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LEGALLY BLONDE
Robert Luketic
USA 2001, E/df, 96'
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Welcome to the Cinematheque Berne
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LEGALLY BLONDE
Robert Luketic
USA 2001, E/df, 96'
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FILME, DIE ZUM PENDELN EI...
Kurzfilmprogramm
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LICHTSPIEL-SONNTAG NR. 12...
Kurze Filme aus dem Lichtspiel-Archiv
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JODOROWSKY'S DUNE
Frank Pavich
USA/F 2013, 90'
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*LA POMME (*Bar ab 18.30h...
Samira Makhmalbaf
Iran/Frankreich 1998, Farsi/d/f, 86'
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LICHTSPIEL-SONNTAG NR. 12...
Kurze Filme aus dem Lichtspiel-Archiv
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LICHTSPIEL-SONNTAG NR. 12...
Kurze Filme aus dem Lichtspiel-Archiv
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16MM FILM UND SCHWEIZER K...
Kurzfilmprogramm
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*18.15h im Rex: STRANGER ...
Vorlesung von Marcy Goldberg
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*19.30 KLANGHEIMLICH - Ü...
Chili für die Ohren
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HACKERS
Iain Softley
USA 1995, E/d, 105'
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LICHTSPIEL-SONNTAG NR. 12...
Kurze Filme aus dem Lichtspiel-Archiv
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ADAPTATION
Spike Jonze
USA 2002, E/df, 115'
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LICHTSPIEL-SONNTAG NR. 12...
Kurze Filme aus dem Lichtspiel-Archiv
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*AUCH DU KANNST FASHION R...
*14-22H, World Café, Filme, Podiumsdiskussionen
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LICHTSPIEL-SONNTAG 1235: ...
Kurzfilmprogramm
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*JEUX INTERDITS (*Bar ab ...
René Clément
Frankreich 1952, F/d, 86'
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LICHTSPIEL-SONNTAG NR. 12...
Kurze Filme aus dem LIchtspiel-Archiv
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GRÖNLAND-EXPEDITIONEN
Kurzfilmprogramm
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DAS MELANCHOLISCHE MÄDCH...
Susanne Heinrich
D 2019, D, 80'
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LICHTSPIEL-SONNTAG NR. 12...
Kurze Filme aus dem Lichtspiel-Archiv
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*18.15h: FANTASTISCHE WEL...
Vorlesung von Daniel Wiegand
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DER MÜDE TOD
Fritz Lang
D 1921, 98', Stumm mit Livebegleitung durch Christian Henking
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LICHTSPIEL-SONNTAG NR. 12...
Kurze Filme aus dem Lichtspiel-Archiv
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*19.30 KLANGHEIMLICH - Ü...
Chili für die Ohren
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DER STUDENT VON PRAG
Henrik Galeen
D 1926, 133', Stumm mit Livebegleitung durch Wieslaw Pipczynski
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*MEPHISTO (*Bar ab 18.30h...
István Szabó
Ungarn/BRD/Österreich 1981, D, 145'
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*18.15h im Rex: RESNAIS, ...
Vorlesung von Johannes Binotto
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THE INTERNET'S OWN BOY: T...
Brian Knappenberger
USA 2014, 105', E
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HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR
Alain Resnais (Regie), Marguerite Duras (Drehbuch)
F 1952, F/d, 92'
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Discover treasures and get films back to the screen
The Lichtspiel Cinematheque Berne is dedicated to the protection and conservation of very delicate material.
25’000 films are stored in the Lichtspiel archives – most of them short films, films that are no longer screened in other cinemas and that we pay special attention to. Among them there are smaller, short productions and feature films, documentaries, experimental productions, animation films or music clips, newsreels and amateur films. Most of the films are loan collections, depots or films in our own possession.
All the films are viewed and catalogued, taken up in our database and stored according to professional standards. Our archive is associated to FIAF (Federation of International Film Archives). Our collections form the base of all our actions as a cinematheque – the archives and the documentations stand at the beginning of our curated programs, of the services we offer and they are essential for our participation in research projects and investigation programs.
The Lichtspiel collects and maintains a treasury of technical machines to work with film material and to screen films of all the eras of film history. All these contemporary witnesses are recorded in our database, revised and exhibited in the open storage visible to the public. From time to time, projectors, film editors or viewers are revised and restored to be used again, in other cases they are a precious resource for spare parts we use in our work and repair shop.
Our collection of documents, photographs and handbooks keeps records of every aspect of cinema and film history. This collection as well as our library are accessible on demand.
In our archives we preserve curiosities, machines and films meticulously. On the other hand, we try to exhibit, to show our treasures and all facettes of our archive. We propose to maintain a vitalised, visible and accessible archive, we use our collections and machines without putting them at risk. In this spirit our archives are modern, versatile, accessible, and we guarantee professional standards of preservation and quality.
From the very beginning the Lichtspiel showed characteristics of a museum – by collecting, maintaining, exhibiting and making accessible artefacts of the history of cinema. This is visible in a vivid, changing display storage, where machines, objects used on filmsets and other cinematographic material is presented: projectors of all times, shapes and colours, viewing machines, cameras and tripods, posters and lobbycards. The Lichtspiel houses one of the world’s most important, richest collections of the history of film and cinema, and this dimension can be entered, discovered, smelt and heard.
Our latest acquisition is a unique collection of laterna magica machines that can be marvelled at in our cinematheque. This huge collection of magic lanterns was generously handed over to the Lichtspiel by the descendants of the collector Heinz Leuenberger as a permanend loan. The rare marvels of cinema technique are witnesses of an important stage of the first steps of the moving image and screening techniques and can be explored in an a new exhibition room.
From the outset Lichtspiel defined a new interpretation of the term museum. On one hand, the collection and conservation of the objects confided to our archive were one of our primary concerns – many of the objects have to be revised, repaired and restored. On the other hand we always tried to keep our machines going. Restoration projects also aim to keep machines running, to make it possible to use them for screenings. In this sense we also live the history of cinema and film in practice: Films should be screened in the frame of their original infrastructure and context, and – in terms of an experiment – techniques and practices of different eras are brought together. This approach to interpreting the term ‘museum’ means mediation by using and experimenting.
The Lichtspiel is a member of the Association Museen Bern. The cinemathèque cooperates with other museums on different levels. Yet, we passionately live our own interpretation of what makes a museum: playful, curious, accessible for your feet, your eyes, your nose and your ears.
We offer the following services
Our projectors also turn for you and for your guests.
Lichtspiel offers different formats.
You find projector lamps, film transfers of your private material, film glue and more in our shop.
“I have always wanted to see this rarity on a canvas.”
From analog to digital.
Film distribution 16mm and 35mm.
We take care of your collections.
Visit one of our courses.
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