Movies & Series

Lifelines

From the holdings of the Deutsche Kinemathek: Films & Biographies

Collecting, preserving, indexing, presenting and communicating the audiovisual heritage: these are the cornerstones of the activities of the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. The house has a comprehensive archive with copies of more than 26,500 film titles, plus more than 40,000 films on video, DVD and Blu-Ray as viewing stock. The archives also hold several hundred thousand photos, about 25,000 posters, 20,000 costumes and architectural sketches, some of which are on display at the Museum für Film und Fernsehen am Potsdamer Platz. Every film, every picture, every exhibit has its own lifeline, tells its story as well as the stories of the people depicted. The films in this collection describe such lifelines, geographically and historically, individually and socially. Individual fates become visible as social and political histories that people (co-)create, live through and also suffer through. Taken together, they are part of the chronicle of human life. (Photo: Katharina Thalbach in "Fluchtweg nach Marseille")

Collecting, preserving, indexing, presenting and communicating the audiovisual heritage: these are the cornerstones of the activities of the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. The house has a comprehensive archive with copies of more than 26,500 film titles, plus more than 40,000 films on video, DVD and Blu-Ray as viewing stock. The archives also hold several hundred thousand photos, about 25,000 posters, 20,000 costumes and architectural sketches, some of which are on display at the Museum für Film und Fernsehen am Potsdamer Platz. Every film, every picture, every exhibit has its own lifeline, tells its story as well as the stories of the people depicted. The films in this collection describe such lifelines, geographically and historically, individually and socially. Individual fates become visible as social and political histories that people (co-)create, live through and also suffer through. Taken together, they are part of the chronicle of human life. (Photo: Katharina Thalbach in "Fluchtweg nach Marseille")

Collecting, preserving, indexing, presenting and communicating the audiovisual heritage: these are the cornerstones of the activities of the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. The house has a comprehensive archive with copies of more than 26,500 film titles, plus more than 40,000 films on video, DVD and Blu-Ray as viewing stock. The archives also hold several hundred thousand photos, about 25,000 posters, 20,000 costumes and architectural sketches, some of which are on display at the Museum für Film und Fernsehen am Potsdamer Platz. Every film, every picture, every exhibit has its own lifeline, tells its story as well as the stories of the people depicted. The films in this collection describe such lifelines, geographically and historically, individually and socially. Individual fates become visible as social and political histories that people (co-)create, live through and also suffer through. Taken together, they are part of the chronicle of human life. (Photo: Katharina Thalbach in "Fluchtweg nach Marseille")