MHZ CHOICE RELEASES FIRST TEASER FOR FIFTH AND FINAL SEASON OF LANDMARK GERMAN SERIES "BABYLON BERLIN"

-Eight-episode final season from distributor Beta Film will premiere in the U.S. and Canada in February 2027 on MHz Choice-

Fairfax, VA - September 9, 2026 - Kino Lorber's MHz Choice, the leading streaming service for international dramas and mysteries, has unveiled the first teaser for the highly anticipated fifth and final season of landmark German series Babylon Berlin. The award-winning and acclaimed series from directors Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Henk Handloegten, based on the best-selling novels from Volker Kutscher, returns with eight all-new episodes in February 2027 on MHz Choice in the U.S. and Canada.

Babylon Berlin follows police detective Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch, Generation War), and his partner Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries, Munich) as they investigate complicated cases in Roaring Twenties Berlin, a hotbed of euphoria and rising extremism.

Inspired by motifs from Kutscher's novel Märzgefallene, the fifth season sets off in January 1933, when Hitler's appointment as Reich Chancellor opens the darkest chapter in German history. Detective Charlotte Ritter investigates a series of murders targeting former front-line soldiers. The connections and motives reach back to 1918. An explosive file has disappeared, one that casts Hitler's time as a soldier in the First World War in a new light. Politically incendiary material - and those involved seem willing to stop at nothing to get their hands on the file... even murder. When investigator Gereon Rath suddenly vanishes without a trace, Charlotte does not know whether she will ever see him again.

Alongside starring actors Volker Bruch and Liv Lisa Fries, many familiar faces from previous seasons rejoin the cast, such as Hannah Herzsprung (Four Minutes, The Reader), Karl Markovics (The Counterfeiters), Lars Eidinger (The Light, Dying), Fritzi Haberlandt (From Hilde, With Love), and Christian Friedel (The White Ribbon), among others, while notable new cast members, including Clemens Schick, Ulrich Noethen, and Devid Striesow, are introduced.

Babylon Berlin is directed and written by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries and Henk Handloegten. Babylon Berlin is a production of X Filme Creative Pool in co-production with ARD Degeto, WDR, SWR, HR, Radio Bremen and Beta Film in collaboration with RBB. The series is co-produced by Christoph Pellander and Carolin Haasis (ARD Degeto Film), Alexander Bickel and Caren Toennissen-Brand (WDR), Manfred Hattendorf and Monika Denisch (SWR), as well as Jörg Himstedt (HR). Producers for X Filme are Uwe Schott, Tom Tykwer, Stefan Arndt und Michael Polle, co-producers for Beta Film are Jan Mojto, Dirk Schürhoff und Moritz Herzogenberg. The fifth season of Babylon Berlin is funded by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, as well as the German Motion Picture Fund.

MHz Choice is the exclusive home of Babylon Berlin in the U.S. The series has become an international phenomenon, shown in more than 140 territories, attracting numerous accolades and critical acclaim around the world, with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes for its debut season and its most recent fourth season, and enjoying record streaming and broadcast ratings in Germany. It has collected numerous prestigious awards, including the European Film Academy's inaugural European Achievement in Fiction Series Award, the Rose d'Or Series Award for Best Drama, a Grimme-Preis, the Bambi Award for Best Series, four German TV Awards, as well as dozens of other multiple wins and nominations.

About MHz Choice and Kino Lorber Media Group

MHz Choice is a subscription streaming service that offers viewers in the U.S. and Canada access to a library of over 6,000 hours of international television series, including some of the best mysteries, thrillers and dramas, all subtitled in English, with many available dubbed as well. Popular, world-class series include Babylon Berlin, A French Village, The Art of Crime, The Killing, The Bridge, Murder In... and more. MHz Choice is available as a direct-to-consumer standalone service available on the web, and on all major smart TVs and streaming devices, including Samsung TVs, Vizio TVs, FireTV, AppleTV, Roku and others. The service is also available through Amazon Prime Video Channels, Comcast Xfinity X1 and The Roku Channel. Select MHz content may also be streamed on its free FAST channel MHz Mysteries, available on Amazon Live TV, Samsung TV Plus and Plex. Newcomers to MHz Choice are offered a free 7-Day Trial. For more information, go to mhzchoice.com.

MHz Choice, now in its 10th year, is part of Kino Lorber Media Group (KLMG), which acquires and presents more international content than any other independent media company in the U.S. each year. KLMG also includes Kino Lorber Films, which recently garnered the 2026 Oscar(R) for Best Documentary Feature for Mr. Nobody Against Putin, with 16 Academy Award(R) nominations for its films since the year 2000. Led by Chairman and CEO Richard Lorber, the company also includes the Kino Film Collection, now the fastest-growing subscription service for film lovers, showcasing new releases direct from theaters plus curated, award-winning international, indie, and documentary films and newly restored classics from the Kino Lorber Films library. Additionally, the company brings hundreds of titles annually to the home entertainment and educational markets through digital and physical media releases.

About Beta Film

A leading European independent film and television group, Beta produces, finances, and distributes television and film for the global market. With over 30.000 hours of content, we manage one of the largest libraries in Europe, including numerous Oscar and Emmy-winning productions. For more than 65 years, we have been nurturing strong partnerships with creatives, broadcasters, streamers, distributors, and festivals. As an experienced and independent player, we create alliances and hold stakes in over 40 production companies and distribution labels, while also operating special interest channels throughout Europe. Founded in 1959 by Leo Kirch and owned by Jan Mojto since 2004, Beta is based in Munich, Germany, with offices in the US, Latin America, the Middle East, and throughout Europe. www.betafilm.com