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26.June2026

  1. TMDB 65RT 71IMDb 6.3

    The Burning Sea

    133 min

    An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.

    • Action
    • Thriller
    • Drama

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  2. RT 85

    This Life of Mine

    101 min

    Barbie, once an attractive, devoted mother and partner, faces newfound challenges as she turns 55, descending into darkness, violence, and absurdity while grappling with her identity, relationships, and life's complexities.

    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  3. IMDb 5.6

    18th Rose

    95 min

    A spirited teen dreaming of the perfect debut makes a deal with a lonely newcomer, but unexpected feelings and revelations may shatter their plans.

    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Comedy

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  4. All We Ever Wanted

    OmeU

    The carefree lifestyle vacation of Désirée, her white lover Elias and her gay friend Sal turns into a journey of self-discovery in the desert. Désirée’s mother has cut her off and gets them thrown out of the vacation home with pool. In the barren landscape of Fuerteventura, the friends move around as if on an empty field in search of meaning. They desire each other, challenge each other, slip into new roles. A game with the overarching triangle of class, race and gender.

    • Drama

    Karlstorkino HeidelbergOmeU

  5. TMDB 72RT 81

    The Summer Book

    subtitled OV · 90 min

    The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All three are coming to terms with the recent death of Sophia’s mother in very different ways.

    • Drama

    Gloria & Gloriette HeidelbergOV

  6. Ingeborg Bachmann – Jemand, der einmal ich war

    95 min

    Sandra Hüller portrays Ingeborg Bachmann on an imaginary day in Rome. Regina Schilling’s hybrid film weaves together reenactments, archival footage, and Bachmann’s own writings into a portrait that offers a refreshing new perspective on the author and positions her writings as a reference point in current debates on gender relations and power.

    • Documentary

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  7. Hallo Betty

    113 min

    In 1956, advertising copywriter Emmi Creola invents the fictional character Betty Bossi, who quickly becomes a Swiss culinary icon. But as her creation rises to fame, Emmi finds herself caught between growing professional expectations and her own personal struggles — a tension that threatens to consume her.

    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  8. TMDB 65

    Treasure

    OmdtU

    A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.

    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  9. TMDB 82RT 97IMDb 8.4

    I Swear

    121 min

    Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.

    • Drama
    • History

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  10. RT 94

    The Love That Remains

    109 min

    Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.

    • Drama
    • Comedy

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  11. IMDb 7.4

    The Death of Robin Hood

    subtitled OV · 123 min

    Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.

    • Drama
    • Thriller

    Gloria & Gloriette HeidelbergOV


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Which cinemas are covered?

Currently 4 cinemas and film series in Heidelberg and the surrounding area: Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg, Die Kamera Heidelberg, Karlstorkino Heidelberg and Sammlung Prinzhorn.

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What do OmU, OmeU, DF, OV, DCP, 35mm mean?

Language version: OmU = original audio with German subtitles, OmeU = original with English subtitles, DF = German-dubbed version, OV = original version with no subtitles, stumm = silent film (often with live accompaniment). Projection format: DCP = Digital Cinema Package, the digital standard in modern cinemas; 35mm / 16mm / 70mm = analogue film prints on physical stock.

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Heidelberg has an unusually dense cinema scene — the DFF Filmmuseum, Astor, three arthouse houses, Pupille at the university, Programmkino Rex in Darmstadt, the Murnau in Wiesbaden — but no shared programme. This site lays every house onto one searchable day view.

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