Babylon

Berlin


This top-rated indie screens a smart line-up of cinematic expression, from new German films and international art-house flicks to themed retrospectives and other stuff you’d never catch at the multiplex. For silent movies, the original theatre organ is put through its paces. Also hosts occasional readings and concerts.

It's in a fabulous protected 1920s building by New Objectivity wizard Hans Poelzig.


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