THE BASIS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TV SENSATION BABYLON BERLIN INSPIRATION TO THE NETFLIX SERIES BABYLON BERLIN 1932: A drowned man is found in a freight elevator in the giant pleasure palace on Potsdamer Platz; far from any standing water. Inspector Gereon Rath's hunt for a mysterious contract killer has stalled; but this new case will take him to a small town on the Polish border and confrontation with the rising Nazi party.