巴比伦柏林第一季

为什么我说这部剧是盖世太保养成记呢？

诸如魏玛共和国的世态万象不是更好麽？

贴合片名《babylon berlin》，那就先说片名好了，这个高明的片名，直接奠定了整部剧的优秀，berlin前面加个babylon，让人好费解。

孤陋寡闻如我，百度了babylon，得到的解释是：巴比伦，奢华淫靡的城市，任何大的富庶的或罪恶的城市。

一个简单的片名，暴露了编剧的文学素养，妈也，太高超了，不就是要讲当时柏林这座城市的奢华淫靡嘛，比喻象征全用上了，babylon/berlin两个单词首尾字母还一样，顺便又给优秀的导演一次设计精巧片头的机会。

那么就继续讲讲这个让我“爱不释眼”的片头好了，因为嘛，babylon/berlin两个单词首尾字母一样，正好可以组成一个圆形，这个组合的圆形被设计为万花筒，片头的每一帧影像都以万花筒呈现，一则代表柏林这座城市中的万种世相，二则表示当时身处柏林这座城市中的人们的分裂、癫狂和迷乱。

所以呢，片名和片头点题点得精准又不失巧妙，可这仅仅只是导演和编剧十分之一的优秀哟。

令我着迷的本剧的剧本，有着万花筒般令人眩晕迷乱的错综情节和宏大背景，题材的多样使之更加复杂。

简单地说，这是一个放在一战后希特勒上台前的德国有着多种政治背景下的犯罪刑侦剧，可以说综合了历史题材、政治题材、刑侦题材以及悬疑。

整个故事情节由案件推动，同时支线情节交错进行。

第一季的主线案件是捣毁黄色录像带任务（属于政治任务），支线情节主要是一班夹带私货的火车，由此引出当时存在于德国国内的多个政治派别，其中有托洛斯基派、德国共产党（红色堡垒）、亚梅利亚人（黑社会）、执政的社会民主党等等。

政治背景的交代在第一季中还是较为模糊的，一些主要人物的动机也不明确，所以第一季的故事主体是当时魏玛共和国的首都柏林万象的展现，作为第二季的序幕，它展现的不仅是那些政治派别或组织，还有当时柏林从底层到上层的各个阶层的代表人物，浮华之下的乱象，盛景背后的荒唐，拉开了这座巴比伦之城的帷幕。

而从第二季开始故事的主线则转向那班夹带私货的火车，支线主要是越来越明晰的政治斗争，政治派别从极左到极右一一浮现，除了第一季已出现的托洛斯基派、德国共产党、亚梅利亚人之外，剧中几个主要人物的保皇派或民族主义者的身份也渐次显露，最后政治身份不一的各个团伙全部聚焦在火车事件中。

所以呢，虽然这个剧本背景繁复，却作了戏剧化的巧合处理，在繁复的政治背景下讲了一个侦探故事，再从侦查过程中牵扯出政治斗争，而这一切由火车引起至火车结束，画了一个可以自圆其说的圆，完美。

这样复杂的剧本着实考验导演的调度功力，在我看来，作为铺垫的第一季更加优秀，这一季通过剧情的铺开展示了柏林这座巴比伦之城的众生世相，这是魏玛共和国腐化和衰败的开端，同时也是盖世太保养成的客观环境，这会不会使你想到究竟是法西斯选择了希特勒还是希特勒选择了法西斯？

反正我是想了，其实浅薄如我连纳粹是什么都不知道，看懂这部电视剧对我来说何其困难。

不过一部电视剧可以激起厌恶政治的我对魏玛共和国历史的兴趣，足以说明导演和编剧的能耐。

还是回到导演的镜头语言，由他的镜头语言我看到了一朵恶之花带着死亡气息的美，所谓美则美矣，然绝望也。

比如第一季的某一集开篇，伴随着一首优美的莱茵小调，镜头划过清晨薄雾中柏林护城河的河面，色调浓郁而冷峻，之后镜头下沉至河水中，是一具惨白的尸体，这便是本剧的基调，BGM很美，色调很美，展示的却是混乱不安和死亡。

而导演尤为擅长且运用最为圆熟的则是剪辑和蒙太奇，配合主线和各个支线情节的相互交错展开的，往往是一首歌曲和一段快速的蒙太奇，杀戮和狂欢同时进行，轻而易举将故事推向高潮。

最后回到人物，也是我的主题，盖世太保，这是在拉开帷幕的第一季后，第二季逐渐展露出的主题，聚集在了人物身上。

剧中的两个警察，Gereon和Bruno，是刻画最饱满、多面、真实的人物，他们都有善良、正义感的一面，作为警察，业务能力也都不差，同时他们也都参加过一战，Gereon是带着父母的嫌弃和心爱的女人成了嫂子的苦痛参加了一战，却带着战争心理创伤和没有救哥哥的自责回来；而Bruno呢，虽然没有交代，我猜想是带着德皇的使命而去却失败而归，一心想着重振军国主义的雄风。

于是他们的区别也是显而易见的，Bruno是政治信仰坚定的保皇派，联合黑色国防军企图发动政变复辟帝制，复辟帝制的目的在于继续走军国主义的老路。

Gereon只是一名执行者，他没有政治理想，刚开始来柏林是执行父亲交代的任务，如果说他有什么想法或观念，就是Bruno在最后一集跟他说的“你只会照章办事”，Gereon这样的人，在社会民主党议员本达的手下，他可以成功阻止了一场政变，而在未来的法西斯分子手下呢，他就是传说中的盖世太保，事实也说明了他也确实成为了希特勒上台前秘密警察组织的头目。

于是babylon berlin这部原本看起来是揭示柏林社会万象的电视剧，在男主角的身上我们却看出了一个盖世太保养成记的故事。

而这个盖世太保的前身Gereon怎么看也不像会让人咬牙切齿恨之入骨的人物，在第一季的最后一集他和Bruno义无反顾地烧掉可以作为保命符的几卷高级官员的黄色录像带的时候，一起仰天长啸，Gereon看到了自己的父亲也出现在黄色录像带中，失望地再也不回科隆而留在了柏林，虽然这一对乱世双雄无法改变魏玛共和国的乱象，但我也希望停留在那一刻，他们还保有警察的自豪和尊严，而不用为了各自所代表的政治集团倒戈相向。

时代背景已经有很多人说过了，我说说男女主吧。

男主大概也是那种用警察来定义自己的人，工作就是他的立场。

他多次见证了自己代表的系统中的黑暗，但他只是冷漠着脸履行职责。

这会让我觉得他这个人绷着自己，好像要折断。

而他的紧张就直观地反映在他的ptsd上。

哦对了，“你背叛了工人阶级，cnm”表情包就是出自这部作品的。

吹完男主我要来吹女主了。

女主某种程度应该是按照我的性癖设计的，她一头短卷发，有浓重的黑眼圈——因为她白天在警察局做临时文案工作，晚上还在夜总会做地下妓.女。

她出身贫苦，但性格坚韧，有种向前猛冲哪怕撞个头破血流也做了再说的狠劲。

她渴望进入刑侦组，哪怕从来没有女性进入刑侦组的先例。

她对真相有种执着的探索精神，行动力超强，出卖肉体也毫不手软，好像这一切都是达成目的的一种手段。

这部作品的人设很有趣，能用寥寥几个镜头让我对某个角色心生好感（虽然很多时候是为了把这个角色杀掉）。

但故事可能稍微差了一点。

由于是多线叙事，前期看上去可能会有些乱，我是直到后面才大致认清了角色。

难得看次德剧，还是很特别的。

人设都好彪悍啊！

1929年柏林，经济大萧条扑面而来，普通老百姓食不果腹，以至于女主还得兼职卖春…… 整个柏林都显得阴暗潮湿。

社会矛盾重重，工人阶级受苏联的影响，gcd思潮涌动，警察滥用职权，暴力镇压，整个社会都即将迎来翻天覆地的改变，相信很快希特勒就要上台了吧女主的刻画好成功，尽管在兼职卖春，仍然走路带风，心有阳光。

自己却没有自怨自艾，竟然试着想考刑警，还是谋杀科。

身材小小的，却做事沉稳老练。

对家庭也是尽心尽力，和她的姐姐吵架的时候，姐姐说了一句，她们以前关系多好啊，睡一个被窝，当天晚上她就躺在姐姐的旁边睡着了，还帮她整理下被子，这些细节真好啊

第一次看德剧，而且在一天内飞快追完第一季，实在太想分享这部剧了。

这部剧从剧名上来看，Babylon，巴比伦，乍一看很快就能联想到四大文明古国古巴比伦，关键词有奢侈繁荣黑暗糜乱等等；和Berlin并列，恰好可以暗示1929年柏林的情况。

说实话，囫囵吞枣看到最后一集，才慢慢品味出一部分剧情，但概括起来也很简单，主线故事是来自Köln的警官二代男主小泪沟（要是不抓住他的部分特征在一堆男演员里我真的辨认不出来）来到Berlin帮助他父亲寻找并销毁记载着德国正在参加选举的高级官员丑闻的录像带，副线是他正好也碰上了在Berlin活动的第四国际的地区领导人为支持在土耳其的领导人而运送一大笔黄金、各派产生了斗争。

1929年的柏林是什么情况，我看完剧以后狂补历史，豆瓣里有写的特别全特别好的，我就不班门弄斧了。

了解了历史以后，我更感兴趣的是剧里对此进行的阐释，豆瓣里有一个概括非常恰当：满目疮痍的世界里的众生相。

Jeder einmal in Berlin，每个人都该去一次柏林，但是这时的柏林是什么样子呢？

我倒觉得，有点类似于中国晚唐时期的长安：繁华背后是满目萧然，有点长安十二时辰的意思了。

还有一点我个人印象较深的是，不细细看下去，你永远不知道每个人究竟是什么样的，但是，反过来说，就算是看下去了，人，也不能定性或好或坏。

这个剧，细细的线索太多了，人物之间的关系一眼看不完，我才看完第一季，还有第二季，真的是很有意思的剧啊。

我个人是很喜欢看质感的历史剧的，然而这部剧的优缺点几乎同样明显。

其实在看到导演的时候我大概就有预感了，就像《云图》一样，这位导演痴迷于多线叙事，容易让人看得摸不着头脑。

所幸这次是电视剧，给了导演足够空间铺线。

饶是如此，我也差不多在第一季的结尾部分才基本搞清楚整个布局。

所以这次就不搞直抒胸臆那套了，写一篇指南向的推荐，顺便自己也理理思路，准备开始追第二季。

1.魏玛共和国首先，这部剧的历史背景对我来说挺陌生的，讲述的是魏玛共和国时期的故事。

魏玛共和国是指1918年至1933年期间采用共和宪政政体的德国，也就是一战与二战之间的德国。

而《巴比伦柏林》的故事开始于1929年，这是一个比较敏感的时间，毕竟差不多两年以后元首就上台了。

1929年柏林的局势其实已经岌岌可危，阶级分化严重、各色政党林立。

失业问题的空前严重，动摇了当时的社会根基，数量巨大的失业人群极易被操纵从而颠覆当前格局。

此时，各方势力暗地里的制衡勉强维系住了柏林表面的平静，然而任何一个微小的举动都会牵动各方的神经。

男主格里安因为调查一卷胶卷，从科隆来到柏林警局，但却最终深陷其中，与各方势力纠缠在一起，难以抽身。

2.社会民主党、第四国际、黑色国防军与地头蛇黑帮其次，整理一下第一季里围绕在男主身边的各方势力，大致有四个。

一是以犹太裔警局长官本达与男主父亲为代表的德国社会民主党，也就是当前执政的那个党派。

男主来到柏林，正是受父亲委托处理掉那份对他们不利的胶卷，而他此行的目的也得到了长官本达的支持。

目前来看，男主应该是社民党那一派的。

二是由男主住处的前房客卡达可夫领导的，潜伏在在柏林的第四国际势力，旨在推翻苏联斯大林政权。

虽然第四国际的人在前几集就被灭的只剩下一个人，但他凭借一车厢黄金的诱饵，成功地搅乱了柏林的局势。

而男主因为追查误入他房间那个苏联司机的死因，陷入这个由第四国际制造的漩涡。

三是男主在警局的搭档沃尔特背后的势力——主要由军队成员组成的“黑色国防军”。

其实这方势力是其中最不起眼的，似乎只是利用钢铁商人Nyssen偷运了毒气，然而这群人在最后几集的出场却让人细思极恐。

他们多数是一战的老兵，打着怀念战友的名号聚会，却试图再次发动战争收复失地。

而且在喜爱给小男孩灌输战争思想这方面，与元首真是极其相似。

这派势力也向男主抛出了橄榄枝，而男主因为录像带的冲击似乎也有些动摇。

四是拥有胶卷试图勒索政客的本地黑帮，这群人还因为黄金的诱惑加入了火车的争夺。

还有那个研究PTSD的医生，似乎试图利用男主心理创伤控制他，不知道是不是和他们一伙的，这里我看的不是很清楚。

3.胶卷和火车再次，整理一下第一季的案件，主要都是围绕胶卷和火车这两样事物展开的。

胶卷是男主格里安来到柏林的最初原因，而在最后一集男主也成功将胶卷从黑帮手里夺走并销毁。

这条线看似很简单，但是不排除后续影响深远。

比如，胶卷内容对男主冲击巨大，可能会对他的立场有所动摇；而黑帮也不可能就此放过，很有可能继续追究。

火车则卷入了更多的势力，军队方面是为了争夺偷运来的毒气，而第四国际及黑帮则觊觎其中一车厢的黄金。

因为第四国际的关系，这辆火车还吸引了苏联使馆方面势力。

最终却因为女主的调查，成功被警局控制。

可以说这趟列车牵动着军队与社民党当局之间的矛盾，也因为苏联使馆的卷入可能引发外交问题。

4. Charlotte Ritter最后还是要私心说一下女主。

虽然近几年不乏优秀的大女主电视剧，但是这部剧里的夏洛特是我近期最喜欢的女性角色。

外表苍白纤弱，内心却是超乎常人的坚定。

她的身体里似乎蕴含着一股蓬勃向上的力量，以致浓重的黑眼圈都掩盖不住她眼睛里的光芒。

我特别喜欢看她走路的样子，低跟敲在地上的声音给人一种不容置疑的感觉，似乎她一直坚定有力地在朝一个明确的目的地行进。

私心非常希望夏洛特能如愿以偿进入警察局，不单单因为她在第一季表现出的（个人觉得远胜于男主的）查案天分，还有她身上带着的那股劲儿，是这部压抑阴暗的电视剧唯一充满生机和美好的部分。

个人非常喜欢女主与朋友在周日游泳那段剧情，几个阳光灿烂的镜头一扫之前剧情带来的压抑，对于调和整部电视剧的基调非常有益。

以上都是个人观点，随便总结一下就可以开始舒服地追第二季了。

如题，枪都拿不好还做警察，太窝囊了。

第一次枪掉了，第二次放衣服兜里被人抢了，第三次从后面指着别人都被人打掉了，后面还没看。

他就不能拿好自己的枪？

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——《魏玛文化》摘录（我或许也会将此评论的内容同样放在这本书的书评里）

魏玛文化7.7（美）彼得・盖伊 / 2005 / 安徽教育出版社“...，难怪有许多“好的德国人”，比如像海德格尔，会把柏林看成是现代的巴比伦而不愿去住在那里。

”1.关于柏林1）作者说：哈斯出生在布拉格，最后却完全认同柏林，他在那里以写电影评论成名，同时编辑《文学世界》（Die literarische Welt）杂志，然后“我发现我所认识的柏林人很少是真正在柏林出生的”。

不过，“只要好好用力呼吸柏林的空气，很快就可以成为柏林人”。

哈斯深爱柏林，这个城市让他变得多愁善感：“我特别喜爱柏林女人机灵快速的说话样子，也喜欢剧场、酒馆、街上以及咖啡馆里人们那种敏捷反应的样子——那种凡事无所谓却又认真专注的姿态，整个气氛是那么可爱迷人，冷静却不冷淡，一种说不出的机动性感觉，他们热爱工作，随时准备接受重大打击——然后再继续生活”2）茨威格记载了通货膨胀时期的柏林：“柏林，”他写道，“已经转变成为全世界混乱离谱的中心，酒馆和许多游乐场全都在一夕之间关门大吉，我们在奥地利所见和这里相较，简直就是小巫见大巫，这说明德国人是如何爱搞怪和多么变态，许多弄成柳腰细身的男孩子，乔装成女人在大街上招摇过市。

每一位高中学生都想在外面赚外快，在阴暗的酒吧里，我们可以看见高级公务员及高级财务官员和一些喝醉酒的税收肆无忌惮地打情骂俏。

及时古罗马时代秀多尼奥斯（Suetonius）时期的众酒徒狂欢清洁，都比不上这里化妆舞台的嚣张淫乱，许多男人穿着女人的衣服，女人穿着男人的衣服，在警察的仁慈目光下，若无其事般滑着舞步。

这真是价值崩溃的时代，连许多想来号称秩序最稳固的中产阶级亦难幸免，一样跟着一起疯狂。

许多年轻女子都骄傲选成自己是性倒错，在柏林的学校里，一个16岁的姑娘如果被怀疑仍保有童贞，会觉得是一件丢脸的事情。

”2.关于青年及传媒青年（右翼青年）,......，结果都会是他们牺牲自己的青春并把自己束缚在政治冒险和狂乱的意识形态上面，或是伪装成新形势的老式工业和军事官僚机器上面。

“年轻人导出乱闯，追随错误的神和领导者，但还是坚持像追寻清明和精神的律则。

”“然而，这些年轻人身处杂音、冲突的诉求方针、纳粹的血腥集会以及共和的病态环境当中，他们如何寻找到清明和精神的律则呢？

大众传播媒体，特别是电影，只是徒然引发混乱。

”作者接着举出《大都会》的例子，并认为其只能算是一部“缺乏想象力的狂想影片”，“只讲究画面构图，内容却十分贫乏空洞”。

“父亲的复仇和全能的母亲，可以说是魏玛共和时代最常见的两大重要主题，而此两者对年轻人而言都是深具破坏性的”作者提到著名的宣传家和出版家苏尔坎普（Peter Suhrkamp）描绘并指出了父亲复仇的必然结果：“这些年轻人的思想都是一些经过伪装的本能冲动，在他们的讨论之中，把个人的观念引申成为世界观”。

然后，他们努力攀附于英雄崇拜，“没有英雄他们就觉得自己一无是处、无所适从，但是他们从来不了解什么是困难，什么是危险，以及什么是现实的冷酷法则”。

总之，他们根本还未真正长大，现在，由于精神和经济的需要，他们就投向反知性的行列，把思想看成是无能的象征，所以对自由主义的党派不屑一顾，然后聚集在平凡而可靠的保护伞地下，他们喜欢“被训练、然后随时准备为命令他们的人效命”。

他们欠缺的是一种“真正的革命观念”。

然后作者写道：“这是1932年魏玛共和的真实处境：清明的视野和政治的无能、恐惧、怀疑以及非理性希望的时刻。

表面看来中产阶级的政治人物仍在运作他们的政治，但对其他人而言，危机实在已经迫在眉睫”3.最后一章的最后一段章最后一段几个月之后，希特勒成为德国的总理，魏玛人开始四处逃窜，身上带着魏玛精神，逃向伊索寓言式的放逐，逃向死亡的终结阵地，有的自杀——在柏林的公寓里听到敲门声后的自我了结，或是在西班牙的边境上，或是在巴黎租来的公寓里，或是在瑞典小村庄里，或是在巴西的某个镇上，或是在纽约的旅馆房间里。

当然还有许多其他的人带着魏玛精神继续活着，活出一番伟大的事业，有的在实验室，有的在医院，有的投向新闻事业，有的在剧场上，有的走入大学的学术园地，在各自放逐的他乡异国，让魏玛精神真正开花结果。

本书遗憾的是：目录对应章节处有一段文字那段没在正文中找到。

那是：创伤需要时间去治愈，并不是摇旗呐喊就能治疗创伤。

真正的进步依赖“木匠按部就班地工作，铁匠拿着铁锤不停敲打，还有商人仔细算计等等”。

这一段写的亲切朴实，又谦卑。

书后附录有魏玛共和的政治简史。

如果想了解相关时期一些内容，此书可略作浏览用。

Angles:1. Retrieval of the erotic film, from Anno’s perspective;2. The movements of the Fourth International;3. The movements of the Reichswehr;4. The local gang;5. The movements of Gereon and Lotte; Contents: i. Background ii. Plotline from five perspectivesiii. Review I. Background: 1. Gereon went to war, abandoned his brother, had PTSD;2. Gereon’s PTSD was treated by a psycho-analyst who turned out to be no other than his brother Anno, and he was doing narcotics; 3. Gereon went to Berlin because his father needed him to track down a certain film;4. Gereon has a long-standing relationship with Helga, who abandoned him for his brother before the war, only to be with Gereon again after she was widowed;5. Lotte worked part-time at the police station;6. Lotte worked illegally at a nightclub;II. Plotline from four perspectivesi. Retrieval of the erotic filmEdgar the Armenian was the local gang leader, whose business included a high-end restaurant, a night club MOKA EFTI, escort services (which was under protection of Wolter), pornography production, narcotics and so on. Anno was his drug supplier and private doctor; the Father was his enforcer. Anno lured Gereon to Berlin by having Kornig make a film of Gereon’s father. Father would definitely want the film destroyed, but he wouldn’t be able to do so himself, so he would send Gereon to Berlin, which was exactly what Anno was betting on.Gereon came to Berlin, and was receiving psychological treatment from Anno. It is presumed that he got to know Anno through Edgar. And Gereon’s dealings with Edgar was still not clear.After Gereon came to Berlin Anno told Kornig to destroy the film, for its mission was completed. After that Anno would only have to let Gereon chase his own tail to keep him in Berlin. But Kornig did not destroy the film, and in a police raid, Kornig was taken into custody, and Franz was threatened into cooperating. If Gereon got the film, he might return to Koln immediately. So Anno asked Edgar to send the Father to take care of Kornig, and asked Franz to take the film from the production factory, and keep it in Edgar’s private room. During the raid, Franz tried to escape and fired a shot at Gereon from a Lignose. Wolter took the Lignose and pried out the spent bullet for Gereon.From the spoils of the raid, Gereon learned from the one piece of negative where the film was made from the resident photographer Graf; he tracked down the film factory, and knew that Franz was the one picking up the negative. Gereon and Wolter took Franz into custody. In turned out Franz suffered from PTSD as well, and was also under care of Anno. In custody, Franz suffered from withdrawal, and finally gave away the location of the film.Franz lured Edgar out; Gereon sneaked in the private room and took all the films and Edgar as hostage; in the chaos, Gereon shot Edgar in the hand, but let him go after they reached safety.Gereon and Wolter destroyed all the films and went to celebrate in a night club. Edgar had his hand treated at Anno’s, and sent the Father to pick up Gereon and take him to Anno’s. During session, Gereon escaped and killed the Father in pursuit. ii. The movements of the Fourth International;The Fourth International in Berlin was led by Kadakow, he was determined to support Torosky in Istanbul. His day job was a violinist, and sometimes he played at MOKA EFTI. His lover Svetlana let out that her family had a train full of gold and she was willing to devote the gold to Fourth International. Fourth International ambushed a train outside Berlin, and added the train of gold to it. Fourth International personnel personated as train staff and drove the train into Berlin. Meanwhile, Fourth International in Berlin forged necessary papers for the train of gold to be diverted to Istanbul, only that Svetlana filled in Paris as final destination. On the other side, Svetlana ratted the Fourth International to the Soviet embassy in Berlin, and their base was raided and all but Kadakow were butchered. When the train arrived at Berlin, Svetlana tried to take control of the gold, but the driver Boris would not cede control. In struggle, Svetlana was arrested and Boris escaped. After one night in a cell, Svetlana was released. She went to the train yard and switched the number tag on the train with gold. Kadakow escaped the slaughter and went to Svetlana’s. He was persuaded of Svetlana’s innocence, only to be double-crossed again.Boris went to Kadakow’s apartment, but Kadakow no longer lived there, it was Gereon’s room by then. During struggle, Boris dropped the cargo papers under Gereon’s bed. By the time, the Russians were waiting for Kadakow outside the apartment. When Boris emerged, they took him instead. After torture, Boris told the Russians about the gold. But he only told them about a train with gold in it, without telling them the number of the train. BUG: Boris was there when the ambush took place, and therefore he should know the number of the train with gold. And the Russians did not get it out of him. After escaping from death for the second time, Kadakow went to Edgar for help. He told Edgar about the gold, and the gang members raided the train yard at night. Only that Kadakow open the wrong train and was poisoned by phosgene. BUG: the train with gold was added at last, and therefore it should be the last train car of the whole train. Even without the number tag he should know which train to open.iii. The movements of the Reichswehr;Key members of the Reichwerhr: Major-general Seegers, WolterThe Reichswehr had been smuggling phosgene and weaponry into Germany through Nyssen’s company; they had been training armies against the Versailles treaty with the help of the Russians. Note that Premier Hindenburg the State Secretary Wendt acquiesced the Reichswehr’s activities. When the Reichswehr was smuggling a train of phosgene into Berlin, at a check point General Seegers signed on a paper in order for the train to pass. The Reichswehr would want the train be released and moved to another location as fast as possible. But the Russians detained the train claiming there was a train car of smuggled goods and should be found out and returned to Russia. But before the Russians could find out which car, the gang raid happened, and the fact that the train was full of poisonous gas was known to the police. Benda, a social democrat, was determined to bring down the Reichswehr. This gas event provided the best opportunity to investigate into the Reichswehr. But since the police did wrong during the May 1 riot, the Russian ambassador used it as leverage, and asked Wendt as intermediary to make the police let the whole train be returned to Russia.It turned out that Svetlana and Nyssen was in bed first. She knew his company was smuggling through freight trains, and that was when she came up with the idea of smuggling the train with gold into Berlin. But she could not do so alone, so she hooked up with Kadakow and used him to smuggle the train with gold into Berlin. In this phosgene matter, Nyssen became the scapegoat and was forced out of the board of his company and he desperately needed a feat to regain Reichswehr’s good graces; Svetlana was desperate not to let the train back to Russia, where it would be out of her reach forever. So Svetlana told Nyssen about the gold, and Nyssen told Wendt; and the three of them together with Wolter, they came up with a plan to intercept the gold outside Berlin. In the meantime, the Reichswehr was conniving to initiate a military coup and force Hindenburg to step down. They planned to assassinate both German and French Foreign Minister. Their plan was thwarted by Gereon, and the coup was a failure.iv. The movements of the gangThe gang had to do with the porn film, but basically it was Anno’s doing. Besides that, Edgar meddled with the gold business. After Kadakow opened the wrong train, Edgar still did not give up hope on the gold. A guy from the train yard told him that Lotte knew the whereabouts of the gold, so he abducted Lotte the pressed her for information. BUG: how could Edgar be sure that Lotte knew the whereabouts of the gold? v. The movements of Gereon and Lottea. Gereon went to Berlin to find that film, which was accomplished;b. During the May 1 riot, Gereon and Wolter knew the police wrongly shot civilians. Wolter wrote the report in the police department’s favor with a straight face. At first Gereon did not think this was right, but he would not want to help the communists either. At the end Wendt offered him a position in a secret internal affairs department, and he made up his mind to protect the police department. Therefore he perjured at the court. But this brought grudge from the communists. When they were about to lynch him, Edgar appeared to took Gereon to Anno. That was when Gereon remembered that he abandoned Anno in the battlefield, and that the doctor was none other than Anno himself. c. Boris was taken by the Russians after he broke into Gereon’s room. The next day Boris’s body was in the morgue. Gereon decided to investigate the murder. Lotte was at the morgue with Bolm, and Gereon mistook her for an official member of the police force. He decided to use Lotte to get inside info on the case; and Lotte thought if she could help solve the case, she might be able to join the force as a criminal assistant. Gereon and Lotte got Svetlana’s address from Kadakow’s belongings, but it led nowhere; after another check of Kadakow’s belongings, they found the band Kadakow played violin for. From the band leader, they knew the base of operation of Fourth International. Lotte and Janicke went to the place, where the slaughter took place, but it was already scrubbed clean; all they could find was a fake document stating that a train car was bound for Istanbul, which was also a dead end. Lotte asked an assistant criminal pathologist Rudi to dissect Boris’s body, and learned that he was a railway worker. Lotte went to the train yard, just in time to see Benda seized control of the train after the poisonous gas situation. Lotte called Gereon to the scene, and from then on, Gereon worked with Benda to bring down Reichswehr. Later, the slaughtered bodies of the Fourth International members were discovered. Wendt used the May 1 deaths to make Zorgiebel let go of the train as well as turn a blind eye to Reichswehr’s activities; but Gereon and Benda used the slaughter to press the Russian ambassador to give away files of Reichswehr menbers. d. As a Reichswehr member, Wolter wanted to know what Gereon was doing in Berlin, so he threatened Lotte to spy on Gereon. Wolter knew that someone close was spying on him, but it turned out the spy was Janicke, an assistant, who was spying on behalf of social democrat Benda. Janicke knew Wolter was conniving to intercept the gold, but his cover was blown, and was silenced by Wolter. But unluckily, Wolter used the Lignose to kill Janicke; and Gereon switched the bullet he used to kill the Father with the one fired from the Lignose. Therefore, Wolter knew Gereon killed the Father, and Gereon knew Wolter killed Janicke. e. Gereon learned that Janicke was spying for Benda, and that he had a notebook that could hold important info. Gereon stole the notebook from Wolter’s home study (nice long take) and gave it to Lotte to decipher. But Lotte was abducted by the gang and pressed for info. Lotte deciphered Janicke’s notes, and told Edgar about Reichswehr’s plan to intercept the gold. f. While Lotte was absent, Gereon and Benda were busy compiling evidence to bring down the Reichswehr. But the premier only gave them little time to interrogate the suspects, and then they were released. The first thing they did after the release, they undertook to overthrow the government by a military coup, which was stopped by Gereon. After that, Benda wanted to hold a press conference to expose the Reichswehr’s criminal deeds, but was ordered down by the premier. g. After Lotte was released, she and Gereon went to pursue the gold even without back up from Benda. Wolter and Reichswehr were waiting, but were mostly taken out by the gang; then the gang were knocked out by Gereon’s colleges. Gereon and Wolter found the gold was indeed coal, and Wolter was killed during escape. QUESTION: if Gereon really did find the gold, who would he give it to? Because among all the people who wanted the gold, Svetlana, Reichswehr, the Russians, the gang, none of them was the rightful owner of the gold. h. Benda was killed by an IED planted by the Nazis with the help of his maid Greta who thought her lover, an alleged communist Fritz was ‘killed’ by the police for stirring up disturbances. And Wendt too Benda’s place and made Gereon secret internal affairs officer. Lotte was officially enlisted as a criminal assistant. vi. Sub-plotsa. Lotte found a job at Benda’s house as a maid for Greta.b. Fritz was a Nazi, but he blended himself in the protesters of the May 1 riot, trying to find an angle, which was none other than Greta.c. Gereon slept with his former landlady Elisabeth.d. Helga had something to do with Nyssen.e. Moritz had the potential to become a Nazi.vii. Conclusions: their missions and endsGereon: a. to retrieve the film and destroy it: accomplished;b. to investigate the murder of Boris and the Fourth International members: not accomplished; c. to bring down the Reichswehr: not accomplished;d. to thwart Reichswehr’s assassination: accomplished;e. to bring the killer of Janicke to justice: accomplished, in a manner of speaking;Lotte:a. To become a formal member of the police force: accomplished;III. Review i. About the May 1 riot, of course the communists couldn’t win, because whatever the police did, they have the law on their side. ii. Honestly, there was no surprise that Gereon perjured before the grand jury. His loyalty was indeed frail, but helping the communists would do him no good either. If he helped the communists, he would become a traitor of the police department; besides, the communists would not thank him for helping. iii Gereon and Helga kind of remind me of Jack and Marilyn. But they are distinctively different. Yes both women were not loyal, for they both left the man of their heart for the brother and or money and status. But Jack would not have Marilyn back even if his brother was dead; Gereon and Helga? They couldn’t wait to be together again once Anno was declared MIA, not to mention that Gereon left Anno for dead in the battle ground. So it makes Jack a man of responsibility, of high morality, with a line in his mind that he would not cross; and it makes Gereon a weak-minded, morally disoriented and depraved man. It might look like that Gereon is loyal to the police department, in that he wouldn’t turn on his fellow officers, wouldn’t let Wolter get away with killing Janicke or conspiring to kill high ranking dignitaries; but what if the police department is led by other political forces? Such as the Nazis? I suppose as a Jew he would actually take part in persecuting the Jewish.

看见本剧的标题很难不想到另一个城市的巴比伦（正好也是男男相爱相杀XD）。

如果我借用另一作品对巴比伦的解读，这里的标题应该是暗指本剧讲述的柏林，一个如同古巴比伦般耀眼的城市，从金碧辉煌逐渐跌落至混乱深渊的故事吧。

可能是因为本剧讲德语，也可能因为不熟悉德国导演整体风格，我感觉本剧的节奏稍稍与众不同。

大概三集以后本片到底在讲什么才渐渐浮出水面。

———————————————————严重剧透分割线——————————————————————整个故事围绕着一个从科隆去柏林的探员Gereon Rath发展。

作为侦探剧一共有三件案子在同时进行。

第一件是Gereon替他当政客的老爸去销毁他爸玩SM的时候不小心留下的录影带。

这些录影带被柏林本地的一个黑帮控制用来日后敲诈勒索政客。

Gereon拿到片子后在销毁之前自己当然也看了看。

然后他非常震惊地发现自己老爸原来还玩这么重口味的东西。

第二件第三件案子都是围绕着同一列火车。

一战后一群德国军官不满魏玛共和国对内对外的软弱手段，暗中利用钢铁大亨Nyssen家的运货火车从苏联走私军火，准备叛乱推翻民主政府。

这一次他们从苏联运来了一火车的化学武器，结果在Gereon和女主Charlotte Ritter一帮人的搅和下被柏林警察局扣押了。

而另一伙在德国的俄国革命组织, Red Fortress 恰好在那辆火车上暗中加了一个车厢，用以运输黄金去伊斯坦布尔来推翻斯大林的布尔什维克政权。

不要问我为什么是伊斯坦布尔，我和剧中人物一样没搞懂这一点。

结果革命党人被一个歌女 Svetlana Sorokina出卖，惨遭灭门，只有首领Alexej Kardakov逃出。

他跑去本地黑帮那里说这辆火车有黄金，帮忙者有份。

导致黑帮，军队还有Svetlana大姐都在抢火车。

场面一度混乱。

大家都摸不着头脑为什么对方在这里。

三线共进的形式的确挺有野心，能吊起悬疑剧爱好者的胃口。

不过本剧还在三线进行的描写了众多剧中人物的小故事，所以在开场的时候一度让我不知道打的发生了什么，感觉导演有些心有余而力不足。

同时，这样的结构导致分到每一条线上的精力也相对较少。

所以对侦探剧观众来讲，本剧侦探水平其实不怎么高。

Gereon扫黄片那条线基本靠殴打小混混解决。

至于俄国黄金的谜团，Gereon去找Svetlana，自己还没有开口，Svetlana什么都全招了。

相比之下，还是德军叛变的故事着墨较多。

毕竟前两条线更是关于个人的命运而军队叛变关乎到时代和国家的走向，更有空间阐述剧作者的看法。

中间穿插的各种人物的小故事，除了男女主以外其他个人都是短小精干的描写。

故事虽然精彩，但总令我觉得有些散乱。

不过倘若我对巴比伦的解读正确的话，这应该是个描写城市兴衰，而不只是一个描写孤胆英雄的剧集。

由此来讲，对芸芸众生稍有着墨又点到为止的做法也无可厚非。

对于剧情主线的印象也就到此，若说起剧中人物，让我印象深刻的反而不是铁面男主或者他亦敌亦友的搭档，而是小女生Charlotte。

当今在国产剧中，各种苦命贫贱女性发现人生最终的救赎就是嫁个好男人，人生最终的失败也不外乎嫁错了个男人。

相比之下Charlotte确实非常不同。

她过得苦不苦逼？

看着她脏兮兮，衣不遮体的全家和没日没夜工作的生活状态，不需要女主流自怨自艾的眼泪我也知道她活的挺苦逼。

然而，她有哭天抢地吗？

她有觉得自己低贱这也不配那也不配嘛？

人家照样潇洒的夜夜跳着舞，人家照样同时可以和三个男生来电，人家照样抽时间学着怎么去做法医，人家照样为了自己要当柏林第一个女警察不弃不舍地奋斗。

当看到她拿到警察徽章的时候我真的很开心。

若说一个社会的平等是机会的平等的话，她真的就是这样思想的体现。

贫穷小妓女依旧可以在满是男人和家庭主妇的世界里面，理所以当挺胸抬头去追求自己想要的生活和职业。

换成国产剧，估计有个娘娘或者嬷嬷一巴掌就甩过来，附带一句:“贱人，你不配。

” 巴比伦的阴暗处的确是丑恶不堪，但起码这个城市依旧给下水道的老鼠机会做那里的一束光。

标题太难想了，凑合一下吧……PS：感谢楼下诸位指教，原来运黄金去伊斯坦布尔的原因是帮助流亡土耳其的苏俄党内反对派托洛茨基打倒斯大林。

如果地球真的总量守恒，那么维持高福利的自由资本主义社会是否终将走向帝国主义，同时依靠不断侵略、扩张也成为垄断资本主义开始的唯一选择？

历史总在不同地区再次上演，而对于帝国时代已经到来的部分西方列强来说，类似于苏维埃政权有没有可能即将到来？

对于社会主义国家来说，从民主共和制向社会主义革命迈出的第一步，就只有经过政治上的民主制度这唯一道路才能够实现吗？

也许经历其它道路而走向社会主义，在经济上或政治上产生荒谬和反动也并非必然结果。

另一方面，集体主义和个人主义也绝非对与错之分，在此之外，公正是否应占据更高位置？

无论公有制还是私有制，本身已经违背了马克思主义唯物辩证法，其实万物应归自然所有。

回到人类社会，在目前这个发展的早期阶段，我很期待看到非集体非个人、非公有非私有、非资本主义非社会主义的，符合当前和即将到来的时代所需要的新型制度诞生。