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15.August2026

  1. IMDb 6.6

    Minions & Monsters

    This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

    • Adventure
    • Animation
    • Comedy
    • Family
    • Fantasy

    Capitol Mainz

  2. Bearhunting

    While Germany in 1834 is simmering in every corner, the resistance led by Georg Büchner is working on the revolution. Heinrich Furrer secretly prints Büchner‘s revolutionary leaflet “Der Hessische Landbote“ in his brother Gustav‘s printing House, thus supporting the revolutionaries. Heinrich loves Minna. She wants to go to America!… and he‘s supposed to come with her. Everything could be so simple if Heinrich weren‘t living with Agnes, a former prostitute, if he had the necessary money and Minna wasn‘t married to his brother Gustav.

    • Comedy

    Capitol Mainz

  3. Virginia Woolf's Night & Day

    Literaturverfilmungen

    In 1910 London, independent-minded Katharine Hilbery defies her family's expectations of marriage to pursue a career in astronomy. But when her father pressures her into an unwanted engagement, her resolve is tested. Through new friendships—including a bold suffragette and a thoughtful editor—Katharine begins to question the limits placed on her by society, love, and tradition, ultimately searching for a path that is truly her own.

    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • Romance

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  4. IMDb 7.3

    Fatherland

    In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

    • Drama
    • History

    Capitol Mainz

  5. TMDB 77RT 93IMDb 7.7

    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

    • Action
    • Adventure
    • Science Fiction

    Capitol Mainz

  6. 23 000 Lives

    Gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen

    Unable to stand by and watch as countless refugees lose their lives attempting to reach Europe by sea, a group of young Berliners take action. Inexperienced but driven by passion and courage, they launch a crowdfunding campaign to buy an old ship. Venturing into the Mediterranean, they embark on a mission to save thousands of people. But their efforts soon put their understanding of law and justice to the test.

    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF


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