Vienna Blood (TV series)

Television series
Original title	Vienna Blood
Country of production	United Kingdom , Austria
original language	English
year	2019
Production company	Endor Productions, MR Film
length	90 minutes
Episodes	3 in 1 season
genre	Thriller
Director	Robert Dornhelm (Part 1), Umut Dağ (Part 2 and 3)
script	Stephen Thompson
production	Stephen Thompson , Oliver Auspitz , Andreas Kamm
music	Roman Kariolou
camera	Andreas Thalhammer , Xiaosu Han
First broadcast	November 18, 2019 on BBC Two
German-language first broadcast	December 20, 2019 on ORF 2
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Matthew Beard : Max Liebermann Juergen Maurer : Oskar Rheinhardt Conleth Hill : Mendel Liebermann Jessica De Gouw : Amelia Lydgate Amelia Bullmore : Rachel Liebermann Charlene McKenna : Leah Liebermann Petra Morzé : Cosima von Rath Josef Ellers : Sergeant Haussman Alma Hasun : Charlotte Löwenstein Erni Mangold : Concierge Simon Hatzl : Chief of Police Strasser Harald Windisch : Professor Matthias Raphael von Bargen : Inspector von Bülow Luise von Finckh : Clara Weiss Rainer Wöss : Hans Brückmüller Roland Koch : Heinrich Hölderlein Oliver Stokowski : Professor Gruner Karin Lischka : Pink viewfinder Christoph Luser : Otto Braun Maria Bill : Isolde Sedlmair Ursula Strauss : Juno Hölderlein Gerhard Liebmann : Karl Überhorst Heidelinde Pfaffenbichler : Prostitutes Roman Blumenschein : The impartial Lukas Johne : Tramp Thomas Mraz : Krull Margarethe Tiesel : Krull's mother Kristina Bangert : Else Reinhardt Michael Niavarani : Beaver Kathrin Beck : Madame Borek Michael Edlinger : Renz Johannes Krisch : Major Julius Reisinger Andreas Lust : Andreas Olbricht Rafael Gareisen : Long Norman Hacker : Colonel Kabok Edmund Jäger : Police officer Ulrich Noethen : Count of Triebenbach Robert Notsch : poultry dealer Linde Prelog : Olbricht's mother Wolfgang Rauh : Sergeant Laurence Rupp : Ruprecht Hafner Sophie Stockinger : Miss Becker Dominik Warta : Bernhard Becker Stanislaus Steinbichler : Stefan Wolf

Vienna Blood (working title Liebermann ) is a three-part British - Austrian miniseries by the directors Robert Dornhelm (Part 1) and Umut Dağ (Part 2 and 3) with Matthew Beard as doctor and psychoanalyst Max Liebermann and Juergen Maurer as detective Oskar Rheinhardt. The script by Stephen Thompson is based on the Liebermann crime novels by Frank Tallis . The first broadcast took place on November 18, 2019 on BBC Two , the first part of The Last Séance was shown on ORF on December 20, 2019. In Germany, the series is to be shown on ZDF .

Filming for the second season was originally scheduled to start in April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , these were initially postponed to late summer 2020.

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At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Vienna was the city of personalities such as Sigmund Freud , Arthur Schnitzler , Gustav Klimt and Gustav Mahler , ruled by anti-Semitic politicians. In the Viennese coffee houses , philosophy, science and art are discussed; the psychoanalysis initiated by Freud is still in its infancy.

The young doctor Max Liebermann, a fine spirit plagued by doubts, is a student of Freud. The Viennese detective Oskar Rheinhardt has to deal with a bizarre murder case, in the course of the investigation he comes into contact with Liebermann. Together Rheinhardt and Liebermann form a successful team of investigators.

Production and Background

The shooting of the first episode, The Last Séance, took place from October 15 to November 16, 2018 in Vienna and the surrounding area. Part two and three were filmed from February 11th to April 12th, 2019.

The production was supported by the Vienna Film Fund , the Austrian TV Fund and the Province of Lower Austria , and the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and ZDF were involved . In 2019 the BBC acquired the rights.

The series was produced by the Austrian MR Film and the British Endor Productions, in which Red Arrow Studios are involved. Peter Christelis was responsible for the cut, Thomas Oláh for the costume design, Bertram Reiter for the equipment and Michaela Payer for the make-up.

The film was shot in English ; the German-speaking actors synchronized themselves for the German-language version.

Episode list

No. (total)	No. (St.)	German title	Original title	First broadcast in UK	First broadcast AT	First broadcast DE	Director
1	1	The last seance	The Last Seance	18th November 2019	20th December 2019	-	Robert Dornhelm
2	2	Queen of the Night	Queen of the Night	November 25, 2019	-	-	Umut Dağ
3	3	The lost Son	The Lost Child	2nd December 2019	-	-	Umut Dağ

reception

The first episode, Vienna Blood - The Last Séance , was watched by an average of 1.8 million viewers when it first aired on BBC Two on November 18, 2019, with a market share of nine percent.

The Guardian wrote about Vienna Blood : "So much like Sherlock it seems like a spoof".

Awards (selection)

Romy Awards 2020

• Awarded the ROMY International

Web links

• Vienna Blood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Vienna Blood at Fernsehserien.de
  • Vienna Blood - The last seance at crew united
  • Vienna Blood - 2nd episode on crew united
  • Vienna Blood - 3rd episode on crew united
• Vienna Blood on the BBC website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Timo Niemeier: "Liebermann": ZDF, ORF and Red Arrow produce new crime series. In: DWDL.de . October 15, 2018, accessed November 18, 2019 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Glenn Riedmeier: "Liebermann": ZDF and ORF produce historical crime series - a novel adaptation with Matthew Beard and Juergen Maurer. In: Wishlist.de . October 15, 2018, accessed November 18, 2019 . 
3. ↑ BBC Two - Vienna Blood - Episode guide. In: BBC . Retrieved November 18, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Liebermann. In: Wishlist.de . Retrieved November 18, 2019 . 
5. ↑ The 2nd season "Vienna Blood" and twelve other TV projects receive funding. February 13, 2020, accessed February 14, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Uwe Mantel: Three more episodes: "Vienna Blood": to be continued before the ZDF premiere. In: DWDL.de . July 6, 2020, accessed July 6, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Covid infection from star director breaks ORF production start. In: Vorarlberger Nachrichten . August 20, 2020, accessed August 21, 2020 . 
8. ^ Coronavirus: Dornhelm in treatment, "Vienna Blood" on ice. In: Kurier.at . August 21, 2020, accessed on August 21, 2020 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Robert Dornhelm stages the international ORF / ZDF crime event "Liebermann". In: ORF.at . Retrieved November 18, 2019 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Vienna Blood - The last seance at crew united . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
11. ↑ ^{a b} "Liebermann - 2nd episode / Vienna Blood - II. At crew united . Retrieved on November 18, 2019.
12. ↑ ^{a b} "Liebermann - 3rd episode / Vienna Blood - III. At crew united . Retrieved on November 18, 2019.
13. ^ Vienna Blood. In: Vienna Film Fund . Retrieved December 21, 2019 . 
14. ↑ BBC buys international ORF co-production "Liebermann". In: Kurier.at . August 19, 2019, accessed November 18, 2019 . 
15. ^ "Vienna Blood": murder hunt in gloomy Vienna. In: ORF.at . Retrieved December 21, 2019 . 
16. ↑ ORF event "Vienna Blood" starts successfully on the BBC. In: Kurier.at . November 19, 2019, accessed November 19, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Successful BBC premiere for ORF event “Vienna Blood - The Last Séance”. November 19, 2019, accessed November 19, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Emine Saner: Vienna Blood review - so much like Sherlock it seems like a spoof. In: The Guardian . November 18, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Anna-Maria Wallner: More Sherlock than Freud in the "Viennese Blood". In: The press . December 19, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Christoph Silber: ROMY despite (t) Corona: A TV evening of surprises and emotions. In: Kurier.at . May 12, 2020, accessed May 12, 2020 . 
21. ↑ Christoph Silber: Blood and Games: The special prices of the ROMY 2020. In: Kurier.at . May 12, 2020, accessed May 12, 2020 .