Babylon Alexanderplatz
Babylon Alexanderplatz is a classic, iconic cinema located in the heart of Berlin. With a storied history beginning back in 1929, this theater infuses an old-world charm into the city’s vibrant film culture. The cinema is known for its beautiful art deco architecture and the grand, main hall that transports the audience to an era of classic Hollywood glamor. With three viewing halls - the main room with grand chandeliers, Kino 2 offering contemporary stylistic elements, and Kino 3 providing an intimate viewing experience, the Babylon Alexanderplatz brings together old and new, grandeur and simplicity.
Over the years, Babylon Alexanderplatz has not only earned a reputation for screening a diverse selection of films – from latest releases to arthouse flicks and classics, but also for hosting a variety of events such as film festivals, themed movie nights, panel discussions, and more. Its location, right in the hustle and bustle of Alexanderplatz, makes it an integral part of Berlin's cinematic and cultural landscape. Whether you're a movie enthusiast or a history aficionado, this cinema provides a unique, vintage experience that makes for an unforgettable evening.
Website
- babylonberlin.eu
Kinokompendium
- kinokompendium.de
Available Versions
- OmeU OmU OV
Showtimes in the original language
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| In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world. |
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| Follows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life; he wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem. |
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| A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour. |
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| The life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seen through the eyes of his contemporary and rival, Antonio Salieri. |
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| A documentary presenting Aretha Franklin with choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972. |
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| Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse. |
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| A car show / music festival gets out of control and the Mexican government has a perfect target to blame for what they claim is the country's biggest problems. It's just young people that want to have a good time. |
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| In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre. |
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| The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. |
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| With his impeccable vocal abilities, Freddie Mercury and his rock band, Queen, achieve superstardom. However, amidst his skyrocketing success, he grapples with his ego, sexuality and a fatal illness. |
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| A somnambulist makes deadly predictions that are horrifying. Later, a man and his fiancee go through a terrible ordeal because of one of his predictions. |
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| Two lonely people cross paths while working in a coffee shop. Even with opposite personalities, they both want to move forward with the business which they use as a conduit to heal their wounds, even though they know nothing about coffee. |
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| A boy with a disability must convince his father, a classical pianist, to work as a team to achieve their dream of making music together. |
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| A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23. |
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| Corina, a 20-year-old housebound woman, accidentally compromises her publishing company's famous book saga. To save her job and the company, she must overcome her fears and, aided by Carlos, embark on a journey to find a mysterious writer. |
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| Flora, a journalist in a Western country, comes to her homeland to trace the early life/identity of Mother Teresa or Anjeza Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, to produce a feature. |
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| Bruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book. |
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| Two angels watch over Berlin. Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are silent observers, accompanying people through the city's rooftops and streets. They hear their thoughts and feelings, without being able to feel them themselves. Ever since Damiel fell in love with the trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin), he struggles with his fate. He would love to become human. To do this, he would have to become mortal, with all the consequences. A former angel (Peter Falk) advises him to take the plunge into life. |
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| A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship. |
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| Sofia, a 40-year-old architect in Mexico City, grapples with personal loss, fertility issues, and her identity while her life unravels, forcing her to search for inner strength and self-discovery. |
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| One shoe-shine, 13-year-old orphan Martin, comes to believe that a client, Mr Novoa, a solitary tailor, is his biological father. |
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| Rocco (Osvaldo Benavides) and Rodrigo (Rodrigo Cachero) are cousins, but they're not at all alike. Rocco is the loose one, Rodrigo's uptight. But when their grandfather Rodrigo Carnicero (Xavier Masse) dies, the two are forced to hit the road in an old car provided by the late Rodrigo and take the old man's ashes to the sea. The cousins clash, bond and finally reach their destination. There, they have an eye-opening series of experiences as they try to fulfill their grandfather's last wishes. |
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| In his directorial debut, Misha Vallejo explores absent fathers through photography and family secrets. Using his grandfather's camera, he recreates a family album, uncovering hidden truths and seeking redemption amid fractured memories. |
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| A 60-year-old Chilean miner's health declines from decades of strenuous gold-digging. His son devises a machine to extract gold more efficiently, preserving his father's life and their livelihood. |
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| Like every morning, Gregorio wakes up frightened by the nightmares that torment him at night. Every day his actions and thoughts just reinforce his obsession of being the victim of a conspiracy which led him to be unjustly fired. Gregorio sets free his own specters which drag him in an insane escalation of violence while still searching for a scapegoat. |
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| A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs. |
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| An old man enters the Colombian jungle seeking a peaceful place to die, but paramilitary soldiers controlling the area threaten his journey to death. |
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| A mother, a daughter, three possible fathers, and an unforgettable wedding - Mamma mia! The songs of perhaps the best pop band of all time have made the musical "Mamma Mia!" a worldwide super success. 30 million people have already experienced the grand music show, which is now also making its way into cinemas with an exquisite cast. A musical film event that tells of mothers and daughters, not least with ABBA sounds, and raves about past romances and new love. To celebrate weddings, discover old friends, and start new families, an impressive ensemble has gathered on an idyllic Mediterranean island, with stars such as Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, and Julie Walters - led by Oscar winner Meryl Streep. It's about a young woman who is about to get married but has never met her biological father. Therefore, she invites three men to her big day who were in closer contact with her mother at the time. |
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| In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. |
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| Few people know José Ignacio Solórzano. On the other hand, Jis is a celebrity. The funny thing is that both are the same person. |
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| A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest. |
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| Socorro, obsessed with finding her brother's killer from 1968's Tlatelolco massacre, receives a clue and risks everything, straining family ties, to avenge his death by locating the former soldier. |
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| A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise. |
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| A Peruvian father and son work to dub "The Lion King" into Quechua, striving to preserve their endangered indigenous language. |
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| Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. |
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| After the incomprehensible death of her only son and best friend, young mother Carmen faces a path to self re-discovery. |
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| A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme. |
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| Seven strong-willed women fight to save their home from foreclosure. An 8-year-old girl, Roberta, navigates her unconventional family dynamics - a fatherless household with diverse feminine influences. |
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| It was the year 1955 when an unassuming guitar player who called himself J.R. Cash marched into the soon-to-be very famous Sun Studio in Memphis. The moment was to have a lasting impact on American culture, because with his dark voice he sang intense, real-life songs that had not been heard before. Thus began the career of Johnny Cash, paving the way for rock, country, punk, folk, and rap. |
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| A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part travelogue and part hootenanny, it follows the singer’s son, Arlo Guthrie, as he retraces his father’s steps and collects reminiscences from his father’s family, friends and musical partners. |