The essays in this collection address the German television series Babylon Berlin and explore
its unique contribution to contemporary visual culture. Since its inception in 2017 the series
a neo-noir thriller set in Berlin in the final years of the Weimar republic has reached
audiences throughout Europe Asia and the Americas and has been met with both critical and
popular acclaim. As a visual work rife with historical and contemporary citations Babylon
Berlin offers its audience a panoramic view of politics crime culture gender and sexual
relations in the German capital. Focusing especially on the intermedial and transhistorical
dimensions of the series across four parts-Babylon Berlin Global Media and Fan Culture The
Look and Sound of Babylon Berlin Representing Weimar History and Weimar Intertexts-the volume
brings together an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars to critically examine
various facets of the show including its aesthetic form and citation style its representation
of the history and politics of the late Weimar Republic and its exemplary status as a
blockbuster production of neoliberal media culture. Considering the series from the perspective
of a variety of disciplines Babylon Berlin German Visual Spectacle and Global Media Culture
is essential reading for students of film TV media studies and visual culture on German
Studies History and European Studies programmes.
