IT'S A VIOLENT TURN OF THE CENTURY IN EPIC NEW OKTOBERFEST: BEER AND BLOOD TV SERIES STREAMING FROM TOMORROW AT NETFLIX

 OKTOBERFEST: BEER & BLOOD

BEER WILL FLOW FROM TOMORROW OVER AT NETFLIX

Oktoberfest streams from October 1st

The marketing this one has (or hasn't at all) received from Beta Film and Netflix was so bad that we weren't even informed that new German language epic series OKTOBER FEST: BEER AND BLOOD starts streaming over at Netflix from October 1st. It apparently already aired in Germany and parts of Europe even though it does not even have an English language trailer yet. The six part series about the fierce battle between two family breweries from 1900 Munich, has Mišel Matičević, Martina Gedeck, Klaus Steinbacher and Mercedes Mueller in the cast. When a new player arrives in 1900 Munich,

The series was produced by Beta Film

the balance of power between the brewery bosses is upset, resulting in an all-out bloody war among the city's “beer mafia” that will lead to the end of the Oktoberfest as the residents of Munich have known it for nearly a century. 

 

OKTOBER FEST IS SET IN 1900. Munich's Oktoberfest. A traditional annual celebration of the long since faded Bavarian royalty. After already running for nearly a century, it is a major source of income – especially for the city's brewery bosses. Many are reliant on the profits made

Misel Matijevic and Martina Gedeck play the lead parts

from selling beer at the Oktoberfest, as is the small family brewery headed by Ignaz and Maria Hoflinger (Francis Fulton Smith and Martina Gedeck).

The series already aired in Germany last month

When Curt Prank (Misel Maticevic), a new player, comes to town, his ruthless acquisition methods upset the balance of power. Resisting his

Surprisingly, the series was mostly shot in Czech Republic

shadowy buy-out, Maria soon pays a bloody price for sticking to her guns. The thirst for revenge leads to a devastating and vicious war breaking out among

The series is described as German Peaky Blinders and Deadwood

Munich's beer mafia, revealing the ugly face that lurks behind the festive façade of the Oktoberfest. Yet in the chaos, a forbidden love between Maria's elder son and Curt's beautiful daughter is blossoming…

FIRST PHOTOS FROM BETA FILM'S NEW 19TH CENTURY MUNICH SET EPIC SERIES EMPIRE OKTOBERFEST ABOUT BATTLING BREWERY CLANS

'EMPIRE OKTOBERFEST'

Misel Maticevic plays the lead role in the series

BETA FILM'S NEW EPIC TV SAGA!

Just a few weeks ago your trusted spy informed you about new period set drama that one of our favourite producers Beta Film is preparing for the small screens and now they've released the first images from the sets of EMPIRE OKTOBER FEST six part series about the fierce battle between two family breweries from 1900 Munich, starring Mišel Matičević, Martina Gedeck, Klaus Steinbacher and Mercedes Mueller.

THE STORY OF OKTOBERFEST
set in Munich in 1898, revolves around a young girl who falls in love with a poor brewer's son against her father's wishes, who himself is a rich mobster

The series is currently under production in Germany

who has come to town to try and bully his way into the inner circle of Munich's brewer dynasties. Soon blood is shed and the young brewer has to fight

The series will be shot in six hourlong episodes.

desperately in order to protect his own family from his love's father. A thrilling drama about intrigues, emancipation, love and class conceits that sheds light

Empire Oktoberfest will be directed by Hannu Salonen

on the secluded world of breweries and pubs – the places where Munich's truly powerful secretly carry out their affairs – set against the backdrop of the world-famous, iconic beer spectacle.

BETA FILM SHOOTING 1900 MUNICH SET EMPIRE OKTOBERFEST EPIC SAGA ABOUT BREWERY WARS! 1ST PHOTO OF MACKENZIE CROOK'S SCARECROW WORZEL GUMMIDGE IN BBC'S CHRISTMAS SERIES

'EMPIRE OKTOBERFEST'

BETA FILM'S NEW EPIC TV SAGA!

Here's a new period set drama from one of our favourite producers Beta Film. They are currently producing EMPIRE OKTOBERFEST six part series about the fierce battle between two family breweries from 1900 Munich, starring Mišel Matičević, Martina Gedeck, Klaus Steinbacher and Mercedes Mueller.

THE STORY OF OKTOBERFEST
revolves around a young girl who falls in love with a poor brewer's son. Their feelings are against her father's wishes - a rich mobster, who has come to town to try and bully his way into the inner circle of Munich's brewery dynasties. Soon, blood is being shed and the young brewer has to fight desperately to protect his own family from his love's father.

1ST 'WORZEL GUMMIDGE' PHOTO

FROM BBC NEW ADAPTATION

BBC has revealed the first photo of Mackenzie Crook as scarecrow from two part mini series WORZEL GUMMIDGE which he is also directing.  It sees two young strangers, Susan and John, arrive in the village of

Mackenzie Crook both directs and portrays the lead character in the Christmas series

Scatterbrook, where they encounter Gummidge. Their world is sent spinning into confusion when they realize Gummidge comes to life. The only person more shocked is Worzel, when he discovers that the children are not in fact fellow scarecrows but humans.