Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gereon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
Season 5 is based on Kutscher’s novel "The March Fallen". It's set during the last days of the German republic, running from February 1933, just after Adolf Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor of Germany, through March 5, when a violent campaign against his political opponents secured his absolute power through elections.