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11.October2026

  1. Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji

    OV · OmU

    After decades abroad, Iona returns to her childhood home on Fiji, sensing that there she might find the answers to many questions she has about civilisation and its discontent.

    • Documentary
    • Drama

    AbatonOmU

  2. TMDB 78RT 94IMDb 7.8

    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

    OV · OmU

    In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully joins him.
    • Romance
    • Drama

    AbatonOmU

  3. TMDB 78RT 95IMDb 8.2

    Pan's Labyrinth

    In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
    • Fantasy
    • Drama
    • War

    Zeise Kinos

  4. TMDB 77RT 99IMDb 7.9

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941 · 96 min

    A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

    • Mystery
    • Crime
    • Thriller

    ASTOR Film Lounge HafenCity

  5. IMDb 9.1

    Meeting the Buddha

    Meeting the Buddha presents the life and legacy of the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje—the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, one of four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The film captures the remarkable presence of this spiritual teacher, known as a Living Buddha and the King of the Yogis. We meet Ole Nydahl, a wild young hippy from Denmark who, as a small child, had declared his wish to become the "Danish champion of mind." His life is radically transformed by a chance encounter with the Karmapa in Nepal in 1969. Ole and his wife, Hannah, become key figures in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding hundreds of meditation centres—from Mexico City to Vladivostok—and carrying forward their teacher's vision with unshakable dedication.
    • Documentary

    Zeise Kinos

  6. TMDB 74RT 96IMDb 7.8

    Aguirre, the Wrath of God

    A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
    • History
    • Adventure
    • Drama

    Abaton

  7. IMDb 6.2

    SPK Complex

    The anti-psychiatric Socialist Patients' Collective (SPK) was founded in Heidelberg in 1970 and attributed individual suffering to society’s capitalist structures. It began as a self-organised experiment in group therapy led by doctor Wolfgang Huber with psychiatric patients, featuring Hegel readings and individual agitation, before subsequently radicalizing, which ended in criminal proceedings against its members, some of whom went underground with the Red Army Faction.
    • History
    • Documentary

    Metropolis Kino

  8. TMDB 70IMDb 7.3

    Man of Iron

    OV · OmU

    In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.
    • Drama
    • History

    Metropolis KinoOmU


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Currently 18 cinemas and film series in Hamburg and the surrounding area: Abaton, Koralle Lichtspiele, ASTOR Film Lounge HafenCity, Metropolis Kino, Zeise Kinos, Hansa-Filmstudio, Savoy Filmtheater, Magazin Filmkunsttheater, Passage Kino Hamburg, SchanzenKino 73, Studio Kino, 3001 Kino, Blankeneser Kino, Filmraum, Elbe Filmtheater, B-Movie, Botschaft der Wildtiere and Katholische Akademie Hamburg.

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