''Berlin'' (also known as ''Money Heist: Berlin'', in Spanish ''La casa de papel: Berlín'') is a Spanish television series created by

Álex Pina Alejandro "Álex" Pina Calafi (born 22 June 1967) is a Spanish television producer, writer, and director, known for the crime drama ''Money Heist''. Previous shows include ''Vis a vis (TV series), Vis a vis'', ''El embarcadero (TV series), El em ...

and Esther Martínez Lobato for

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. The series serves as a prequel to ''

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'', focusing on the life of Andrés de Fonollosa, aka "

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", before the events of seasons 1 and 2 of the original series. It stars

Pedro Alonso Pedro González Alonso (born 21 June 1971), is a Spanish actor, writer, and artist. He is best known for his role of Berlin (Money Heist), Andrés "Berlin" de Fonollosa in the Spanish Heist film, heist series ''Money Heist'' (''La casa de papel' ...

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, and

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. The series premiered on Netflix on 29 December 2023 and consists of eight episodes. ''Money Heist: Berlin'' received mixed reviews with many critics feeling that it did not live up to the standard of the original ''Money Heist''. On 19 February 2024, the show was renewed for a second season which had started filming by January 2025.

Premise

Many years before the events of ''

'',

made another heist, stealing €44 million in jewels and framing the one who provided the security for it. He was the leader of a criminal gang by then, Keila (

), Damián (

), Cameron (

), Bruce (Joel Sánchez) and Roi (

). The series is primarily set in

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. Things get complicated when, while spying on the victim to be framed, he falls in love with the victim's wife.

Cast

Main

as Andrés de Fonollosa or "Berlin" * as Camille *

as Damián *

as Keila *

as Cameron *

as Roi * Joel Sánchez as Bruce * Maria Isabel "Masi" Rodríguez as Susi

Secondary

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Raquel Murillo Raquel Murillo (, later adopting the codename "Lisbon") is a fictional character in the Netflix series ''Money Heist'' and ''Berlin'', portrayed by Itziar Ituño. She was an inspector for the National Police Corps who was put in charge of the inv ...

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as Alicia Sierra Montes * Miko Jarry as Olivier * Martín Aslan as Alain * Belén López as Eris (Limoncello Lady)

Episodes

Production

In late November 2021, just days before the release of the second volume of the fifth part of ''Money Heist'', Netflix announced that it was developing a

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series, ''Berlin'', for a tentative 2023 release, with

expected to reprise his eponymous role from the original series. On September 28, 2022,

and Joel Sánchez were cast to co-star alongside Alonso. In March 2023, it was announced that

and

would also be reprising their roles as

and Alicia Sierra from ''Money Heist''. Filming began in October 2022 in

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, and continued in Madrid, Spain. Creators Alex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato wanted to do something "lighter" after their previous recent projects. In comparison to its parent show ''Money Heist'', ''Berlin'' has more comedic tones and employed more actors and locations. The series was shot in a wider screen 2:1 ratio to give the characters "more of a scenic experience of their surroundings". The show was renewed for a second season on 19 February 2024 which had begun filming by 23 January 2025.

Critical reception

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'' Noel Murray felt the plot and new characters did not hold up to the original ''Money Heist''.

References

External links

* {{Netflix original current series Money Heist 2020s crime drama television series Crime thriller television series Spanish crime television series Netflix television dramas Spanish-language television shows Television shows filmed in Spain 2020s Spanish drama television series Spanish thriller television series Television series by Vancouver Media 2023 Spanish television series debuts Prequel television series Television shows set in Paris