# Vienna Blood (2019)

> A Freud-trained physician and a sceptical Viennese detective team up to solve disturbing murders in 1900s Vienna.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/79495

## Facts

- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 11
- Episode runtime: 89 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama, mystery
- Created by: Steve Thompson
- Network: ZDF, ORF 1, BBC Two
- Cast: Matthew Beard, Juergen Maurer, Charlene McKenna, Conleth Hill, Amelia Bullmore, Josef Ellers, Luise von Finckh, Simon Hatzl
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9179616/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: atmospheric, measured, melancholic, tense

## What critics say

Audiences broadly rate Vienna Blood as a positive, well-crafted period mystery with strong lead chemistry and atmospheric recreation of 1900s Vienna.

## Synopsis

Vienna Blood (2019-2024) is a German, Austrian and British co-production period crime drama created by Steve Thompson for ZDF, ORF 1 and BBC Two. Matthew Beard plays Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud who applies early psychoanalytic theory to bizarre killings, while Juergen Maurer plays Detective Oskar Rheinhardt, an under-pressure Viennese police inspector who is deeply sceptical of his new partner's methods. Their working relationship is the engine of the show: the detective must answer to a demanding police hierarchy while the doctor pursues killers through the cafes, opera houses and salons of the city. Charlene McKenna and Conleth Hill appear as members of the Liebermann family, anchoring the personal stakes beside the cases. Each investigation is a self-contained mystery built around a disturbing murder, so the series rewards close attention to clues and motive without demanding that viewers track a long serialized plot. Presented across four seasons of feature-length episodes, the show carries a measured, atmospheric register: gilded interiors contrast with the rot beneath them. Fans of The Alienist, Sherlock Holmes and Peaky Blinders will find resonance in its blend of period elegance, psychological detection and a partnership built on mutual suspicion.

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