Babylon Berlin - Season 1 (TV 2018): German. Berlin 1929 is gritty, decadent, corrupt. Socialists, Fascists, WWI vets, vice squad and homicide. A policeman from Cologne gets drawn into several convoluted plotlines. Weimar noir. An early long musical club scene is mesmerizing. B+
Babylon Berlin - Season 2 (TV 2018): German. Berlin 1929 is even more gritty, decadent, corrupt. Socialists, Fascists, and criminals all vie to get a train full of gold. The convoluted plot lines in Season 1 all come together nicely, with lots of tension and exciting twists. B+
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