The series "Barbarians" from Germany broke a record on Netflix. Never before have so many households switched on.
37 million households worldwide switched on the German series "Barbarians" in the first four weeks after publication. "This is a new record for a non-English Netflix series," as the streaming giant explained on Twitter.
Netflix recently announced that there would be a second season of "Barbarians". The series is based on the battle in the Teutoburg Forest. Laurence Rupp (33), Jeanne Goursaud (24) and David Schütter (28, "8 days") can be seen in the leading roles.
Lead actress can't see blood
"Barbarians" are not exactly squeamish about violence. Before the publication, Goursaud had revealed in an interview with the news agency spot on news: "I can actually only see blood very poorly, both privately and in films. But I have to say that I was there while shooting and now I know that only comes out of a bottle or an assistant transports a chopped off fake head from A to B. Since then I've actually been okay with it. "