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18 Aug – 24 Aug

  1. TMDB 75

    I Knew Her Well

    A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.

    • Drama

    DFF Filmmuseum

    In Memoriam: Mario Adorf

  2. TMDB 75

    Jules and Jim

    In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

    • Drama
    • Romance

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Wim Wenders

  3. A Sad and Beautiful World

    In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country.

    • Romance
    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Cinéma

  4. The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

    A man and a woman share their musings on love and freedom one summer night. The couple’s conversation meanders through memories, unspoken desires and passion through poetic dialogue.

    • Drama

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Wim Wenders

  5. TMDB 73

    Quiz Show

    Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.

    • History
    • Drama

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Robert Redford

  6. TMDB 75

    Au Hasard Balthazar

    The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.

    • Drama

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Wim Wenders

  7. Cotton Queen

    In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonizers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village. Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields – and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.

    • Drama

    Hafen 2 Offenbach

  8. TMDB 73

    Blood and Black Lace

    Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.

    • Horror
    • Thriller
    • Mystery

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Terza Visione

  9. My Giraffe

    Dikkertje Dap was born on the same day as Raf the giraffe. Dikkertje can often be found at the zoo, because Raf is his best friend. They are inseparable, until Dikkertje goes to school for the first time and finds out giraffes can’t go to school. Dikkertje dearly misses Raf, but also experiences exciting new things. He even makes a new friend: Yous. Raf misses Dikkertje too. So Dikkertje devises a plan to bring the giraffe to school and introduce his two friends to each other.

    • Drama
    • Family

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Kinderkino

  10. Cinéma & Diner à la Surprise mit BBQ

    Orfeo's Erben

  11. TMDB 61

    The Electric Horseman

    A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.

    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Comedy
    • Western

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Robert Redford

  12. TMDB 65IMDb 7.0

    Romería

    With her mother's diary in hand, Marina's search for official documents for university leads her to her biological family on the Atlantic coast. What starts as an administrative quest reveals long-buried family secrets.

    • Drama

    Hafen 2 Offenbach

  13. TMDB 59

    Zardoz

    In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

    • Fantasy
    • Action
    • Thriller
    • Science Fiction

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Filmclub Treppe 41

  14. TMDB 70

    A River Runs Through It

    The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.

    • Drama

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Robert Redford

  15. TMDB 86RT 94IMDb 8.4

    Project Hail Mary

    Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.

    • Science Fiction
    • Adventure

    Hafen 2 Offenbach

  16. PINA - TANZT, TANZT SONST SIND WIR VERLOREN (3D)

    Regie: Wim Wenders | Darsteller: Ales Cucek, Anna Wehsarg, Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airoudo, Ruth Amarante | 106 Min. | Dokumentarfilm Deutschland/Frankreich 2011. R: Wim Wenders. Dokumentarfilm. 106 Min. DCP. 3D Filmreihe: Wim Wenders Schon lange wollte Wim Wenders einen Film über die Choreographin Pina Bausch drehen, doch erst 2008 konnte er mit den Vorarbeiten beginnen; gemeinsam mit der Protagonistin wählte er die Stücke für den Film aus: „Café Müller“, „Le Sacre du Printemps“, „Vollmond“ und „Kontakthof“. Nach dem Tod der Choreographin im Sommer 2009 hat Wim Wenders sein Projekt nicht beendet, sondern änderte seine Konzeption. Er drehte mit dem Ensemble des Tanztheaters Wuppertal auf der Bühne und in der Stadt Wuppertal PINA (2011), einen Film für Pina Bausch. Die…

    DFF FilmmuseumDCP

    Wim Wenders

  17. My Giraffe

    Dikkertje Dap was born on the same day as Raf the giraffe. Dikkertje can often be found at the zoo, because Raf is his best friend. They are inseparable, until Dikkertje goes to school for the first time and finds out giraffes can’t go to school. Dikkertje dearly misses Raf, but also experiences exciting new things. He even makes a new friend: Yous. Raf misses Dikkertje too. So Dikkertje devises a plan to bring the giraffe to school and introduce his two friends to each other.

    • Drama
    • Family

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Kinderkino

  18. TMDB 69

    The Horse Whisperer

    The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

    • Adventure
    • Drama
    • Romance

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Robert Redford

  19. TMDB 75

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

    • Fantasy
    • Animation
    • Comedy
    • Crime

    DFF Filmmuseum

    Kultkino


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Which cinemas are covered?

Currently 40 cinemas and film series in Frankfurt and the surrounding area: Zeise Kinos, Astor Film Lounge HafenCity, Astor Film Lounge MyZeil, Koralle Lichtspiele, Savoy Filmtheater, DFF — Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Metropolis Kino, Filmpalast Hofheim, Abaton, Cinéma Frankfurt, Murnau-Filmtheater, Hansa-Filmstudio, Passage Kino Hamburg, Studio Kino, Capitol Arthouse Kino Mainz, Harmonie Theater Frankfurt, Blankeneser Kino, 3001 Kino, Filmforum Höchst, Lichtblick Mörfelden, Mal seh'n Kino, Kino Kelkheim, Magazin Filmkunsttheater, Filmraum, Hafen 2 Offenbach, Alabama Kino, Eldorado Arthouse Kino, Kronberger Lichtspiele, Elbe Filmtheater, Kino Köppern, Orfeo's Erben, Pupille — Kino in der Uni, Caligari FilmBühne, SchanzenKino 73, MGGU – Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität, naxos.Kino, Eschborn K, Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Deutsch-Französische Gesellschaft Frankfurt and Historisches Museum Frankfurt.

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Language version: OmU = original audio with German subtitles, OmeU = original with English subtitles, DF = German-dubbed version, OV = original version with no subtitles, stumm = silent film (often with live accompaniment). Projection format: DCP = Digital Cinema Package, the digital standard in modern cinemas; 35mm / 16mm / 70mm = analogue film prints on physical stock.

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Frankfurt has an unusually dense cinema scene — the DFF Filmmuseum, Astor, three arthouse houses, Pupille at the university, Programmkino Rex in Darmstadt, the Murnau in Wiesbaden — but no shared programme. This site lays every house onto one searchable day view.

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