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13 Sept – 19 Sept

  1. Los geht's Maxi: Wir hören im Kino genau hin

    Capitol Mainz

  2. TMDB 73IMDb 7.2

    Port of Freedom

    Das Murnau-Gästebuch

    Singing sailor Hannes, who now entertains the crowd at St. Pauli's Hippodrome after years at sea, promises his dying brother that he will take care of his ex-girlfriend Gisa. Taking Gisa to Hamburg to live with him, Hannes quickly falls in love with her, but soon has to face Gisa's affection for another man, Willem.

    • Drama
    • Romance

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  3. Kinderkino: Minions & Monster

    USA 2026, 90 Min., FSK: ab 6, empfohlen ab 9 | MINIONS & MONSTER ist der dritte Teil der Minions-Filmreihe und der siebte Film aus dem ICH - EINFACH UNVERBESSERLICH-Universum. Dieses Mal verschlägt es die gelbe Truppe ins Hollywood der 1920er-Jahre. In der Stummfilm-Ära werden die Minions unverhofft als Filmhelden …

    Caligari

  4. Don't Look Back in Anger

    Schlachthof-Special

    Experience the meteoric rise of Oasis through rare footage and untold stories as the band reunites for Oasis Live '25, chronicling their journey from Manchester streets to global rock stardom.

    • Documentary
    • Music

    Murnau-FilmtheaterOmU

  5. TMDB 72RT 92IMDb 7.3

    Nouvelle Vague

    After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.

    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • History

    Caligari

  6. TMDB 75RT 95IMDb 7.6

    Breathless

    A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

    • Drama
    • Crime
    • Romance

    Caligari

  7. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

    Cinema extreme

    After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

    • Horror
    • Comedy

    Murnau-FilmtheaterOmU

  8. TMDB 71RT 85IMDb 7.1

    The Tales of Hoffmann

    A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

    • Music
    • Fantasy
    • Romance
    • Drama

    Caligari

  9. TMDB 61RT 90IMDb 6.7

    My Summer of Love

    In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother and helps her spy on her adulterous father. Bound together by their secrets, the two girls see their friendship deepen and enter into dangerous waters.

    • Drama
    • Romance

    Caligari

  10. TMDB 74IMDb 7.4

    The Doll

    The misadventures of an effete young man who must get married in order to inherit a fortune. He opts to purchase a remarkably lifelike doll and marry it instead, not realizing that the doll is actually the dollmaker’s flesh-and-blood daughter in disguise.

    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Romance

    Caligari

  11. TMDB 73RT 94IMDb 7.5

    The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Caligari

  12. IMDb 5.8

    Freddy, die Gitarre und das Meer

    95. Geburtstag Freddy Quinn

    Sailor Freddy entertains the guests at "Uncle Max's" with songs on the guitar. This earns him more than just a few tips. The waitress Susi falls in love with the honest guy with the strong voice. Journalist Katja, who is strolling through St. Pauli with her fiancé, also notices the singing sailor. They don't know that Freddy is wanted by the police and that his longing for faraway places won't let him go.

    • Adventure

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  13. IMDb 7.2

    Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

    Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals and 'beauty pageants', where eligible young men strive to outshine each other and attract mates by means of lavish makeup, posturing and facial movements.

    • Documentary

    Caligari

  14. IMDb 6.6

    Freddy und die Melodie der Nacht

    95. Geburtstag Freddy Quinn

    Two dangerous criminals, Bachman and Willi, want to leave their hometown of Berlin as quickly as possible after a botched robbery. On the way to the airport, however, they lose one of their pistol magazines in Freddy’s taxi. Now they not only want to get rid of Freddy, who finds the magazine, but also decide to rob Freddy’s good friend and colleague Paul along the way. Freddy is still unaware of all this and goes to a party with his girlfriend, the flower seller Ilse. Even when an attempt on his life goes wrong, Freddy still has no idea of the danger he’s in. It’s only when he hears about the attack on Paul on the radio that the truth dawns on him. Now he’s determined to track down the perpetrators, if only to avenge the crime against his friend...

    • Crime
    • Music

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  15. Billie

    Nina and Angie are best friends and struggle through life together. When Angie's teenage daughter Rahel needs €300 for a school trip, they decide to go to the bank where Nina's husband Marc works to ask him for a small loan. But when Marc harshly rejects their request, Angie loses her temper. Things get out of control—and suddenly the friends are stuck in the bank and mistaken for gangsters.

    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Caligari

  16. In My Mother's Mirror

    Kennzeichen D

    When successful archaeologist Ursula Scheuer makes a sensational discovery of a body during a bog excavation, her demented mother suddenly dies. Unexpectedly, a childhood trauma breaks out for Ursula. The appearance of her new assistant Mel is also puzzling: she seems to know Ursula’s past very well. Ursula is increasingly drawn into a mysterious web of fantasies and deceptions and must finally free herself from it.

    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  17. Die Töchter Europas

    A road movie set in long-distance coaches, on motorways and in bus terminals across a supposedly borderless Europe. A cinema documentary in kaleidoscopic snapshots tracing the fates of three very different women, their experiences and encounters.

    • Documentary

    Caligari

  18. TMDB 76IMDb 7.8

    The Invite

    Komödien international

    Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.

    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Murnau-FilmtheaterOmU

  19. IMDb 7.7

    Trial of Hein

    Kennzeichen D

    After 14 years away, Hein returns to his home village on a remote island, only to discover that the close-knit community no longer recognises him. Suspecting him to be an impostor, they demand a trial to determine his true identity.

    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  20. In My Mother's Mirror

    Kennzeichen D

    When successful archaeologist Ursula Scheuer makes a sensational discovery of a body during a bog excavation, her demented mother suddenly dies. Unexpectedly, a childhood trauma breaks out for Ursula. The appearance of her new assistant Mel is also puzzling: she seems to know Ursula’s past very well. Ursula is increasingly drawn into a mysterious web of fantasies and deceptions and must finally free herself from it.

    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  21. In My Mother's Mirror

    Kennzeichen D

    When successful archaeologist Ursula Scheuer makes a sensational discovery of a body during a bog excavation, her demented mother suddenly dies. Unexpectedly, a childhood trauma breaks out for Ursula. The appearance of her new assistant Mel is also puzzling: she seems to know Ursula’s past very well. Ursula is increasingly drawn into a mysterious web of fantasies and deceptions and must finally free herself from it.

    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  22. TMDB 76IMDb 7.8

    The Invite

    Komödien international

    Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.

    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF


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