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9 Jul – 15 Jul

  1. Der Klang von Neuschwanstein

    Musik – Sprache der Welt

    Wo einst König Ludwig II. von der Verbindung von Architektur und Musik träumte, erklingen heute wieder große Stimmen. Nach langer Stille wird Neuschwanstein neu zum Klangraum. Vor der Kulisse des UNESCO-Weltkulturerbes Schloss Neuschwanstein werden Konzerte mit internationalen Solist:innen zu einem außergewöhnlichen Erlebnis. „Der Klang von Neuschwanstein“ macht diesen einzigartigen Ort selbst zur Bühne – und seine Geschichte zu einem einzigartigen Kinoerlebnis. „Der Klang von Neuschwanstein“ erzählt die Geschichte eines Ortes, der wie kein anderer für die Verbindung von Kunst, Architektur und Vision steht. König Ludwig II. ließ Schloss Neuschwanstein einst als klingende Bühne für die Musik Richard Wagners errichten – ein Ort, an dem sich seine Sehnsucht nach einer idealen Welt erfüllen sollte. Doch dieser Traum blieb unvollendet.

    • Documentary
    • Music

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  2. TMDB 86RT 94IMDb 8.4

    Project Hail Mary

    Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.

    • Science Fiction
    • Adventure

    Capitol Mainz

  3. Sommer auf Asphalt

    Kennzeichen D

    Les (Mala Emde) lives a fast, spontaneous and carefree life. During the day she races through the city as a bike courier, after work she crashes somewhere with her friends. Stop, pause or think about the future? Not with Les. At least not until her father Bert (Christoph Maria Herbst) - with whom she actually has virtually no contact - turns up unexpectedly and, after an accident, even gets on his bike for his daughter without being asked. When Les then finds out about her unplanned pregnancy, she has completely entered a new reality. The father-to-be Tyler (Aaron Hilmer) would like to have a child, but is unfortunately still one himself. Les' world turns completely upside down - and Bert hasn't even told her that he's going to die soon...

    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  4. Sommer auf Asphalt

    Kennzeichen D

    Les (Mala Emde) lives a fast, spontaneous and carefree life. During the day she races through the city as a bike courier, after work she crashes somewhere with her friends. Stop, pause or think about the future? Not with Les. At least not until her father Bert (Christoph Maria Herbst) - with whom she actually has virtually no contact - turns up unexpectedly and, after an accident, even gets on his bike for his daughter without being asked. When Les then finds out about her unplanned pregnancy, she has completely entered a new reality. The father-to-be Tyler (Aaron Hilmer) would like to have a child, but is unfortunately still one himself. Les' world turns completely upside down - and Bert hasn't even told her that he's going to die soon...

    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  5. TMDB 71RT 96IMDb 7.2

    Amrum

    On Amrum Island in spring 1945, twelve-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and works the fields to help feed his family. When the war ends, his mother sinks into depression, and he must navigate new conflicts while struggling to find his own path.

    • Drama

    Capitol Mainz

  6. TMDB 81RT 100IMDb 8.8

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Cinema extreme

    A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.

    • Action
    • Crime

    Murnau-FilmtheaterOmU

  7. TMDB 71

    Primavera

    Musik – Sprache der Welt

    In 18th-century Venice, 20-year-old violin virtuoso Cecilia lives at the Pièta orphanage, where, despite her talent, she remains confined, knowing that marriage is the only way out. Yet, her life takes a turn after she meets Antonio Vivaldi, a brilliant and ambitious composer who becomes the new violin teacher. Guided by Vivaldi and his music, Cecilia finds the strength to challenge the destiny that once seemed inevitable.

    • Music
    • Drama
    • History

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  8. TMDB 77RT 88IMDb 7.6

    Rental Family

    An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese 'rental family' agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality.

    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Capitol Mainz

  9. TMDB 81RT 100IMDb 8.8

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Cinema extreme

    A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.

    • Action
    • Crime

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  10. Schwarze Häuser

    After World War II, countless children throughout Germany were sent to health resorts in order to recover; instead they endured systemic abuse. Through survivors’ voices and her own family history, filmmaker Katrin Sikora uncovers this long silenced chapter and its echoes across generations.

    • Documentary

    Capitol Mainz

  11. IMDb 6.2

    Viktor und Viktoria

    Kino am Nachmittag

    Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin where he works a woman impersonator and per chance she's discovered by an agent, who thinks, that she really is a man. She becomes famous, but her situation becomes troublesome, when she falls in love with Robert.

    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  12. Der Fremde

    After years of drifting around, Willi Palko arrives in the lignite mining area. He was not only looking for a new job, but also wanted to finally settle down here. The party leadership sends him to the Schepp brigade, which has made itself "suspicious" (on paper) due to its extremely high production figures. The stranger is accused of being a spy for the factory management. Willi finds it difficult to assert himself, but he is taken with the big excavator, the prospect of one day being allowed to drive it, and the brash flapper Hanna. He stays, and with his help a mine foreman is exposed as a Western agent and coal production is brought up to a really high level.

    • Drama

    Capitol Mainz

  13. Sommer auf Asphalt

    Kennzeichen D

    Les (Mala Emde) lives a fast, spontaneous and carefree life. During the day she races through the city as a bike courier, after work she crashes somewhere with her friends. Stop, pause or think about the future? Not with Les. At least not until her father Bert (Christoph Maria Herbst) - with whom she actually has virtually no contact - turns up unexpectedly and, after an accident, even gets on his bike for his daughter without being asked. When Les then finds out about her unplanned pregnancy, she has completely entered a new reality. The father-to-be Tyler (Aaron Hilmer) would like to have a child, but is unfortunately still one himself. Les' world turns completely upside down - and Bert hasn't even told her that he's going to die soon...

    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  14. TMDB 86RT 94IMDb 8.4

    Project Hail Mary

    Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.

    • Science Fiction
    • Adventure

    Capitol Mainz

  15. TMDB 71RT 96IMDb 7.2

    Amrum

    On Amrum Island in spring 1945, twelve-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and works the fields to help feed his family. When the war ends, his mother sinks into depression, and he must navigate new conflicts while struggling to find his own path.

    • Drama

    Capitol Mainz

  16. Der Held meiner Träume

    In memoriam Heidi Brühl

    Finally, vacation! Marianne, Franziska, and Bernhard Kleinschmidt are spending their holidays together with their friends Oliver and Petra Martens at their parents' vacation home. The young people have every reason to be in a good mood, but something is gnawing at the two young men—Oliver and Bernhard are in love.

    • Comedy
    • Romance

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  17. Der Fremde

    After years of drifting around, Willi Palko arrives in the lignite mining area. He was not only looking for a new job, but also wanted to finally settle down here. The party leadership sends him to the Schepp brigade, which has made itself "suspicious" (on paper) due to its extremely high production figures. The stranger is accused of being a spy for the factory management. Willi finds it difficult to assert himself, but he is taken with the big excavator, the prospect of one day being allowed to drive it, and the brash flapper Hanna. He stays, and with his help a mine foreman is exposed as a Western agent and coal production is brought up to a really high level.

    • Drama

    Capitol Mainz

  18. TMDB 73IMDb 7.4

    Asphalt

    125. Geburtstag Hans Székely

    Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.

    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF


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