Central-Kino Berlin

About this cinema

Central opened in 1996 as a two-screen cinema in the courtyard of Haus Schwarzenberg, a heritage-protected building in Mitte that once housed a DEFA-linked brush workshop where a Jewish family was hidden during the war. The cinema has run continuously since opening, with new operators taking over management in 2013.

Original-language screenings dominate the programme, alongside long-running late-night slots and festival premieres for BerlinBeta. In summer the courtyard becomes an open-air cinema ringed by street art. A weekend children's programme sits alongside Studio Ghibli retrospectives and arthouse titles that draw Mitte's cinephile crowd.

Features & access

• Listed building

• Step-free entrance: Partially (Screen 1 by lift via the courtyard, foyer via steps)
• Lift: Partially (Screen 1 only)
• Accessible WC: No (Toilets only via steps)
• Induction loop: Yes (In both screens)

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

Collected automatically from the cinema's website.

Upcoming Showtimes

Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer

• Tue 13 Oct, 18:30, OmeU
• Thu 15 Oct, 18:45, OmeU
• Fri 16 Oct, 18:45, OmeU
• Sat 17 Oct, 18:45, OmeU
• Sun 18 Oct, 18:45, OmeU
• Mon 19 Oct, 18:45, OmeU

Primetime

• Tue 13 Oct, 20:00, OmU
• Wed 14 Oct, 20:00, OmU
• Thu 15 Oct, 17:45, OmU
• Thu 15 Oct, 20:15, OmU
• Fri 16 Oct, 17:45, OmU
• Fri 16 Oct, 20:15, OmU
• Sat 17 Oct, 14:15, OmU
• Sat 17 Oct, 20:15, OmU
• Sun 18 Oct, 14:15, OmU
• Sun 18 Oct, 20:15, OmU
• Mon 19 Oct, 17:45, OmU
• Mon 19 Oct, 20:15, OmU
• Tue 20 Oct, 17:45, OmU

The Social Reckoning

• Tue 13 Oct, 20:30, OmU
• Wed 14 Oct, 18:00, OmU
• Wed 14 Oct, 20:30, OmU
• Thu 15 Oct, 20:45, OmU
• Fri 16 Oct, 20:45, OmU
• Sat 17 Oct, 20:45, OmU
• Sun 18 Oct, 20:45, OmU
• Mon 19 Oct, 20:45, OmU

Bibi Blocksberg - Die total verhexte Zeitreise

• Wed 14 Oct, 16:00
• Thu 15 Oct, 16:45
• Fri 16 Oct, 16:45
• Sat 17 Oct, 13:30
• Sat 17 Oct, 16:45
• Sun 18 Oct, 13:30
• Sun 18 Oct, 16:45
• Mon 19 Oct, 16:45
• Tue 20 Oct, 16:45

Prosecution

• Wed 14 Oct, 17:30, OmeU
• Sat 17 Oct, 17:45, OmeU
• Sun 18 Oct, 17:45, OmeU

Kinderfilm des Monats: Die kleine Hexe

• Sat 17 Oct, 15:30
• Sun 18 Oct, 15:30