7 Locations
Watching a film in its original version is easy in Berlin, a city full of cinemas that screen in the original language. Marked OV or OmU, the original version here lets international audiences enjoy films as intended, often with subtitles. This overview gathers Berlin locations for original language cinema.
Independent and arthouse cinemas across Kreuzberg, Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg regularly screen films in English and other languages, with German or English subtitles. Some show only original versions, and multiplexes add OV screenings of big releases. It is a boon for the city's international crowd and language learners alike.
Browse the venues below to find original version screenings across Berlin, from arthouse cinemas to multiplexes.
Hidden in the courtyard of the Kunstquartier Bethanien on Mariannenplatz in Kreuzberg is Berlin's oldest and only OmU (Original Version with Subtitles) open-air cinema. If you want to see international arthouse gems, cult classics, and current cinema highlights under the open sky, this is the place to be. A deckchair, a woolen blanket, and a beer: summer cinema doesn't get much better than this.
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Where the Gemäldegalerie meets the summer sky: The Sommerkino Kulturforum at Potsdamer Platz in Tiergarten transforms Matthäikirchplatz every summer into one of Berlin's largest and most atmospheric open-air cinemas. Arthouse on a deck chair, with the skyline of Potsdamer Platz at your back.
Freiluftkino Hasenheide is one of Berlin's most charming open-air cinemas, hidden in Volkspark Hasenheide, right in the neighborhood between Neukölln and Kreuzberg. It offers a daily program for everyone, from children's films in the afternoon to arthouse evening films under the stars.
The Freiluftkino Friedrichshagen is located in southeastern Berlin, hidden behind the Kurpark, and is one of the city's most charming open-air cinemas. Since 1998, it has been showing films for all ages under the open sky, surrounded by the green neighborhood on Lake Müggelsee.
The delphi Lux at Bahnhof Zoo enriches Berlin, the cinema capital, and with its seven cinema halls, it guarantees to cure boredom.