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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.

07. Mai - 08. Mai 2024

La Bohème

Beauty, pain, great emotions. In the love story of the poor seamstress Mimi and the unsuccessful writer Rodolfo in Paris around 1830, milieu description, humour and tragedy blend in a heartbreaking way. When the composer Giacomo Puccini, who died 100 years ago, turned Henri Murger's novel into the opera La Bohème in 1896, he created a worldwide success.

17. May 2024

Die Legende von Paul und Paula

The DEFA cult film. When The Legend of Paul and Paula was released in cinemas in spring 1973, several million viewers wanted to see this love story within a few months, were fascinated by the heroine's rigorous approach to life and were inspired by the filmmakers' sometimes romantic, sometimes ironic approach to the reality of the GDR. Peter Gotthardt has now published a book about his work on The Legend of Paul and Paula with Schüren Verlag, which we are presenting in his presence.

24. May - 20. July 2024

Not Reconciled

The documentary filmmaker Peter Nestler

In his documentary and educational films, Nestler explores various topics such as war, working conditions, exploitation and structural change, the destruction of nature through industrial intervention, anti-Semitism, antiziganism and, time and again, (neo-)fascism. They are films that are as uncomfortable as they are poetic.

31. May - 09. June 2024

Das Runde ins Eckige

Getting in the mood for the European Football Championship

Before the opening of the European Men's Football Championship, we invite you to three film programs that shed light on soccer and its social significance. What becomes of legends as time moves on? How is sport instrumentalized for political purposes? What to do when everyone is talking about soccer but you feel like doing something completely different?

02. June 2024

A Lyricist and Songwriter in Germany

Wolf Biermann in television programmes and interviews

The exhibition Wolf Biermann - A Lyricist and Songwriter in Germany ends on 2 June 2024. To mark the occasion, we are repeating three programmes that sold out last year with television reports on Wolf Biermann, a long interview with the singer-songwriter by journalist Holger Kulick and Frank Beyer's award-winning television feature film Abgehauen.

14. June - 16. June 2024

Open your ears!

Inclusive cinema ... with audio film

In recent years, stakeholders, associations and experts in their own right have increasingly highlighted their passion for the cinematic experience in cinemas and clearly articulated the need for accessibility and cultural participation. They have initiated debates, influenced political decision-makers, set film industry processes in motion and thus fought for an inclusive cinema. A success of these debates is the emergence of new film versions.

12. July - 13. July 2024

Collect Films!

The Munich Werkstattkino

The Werkstattkino is the most beautiful spawn of Munich's underground cinema. As a registered, non-profit association, it has been running a backyard cinema in the Gärtnerplatz district for almost 50 years and owns a widely appreciated collection of around 3,000 analogue film prints.