Electric Decade: Babelsberg Babylon

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Electric Decade: Babelsberg Babylon: Episode 3

Babelsberg Babylon

Episode 3

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Suspenseful drama set amid the creative ferment of 1920s Berlin and its film studio.

Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. The writer Jonas Beck has a run in with a detective investigating the case. But is he really a detective? And what does Jonas have to hide?

By Nick Perry

Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. A major new movie is in production when its star Krista Wolff suddenly disappears. The head of the studio and film's writer are desperate to find her. Each has their own reasons.

In Episode 3, the writer Jonas Beck has a run in with a detective investigating the case. But is he really a detective? And what does Jonas have to hide?

Jonas Beck . . . . . Paul Chahidi
Fischer . . . . . Michael Jibson
Ilse . . . . . Clare Corbett
Barman . . . . . Carl Prekopp

The songs are written by Nick Perry, Nathan Perry and Maureen Glackin, and the music is arranged and performed by Peter Ringrose.

Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko

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Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. A new movie is in production when its star goes missing. The studio head and film's writer are desperate to find her but each has their own reasons.

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