Let’s go back to the movies! I proposed to my wife the same week of No Time To Die’s premiere. I was so excited that I offered her directly to go the following Sunday. She said yes and I looked for the nearest cinema to my home (Berlin-Steglitz) and bought two tickets online.
It’s all set, I said, let’s go to the cinema at 16:00 on Sunday. She asked me: is it in the original language? There my face fell, I completely forgot that Germans consume almost everything that comes from abroad with dubbing synchronized to German.
I didn’t think about it, since in Chile the only dubbed movies are the children’s ones. I called the theater to ask and the guy told me that the movie was indeed dubbed into German. I canceled the ticket and went to look for the cinemas in Berlin that show movies in the original language. Here is a guide so that the same thing doesn’t happen to you.
Codes
When buying tickets, it is absolutely important to check the details of the film, its language, and subtitle codes:
OV (Originalversion): original language without subtitles.
OmU (Original mit Untertitel): original language with subtitles.
OmeU (Originalversion mit englischen Untertiteln): original version with English subtitles.
dF (Deutsche Synchronfassung): German dubbing.
Don’t forget that sometimes there is no popcorn, but don’t forget that you are in Germany, so you will never be short of a good beer at the cinema kiosk to accompany your movie. Bringing your own snacks is not forbidden either. Of course, many of these cinemas, being independent, appreciate it if you buy from the foyer store to support the business.
List of cinemas in Berlin in the original language
Mitte
Kino International
District – Neighborhood: Mitte
1 hall: 551 seats
Address: Karl Marx Allee 33, 10178 Berlin
Transport: S3, S5, S7, S9, U2, U5, U8 Alexanderplatz
Babylon Berlin
District – Neighborhood: Mitte
3 rooms
Address: Rosa Luxemburg Straße 30, 10178 Berlin
Transportation: U2 Rosa Luxemburg, S Alexanderplatz, streetcar M8, bus 142, N2, 100, 200, 340, 348.
Hackesche Höfe Kino
District – Neighborhood: Mitte
5 Halls
Transport: S3, S5, S7, S9 Hackescher Markt. Streetcar M1, M4, M5, M6.
Kino Central
District – Neighborhood: Mitte
2 rooms
Transportation: U8 Weinmeisterstraße. S3, S5, S7, S9 Hackescher Markt. Streetcars M1, M4, M5, M6.
Friedrichshain
Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
District – Neighborhood: Friedrichshain
5 theaters: 323, 213, 86, 113, 129 seats
Address: Bötzowstraße 1-5m 10407 Berlin
Transportation: bus 200 Bötzowstraße, M4 Am Friedrichshain, M10 Arnswalder Platz
B-ware Ladekino
District – Neighborhood: Friedrichshain
3 rooms + Café bar + Video club
Address: Gärtnerstr. 19, 10245 Berlin (Boxhagener Platz)
Transport: U5 Samariterstraße. S Warschauerstr. – Ostkreuz
Kreuzberg
Babylon Kreuzberg
District – Neighborhood: Kreuzberg
2 halls: 192 and 63 seats
Address: Dresdener Str. 126, 10999 Berlin
Transportation: U1 – U8 Kottbuser Tor
Yorck
District – Neighborhood: Kreuzberg
2 rooms: 228, 95 seats
Address: Yorckstraße 86, 10965 Berlin
Transportation: U6 – U7 Mehringdamm
Sputnik Kino
1 room
Address: Hasenheide 54 or Körtestraße 15-17, 10967 Berlin (Höfe am Südstern – 3rd inner courtyard, 5th floor)
Transportation: U7 Südstern
Movement:
Address: Kottbuser Damm 22, 10967 Berlin
Transportation: U7 – U8 Hermannplatz / U8 Schönleinestraße
Neukölln
New Off
District – Neighborhood: Neukölln
1 hall: 187 seats
Address: Hermannstraße 20, 12049 Berlin
Transportation: U7 – U8 Hermannplatz
Passage:
District – Neighborhood: Neukölln
4 halls: 220, 56, 69, 48 seats
Address: Karl Marx Straße 131, 12043 Berlin
Transportation: U7 Karl Marx Straße
The Kino
District – Neighborhood: Neukölln
1 room: 50 seats
Address: Nansenstraße 22, 12047 Berlin
Transportation: U8 Schönleinestraße, bus M29, M41
Rollberg
District – Neighborhood: Neukölln
5 rooms: 150, 113, 89, 67, 44
Address: Rollbergstraße 70, 12049 Berlin
Transportation: U8 Boddinstraße
Schöneberg
Odeon
District – Neighborhood: Schöneberg
1 hall: 359 seats
Address: Hauptstraße 116, 10827 Berlin
Transportation: U4 Innsbrucker Platz / S1, S42, S41, S46 Bahnhof Schöneberg
Sommerkino Kulturforum
District – Neighborhood: Tiergarten
Open-air cinema: season from May 2020
Address: Matthäikirchplatz 4/6, 10785 Berlin
Transportation: U2, S1, S2, S25, S26 Potsdamer Platz, bus M29, m48, M85 Potsdamer Brücke
Charlottenburg
Cinema Paris
District – Neighborhood: Charlottenburg
1 theater: 322 seats
Address: Kurfürstendamm 211, 10719 Berlin
Transportation: U1 Uhlandstraße
Delphi Filmpalast
District: Charlottenburg
1 hall: 673 seats
Address: Kantstraße 12a, 10623 Berlin
Transport: S3, S5, S7, S9, U2, U3, U9 Zoologischer Garten
Zoo Palast
District – Neighborhood: Charlottenburg
5 rooms
Address: Hardenbergstraße 29A, 10623 Berlin
Transportation: S3, S5, S7, S9, U2, U3, U9 Zoologischer Garten
Delphi Lux
District – Neighborhood: Charlottenburg
7 rooms: 119, 137, 81, 54, 54, 50, 93, 35 seats
Address: Yva Bogen – Kantstraße 10, 10623 Berlin
Transport: S3, S5, S7, S9, U2, U3, U9 Zoologischer Garten
Kant Kino
District – Neighborhood: Charlottenburg
5 rooms: 349, 81, 61, 59, 22 seats
Address: Kantstraße 54, 10627 Berlin
Transportation: U7 Wilmersdorfer Straße
Pankow
Blauer Stern
District – Neighborhood: Pankow
2 halls: 165 and 74 seats
Hermann-Hesse Straße 11, 13156 Berlin
Transport: streetcar M1, bus 107 | 150 | 250
Steglitz Zehlendorf
Capitol Dahlem
District – Neighborhood: Zehlendorf.
1 hall: 162 seats
Address: Thielallee 36, 14195 Berlin
Transportation: U3 Freie Universität (Thielplatz)
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