Enjoy the cinema in Berlin (without going to the cinema)
BILLY WILDER'S
It is evident that the main inspiration for this cocktail bar is found in the American filmmaker responsible for Apartment, prosecution witness Y Whit skirts and being crazy . Its decoration, full of images of the director, is almost a museum and in a certain way respects the classic aesthetics of his films. Something more innovative is the place in its drinks menu. Also Billy Wilder's is part of the Sony Center , the place where Hollywood stars go to the German premieres of their films, and very close to the Marlene Dietrich Platz, the epicenter of the Berlinale.
With a drink and crazy
** DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK. MUSEUM FUR FILM UND FERNSEHEN **
Almost wall to wall with the cocktail bar the german cinematheque , which also serves as a film and television museum. In addition to being a tribute to universal cinema, here you can find the best possible review of the history of German filmography, in the city that has been the scene of, for example, the sky over berlin, Cabaret, Goodbye Lenin!, Run, Lola, run, Christiane F. Y Other people's lives . In recent years, some of its temporary exhibitions have revealed unpublished content from legends such as Martin ScorseseIngmar Bergman and Sesame Street (which is also). Diva Marlene Dietrich and classics like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Y Metropolis They draw attention from its permanent exhibition.
The German Film Library
BABELSBERG STUDIO
At the gates of the city, in Potsdam, reside these ambitious film studios that since 1912 have survived Berlin's tumultuous recent history. It has barely stopped hosting filming since then, despite two world wars, two economic crises and constant changes of command - from a tool for Nazi propaganda it became the cultural arm of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) -. Recently it was George Clooney who brought the team from him to shoot part of The Monuments Men and Wes Anderson did the same with The Grand Budapest Hotel . In October it was Steven Spielberg who started shooting his new war drama and not long ago Tom Hanks was working in his facilities. The place hosts guided tours on request.
** KINO INTERNATIONAL **
From an architectural point of view, this projection room near alexanderplatz It is wonderful, at the beginning of the monumental avenue Karl Marx Allee . It is undoubtedly one of the best traces of Soviet socialism in Berlin, since in its day it was a public building where all the soirees were held during the time and which attracted high-ranking officials from the GDR government. The man who designed it Joseph Kaiser , was also in charge of coffee moskau which is right in front. Now the space also works one Saturday a month as a disco - Club International - and, from time to time, programs tapes in English.
One of the best traces of German Soviet socialism
COFFEE CINEMA
By candlelight and surrounded by an extensive collection of movie posters, you can enjoy a replenishing hot drink or a beer in this bar that is inclined to intimate and intellectual chats. Something like the Gijón cafe of moviegoers . It is very close to Hackescher Markt from the Mitte neighbourhood, one of the commercial centers in the center of Berlin, so it is not uncommon to find diners carrying bags, although it does not disturb the cozy atmosphere of the place. _(Rosenthaler Straße, 39) _.
Hackescher Markt, the cultural complex of Mitte
BERLIN FILM SOCIETY
This film community celebrates three years as an interesting conceptual event in the city. Each month a specific director or genre is chosen to honor and a screening and a party are organized that vary according to the theme to be celebrated. From a culinary event, a cocktail with a DJ to the dishes A meeting with filmmakers can happen around this film company created by a British expatriate in the German capital. These days it is time to pay tribute to the president of the jury of this edition of the Berlin Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky , in the gallery of Konzulat art . His program is as well curated as the choice of places where his different proposals take place.
A film community where you can have a cocktail and enjoy the cinema
sony center