Babylon Berlin : Season 1

Berlin, April 1929: Cologne police lieutenant Gereon Rath joins his colleague Bruno Wolter in the investigation against a porn ring in Berlin. After a raid his case turns into a new direction after stumbling over a photograph. He meets the stenographer Charlotte Ritter who feeds her family with work for the police. In a heist on a freight train russian revolutionaries append a wagon with explosive content to be smuggled to Berlin.

Gereon Rath’s interrogation of arrested porn producer King is completely out of control. Charlotte Ritter accidentally rescues Rath from a delicate situation in the praesidium and is privy to one of his secrets. In the evening she goes dancing in the Berlin club “Moka Efti”. In the ranks of the Russian revolutionaries there is a momentous betrayal.

Kardakov flees after the Soviet attack on The Red Fortress. Rath receives an uninvited guest in his apartment.

The May Day stand-off between communist protesters and police erupts in bloody violence.

As Berlin becomes increasingly politically charged, those in charge look to change the discourse on the May Day violence.

Kardakov seeks help in retrieving the Sorokins' gold. Rath faces a moral dilemma, and Bruno makes a power play.

Lotte's private investigation leads her to the depot where the hijacked train is held. Rath relives painful memories of the front.

Rath and Bruno finally get a lead to the location of the missing film reel, but after the truth come the consequences.