Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood

Peaky blinders German edition! Acting,directing,cinematography superb! Artistic Post production. A real gem!

This piqued my interest in learning about Oktoberfest and its history. Knowing nothing of it, I can say I am not reviewing the movie based on historical accuracies.

I did enjoy what it had to offer in terms of story telling, acting and theatrical scenery. Was a good alternative to most recent shows I have watched. The story expresses many hardships of the early 1900's that revolves around family, love and madness. It also touches on how the rich or the politically elite exploited and played a role in promoting or strengthening their fortune and fame. The acting was great and the English voice overs were pretty damn good. Give this TV mini series a go. I don't think you will be disappointed.

...but it's pretty entertaining and an easy watch in just six episodes. The producers take some bare-bones history of the 1900 Munich Oktoberfest and gussy it up with Peaky Blinders-style violence, sex and gloriously squalid settings (as others note, production values are top notch). The storyrunners do a good job of closing off most of the plot lines by the final chapter but things end on a somewhat ambivalent note - keeping the door wide open for season 2. And please, watch it in German with subtitles - and maybe have a lager while you do.

I really liked Oktoberfest. Dark, yes but also with a little humour in it. I also enjoyed the cinematography. The way of filming, the colours, the sound... But of course you have you watch it in German with subtitles in your own language.👍

So this series is based on true events surrounding Oktoberfest. The pace was really good and didnt felt boring at any point. But as the title suggests its a lot of beer and blood; literal blood bath as the characters strive to find their spot on the Oktoberfest.