Vienna Blood is a 2019 British-Austrian psychological thriller television series set in Vienna, Austria in the 1900s. 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). By providing psychological insights into the subjects’ motives, they investigate disturbing murders with success. A continuing sub-theme is the growing anti-Semitism against the Liebermann family.
The series was filmed on location in Vienna and Lower Austria, beginning in October 2018. Locations included the Vienna State Opera house, [3]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 series was a co-production of Endor Productions and MR Film (Austria).
The series of three ninety-minute episodes was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two between 18 November and 2 December 2019.[6] Austrian channel ORF 2 aired the show beginning 20 December 2019.
In the United States, PBS showed the series in six forty-five-minute episodes; broadcast began on 19 January 2020.
cast
Matthew Beard as Max Liebermann
Jürgen Maurer as Oskar Reinhardt
Luise von Finckh as Clara
Jessica De Gouw as Amelia Lydgate
Amelia Bullmore as Rachel Liebermann
Conleth Hill as Mendel Liebermann
Charlene McKenna as Leah Liebermann
Oliver Stokowski as Professor Gruner
Raphael von Bargen as Inspector von Bulow
Simon Hatzl as Police Commissioner Strasser
Josef Ellers as Sergeant Haussmann
Harald Windisch as Professor Matthias
Luis Aue as Daniel Liebermann
Ulrich Noethen as Graf von Triebenbach
Michael Niavarani as Herr Bieber
Ursula Strauss as Juno Holderlein
Johannes Krisch as Major Julius Reisinger
Kathrin Beck as Madame Borek
production info
First Air Date: December 20th, 2019
Last Air Date: December 23rd, 2019
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Network: BBC Two
Production Companies: Endor Productions, MR FILM
Number of Seasons: 1 Seasons
Number of Episodes: 3×90 minutes or 6×50 minutes
