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17 Sept – 23 Sept

  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. 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

  10. 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

  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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Frost Without Snow and Ice

    98 min

    Over a decade on Svalbard, the fastest warming place on earth, Norwegian filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad witnesses the extraordinary life of a polar bear named Frost – a mother struggling to raise her cubs in a rapidly changing Arctic. This intimate journey transforms him from observer to storyteller, driven by his passion to connect with nature and to expose the devastating impacts of climate change on this fragile ecosystem.
    • Documentary

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  16. 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

  17. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

    138 min

    On the morning of his hundredth birthday, Fanny finds her grandfather dead in his bed. As she and her family are forced to deal with the death, a bitter dispute over the inheritance erupts, in which old power relations are reversed.
    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  18. 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

  19. Film und Wein

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. TMDB 76IMDb 7.8

    The Invite

    subtitled OV · 107 min

    Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.

    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Gloria & Gloriette HeidelbergOV

  23. Who Truly Knows What A Life Is?

    95 min

    An actress is cast to bring Paula Modersohn-Becker, one of Germany’s most influential painters, to life. As she immerses herself ever deeper into the artist’s world, encountering key figures such as Otto Modersohn, Clara Westhoff-Rilke, and Rainer Maria Rilke, the lines between role and reality, portrayal and identification, begin to dissolve.

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  24. IMDb 6.6

    Minions & Monsters

    90 min

    This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.
    • Adventure
    • Animation
    • Comedy
    • Family
    • Fantasy

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  25. 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

  26. Cabinets of Wonder

    DF

    Four children aged between eleven and 14 take us on a journey into their secret world - a world where there is no bullying, no racism and no money. But there is plenty to discover: lion tongue fights, experiences of an escape, cat people and shiny blue crawling beetles!
    • Documentary
    • Family

    Karlstorkino HeidelbergDF

  27. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

    138 min

    On the morning of his hundredth birthday, Fanny finds her grandfather dead in his bed. As she and her family are forced to deal with the death, a bitter dispute over the inheritance erupts, in which old power relations are reversed.
    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. Transit Times - Înstrăinare

    OmdtU

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. IMDb 7.1

    Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

    OmdtU

    After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
    • Horror
    • Comedy

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. Prosecution

    114 min

    After surviving a racist attack, state prosecutor Seyo Kim takes her own case to court – confronting both the perpetrators and a justice system that turns a blind eye to right-wing extremism.
    • Drama

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  38. TMDB 75RT 92IMDb 7.7

    Hard Boiled

    OmdtU

    A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
    • Action
    • Thriller
    • Crime

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  39. Wise Women

    subtitled OV · 91 min

    Midwives usually attend more than a thousand births in their lifetime, be it in hospitals, at birth centers, or in homes. The personal stories of midwives from Ethiopia to Brazil, Austria to Nepal, and Morocco become a mirror that reflects the political and economic situation of women, their status, and demands in society, from the perspective of these wise women who are the first to see us in this world.
    • Documentary

    Gloria & Gloriette HeidelbergOV

  40. Who Truly Knows What A Life Is?

    95 min

    An actress is cast to bring Paula Modersohn-Becker, one of Germany’s most influential painters, to life. As she immerses herself ever deeper into the artist’s world, encountering key figures such as Otto Modersohn, Clara Westhoff-Rilke, and Rainer Maria Rilke, the lines between role and reality, portrayal and identification, begin to dissolve.

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  41. 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

  42. Albrecht Weinberg - Es ist immer in meinem Kopf

    92 min

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  43. IMDb 6.6

    Minions & Monsters

    90 min

    This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.
    • Adventure
    • Animation
    • Comedy
    • Family
    • Fantasy

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  44. Bibi Blocksberg - Die total verhexte Zeitreise

    90 min

    Things are about to get spooky—and pretty chaotic! The students in Neustadt are about to start their big internship. But of all people, Bibi Blocksberg has once again missed the deadline to sign up. While Marita gets to investigate a case with the police and Florian is on the hunt for the next big story with cult reporter Karla Kolumna, the only spot left for Bibi is at the museum—which, for her, is probably the most booooring place in the world.
    • Family
    • Fantasy
    • Adventure

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  45. Cabinets of Wonder

    DF

    Four children aged between eleven and 14 take us on a journey into their secret world - a world where there is no bullying, no racism and no money. But there is plenty to discover: lion tongue fights, experiences of an escape, cat people and shiny blue crawling beetles!
    • Documentary
    • Family

    Karlstorkino HeidelbergDF

  46. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

    138 min

    On the morning of his hundredth birthday, Fanny finds her grandfather dead in his bed. As she and her family are forced to deal with the death, a bitter dispute over the inheritance erupts, in which old power relations are reversed.
    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. IMDb 6.3

    Everytime

    OV

    A tragedy brings a mother, daughter, and teenage boy together. Struggling with blame and forgiveness, the unlikely trio take a trip to Tenerife for a family holiday that never happened. Under the glow of the sun, past and present quietly start to overlap.
    • Drama

    Karlstorkino HeidelbergOV

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. IMDb 7.1

    Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

    OmdtU

    After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
    • Horror
    • Comedy

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  53. IMDb 8.3

    The Odyssey

    subtitled OV · 173 min

    Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.
    • Adventure
    • Action
    • Fantasy

    Gloria & Gloriette HeidelbergOV

  54. 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

  55. IMDb 7.2

    Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

    subtitled OV · 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 HeidelbergOV

  56. 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

  57. 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

  58. 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

  59. 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

  60. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

    138 min

    On the morning of his hundredth birthday, Fanny finds her grandfather dead in his bed. As she and her family are forced to deal with the death, a bitter dispute over the inheritance erupts, in which old power relations are reversed.
    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  61. 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

  62. 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

  63. TMDB 70RT 92IMDb 7.1

    September 5

    OmdtU

    During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

    • Thriller
    • Drama
    • History

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. 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

  67. 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

  68. 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

  69. 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

  70. Frost Without Snow and Ice

    98 min

    Over a decade on Svalbard, the fastest warming place on earth, Norwegian filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad witnesses the extraordinary life of a polar bear named Frost – a mother struggling to raise her cubs in a rapidly changing Arctic. This intimate journey transforms him from observer to storyteller, driven by his passion to connect with nature and to expose the devastating impacts of climate change on this fragile ecosystem.
    • Documentary

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  71. 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

  72. TMDB 62RT 50IMDb 6.4

    Fatherland

    subtitled OV · 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 HeidelbergOV

  73. Wie wir wollen | Safe Abortion Day

    98 min

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  74. Cinema Lives – Arthouse Theatres in Germany

    OV

    After the last film played at the legendary Arsenal arthouse cinema in Tübingen, director Goggo Gensch accompanies founder Stefan Paul – filmmaker, distributor, and tireless cineast – on a journey to the screens that shaped Germany’s arthouse cinema movement. Paul and companions tell of the beginnings of arthouse cinemas in the 1970s and their daily struggle for survival. Icons like John Waters and Wim Wenders contribute personal memories, while the Hof International Film Festival celebrates underground films.
    • Documentary

    Karlstorkino HeidelbergOV

  75. 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

  76. 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

  77. 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

  78. 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

  79. 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

  80. Frost Without Snow and Ice

    98 min

    Over a decade on Svalbard, the fastest warming place on earth, Norwegian filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad witnesses the extraordinary life of a polar bear named Frost – a mother struggling to raise her cubs in a rapidly changing Arctic. This intimate journey transforms him from observer to storyteller, driven by his passion to connect with nature and to expose the devastating impacts of climate change on this fragile ecosystem.
    • Documentary

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  81. 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

  82. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

    138 min

    On the morning of his hundredth birthday, Fanny finds her grandfather dead in his bed. As she and her family are forced to deal with the death, a bitter dispute over the inheritance erupts, in which old power relations are reversed.
    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  83. 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

  84. RT 100

    Invisible Demons

    OmdtU

    A prismatic meditation on pollution in the capital of the World’s biggest free-market democracy and the most polluted and populated city, Delhi – a film about the pollution inside of the human mind.
    • Documentary

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  85. 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

  86. 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

  87. TMDB 67RT 85IMDb 6.8

    Contagion

    OmdtU

    As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
    • Drama
    • Thriller
    • Science Fiction

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  88. Prosecution

    114 min

    After surviving a racist attack, state prosecutor Seyo Kim takes her own case to court – confronting both the perpetrators and a justice system that turns a blind eye to right-wing extremism.
    • Drama

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg


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