A Berliner, however, in white tie and tails. Champagne in hand. A study in elegance, charisma and silkily ironic wit. A Jazz Age Berliner, that is, from the Weimar era. Wait, sorry. I got a little ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Berlin in the late 1920s was a dynamic, fast-paced city with a remarkably seedy underbelly. As the ...

The epic German period drama will close with a final 8-episode arc leading up to the Nazis seizing power in 1933.

Babylon Berlin is a new TV drama set in the artistically rich, if louche, pre-World War II Weimar-era Berlin. With lavish song and dance numbers and a fantastic soundtrack, it quickly became a hit in ...

In the 1920s, Yiddish was more than just a lingua franca for East European Jewish émigrés; it was also a language of high culture, as demonstrated by a brilliant new book, “Yiddish in Weimar Berlin: ...

The show (now on Netflix) captures a briefly exhilarating time between the world wars, when Berlin had a raging nightlife, a flourishing cabaret... Germany's 'Babylon Berlin' Crime Series Is Like ...

When I worked on Time magazine years ago, editors who weren’t satisfied with stories that writers had written would order up “new versions,” known as “NVs.” Over the years, I have been exposed to ...

After the German Empire lost the First World War and the Kaiser abdicated, the newly established Weimar Republic lingered in ...

At the center of Carnegie Hall’s announcement of its 2023-24 season is “Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice,” a festival stretched over five months devoted to the beautiful and ...

Netflix found another quality coproduction in Germany's "Babylon Berlin," a crime series and binge-worthy period piece. The third season has been bought in 35 countries, and will continue streaming in ...