The psychological uncanny drama series is likely to have the duo: Matthew Beard and Jurgen Maurer. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around the grand cafes and opera houses of 1900s Vienna. It was also in Freud’s Vienna that Theodor Herzl developed Zionism - which ultimately led to the foundation of Israel; the ramifications of which still animate debate. Psychoanalysis and crime investigation have much in common. Vienna Blood is set in Vienna, Austria at the turn of the century - what made you choose Vienna as the setting for the story? Frank Tallis: Vienna - around 1900 - was an extremely exciting place. Get top tips on script-writing and follow the journeys of writers who have come through BBC Writersroom schemes and opportunities. Vienna Blood season 2 plot and cast. Filming locations in Austria for the BBC Two drama series | inews", "BBC – BBC Two acquires major new crime series Vienna Blood – Media Centre", "Vienna Blood air date | cast, plot, review, trailer for BBC Two drama - Radio Times", "Internationaler ORF-Krimievent "Vienna Blood – Die letzte Séance" - tv.ORF.at", "PBS gets taste for Vienna Blood | News | C21Media", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vienna_Blood_(TV_series)&oldid=1003183591, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 January 2021, at 20:17. Freud’s Vienna shaped much of 20th century history and it continues to exert an influence well into the 21st century. Vienna Blood was adapted by the Sherlock writer Steve Thompson from Frank Tallis’s The Liebermann Papers novels. Get behind-the-scenes insights from writers and producers of BBC TV and radio programmes. I suppose one of the key things about it is that the entire show is filmed on location in Vienna. Year: Season 2. Based on the Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis, the series follows Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard), a doctor and student of Sigmund Freud, as he assists Police Detective Oskar Rheinhardt (Jürgen Maurer). [7] Austrian channel ORF 2 aired the show beginning 20 December 2019[8][9], In the United States, PBS showed the series in six forty-five-minute episodes; broadcast began on 19 January 2020. Revolutionary ideas were emerging in all areas of human endeavour: Art, literature, philosophy, science, and most notably, psychiatry. Vienna Blood S2 (3×90’ or 6×45’) is produced by the UK’s Endor Productions and Austria’s MR Film for Austrian pubcaster ORF and its German counterpart ZDF. He preferred the crime drama which will be airing across four nights on Channel 5. Vienna Blood is set in Vienna, Austria at the turn of the century - what made you choose Vienna as the setting for the story? Season: OR . Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt reluctantly offers him full access to the case of a murdered woman. S2, Ep2. Stay updated with the latest posts from the blog. It has shaped how we understand ourselves and our relationships. Vienna Blood (2019– ) Episode List. Of course, this is an adaptation of the books so there’s Frank's vision originally and then you go through various drafts of the script before you finally see it being filmed. It is a fantastic crime series, almost like Sherlock Holmes. The year 2019 has seen its fair share of police and crime dramas on both the BBC and ITV. Vienna Blood (3x90’) is written by acclaimed screenwriter Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Deep State). 2021 The Devil's Kiss. With… It is also interesting that Freud was a great fan of detective fiction. Frank Tallis: It’s curious seeing your work translated from one medium into another. Vienna Blood (3x90’) is written by acclaimed screenwriter Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Deep State). Junior doctor Max Liebermann trails Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt on a murder case. With Matthew Beard, Jürgen Maurer, Charlene McKenna, Conleth Hill. On reflection, this isn’t very surprising. Vienna Blood. Episode 6 Preview. S2, Ep2. The story is set in the early 20th century in the Austrian city of Vienna. I once heard the jazz pianist Oscar Peterson talking about his preference for themes that gave him scope to improvise. Vienna Blood (TV Series 2019– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This is 1906, and the Liebermanns are … Episode 4 Preview. The woman is shot through her heart, but the police find that the woman’s room is locked from inside, and the case involves no gun, no knife, no bullets, just a suicide note. Part of the fun of filming it has been me gradually having an understanding of Vienna and getting to know Vienna. Junior doctor Max Liebermann asks to observe a criminal case for his studies. [1], The series was filmed on location in Vienna and Lower Austria, beginning in October 2018. A continuing sub-theme is the growing anti-Semitism against the Liebermann family. Can you describe the screenwriting process? Vienna Blood. Vienna Blood review – so much like Sherlock it seems like a spoof. Vienna Blood (3x90’) is written by acclaimed screenwriter Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Deep State). [10][11], "Vienna Blood scores high ratings on BBC Two in the UK", "Endor Productions, MR Film and Red Arrow Studios International announce major new drama Series "Vienna Blood, "Where was Vienna Blood filmed? And Vienna is a key character and consequently every scene we got to a different place, a different ballroom, a different salon, a different part of this incredible city. We’ve seen lots of dramas, lots of police dramas about that relationship where psychological profiling is done in order to understand a killer, but this is the birth of the process, this is 1906 and it had never been done before - so what we’re witnessing in this show is the beginning of that process. Vienna Blood is set in 1906 Vienna which at the time was a “hotbed” of philosophy, science and art. 2021 The Melancholy Countess. The show follows a doctor and a detective as they investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders around the city. For me, the experience was a little like hearing a favourite piano piece arranged for full orchestra. The former actor plays Max Liebermann, a Victorian-era English Junior Doctor; also a student of Sigmund Freud; while the latter is a taciturn Detective Inspector Oskar Reinhardt. S2, Ep1. Their latest investigation draws Max and Oskar into the sphere of nationalistic groups who despise Vienna's immigrants. The one aspect of Vienna Blood which makes it stand out from the crime drama crowd is its treatment of antisemitism. 0:30. Created by Steve Thompson. Episode 5 Preview. Even if Vienna Blood had nothing else going for it, it would still be worth watching simply for the superb, cinematic-quality evocation of a stunning wintertime Vienna. Vienna Blood is a 2019 British-Austrian psychological thriller television series set in Vienna, Austria in the 1900s. Needless to say, I took my research very seriously, visiting the coffee houses of Vienna with great frequency and now I really know my Punschkrapfen from my Kaiserschmarren. VIENNA Blood fans will be happy to hear that the BBC is airing repeat episodes of the three-part crime thriller, which had viewers glued to the edge of their seats when it first aired in 2019. Amelia Lydgate (JESSICA DE GOUW)(Image Credit: BBC/MR Film/Endor). This fin de siècle murder mystery about a maverick detective and his doctor sidekick is … Vienna Blood - Season 1 - Episode 1: The Last Seance. Season: OR . You probably accept that parts of your mind function unconsciously, acknowledge Freudian ‘slips’ and use words like ‘defensive’. 0:30. With box-office takings of seven million Reichsmarks, it was one of the most financially successful films of the Nazi era. Andreas Kamm of MR Film said: “’Vienna Blood’ is a fabulous mixture of incredible crime stories infused with entertainment and the unique atmosphere of early 20th Century Vienna. S2, Ep1. Clips & Previews. It was where a young Adolf Hitler served his dictator’s apprenticeship and learned a great deal by observing Vienna’s ‘populist’ mayor. Tell us a little about what inspired you to write the Liebermann books? One could also argue that Vienna in 1900 was the birthplace of modernism. Hear from both writers about the process of adapting the books for the screen. By providing psychological insights into the subjects’ motives, they investigate disturbing murders with success. Psychoanalytic thinking was an essential ingredient of this ‘modern’ outlook. We’ve seen some amazing places, so today we’re filming in the opera which is where one of the climaxes of one of the episodes takes place. 2021 The Devil's Kiss. Their latest investigation draws Max and Oskar into the sphere of nationalistic groups who despise … [3] Locations included the Vienna State Opera house,[4] as well as Schloss Grafenegg, the Vienna University Archive, the Natural History Museum, the Riesenrad, Palais Pallavicini, the Burggarten park, the Arsenal, Café Sperl, and Café Bräunerhof. The Liebermann novels have been translated into fourteen languages. Back in Freud’s day, there was a lot being discussed in those coffee houses over Punschkrapfen and Kaiserschmarren. And quite a lot of the development is a conversation between the director and the writer and also the producers. 2021 The Melancholy Countess. Vienna Blood is written by acclaimed screenwriter Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Deep State). Gentleman Jack season 2 – release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know. Watch Vienna Blood - Season 1 - Episode 2: Queen of the Night - Crime, Drama, Mystery Episode: Oskar is called away from Max and Clara’s engagement party with news of a murder in a Spittelberg brothel. Vienna Blood is adapted from the Liebermann Papers novels by Frank Tallis and season two is likely to do the same. Vienna Blood (German: Wiener Blut) is a 1942 German operetta film, based on the 1899 operetta of the same name. Set in 1906 Vienna, ‘Vienna Blood’ begins with a reported suicide of a female medium. The police just beginning to understand that psychology and psychiatry can actually help them solve a murder. So there’s many voices in the room and that’s what makes the script more robust and richer one would hope as a result.”. Image Source: Daily Express. Vienna Blood (2019– ) Episode List. Vienna Blood is a BBC series that premiered in 2019. 0:30. Solving the case at the military school will impact Oskar and Max in unforeseen ways. We determined estrous cycles of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) (n=4) at the Vienna Zoo, Austria, between June 2003 and January 2006 by measuring serum progesterone levels from weekly blood samples. Steve Thompson: Always when you’re developing a screenplay it can be quite a long journey. What do you hope viewers’ reactions will be to the show? Based on the best-selling Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis, the series begins on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on Monday 18th November 2019. Vienna Blood has come to an end after just three episodes which has left viewers wanting more. But when I’ve gone on book tours and talked to readers in countries like France or Germany, many of them seem to really like the psychoanalysis. Plus, there are very few witnesses, therefore, not enough evidence to come to a conclusion. Vienna Blood Extras. CHRISTOPHER STEVENS gives his verdict on Vienna Blood and Cold Call that were on TV last night. Plot. Read about our approach to external linking. Clues are like symptoms, and the detective is like a psychoanalyst, attempting to make connections in order to find an ultimate cause. You may not consider yourself a Freudian, but you certainly think like one. Frank Tallis (novelist): I have three passions in life: Psychoanalysis, music and cake. Max's fiancée is provoked into taking daring risks before the murderer's shocking rationale is finally revealed. How do you feel about having your novel turned into cinematic TV? Why do you think the Liebermann books hold such international appeal to readers? I think the same principle applies to characters and stories and I was delighted to discover that Max Liebermann and Oskar Rheinhardt could be reinterpreted and given a new lease of life; that they could still surprise even me. Except for the dominant female when she was intensively lactating, all animals showed clear cycles or progesterone release with a mean period of 105.3+/-15.37 days. Vienna Blood starts on BBC2 tonight at 9pm. It’s the same piece - but it sounds very, very different. Max Liebermann (MATTHEW BEARD), Amelia Lydgate (JESSICA DE GOUW)(Image Credit: BBC/MR Film/Endor). So we’ve had two days in the opera house with the opera singers performing and that’s been quite extraordinary. A perpetrator is as elusive as a repressed, unconscious memory. Frank Tallis: Crime writing has always been popular. Oskar is quick to make an arrest, but Max is not convinced that they have the right man. The outcome was a global catastrophe. Yet, we rarely make the connection between Freud’s Vienna and what’s happening in our lives or on the news. A murder investigation draws Max and Oskar into the sphere of nationalistic groups. Oskar quickly arrests a suspect and finds circumstantial evidence to support a conviction. Vienna Blood & Other Poems is in some ways the most synthesizing of Jerome Rothenberg’s recent collections, pulling together work from the 1970s that stands apart from Poland/1931 (1974) and A Seneca Journal (1978) yet at the same time continuing the enactment of past and present begun in those books. Watch Vienna Blood on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer beginning on Monday 18th November 2019 at 9pm. One of his patients (known as The Wolfman) wrote a memoir and in it he reveals that Freud - who we usually think of as a reader of Sophocles and Dostoevsky - was a great fan of Sherlock Holmes! Steve Thompson: There have been so many scenes to watch being filmed. Max's engagement party is interrupted by news of a grotesque series of murders in Vienna's slums. Year: 2021. Frank Tallis: I’m hoping that viewers will reflect on some of the social and political content and recognize its contemporary relevance. Freud was very aware that psychoanalysis and police detection are close cousins. Steve Thompson (screenwriter): The show is about a birth of a science. The key thing is that’s a very collaborative process; Frank is one voice then there is my voice when I turn it into a screenplay then there are the voices of the directors; we’ve had two really great directors Robert Dornhelm and Umut Dag who have directed these three episodes between them. Vienna Blood is a 2019 British-Austrian psychological thriller television series set in Vienna, Austria in the 1900s. [5], The series was a co-production of Endor Productions and MR Film (Austria). Naturally, some melodies contain more possibilities than others. But Max isn't convinced they've got the right man. Their latest investigation draws Max and Oskar into the sphere of nationalistic groups who despise Vienna's immigrants. Latest TV News. VIENNA BLOOD is a detective drama on BBC Two set in Vienna, Austria that follows Max Liebermann and Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a … Max's fiancée is provoked into taking daring risks before the murderer's shocking rationale is finally revealed. In fact, he pointed this out in one of his lectures. Ideas have profound consequences and Freud’s Vienna was a powerhouse of ideas. But there’s a catch. [6], The series of three ninety-minute episodes was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two between 18 November and 2 December 2019. Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt (JUERGEN MAURER), Max Liebermann (MATTHEW BEARD)(Image Credit: BBC/MR Film/Endor). It’s about the birth of psychiatry, neurology and the understanding of the human brain and it’s essentially a crime thriller but the main relationship in the series is between two men; a policeman who is trying to solve a murder and a young psychiatrist from the hospital who he consults to help him build up an understanding of the killer. Keep up to date with events and opportunities at the BBC Writersroom. So, the idea of writing Viennese thrillers in which a doctor-detective attends musical events and visits coffee houses was always very appealing. Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt (JUERGEN MAURER), Else Rheinhardt (KRISTINA BANGERT) (Image Credit: BBC/MR Film/Endor). On 6 July 2020, Endor Productions and MR Film announced that a further series had been jointly recommissioned by ORF, ZDF, BBC and PBS. We might not realize it but we’re still having the same conversations. W.H Auden recognized this extraordinary depth of cultural penetration when he wrote, after Freud’s death in 1939, that he - Freud - is "no more a person now, but a whole climate of opinion.”. Vienna Blood. All episodes of Vienna Blood.