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17.September2026

  1. TMDB 62RT 50IMDb 6.4

    Fatherland

    82 min

    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

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  2. Spaziergang nach Syrakus

    98 min

    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

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  3. Was haben wir gelacht

    99 min

    An entire generation of Germans was raised on male comedians. But what about their female counterparts? Maren Kroymann, Hella von Sinnen, Bettina Böttinger, Esther Schweins, and Gaby Köster look back at the way women were portrayed on TV in the 1990s and early 2000s, when jokes at women’s expense were the order of the day.
    • Documentary

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  4. TMDB 62

    The Doll

    80 min

    Eastern France, nowadays. Rémi, who has never recovered from a heartbreak, shares his life with a doll called Audrey. But the day his new coworker, Patricia, arrives at his company, Audrey comes to life. The two women will turn Rémi’s life upside down.
    • Comedy
    • Romance

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  5. Adam’s Eight

    124 min

    Adam's Eight tells the remarkable true story of Karl Adam — a visionary rowing coach who, in 1950s Germany, brought together a group of underdogs and turned them into champions. Within just three years, his team defied all odds and won Olympic gold in Rome in 1960.
    • Drama

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  6. IMDb 7.2

    Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

    113 min

    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

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  7. TMDB 62RT 50IMDb 6.4

    Fatherland

    82 min

    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

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  8. Guns & Moses

    OV

    Mo Zaltzman is a beloved Hasidic rabbi in a dusty desert town. When his congregation is violently attacked, police quickly arrest a young white nationalist who threatened them in the past, but Rabbi Mo doesn’t believe the troubled teen is a killer. Since no one else will investigate, Rabbi Mo becomes the detective. As bodies pile up, he must learn how to use a gun to battle the real enemy.
    • Crime
    • Thriller

    Karlstorkino HeidelbergOV

  9. RT 61IMDb 5.5

    Gentle Monster

    115 min

    After relocating with her family to the countryside, a renowned pianist uncovers a life-shattering truth that forces her to confront the complexities of love, trust, and deception.

    • Drama

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  10. Adam’s Eight

    124 min

    Adam's Eight tells the remarkable true story of Karl Adam — a visionary rowing coach who, in 1950s Germany, brought together a group of underdogs and turned them into champions. Within just three years, his team defied all odds and won Olympic gold in Rome in 1960.
    • Drama

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  11. IMDb 6.5

    KitKatClub: Kinks of Berlin

    96 min

    The story of the legendary Berlin club and its founder, a woman whose life is inextricably interwoven with the bright and dark sides of a hedonistic lifestyle.

    • Documentary

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg


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Currently 4 cinemas and film series in Heidelberg and the surrounding area: Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg, Karlstorkino Heidelberg, Die Kamera Heidelberg and Sammlung Prinzhorn.

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Heidelberg 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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