The Last Seance

Episode aired Nov 18, 2019
1h 29m

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7.5/10

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Matthew Beard and Juergen Maurer in The Last Seance (2019)

Crime Drama History

When a beautiful young medium is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Dr Max Liebermann, is called upon by Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt of the Vienna Police to assist in the search for the ... Read allWhen a beautiful young medium is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Dr Max Liebermann, is called upon by Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt of the Vienna Police to assist in the search for the killer.When a beautiful young medium is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Dr Max Liebermann, is called upon by Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt of the Vienna Police to assist in the search for the killer.

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7.5/10

595

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Director
- Robert Dornhelm
Writers
- Steve Thompson
- Frank Tallis(based on the Libermann novels by)
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Matthew Beard and Jessica De Gouw in The Last Seance (2019)

Amelia Bullmore and Charlene McKenna in The Last Seance (2019)

Jessica De Gouw in The Last Seance (2019)

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Goofs
When Max and Clara go to see Klimt's Beethoven Frieze, it is depicted as framed canvases mounted on wooden blocks, free-standing in the middle of the room. This is incorrect: in actuality Klimt painted the frieze directly onto the walls of the entrance hall of the exhibition. A frieze is by definition a painting, sculpture or other decorative element applied or attached to the walls of a room or building, typically just below the ceiling or cornice.

Also, the Beethoven Frieze would no longer have been on exhibit in 1906, when this story takes place. It was painted in 1902 specifically for the 14th Vienna Secessionist exhibition commemorating Beethoven that year, and was sold to a collector in 1903, at which point the sections of wall containing the frieze were removed from the gallery. The frieze was preserved but was not publicly exhibited again until 1986.

Quotes
Max Liebermann: [as the inspector hands him his hat] People will say we're beginning to like each other.

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9/10

Turn of the century new specialization in medicine

I'm a sucker for this stuff. Can't wait to read the books off which this show was based.

Too many comparisons to Sherlock in these reviews. Benedict Cumberbatch had quite a bit to do with the success of that series. Matthew Beard is not Benedict Cumberbatch. He's not supposed to be. He's the cool, collected, scientist. And he plays that rather well.

When he ran up the stairs to change for dinner, the way his hands moved, he seemed - to use modern definitions - somewhat feminine. It would be interesting if that's something this show explored - what it was like to be gay in 1906 Vienna for a student of Freud.

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