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Current Film Series

04. May - 21. July 2024

We also collect films.

The film archive of the German History Museum

When the German History Museum (DHM), which had already been founded but was still without a home, moved into the Zeughaus on the boulevard Unter den Linden and found a fully equipped cinema in the Museum of German History, it was clear that not only films would be shown here, but also collected. Over the course of more than 30 years, an archive has been created which, with around 900 analog 35mm and 16mm film prints, is one of the small film collections in Germany. Feature films and documentaries, advertising and propaganda films from Germany and its neighboring countries, America and Asia are stored here.

26. April - 14. May 2024

Sorbian cinematic landscapes

Although Sorbians were already in front of and behind the camera at the beginning of the 20th century, film historiography has shown little interest in Sorbian film. The monograph Sorbische Filmlandschaften / Serbske filmowe krajiny by film and cultural scholars Grit Lemke and Andy Räder, recently published in the DEFA Foundation's publication series, responds to this shortcoming. Curated by the two scholars, this film series provides the first comprehensive overview of Sorbian filmmaking from the German Empire to the present day.