A metropolis in turmoil. From economy to culture, politics to the underworld – everything is in the grip of radical change.Speculation and inflation are already tearing away at the foundations of the still young Weimar Republic. Growing poverty and unemployment stand in stark contrast to the excesses and indulgence of the city's night life and its overflowing creative energy.Gereon Rath, a young police inspector from Cologne, is transferred to Berlin in order to solve a criminal case – a porno ring run by the Berlin Mafia. What at first glance appears to be simply a matter of extortion soon reveals itself to be a scandal that will forever change the lives of both Gereon and his closest associates.Together with stenotypist Charlotte Ritter and his partner Bruno Wolter, Rath is confronted with a tangled web of corruption, drug dealing, and weapons trafficking, forcing him into an existential conflict as he is torn between loyalty and uncovering the truth. And we are left wondering: in this story, who is friend and who is foe?With the political unrest spurred by May Day demonstrations and rising National Socialism, even an institution like the "Rote Burg," Berlin's police headquarters and the centre of democracy and the constitutional state, is increasingly becoming the melting pot of a democracy whose days are numbered.
In 1929, a freight train traveling from the Soviet Union is hijacked. Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Gereon Rath from Cologne pursues a mission in Berlin.
Rath attempts to interrogate König further regarding the missing film reel, while the Russian revolutionaries' location is revealed by an informant.
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.
Second season of the intoxicating German drama. Rath awakes after a long night to be faced with a new case - the massacre of the Red Fortress.
Gereon is reunited with Helga, but his joy is short lived. With her mother dead, Lotte's situation at home worsens.
Rath undertakes a dangerous mission to recover evidence of the secret German airfield based in Russia.
An associate of the Armenian is released from prison. An act of sabotage kills an actress during filming. Helga secretly visits a doctor, as does Rath.
The consequences of Betty Winter's death spell disaster for the film studio Babelsberg and the famous producer Bellmann but there may be more behind her suspicious death. Who was the man responsible for decoration and lightning on set? Why are the files of Greta Overbeck's interrogation suddenly sealed. President of police, Karl Zörgiebel misses his former ally Benda. Can Gereon make sense of it all in a politically unstable time?
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After discovering one of his most trusted colleagues has been murdered, Rath comes to suspect that the killer was someone on the inside
Lotte is kidnapped and held in an ominously familiar location, while Rath and Benda's case against the Black Reichswehr stalls.
Crucial evidence literally falls into Rath's hands, while Lotte unearths a conspiracy to murder an international envoy.
Rath and Lotte race to stop the train robbery in time, while Greta's conscience is torn when she falls into an assassination plot.
The gripping noir reaches a climax as Rath faces a stand-off for train carriage TY 23-05, and the truth behind the Sorokin's gold is finally revealed.
Wendt finds a way to change Greta's testimony. Nyssen's aide asks bank clients about their stock purchases. A casting call is held to replace Betty.
Evidence from Krempin's home reveals his and Rot's interest. A neighbour gives Charlotte something her mother left. Gräf accesses the Benda case file.
Rath, Charlotte and Böhm attend Rot's mysterious event. Nyssen visits Helga, who questions her recent actions. Greta returns to court for sentencing.
Nazis storm Tempo's office in search of Katelbach. The name list leads Rath to identify the men behind Benda's murder. Charlotte catches Vera in a lie.
Rath picks up Richard for a lineup. Ullrich finds a hair in a locket Tilly wore. Nyssen presents a proposal to Gen. Seegers. The Phantom strikes again.
Litten faces a setback in appealing Greta's conviction. Wendt talks economics with Gen. Seegers' daughter. An unconscious Weintraub is forced to talk.
Nyssen finds a way to get his mother's money. Rath learns who Helga's benefactor is. Marie-Luise Seegers approaches Katelbach's landlady with an offer.
Desperate to find Weintraub, the police consult a psychic. Toni's job takes an unexpected turn. Moritz's association with Horst puts him in danger.
Benda's widow gives Wendt a piece of evidence. A crisis bonds Helga and Nyssen. Fingerprints are found on the knife, but Charlotte notices an oddity.
Litten remembers a legal loophole that could save Greta's life. Charlotte visits the inn mentioned in her mother's love letters. Wall Street crashes.
