• Director(s)

    Henk Handloegten

  • Production Year

    2017

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Peter Kurth, Matthias Brandt, Leonie Benesch, Severija Janusauskaite

TV Show

Babylon Berlin

strong sex, gory violence

  • Director(s)

    Henk Handloegten

  • Production Year

    2017

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Peter Kurth, Matthias Brandt, Leonie Benesch, Severija Janusauskaite

strong sex
Classified Date:
19/12/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episodes 1-16
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strong sex, gory violence
Classified Date:
29/01/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
e, a, s, S, o, 3, n
strong sex, gory violence
Classified Date:
29/01/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 3 Episodes 1-12
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strong bloody images, threat, violence, nudity, racism, drug misuse
Classified Date:
09/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
One person murders another by stepping on their hand as they dangle from the side of a building, resulting in bloody aftermath detail. There are scenes of racially-motivated violence in which Jewish people are beaten, struck, thrown to the ground or dragged by their hair, all without visible injury detail.
threat and horror
A man who is undergoing medical experimentation sees a series of disturbing and bloody hallucinations. There is further threat during scenes in which members of the SA unleash a wave of antisemitic violence.
discrimination
Members of the SA are shown attacking Jewish people in the street, destroying or defacing their property and shouting antisemitic slogans. In another scene a Nazi uses the terms ‘fag’ and ‘poofs’. The episode does not condone discrimination.
drugs
There is fleeting sight of a party guest snorting a substance implied to be cocaine.
injury detail
A man hallucinates a series of images of people covered in blood, and in another scene we see a murder victim lying in a pool of blood. The opening title sequence features a brief stylised image of a body hanging from a noose, without strong detail.
nudity
There is a short sequence of breast nudity when a woman takes off her shirt and straddles a man’s lap, implying off-screen sex.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘bitch’, ‘asshole’, ‘shit’ and ‘crap’.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
09/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There are strong bloody images of a dead body in the aftermath of an off-screen murder, including sight of a long cut across the victim's throat. The opening titles feature a brief stylised image of a body hanging from a noose, without strong detail.
additional issues
There are non-graphic verbal references to Nazis having attacked Jewish people in the street and destroyed their property, and a man expresses antisemitic views blaming Jewish people for the German economic crisis; however, discrimination is clearly criticised. Bad language includes ‘bitch’ and ‘bastard’. Scenes of moderate violence include one in which a teenager strikes a little boy across his face, knocking him off his feet. There are infrequent moderate sex references. Other issues include a sequence of vomiting.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
09/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There are strong bloody images of dog carcasses being butchered and cooked, with sight of a dog's head in a pan. We see an animal feasting on the bloody carcass of another, after they are made to fight off-screen.
additional issues
There are brief, undetailed references to paedophilia. A person is hit by a truck in an abrupt, ‘jump scare’ moment. There are moderately upsetting scenes of child poverty and neglect. There is moderate bad language, with terms like ‘shit’ and 'piss', and infrequent use of a homophobic term ('faggot').
drug misuse
Classified Date:
09/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
drugs
There is brief sight of a woman snorting cocaine from a small bottle.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal references to the historic sexual abuse of children. A man is shot in the head in a darkly lit scene, but we do not see blood or detail. A man is stabbed in the back, but we do not see the knife enter his body and there is little blood. There are scenes of boxing violence and moments of gun threat. Mild bad language includes the term 'shit', 'arsehole' and 'bastard'.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
09/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A dead body is found tied to a chair with dozens of pieces of paper gruesomely nailed to his head and body, resulting in sight of bloody injury. There is brief sight of bloody clothing after a stabbing.
additional issues
A man is stabbed with a knife. There are scenes of gun threat. Mild bad language includes the terms 'shit' and 'crap'. There are undetailed references to the suspected murder of street children.
moderate sex, violence, threat
Classified Date:
09/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is hit in the head with a metal pipe, then hit again off-screen when he is down, resulting in sight of blood. A man attempts to subdue an elderly woman with an unspecified liquid soaked into a cloth, leading to a brief struggle as they fall to the ground. A child briefly wields a knife to keep a policeman and social worker away, but is quickly disarmed. There are undetailed verbal references to children being beaten and murdered.
threat and horror
A woman is kidnapped and held prisoner with another in the hold of a boat. A car bomb is set as part of a murder plot. There are scenes of gun threat.
sex
A man and woman have sex in a kitchen. There is no nudity, but we see some passionate movements and hear moans of pleasure.
additional issues
There is mild bad language, including the terms 'shit' and 'crap'. A man shouts aggressively at his elderly mother.
strong sex, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
16/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of strong violence include characters wrestling and exchanging crunchy blows, resulting in bloody aftermath detail. A character holds a man in a chokehold until he passes out and repeatedly punches his face. Other moments include sight of blood splattering onto a car windscreen and a montage of gangland shootings.
sex
There is a scene of strong sex, with resulting sexualised breast and buttock nudity.
injury detail
Police come across a gruesome discovery of a dead body with a rat stuffed in its mouth and blood splatter across its face and clothing. There is also sight of a dead body hanging from a noose, without strong detail.
additional issues
There is a scene of racially-motivated violence in which an elderly Jewish man is kicked to the floor and verbally abused. However, he is prevented from coming to any further harm and the perpetrators are punished. Discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole. A doctor injects a character's neck with an unidentified liquid using an hypodermic needle before a wrestling match. Drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole.
strong sex
Classified Date:
16/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Two men are discovered and photographed having undetailed anal sex in a public park; there is some thrusting but no nudity. There are other moderate sex scenes between a man and woman, with no nudity. There is brief breast nudity from performers during a stage show.
additional issues
There are moderate scenes of violence during a brawl that breaks out in a club, with punches, shoves and a man's head slammed against a table. A man has a bloody nose after an implied but unseen physical assault. Mild bad language includes the terms 'dickhead', 'bastard', 'ass', 'God' and 'damn'.
strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
16/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of strong violence include shootings and a brief strangulation using a length of rope. When attempting to flee a villainous character, a woman stabs the man in the back, hits him around the head with a frying pan and plunges him into a vat of boiling water. Other moments include a man slapping a woman to the ground during a tussle.
injury detail
There is sight of injuries resulting from violence including bruises and bloody cuts, as well as sight of blood on faces, hands and clothing. A crime scene reveals the skeletal remains and decomposed dead bodies of people killed by a shadowy right-wing organisation.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate threat include a kidnapped character trapped inside a barge attempting to escape. There is infrequent use of the antisemitic term 'the eternal Jew'. Racism is not condoned by the work as a whole. Moderate bad language occurs ('bitch').
strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
22/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A group of unarmed characters are ambushed by a man with a machine gun. There are shootings accompanied by blood spurts and a throat slashing. A man is engulfed in flames and thrown through a window when a bomb explodes.
injury detail
There are images of dead bodies in aftermath of violence, and sight of a body submerged in river.
additional issues
There is use of moderate bad language ('prick').
moderate violence, bloody images, threat
Classified Date:
22/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is punched in the face resulting in a blood spurt and aftermath sight of him unconscious.
threat and horror
A gun is placed under a man's chin during a line of questioning and a spy is physically threatened by her handler.
additional issues
Mild bad language includes ('son of a bitch') and milder terms ('hell', 'damn').
strong bloody violence, sex
Classified Date:
22/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is restrained in a chair and beaten repeatedly, resulting in bloody injury detail. Soldiers punch, kick and push people working in an office building when they attempt to take it over. Soldiers shoot people in bloodless scenes. A man is pinned against a wall and repeatedly beaten. Another man is hit in the head with a heavy object and set alight. We see moderate, crunchy blows exchanged during a boxing match.
sex
A man and woman have sex, with brief sight of breast nudity.
additional issues
There is mild bad language, including terms like 'bullshit' and 'damn'. Characters are held at gunpoint and threatened with execution. Crowds at a boxing match behave in a discriminatory way toward a boxer, chanting for 'gypsies to go home'.
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  • Classified date

    19/12/2018

  • BBFC reference

    AVV370015

  • Distributor

    RLJE International Ltd

  • Language

    German