Barbarians’ On Netflix: A German Historical Series On Revenge And Betrayal

Barbarians’ On Netflix: A German Historical Series On Revenge And Betrayal

Jeanne Gourseaud as Thusnelda in 'Barbarians' (Photo Credit: Katalin Vermes/Gaumont/Netflix)



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A new Netflix original series from Germany, Barbarians (Barbaren), was just released on the streaming platform this October 23. Produced in partnership with Gaumont, Barbarians takes the viewer back to Roman times in the northern regions of Europe we now call Germany.

Set in 9 A.D. Germany, Barbarians is a dramatization of the events that led to the battle of the Teutoburg Forest, in which Germanic tribes confronted three legions of the Roman Empire. This battle is viewed as pivotal because it stopped the Roman expansion into northern Europe. At its core, however, the series is about the friendship of three Germanic children, who were separated during the Roman occupation and who