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Ein Pfeil zeigt vom Filmhaus am Potsdamer Platz zum neuen Standort der Kinemathek, dem E-Werk.

We are moving!

The Kinemathek will close at the Filmhaus at Potsdamer Platz on 31 Oct. In 2025, we will reopen at the E-Werk. Here, you can find all the information about the move.

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Information for your visit

  • Museum

    Opening hours

  • Library

    Opening hours

  • Archive

    Our archive has separate opening times.

    Opening hours and contact

  • Map of Berlin with marker placed at Potsdamer Strasse 2, 10785 Berlin

    Potsdamer Straße 2
    10785 Berlin
    Germany

 

Everyone is welcome!

Refugees and accompanying persons can enter the Museum of Film and Television free of charge.

Digital collection

Because of the range of our collections and archives, we are only able to present a fraction of it in the museum. You can discover, reseach and  view further highlights in our “digital collection”.

  • Werner Herzog Archive

    Sneek peaks into the iconic images of the controversial director, to whom we’ll soon be dedicating an exhibition.

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  • Marlene Dietrich Collection

    Insights into the life of an icon. Photos from Marlene Dietrich’s childhood in Berlin, of her dedication during World War II as well as numerous costumes and costume designs.

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  • Berlin movie theaters

    Travel through time and discover 100 years of movie theater history in Berlin. In seven chronologic photo galleries, you can explore our collection on movie theater history and delve into historic views of Berlin.

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  • Make your own films online at the Filmspielplatz

    On the platform, children can make their own animated films and watch fascinating short films. A selection of the videos is provided with audio description, subtitles and sign language or in Arabic, Polish and Turkish. 

    Explore now

  • Researching in our archives

    Visit our archives on site. The archives are distributed around various locations. We invite everyone, who is interested in our collections. Don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.

    Our archives

  • Our service for cinemas and festivals

    Our film distribution library holds over 20,000 films for screenings at cinemas and festivals.

    Film Distribution

  • Publications

    The next best thing to watching a film is reading about it. The Deutsche Kinemathek routinely publishes books on film and television history.

    To our Publications

  • Education

    The Museum for Film and Television offers a diverse range of educational options, including tours, workshops, film views and discussions.

    Education

  • The Many

    We have signed the Berlin Declaration of the Many.

    To the Declaration

Content note

The mission of the Deutsche Kinemathek is to preserve and reflect on audiovisual heritage. This includes content in the collections and archives that reproduces ideologies or stereotypes and which is discriminatory. When dealing with such content and any reproduction thereof, contextualizations are essential. This does not imply any endorsement of the statements, judgements or representations conveyed by the respective content.