Just a few weeks ago your trusted spy informed you about new period set drama that one of our favourite producers
Beta Film is preparing for the small screens and now they've released the first images from the sets of
EMPIRE OKTOBER FEST six part series about the fierce battle between two family breweries from 1900 Munich, starring
Mišel Matičević, Martina Gedeck, Klaus Steinbacher and Mercedes Mueller.
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THE STORY OF OKTOBERFESTset in Munich in 1898, revolves around a young girl who falls in love with a poor brewer's son against her father's wishes, who himself is a rich mobster
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| The series is currently under production in Germany |
who has come to town to try and bully his way into the inner circle of Munich's brewer dynasties. Soon blood is shed and the young brewer has to fight
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| The series will be shot in six hourlong episodes. |
desperately in order to protect his own family from his love's father. A thrilling drama about intrigues, emancipation, love and class conceits that sheds light
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| Empire Oktoberfest will be directed by Hannu Salonen |
on the secluded world of breweries and pubs – the places where Munich's truly powerful secretly carry out their affairs – set against the backdrop of the world-famous, iconic beer spectacle.
