Movies & Series

Treasures of the Deutsche Kinemathek

Insights into the significant collections of the Filmarchiv in Berlin

Collecting, preserving, indexing, presenting and communicating the audiovisual heritage: these have been the central tasks of the Deutsche Kinemathek since its opening in 1963. In this way, the institution contributes significantly to the cultivation of German and international film heritage. "The subject matter is everything," explains the important film archive based in Berlin, "that belongs to film and television history: the estate of Marlene Dietrich, the archives of director Werner Herzog or television documentarist Georg Stefan Troller as well as important screenplays, including scripts from Carl Mayer to Christian Petzold." In September 2000, the Deutsche Kinemathek moved to the then newly built Filmhaus at Potsdamer Platz and at the same time opened the Filmmuseum Berlin; since then it has officially operated under the name "Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen". The film archive has copies of more than 26,500 film titles, plus a viewing stock of over 40,000 films on video, DVD and Blu-Ray. Academics and journalists use the diverse holdings for their research and investigations. Film copies can be viewed on site and borrowed from cinemas. Our collections provide an insight into the significant treasures of the Deutsche Kinemathek as well as the immense diversity of films: silent classics, auteur and avant-garde films as well as documentary films, all with illuminating insights into time and society that have an impact far beyond the artistic value of the films. (Photo Verena Brandt)

Collecting, preserving, indexing, presenting and communicating the audiovisual heritage: these have been the central tasks of the Deutsche Kinemathek since its opening in 1963. In this way, the institution contributes significantly to the cultivation of German and international film heritage. "The subject matter is everything," explains the important film archive based in Berlin, "that belongs to film and television history: the estate of Marlene Dietrich, the archives of director Werner Herzog or television documentarist Georg Stefan Troller as well as important screenplays, including scripts from Carl Mayer to Christian Petzold." In September 2000, the Deutsche Kinemathek moved to the then newly built Filmhaus at Potsdamer Platz and at the same time opened the Filmmuseum Berlin; since then it has officially operated under the name "Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen". The film archive has copies of more than 26,500 film titles, plus a viewing stock of over 40,000 films on video, DVD and Blu-Ray. Academics and journalists use the diverse holdings for their research and investigations. Film copies can be viewed on site and borrowed from cinemas. Our collections provide an insight into the significant treasures of the Deutsche Kinemathek as well as the immense diversity of films: silent classics, auteur and avant-garde films as well as documentary films, all with illuminating insights into time and society that have an impact far beyond the artistic value of the films. (Photo Verena Brandt)

Collecting, preserving, indexing, presenting and communicating the audiovisual heritage: these have been the central tasks of the Deutsche Kinemathek since its opening in 1963. In this way, the institution contributes significantly to the cultivation of German and international film heritage. "The subject matter is everything," explains the important film archive based in Berlin, "that belongs to film and television history: the estate of Marlene Dietrich, the archives of director Werner Herzog or television documentarist Georg Stefan Troller as well as important screenplays, including scripts from Carl Mayer to Christian Petzold." In September 2000, the Deutsche Kinemathek moved to the then newly built Filmhaus at Potsdamer Platz and at the same time opened the Filmmuseum Berlin; since then it has officially operated under the name "Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen". The film archive has copies of more than 26,500 film titles, plus a viewing stock of over 40,000 films on video, DVD and Blu-Ray. Academics and journalists use the diverse holdings for their research and investigations. Film copies can be viewed on site and borrowed from cinemas.

Our collections provide an insight into the significant treasures of the Deutsche Kinemathek as well as the immense diversity of films: silent classics, auteur and avant-garde films as well as documentary films, all with illuminating insights into time and society that have an impact far beyond the artistic value of the films. (Photo Verena Brandt)