Babylon Berlin - 19 October 2018

[James Luckard]

Severija - Zu Asche, Zu Staub (Psycho Nikoros) – (Official Babylon Berlin O.S.T.) - YouTube

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Babyl...lu-ray/211582/

https://www.leoninedistribution.com/filme/150405.html

Universum will be releasing BABYLON BERLIN, the mega-budget historical thriller miniseries, on October 19.

Does anyone know if they usually include English subs? I have a horrible feeling Netflix's US deal will preclude them from having English subs. If so, there should be a UK release soon too.

After one viewing, it's already tied among my favorite shows ever, and may very well be my single favorite show. It is SPECTACULAR on every level - writing, direction, performance, music, cinematography, production design, effects. The only things I can compare it to are TITANIC and LORD OF THE RINGS for re-creating a fantastical world in epic detail and then setting a gripping narrative within it. I haven't seen it, but friends have also compared it to GAME OF THRONES. Yes, it's that good.

The show has about half a dozen story strands that converge with awe-inspiring screenwriting skill toward one of the most powerful climaxes I've ever seen.

The show also does a BRILLIANT job of explaining exactly how the German democracy was strangled by competing forces from the right and left in the 20s, allowing a monster like Hitler to present himself as a savior, and it does this in the form of an electric crime thriller, so it doesn't ever feel like a history lesson. It's heartbreaking to watch the world all these people are in and realize it's on the edge of catastrophe, soon to be obliterated, like TITANIC.

It must be a contractual thing that they had to call the first half of the show "Season 1" and the second half "Season 2." Be aware that there is absolutely no break between them, and that you absolutely cannot watch just the first half, it will make no sense. The 16 episodes form one continuous miniseries. They were shot as one unit, aired as one continuous miniseries in Europe, and premiered as one unit on Netflix in the US.