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Action! Babelsberg film studio fêtes 100 years

Lifestyle: 8 Feb 12
The world's oldest major film studio celebrates its 100th birthday this month with Hollywood stars and European players ready to toast Germany's mythic Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin. AFP's Deborah Cole reports. READ »

Footballing robber wimped out in toilet

Society: 25 Nov 11
German footballer Guido Kocer admitted Thursday that his criminal career got off to a bad start when he got scared during a Berlin casino robbery and sought refuge in the toilet because his fellow gang-members were too violent. READ »

Village remembers Iron Curtain coming down

National: 11 Aug 11
When the Berlin Wall went up overnight 50 years ago, the trapped East German enclave of Klein Glienicke became one of the most tightly guarded communities on the planet. AFP's Deborah Cole reports. READ »

Copy of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre for sale on eBay

Society: 23 Jul 11
The head of a Shakespeare troupe in Berlin has been forced to auction off on eBay a life-sized replica of the famed Globe Theatre used in a film by Hollywood director Roland Emmerich. READ »

Expat-run studio marries cinema, painting and video in Berlin

Society: 18 Jul 11
A film studio has opened its doors in an abandoned school gymnasium in Berlin, bridging the gap between the huge facilities in nearby Babelsberg, and the tiny do-it-yourself set-ups scattered the city. Melanie Sevcenko reports. READ »

Pro-footballer arrested over casino robberies

Society: 19 Apr 11
A professional football player was among six men arrested over a series of violent robberies at Berlin poker machine halls in February, daily Berliner Morgenpost reported Tuesday. READ »

Furry hopefuls line up at Babelsberg animal casting day

Society: 13 Jun 10
Nearly 200 proud pet owners took their charges to a mass television and film casting session at Babelsberg in Potsdam at the weekend – hoping their furry friend might be turned into a star. READ »

The Best of Berlin in May

Lifestyle: 17 May 10
Exberliner, Berlin's leading English-language magazine, this month gets ready for its movie close-up in Babelsberg, fights for inner peace and squats the city. READ »

Exhibition gives first peek at restored masterpiece 'Metropolis'

Society: 21 Jan 10
Film lovers can catch a preview of the restored German silent film legend “Metropolis” at a new exhibition in Berlin beginning on Thursday – one month ahead of the film’s debut at the Berlin International Festival. READ »

Berlinale to screen restored 'Metropolis' at Brandenburg Gate

Society: 7 Jan 10
The restored lost cut of Fritz Lang’s legendary 1927 silent film “Metropolis” will be beamed onto the Brandenburg Gate for the public as it premieres at the Berlinale, the film festival's organisers said on Thursday. READ »

Lost cut of Metropolis premiering at Berlinale

Society: 29 Oct 09
The original lost cut of Fritz Lang’s legendary 1927 silent film “Metropolis” – found last year in a Buenos Aires archive – will premiere at the Berlinale in February following its restoration, the film festival's organisers said on Thursday. READ »

Prussian palaces to get multi-million euro facelift

Society: 20 Aug 09
Some of Germany’s most treasured historic Prussian landmarks will soon get a €155-million makeover, the federal government announced this week. READ »

Buttering the bread of Berlin's fashion scene

Lifestyle: 29 Jun 09
Exberliner Magazine talks to Karl-Heinz Müller, the man behind this week's Bread & Butter fashion show taking place at Berlin's iconic former airport Tempelhof. READ »

Lost Metropolis film scenes headed back to Germany

Society: 14 May 09
Lost scenes from German-Austrian director Fritz Lang's legendary 1927 silent film "Metropolis" discovered in Argentina last year will be sent to Wiesbaden for restoration, officials announced this week. READ »

More people head to the movies

Society: 4 Feb 09
Just in time to boost the Berlin International Film Festival’s profile this week, new statistics showed on Wednesday that more Germans are going to the movie theatre – to see German films – than ever before. READ »

Jolie attends American Academy lecture

Society: 26 Nov 08
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has attended a scholarly lecture at the American Academy in Berlin, daily Die Welt reported on Wednesday. READ »

Prussian Potsdam named among world's top historic places

Travel: 14 Nov 08
Brandenburg’s capital Potsdam has been named the world’s 8th best historic place for authenticity and stewardship, according to a new National Geographic Traveler survey that ranks cities for "integrity of place." READ »

Brangelina arrives for three-month stay in Berlin

Society: 24 Sep 08
Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have arrived in Berlin for a three-month stay while Pitt stars in “Inglorious Basterds” directed by Quentin Tarantino. READ »

Tarantino looking for 'Aryan' extras for new WWII film

Society: 9 Sep 08
A German casting agency has called for extras to try out in late September for the new Quentin Tarantino film “Inglorious Basterds,” but only those who fit Aryan stereotypes need apply. READ »

Lost scenes of 'Metropolis' discovered in Argentina

Society: 2 Jul 08
Lost scenes from German-Austrian director Fritz Lang's legendary silent film "Metropolis" have been discovered in Argentina, German weekly newspaper Die Zeit reported on Wednesday. READ »

Probing Potsdam’s peculiar possibilities

Travel: 14 May 08
Potsdam might be a popular tourist destination on the outskirts of Berlin, but Daniel Miller discovers there’s more to Brandenburg’s quirky capital than just palaces and parks. READ »

Kate Winslet accepts lead role in The Reader

Lifestyle: 4 Feb 08
British star accepts leading role in film based on German best selling novel. READ »

Germans celebrate Oscar Nomination

Lifestyle: 24 Jan 08
German-Austrian film Die Fälscher – The Counterfeiters - has been nominated for the Oscar for best foreign film. READ »

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