Set in 1900s Vienna , the English Jew Max Liebermann (Maatthew Beard) , is a student of Sigmund Freud . Max comes into contact with police commissioner Rheinhardt (Jürgen Maurer) and he helps him in the investigation of a series of macabre killings around the grand cafes and opera houses of 1900s Vienna. Both of whom become involved into twisted cases including hypnosis , electro-shocks , strange mediums, weird rituals , brothels , a suspicious garrison and a youthful military academy where happens a murder . Along the way , Max is engaged to a beautiful young (Luise von Finckh) , but things go wrong when he falls for an enigmatic scientist Amelia Lydgate (Jessica De Gouw) , forensic expert with a neurotic past and she's working at the Viennese Museum .
It is set in Vienna at the time it was a hot bed of philosophy , reason , science , art and a blending of cultures . However , a strong clash of cultures happens at times , along with appearance of great historical figures as Freud , Mahler , while traditional and progresist ideas collide in the city's grand cafes , conventions and opera houses . Lush settings and colorful cinematography from Vienna , and of course , adding the famous Ferris Wheel that appears at a episode and formerly immortalized by Carol Reed in The Third Man with Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten . Stars doctor Liebermann/Matthew Beard and Oskar Rheinhardt/Jürgen Maurer , a Detective Inspector struggling with a rare case , as the young doctor student agrees to help him investigate a series of sinister and disturbing murders . Matthew Beard gives an acceptable acting as Max Liebermann , a brilliant young medicine student and follower of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud , while Jürgen Maurer is nice as Oskar Rheinhardt , a stubborn detective with a sad past due to an unfortunate death . Set design is of first rate , the series is very atmospheric , the elegant and luxurious streets of Vienna are very well designed and with a lot of people walking here and there .
This intriguing and suspenseful period piece is formed by 6 episodes in two seasons , they're titled : The Last Seance , The Queeen of the Night , The Lost Child , The Melancholy Countess , The Devil's Kiss , Darkness rising . The first episode deals with a beautiful young medium is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Dr Max Liebermann, is called upon by Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt of the Vienna Police to assist in the search for the killer. The second one concerns Max's engagement party that is interrupted by news of a grotesque series of murders in Vienna's slums. Third one regards Max's nephew suffers a breakdown after the drowning of a fellow cadet at a military academy. The police department refute suspicions but Max shows Oskar a pattern of violence and believes that they're looking at a murder investigation. Fourth one deals with a depressed Hungarian Countess drowns in the bath of her luxury hotel suite it looks like suicide and intense scrutiny falls on her psychoanalyst, Max Liebermann. The fourth chapter about a beggar finds a mutilated corpse in Vienna's slum quarter and the secret services warn Oskar that the investigation is not the concern of the Leopoldstadt police , however, when Oskar receives anonymous messages relating to the murder, he can't resist delving further.
It is set in Vienna at the time it was a hot bed of philosophy , reason , science , art and a blending of cultures . However , a strong clash of cultures happens at times , along with appearance of great historical figures as Freud , Mahler , while traditional and progresist ideas collide in the city's grand cafes , conventions and opera houses . Lush settings and colorful cinematography from Vienna , and of course , adding the famous Ferris Wheel that appears at a episode and formerly immortalized by Carol Reed in The Third Man with Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten . Stars doctor Liebermann/Matthew Beard and Oskar Rheinhardt/Jürgen Maurer , a Detective Inspector struggling with a rare case , as the young doctor student agrees to help him investigate a series of sinister and disturbing murders . Matthew Beard gives an acceptable acting as Max Liebermann , a brilliant young medicine student and follower of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud , while Jürgen Maurer is nice as Oskar Rheinhardt , a stubborn detective with a sad past due to an unfortunate death . Set design is of first rate , the series is very atmospheric , the elegant and luxurious streets of Vienna are very well designed and with a lot of people walking here and there .
This intriguing and suspenseful period piece is formed by 6 episodes in two seasons , they're titled : The Last Seance , The Queeen of the Night , The Lost Child , The Melancholy Countess , The Devil's Kiss , Darkness rising . The first episode deals with a beautiful young medium is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Dr Max Liebermann, is called upon by Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt of the Vienna Police to assist in the search for the killer. The second one concerns Max's engagement party that is interrupted by news of a grotesque series of murders in Vienna's slums. Third one regards Max's nephew suffers a breakdown after the drowning of a fellow cadet at a military academy. The police department refute suspicions but Max shows Oskar a pattern of violence and believes that they're looking at a murder investigation. Fourth one deals with a depressed Hungarian Countess drowns in the bath of her luxury hotel suite it looks like suicide and intense scrutiny falls on her psychoanalyst, Max Liebermann. The fourth chapter about a beggar finds a mutilated corpse in Vienna's slum quarter and the secret services warn Oskar that the investigation is not the concern of the Leopoldstadt police , however, when Oskar receives anonymous messages relating to the murder, he can't resist delving further.