Babylon

About this cinema

Designed by Hans Poelzig and opened as a silent-film cinema on 11 April 1929, Babylon occupies the only block of Poelzig's Bülowplatz ensemble to survive the Second World War intact. The hall closed in 1993 after structural damage, then underwent a monument-appropriate restoration from 1999 to 2001 that won the German Prize for Monument Protection in 2002. It now runs three screens, seating 500, 68 and 43.

Babylon still houses the only cinema organ in Germany played in its original location, a Philipps instrument restored in 1999, and regularly pairs silent films with live musical accompaniment. The programme runs to around 1,000 different titles a year across festivals, retrospectives and literary events, and the organ nights are as much a draw as new releases.

Features & access

• Listed building

• Step-free entrance: Partially (OpenStreetMap: limited access, details not known)

Partly: possible, but with limits, for example only some screens or a ramp on request.

Collected automatically from OpenStreetMap.

Upcoming Showtimes

I Confess

• Tue 13 Oct, 18:00

Alice or the Last Escapad

• Tue 13 Oct, 18:00

Eines Tages - In einer Welt ohne Tierausbeutung

• Tue 13 Oct, 18:45

Story of Women

• Tue 13 Oct, 20:00

Nordstream - Die Sprengung

• Tue 13 Oct, 20:00

Vertigo

• Tue 13 Oct, 20:45
• Fri 16 Oct, 21:45

The Trouble with Harry

• Tue 13 Oct, 22:15
• Sun 18 Oct, 20:15

Les Bonnes Femmes

• Tue 13 Oct, 22:15
• Sat 17 Oct, 22:00

Kinderwagenkino: Spaziergang nach Syrakus

• Wed 14 Oct, 11:00

The Breach

• Wed 14 Oct, 17:30

Dial M for Murder

• Wed 14 Oct, 18:00

Theatrical staging of REFUGE by Dee Kinahan

• Wed 14 Oct, 18:30

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

• Wed 14 Oct, 20:00

The Butcher

• Wed 14 Oct, 20:00

Rear Window

• Wed 14 Oct, 21:00

The Birds

• Wed 14 Oct, 21:30

Rope

• Wed 14 Oct, 22:00

Lifeboat

• Thu 15 Oct, 17:30

Saboteur

• Thu 15 Oct, 17:45
• Sat 17 Oct, 22:15

Blood Relatives

• Thu 15 Oct, 18:00

Notorious

• Thu 15 Oct, 19:30
• Fri 16 Oct, 21:45

Sisters with Transistors

• Thu 15 Oct, 20:00, OmeU

North by Northwest

• Thu 15 Oct, 20:00

Rebecca

• Thu 15 Oct, 21:45
• Sun 18 Oct, 20:15

Spellbound

• Thu 15 Oct, 21:45
• Sat 17 Oct, 17:45

The Man Who Knew Too Much

• Thu 15 Oct, 22:30

Clockwork Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange

• Fri 16 Oct, 17:00

A Judgement in Stone

• Fri 16 Oct, 17:45
• Mon 19 Oct, 20:00

Better World FF: Block 1

• Fri 16 Oct, 18:00

Boris Skossyreff, the scammer who became a king

• Fri 16 Oct, 19:30

Better World FF: Block 2

• Fri 16 Oct, 20:00

Cinebrasil: O Dia Que Durou 21 Anos

• Fri 16 Oct, 20:00

Psycho

• Fri 16 Oct, 22:00
• Mon 19 Oct, 22:15

Videoart at Midnight #163: Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg

• Fri 16 Oct, 23:59

Wings of Desire

• Sat 17 Oct, 15:30

Family Plot

• Sat 17 Oct, 15:30

Sirāt

• Sat 17 Oct, 16:00

Better World FF: Block 3

• Sat 17 Oct, 18:00

Metropolis

• Sat 17 Oct, 19:30

Better World FF: Block 4

• Sat 17 Oct, 20:00

Frenzy

• Sat 17 Oct, 20:00

Stummfilm um Mitternacht: Blackmail

• Sat 17 Oct, 23:59

Shadow of a Doubt

• Sun 18 Oct, 15:45

CinemAperitivo: Governance - Il prezzo del potere

• Sun 18 Oct, 16:00

City Lights live mit Babylon Orchester Berlin

• Sun 18 Oct, 18:00

Better World FF: Block 5

• Sun 18 Oct, 18:00

Kinski 100!: Mein liebster Feind

• Sun 18 Oct, 18:00

Clockwork Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey

• Sun 18 Oct, 20:00

Kinski 100!: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

• Mon 19 Oct, 17:30

Inspector Bellamy

• Mon 19 Oct, 17:45

Strangers on a Train

• Mon 19 Oct, 18:00

Kinski 100!: Fitzcarraldo

• Mon 19 Oct, 19:15

Marnie

• Mon 19 Oct, 22:00

The Torment

• Mon 19 Oct, 22:15

Clockwork Kubrick: Paths of Glory

• Tue 20 Oct, 17:30