With “Babylon Berlin”, ARD and Sky have achieved real viewing figures and critical success in recent years and have established German series as a serious brand on the international market, even ahead of Netflix hits like “Dark”. The long-awaited fourth season of the historical series about the police team Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) and Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) premiered over a year ago on Sky and WOW. All non-subscribers of this provider now have a reason to be happy: Because from October 1, 2023, the new episodes will finally be available on free TV and are already available in the media library.
Those looking forward to a classic TV event can watch the twelve episodes of the new season for four consecutive days on Das Erste until October 4. On Sunday and Monday there are four episodes each from 8:15 PM, on Tuesday two episodes can be seen from approximately 10:10 PM and on Wednesday the last two episodes can be seen from approximately 9:45 PM.
But if you are tired of waiting and right on the weekend wants to bear the consequences, You can now even stream the entire fourth season in the ARD media library – completely free, without a subscription and as often as you want.
That’s what the fourth season of “Babylon Berlin” is about
In the fourth season, the proven team of directors and writers around Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Henk Handloegten takes us to Berlin in the 1930s, where not only the economic crisis has left its mark, but the city is also slowly but surely becoming affected. the shift to the right will overrun the nation.
In the middle of all this is Inspector Gereon Rath, who ends up between the two and endangers not only his relationship with colleague Charlotte Ritter, but also his own conscience. Meanwhile, Charlotte struggles with her relationship with her sister Toni (Irene Böhm), which draws her deep into the cycles of homelessness on the streets of Berlin.
The season features a number of well-known and opulent settings such as the Moka Efti and the commissariat in the Red Castle, but also new impressive locations such as the Jewish Scheunenviertel and the boxing mile of the Berlin underworld with all its eccentric characters.
New locations and faces in season 4
Among the newcomers is Jewish-American gangster Goldstein (Mark Ivanir), who provides the title for Volker Kutscher’s novel, on which the fourth season of ‘Babylon Berlin’ is based. Goldstein still has a score to settle in Berlin and comes into contact with the increasingly insane millionaire Alfred Nyssen (Lars Eidinger) and his wife Helga (Hannah Herzsprung), who we already know from previous seasons.
Even though fans were shocked a few months ago by the news that Sky was canceling all German in-house productions, in any case the production of the fifth season of “Babylon Berlin” should not be affected by this and should instead be solely produced by ARD must be dealt with. . So it goes on…