Cinema Paris
Charlottenburg | Kurfürstendamm 211, 10719 Berlin
A key address for cineastes and francophiles.
Ventilation with fresh air
How to get here
U: UhlandstraßeBike Racks: in front of the cinema on Uhlandstraße
Telephone (Guest Service)Service: 030 322 931 322 | Kino: 030 - 881 31 19
About
Located in the Maison de France, Cinema Paris shows French-language and European films, often in original versions with subtitles. French movie stars and filmmakers are frequent guests: Claude Chabrol, Cathérine Deneuve, Alain Delon, Juliette Binoche, Gérard Depardieu, François Ozon and many more have all been here.
History
Cinema Paris is one of the city's most glamorous and ambitious movie theaters and was a Berlinale venue for many years. From its opening in 1950 in the Maison de France center, it showed sophisticated film productions from France and Europe, thus assuming a crucial cultural role in the changing city. It has remained true to this mission. Today it is a popular premiere cinema, Berlin's 1000st officially protected landmark building, and host of the "French Film Week" as well as the French youth film festival "Cinefête".
1948
Architect Hans Semrau is commissioned to redesign the former "Scharlachberg" building on Ku'damm into a French cultural center. His work will go down in history as a prime example of New Objectivity.1950
The Maison de France center, with its integrated Cinema Paris and Institut Français, opens and becomes an important cultural institution in western post-war Berlin.1983
A terrorist bombing on the building shakes West Berlin. The cinema is closed.1985
Reopening after two years of closure after the bombing. Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand personally return the Maison de France, including Cinema Paris and the Cultural Institute, to the Berlin public.1992
The property is sold to the French state.1993
As the 1000th building, the Maison de France is declared an architectural monument of Berlin.1994
The French state ends the search for a tenant to return the cinema to its original programmatic course. Delphi operator Walter Jonigkeit (1907-2009) and the Yorck Kinogruppe are awarded the contract and, from 1994, make the cinema once again an important ambassador for European and, in particular, French-language film culture.Accessibility
Partially accessible
Foyer: One step at the main entrance. A ramp is available through our staff.Restroom: Ground level access is provided via the elevator, but the bathroom is not suitable for wheelchairs. To reserve a seat, please contact our staff at the cinema: 030 881 31 91 or our guest service: 030 322 931 322
Auditorium (Balcony): Lift available, two wheelchair seats.Auditorium (Parquet): Four stairs downwards, one wheelchair seat in the first row.
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Die Wütenden – Les Misérables
Crime
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103 min
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FSK 16
Two Prosecutors
Drama
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118 min
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FSK 12
Le Ciné Burlesque: Some Like It Hot
Burlesque live show followed by a film screeningWe confess: the Yorck Cinema Group likes it, Cinema Paris likes it, Ruby de Cadence and Gisela Kloppke like it ... (More)24.02.2026 at 19:00
Cinema Paris
Special Screening: Nelly & Nadine
Followed by a panel discussionOn the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and, in Germany, the Day of Remembrance for the Vict... (More)28.01.2026 at 19:00
Cinema Paris
Special Screening: Two Prosecutors
In presence of Sergei LoznitsaDuring the Stalinist purges of the 1930s, prisoners' letters are routinely burned to isolate the condemned from... (More)17.12.2025 at 19:00
Cinema Paris
European Award Season
The European Film Awards on cinema tourOnce again, the European Film Academy is honouring the best of European cinema. Nominated and award-winning fil... (More)05.12.2025 - 17.01.2026
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