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18 Oct – 24 Oct

  1. TMDB 68IMDb 6.3

    Chopin, a Sonata in Paris

    He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs start bleeding, Chopin knows his days are numbered. Composing becomes his only obsession. The ticking clock rushes him to revolutionize music.
    • Drama
    • History
    • Music

    Capitol Mainz

  2. TMDB 71RT 90IMDb 7.5

    King and Country

    Historisches – neu belichtet

    During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
    • War
    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  3. Echo of Tomorrow's War

    Kennzeichen D

    The EU has fallen apart, and in Germany, far-right populists are forming a new government. War is imminent. Jonas has deserted; he and his sister go into hiding at the home of their father, Stuber, whom Jonas has not seen since childhood. But there, the situation escalates. A catastrophe occurs even before the war has begun.
    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  4. IMDb 7.2

    Six Weeks On

    While the world is in lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lore has to cope with a painful loss: her mother has died. Back in the small town of Erkelenz in North Rhine-Westphalia, she struggles against entrenched family structures and a paralyzing bureaucracy. Above all, she has to find a way to come to terms with the death and say goodbye to her mother.
    • Drama

    Capitol Mainz

  5. RT 100IMDb 7.9

    NAZA

    In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza are revealed by the people who designed and operated them.
    • Documentary

    Capitol Mainz

  6. Lügen über meine Mutter

    In the 1980s, the life of a family in a small village is determined by just one issue: the mother's body weight. Her husband Werner decides that she needs to lose weight, Cornelia suffers as a result and their daughter Ela is caught in the middle.
    • Drama

    Capitol Mainz

  7. KINDERKINO ZUM MITMACHEN

    Kurzfilmprogramm

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  8. Echo of Tomorrow's War

    Kennzeichen D

    The EU has fallen apart, and in Germany, far-right populists are forming a new government. War is imminent. Jonas has deserted; he and his sister go into hiding at the home of their father, Stuber, whom Jonas has not seen since childhood. But there, the situation escalates. A catastrophe occurs even before the war has begun.
    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  9. TMDB 62RT 50IMDb 6.4

    Fatherland

    Historisches – neu belichtet

    Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.
    • Drama
    • Thriller
    • Action
    • TV Movie

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  10. TMDB 53RT 37IMDb 5.7

    Sacrifice

    During a star-studded charity gala brimming with celebrities, billionaires and empty speeches, a movie star in the midst of an existential crisis is taken hostage by a radical warrior and her devoted followers. As the night descends into chaos, both an inward journey and an outward adventure ensue, where the line between performance and belief, salvation and sacrifice, begins to blur.
    • Adventure
    • Comedy
    • Action

    Capitol Mainz


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Currently 3 cinemas and film series in Mainz and the surrounding area: Murnau-Filmtheater, Capitol Arthouse Kino Mainz and Caligari FilmBühne.

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