Berlin Noir (TV series)

Berlin Noir (TV series)

Berlin Noir is an upcoming crime thriller television series, based on the Berlin Noir book series written by Philip Kerr.

Premise

Berlin Noir (TV series)

A police officer is assigned to the Berlin Murder Squad and works to track down a serial killer in the city in 1928.

Cast

Berlin Noir (TV series)

• Jack Lowden as Bernie Gunther • Colin Firth as Paul Lohser • Jessica Gunning as Bertha Herzner • Maxine Peake as Mila Gilhausen • Daniel Mays as Hari Voss • Sam Riley as Robert Lanz • Roger Allam as Ernst Gennat • Liz Kingsman as Rosa Bauer • Carys Daniels as Dora Meysel

Production

Berlin Noir (TV series)

It was announced in April 2025 that Apple TV had greenlit a series based on the Philip Kerr novels, with Peter Straughan set to write the adaptation. In July, Jack Lowden was cast to star, with Tom Shankland announced as a director for the series. In February 2026, Colin Firth joined the cast, with Jessica Gunning, Maxine Peake, Daniel Mays, Sam Riley, Roger Allam. Liz Kingsman, and Carys Daniels added the following month. Luke Snellin would also join the production as a director alongside Shankland.

Production began by February 2026, with scenes shot in the Neukölln borough of Berlin late that month.