (Benno Fürmann), but must continue to fear for his life. Under his eyes, the removal of those arrested fr…
27. February 1933. For the dinner at Lieberberg Castle, Rath (Volker Bruch), Wegener (Holger Handtke) and the Armenian (Mišel Maticevic) follow a risky plan. At the same time, the young Dutchman van der Lubbe (Tobias Kersloot) leaves for th…
Nyssen (Lars Eidinger) welcomes his guests from business and politics. On the Reichstag, the first flames ignite. A bomb detonates at the castle. Whoever makes a speech now is dedicated to death. Too late, Rath (Volker Bruch) recognizes the…
