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3 Oct – 9 Oct

  1. Spaziergang nach Syrakus

    Kennzeichen D

    Paul Gompitz, a young man from Rostock, dreams of retracing the poet Johann Gottlieb Seume's journey to Syracuse. But as a citizen of the GDR, his only option is to flee.

    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  2. IMDb 7.7

    Nimrods

    Schlachthof-Film des Monats

    Three friends journey from Kansas City to Los Angeles, mistakenly believing that their band is opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve.

    • Comedy
    • Music

    Murnau-FilmtheaterOmU

  3. TMDB 63IMDb 6.8

    Secrets of a Soul

    Das Murnau-Gästebuch

    Scientist Martin Fellmann is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife. Driven to the brink of madness by fantastic nightmares, he encounters a psychoanalyst who offers to treat the perplexing malady.
    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  4. TMDB 71RT 73IMDb 6.7

    Diamonds

    Festival-Nachlese

    In 1970s Rome, a filmmaker gathers actresses for a new project, which triggers memories of his past working in a Roman costume shop, run by Alberta and Gabriella, navigating personal and professional challenges while creating costumes for a major film.
    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  5. Spaziergang nach Syrakus

    Kennzeichen D

    Paul Gompitz, a young man from Rostock, dreams of retracing the poet Johann Gottlieb Seume's journey to Syracuse. But as a citizen of the GDR, his only option is to flee.

    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  6. IMDb 6.7

    Black Roses

    Kino am Nachmittag

    Erkki Collin is a hunted man. The Czar’s soldiers have been close on the heels of the leader of the rebellious Finns, who have been fighting the Russian occupiers since the end of the 18th Century. His flight leads him to the chambers of the dancer Marina Feodorowna, in whose house a party is taking place at that very moment. Marina discovers the intruder, hides him from his pursuers and soon falls in love with him. But hiding Erkki forever is not an option; so she presents him as her music teacher. The swindle fails and Prince Governor Abarow, who’s long had a thing for Marina, discovers the real identity of the man, but doesn’t have him arrested.
    • Drama

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  7. IMDb 6.6

    No More Love

    In Kooperation mit...

    An American millionaire, who had always bad luck with women, bets that he can live without them for five years. But after four and a half years traveling around on his yacht, he rescues a lady from drowning in the English Channel.
    • Music
    • Comedy

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  8. Albrecht Weinberg - Es ist immer in meinem Kopf

    Historisches – neu belichtet

    Albrecht Weinberg, 100 years old, is the last surviving Jew from East Frisia who survived the Holocaust. After a lifetime in the United States, he returns to a Germany that has become foreign to him—with the goal of telling his story. Supported by his close friend Gerda Dänekas, he fights against silence and oblivion.
    • Documentary

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  9. TMDB 63RT 89IMDb 6.3

    Bitter Christmas

    Festival-Nachlese

    After her mother dies in December, advertising director Elsa immerses herself in work to cope. When a panic attack forces her to take a break, she decides to travel to Lanzarote with her friend Patricia. The story of these women run parallel to that of a screenwriter and film director, exploring how life and fiction are inseparably linked, sometimes painfully so.
    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Murnau-FilmtheaterOmU

  10. TMDB 63RT 89IMDb 6.3

    Bitter Christmas

    Festival-Nachlese

    After her mother dies in December, advertising director Elsa immerses herself in work to cope. When a panic attack forces her to take a break, she decides to travel to Lanzarote with her friend Patricia. The story of these women run parallel to that of a screenwriter and film director, exploring how life and fiction are inseparably linked, sometimes painfully so.
    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF

  11. Albrecht Weinberg - Es ist immer in meinem Kopf

    Historisches – neu belichtet

    Albrecht Weinberg, 100 years old, is the last surviving Jew from East Frisia who survived the Holocaust. After a lifetime in the United States, he returns to a Germany that has become foreign to him—with the goal of telling his story. Supported by his close friend Gerda Dänekas, he fights against silence and oblivion.
    • Documentary

    Murnau-FilmtheaterDF


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