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Current Film Series

17. May 2024

Die Legende von Paul und Paula

The DEFA cult film. When The Legend of Paul and Paula was released in cinemas in spring 1973, several million viewers wanted to see this love story within a few months, were fascinated by the heroine's rigorous approach to life and were inspired by the filmmakers' sometimes romantic, sometimes ironic approach to the reality of the GDR. Peter Gotthardt has now published a book about his work on The Legend of Paul and Paula with Schüren Verlag, which we are presenting in his presence.

04. May - 21. July 2024

We also collect films.

The film archive of the German History Museum

When the German History Museum (DHM), which had already been founded but was still without a home, moved into the Zeughaus on the boulevard Unter den Linden and found a fully equipped cinema in the Museum of German History, it was clear that not only films would be shown here, but also collected. Over the course of more than 30 years, an archive has been created which, with around 900 analog 35mm and 16mm film prints, is one of the small film collections in Germany. Feature films and documentaries, advertising and propaganda films from Germany and its neighboring countries, America and Asia are stored here.