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May 22, 2012
Published: 24 Aug 11 18:18 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/lifestyle/20110824-37171.html
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide.
New in theatres this week is "Final Destination 5" starring Nicholas D’Agosto and Emma Bell. Death pursues its escaped victims as relentlessly as ever after one man saves a group of his co-workers from the collapse of a suspension bridge.
Movies in eastern Germany
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Movies in central and western Germany
For Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Landstuhl/Ramstein click here
Movies in northern Germany
For Hamburg and Bremen click here
Movies in southern Germany
For Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Bamberg click here
Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has apologised to German President Joachim Gauck for failing to shake his hand after his devastating penalty miss meant that Bayern lost Saturday's Champions League final to Chelsea. READ »
Hertha Berlin are to appeal the German Football Association's (DFB) decision to uphold the result of the controversial match that left them relegated to the second division. READ »
A powerful solar telescope billed as the largest in Europe opened Monday on Spain's Canary Islands which scientists say will allow them to study the sun in unprecedented detail. Its main backer was a German institute. READ »
It took three years of careful planning, but German librarians have – very neatly – signed a pact to race to each other’s aid in the event of a book-related disaster. READ »
Former central banker Thilo Sarrazin has provoked outrage by arguing that Germany's euro policy is driven by a Holocaust guilt trip. He also said the single currency was always a bad idea. Does he have a point? Have your say. READ (17 COMMENTS) »
Weighing 110 kilograms, Bruno “the Orca” Dobelmann may not look like an athlete, but on Monday he set off to swim across Lake Constance in just a pair of trunks. If he succeeds, the German will set a new world record. READ »
Ex-central banker turned controversy merchant Thilo Sarrazin has attracted fresh outrage with a book claiming Germany's European policy is driven by guilt for World War II and the Holocaust. READ (8 COMMENTS) »
A German man died on Mount Everest where he was helping clear the world's highest peak of rubbish, Nepalese tourism officials announced. His death brings the season's toll to five. READ (4 COMMENTS) »
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