Current Film Series

Ein Mann steht hinter einer Frau und greift ihre Arme, während die beiden sich im Spiegel betrachten.

1. March - 31. March 2025

The Lady with the Torch

Homage to Columbia Pictures

A Hollywood landmark: the woman with the torch, reminiscent of the Statue of Liberty and initially even draped in the American flag. The retrospective curated by Ehsan Khoshbakht, which presents a number of films in new restorations, was first shown at the Locarno Film Festival in 2024. A selection can now be seen at the Zeughauskino.

Eine Frau bemalt das Gesicht eines Jungen.

12. January - 23. March 2025

Kästner's Cinema

Erich Kästner (1899-1974) is one of the most popular German-language authors. The retrospective brings together first film adaptations of his novels in which the writer himself took part, as well as remakes since the 1970s. Also shown are films from the National Socialist era whose screenplays were written by Kästner, who was banned from publishing in Germany after 1933 and from 1943 onwards, under a pseudonym or completely unnamed.