Electric Decade: Babelsberg Babylon

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Electric Decade: Babelsberg Babylon: Episode 4

Babelsberg Babylon

Episode 4

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

Babelsberg Film Studios, 1929. Jonas Beck comes face to face with Peter X, an obsessive movie fan with horrific injuries from the First World War.

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 4, Jonas Beck comes face to face with Peter X, an obsessive movie fan with horrific injuries from the First World War. What does he have to do with Krista Wolff's disappearance?

Jonas Beck . . . . . Paul Chahidi
Krista . . . . . Cassie Layton
Peter X . . . . . Carl Prekopp
Fischer . . . . . Michael Jibson

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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