Articles about Tom Tykwer
Babylon Berlin returns for series finale
German crime drama Babylon Berlin will return for a fifth and final season, with filming set to begin this October on eight new episodes.
Directors’ paradise
Tom Tykwer, Henrik Handloegten and Achim von Borries discuss the thrills and challenges of writing and directing period drama Babylon Berlin, an epic crime drama set in Germany during the Roaring Twenties.
Building Babylon
Babylon Berlin recreates 1920s Berlin in exquisite detail to bring Volker Kutchser’s detective Gereon Rath to television. DQ visits the set.
German writers raise their game
It has been a breakthrough year for German TV drama’s profile on the international stage. Andy Fry profiles some of the screenwriters behind the country’s run of success.
To Babylon and beyond
Hot on the heels of some breakout hits, German drama is paving the way for fresh stories to be told as new players enter the original programming game. Michael Pickard reports.