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11 Nov – 17 Nov

  1. IMDb 6.6

    Curly Burly

    78 min

    Krølle Bølle lives safely underground on Bornholm with his family and all the other trolls. Life here is full of bat flights, cave parties—and rules, lots of rules. One rule in particular must never be broken: do not go up to the surface, because humans are dangerous. But Krølle Bølle is a troublemaker who doesn’t quite understand what all the rules are for. When a sudden rumbling comes from above, he sneaks up toward the human world to see what’s happening. His little sister Borra follows him, and what begins as an innocent mischief-filled outing for the two of them quickly turns into a grand adventure—full of danger, magic, and experiences greater than anything Krølle Bølle could ever have dreamed of.
    • Animation

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  2. TMDB 68IMDb 6.3

    Chopin, a Sonata in Paris

    115 min

    He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs start bleeding, Chopin knows his days are numbered. Composing becomes his only obsession. The ticking clock rushes him to revolutionize music.
    • Drama
    • History
    • Music

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  3. IMDb 6.8

    Visitation

    121 min

    A plot of land, a house by the lake, its changing inhabitants. This one plot of land reflects 70 years of German history from Weimar, the Nazis, the war, the Soviet occupation and reconstruction to the fall of the GDR.
    • Drama

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  4. Biermann

    121 min

    Portrait of the German-German singer-songwriter and intellectual Wolf Biermann, whose famous Cologne concert in 1976 made German history.

    • Documentary

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  5. Moscas - Fliegen und andere Gäste

    102 min

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  6. RT 85

    A Talent for Murder

    106 min

    A young man travels from New York to Switzerland to try to persuade acclaimed thriller writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of her Tom Ripley series, with his efforts gradually turning more sinister.
    • Drama
    • Crime
    • Thriller

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  7. IMDb 6.8

    Visitation

    121 min

    A plot of land, a house by the lake, its changing inhabitants. This one plot of land reflects 70 years of German history from Weimar, the Nazis, the war, the Soviet occupation and reconstruction to the fall of the GDR.
    • Drama

    Die Kamera Heidelberg

  8. Materia Prima - New Energy - Old Powers

    subtitled OV · 89 min

    Gloria & Gloriette HeidelbergOV

  9. Kinder Film Festival - Stop-Motion-Zauber auf der großen Leinwand

    100 min

    Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg

  10. TMDB 70RT 88IMDb 7.2

    The Post

    OmdtU

    A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
    • Drama
    • History

    Karlstorkino Heidelberg

  11. TMDB 44IMDb 4.6

    Camouflage

    subtitled OV · 102 min

    Marty Mackenzie is an unsuccessful stage actor who takes an interest in private investigating. He takes a job working with Jack Potter, a crusty private eye. They both take a case in Beaver Ridge, a seedy small town where a murder is being planned against a rich gravel pit owner. Marty realizes that private investigating is not as it seemed to be.
    • Action
    • Comedy

    Gloria & Gloriette HeidelbergOV

  12. IMDb 7.3

    I Am My Own Woman

    OV

    The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement. Documentary with some dramatized scenes. Two actors play the young and middle aged Charlotte and she plays herself in the later years.
    • Drama
    • Documentary

    Karlstorkino HeidelbergOV

  13. Freeride Filmfestival 2026

    100 min

    Die Kamera Heidelberg


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Which cinemas are covered?

Currently 3 cinemas and film series in Heidelberg and the surrounding area: Gloria & Gloriette Heidelberg, Die Kamera Heidelberg and Karlstorkino Heidelberg.

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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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