Cinema entertainment in Germany
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Moviemento
Berlin’s oldest cinema, this three-screen independent place (with a maximum capacity of just over 100) shows a good range of nonblockbuster mainstream foreign and German movies.
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Atelier
Arthouse cinema in a backyard; Monday is 'MonGay' with homo-themed releases. Shows English-language movies.
For show information check any of the listings publications. Admission usually ranges from around €7.50 to around €9.50 though one day a week, usually Monday or Tuesday, is Kinotag (cinema day) with reduced prices. Movies presented in their original language are denoted in listings by the acronym 'OF' (Originalfassung) or 'OV' (Originalversion); those with German subtitles are marked 'OmU' (Original mit Untertiteln).
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Mathäser Filmpalast
Modern 14-screen multiplex in a former beer hall. For show information check any of the listings publications. Admission usually ranges from around €7.50 to around €9.50 though one day a week, usually Monday or Tuesday, is Kinotag (cinema day) with reduced prices. Movies presented in their original language are denoted in listings by the acronym 'OF' (Originalfassung) or 'OV' (Originalversion); those with German subtitles are marked 'OmU' (Original mit Untertiteln).
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Atlantis
Shows English-lanuage movies.
For show information check any of the listings publications. Admission usually ranges from around €7.50 to around €9.50 though one day a week, usually Monday or Tuesday, is Kinotag (cinema day) with reduced prices. Movies presented in their original language are denoted in listings by the acronym 'OF' (Originalfassung) or 'OV' (Originalversion); those with German subtitles are marked 'OmU' (Original mit Untertiteln).
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Neue Kant
Originally built in 1912, the original Kant-Kino was rescued from closure by a group of industry professionals, including director Wim Wenders, and now screens a mix of popular and art-house fare, plus a kid’s programme. The same body also runs the Filmtheater in the Hackesche Höfe.
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Cinemaxx Potsdamer Platz
This state-of-the-art megacomplex, part of a national chain, is the primary venue of the Berlinale international film festival. There are up to 20 movies on the programme at any given time here, and the big releases are often shown in their original language.
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Intimes
You wouldn’t expect Berlin’s alternative district to be without an alternative cinema, and this delightfully shabby art-house cinema is just the ticket for offbeat releases and cult classics. Mondays to Wednesdays are discount days.
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Museum-Lichtspiele
Cult cinema with wacky interior and weekly screenings of Rocky Horror Picture Show (Saturday nights) and Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice (Sunday mornings). For show information check any of the listings publications.
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FSK
Just off Oranienplatz, this high-calibre, two-screen art-house theatre shows plenty of European cinema. Unusually, the auditoriums have small fountains at the front, perhaps to encourage you to go to the toilet before the trailers end.
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Anzeiger Hochhaus
This spacious, art-house cinema is on the top floor of a magnificent expressionist building designed by Fritz Höger, the architect of Hamburg's Chilehaus. Check listing times, as the box office only opens just before screenings.
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Kino, Mond & Sterne
The repertory at this heavenly al fresco amphitheatre runs mostly towards Hollywood classics, including several in English. Take the U6 to 'Westpark'. Come early to stake out a good spot and bring pillows, blankets and snacks.
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Babylon
The popular Babylon is one of 12 Berlin cinemas making up the Yorcker family of broad-appeal, art-house screens, which also includes the enormous Delphi-Filmpalast (Kantstrasse 12a, Charlottenburg).
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Kino am Königsplatz
In late July, cineastes gather in front of the majestic neoclassical setting of this central square to take in the latest blockbusters. Come early to stake out a good spot and bring pillows, blankets and snacks.
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Abaton Kino
Several cinemas screen movies in the original language with subtitles. Look for the acronym 'OmU' (Original mit Untertiteln). Venues include Abaton Kino in Universitätsviertel and 3001 in Schanzenviertel.
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3001
Several cinemas screen movies in the original language with subtitles. Look for the acronym 'OmU' (Original mit Untertiteln). Venues include Abaton Kino in Universitätsviertel and 3001 in Schanzenviertel.
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Prager Frühling
Prager Frühling 'Prague Spring' might sound a bit militant, but this is actually an excellent arthouse cinema, which sometimes shows offbeat foreign films in the original. It's above Ilses Erika.
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Central Kino
Tucked away in the Hackesche Höfe, this handy little cinema features well-picked art-house fare, with films in their original language and German subtitles.
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Film Galerie
Part of the Leerer Beutel cultural centre, this cinema concentrates on art-house films, often shown in the original language (including English).
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Delphi-Filmpalast
The enormous Delphi-Filmpalast is one of 12 Berlin cinemas making up the Yorcker family of broad-appeal, art-house screens.
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Roxy
This cinema shows first-run films in the original English version, a rarity in Nuremberg. Take tram 8 to the Südfriedhof stop.
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Cinema
Cult cinema with all films in English, all the time. For show information check any of the listings publications.
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Ostentor-Kino
Art-house cinema with occasional screenings of movies in their original language (including English).
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Kommunales Kino
An art cinema in the old Amerika Haus building, which screens non-dubbed films.
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Babylon Mitte
Modern art-house fare, silent films, themed screenings and literary readings.
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Ambo
Facing the Hauptbahnhof. Screens first-run, non-dubbed films in four halls.
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