The roaring 1920s are given a German twist in “Babylon Berlin,” a lavish television series that chronicles the social turmoil leading up to the Third Reich.

It premiered last October in Germany and became one of the country’s most-watched shows, just behind the seventh season of “Game of Thrones.” On Tuesday it begins streaming in the U.S. via Netflix, with subtitles. The show’s depiction of crime, corruption and political unrest led German newspaper Die Zeit to note its “almost eerie parallels to the present.”

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