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Photo Archive

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We are moving! Our archives are temporarily closed as we are preparing to move to E-Werk. We will be back for you in the course of 2025. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed about the reopening!

 

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    Felix Endruweit
    +49 30 300903-44

    Birgit Umathum
    +49 30 300903-74

    fotoarchiv [at] deutsche-kinemathek.de (fotoarchiv[at]deutsche-kinemathek[dot]de)

    Please contact us prior to your visit to determine the availability of access to our archives.

  • Opening hours of the study room

    Visitors only by appointment
    Tue and Wed 10:00–12:30, 13:30–17:00

The Photo Archive of the Deutsche Kinemathek contains over one million analog photos, slides, negatives, placards and digital images that collectively illustrate Germany's film and television culture, from its first feature films to the present. Our collection is especially strong in still photography capturing the content and aesthetic of film scenes, usually taken for PR and marketing purposes. Our holdings are supplemented with photos of movie theaters, festivals and portraits of filmmakers, including numerous celebrity postcards.

We also house archives from important photographers such as Horst von Harbou, Heinz Köster and Erika Rabau. Furthermore, we maintain a constantly growing collection of roughly 45,000 film titles and 15,000 persons. Among the roughly 500,000 still and production photos, 100,000 personal photos and 50,000 photos relevant to cinematic and festival history, there are also valuable original prints from stylistically groundbreaking works of film history as well as image stock from current film and television productions. Our photos are a valuable source for research – both into early and lost films as well as for filling in gaps in the history of set photography.

Online Presentations in our Digital Collection

  • Drei Personen und ein Hund vor einer Kinofassade in Berlin, Schwarzweißaufnahme aus dem Jahr 1910.
    Sammlung Digital

    Photographs on Movie Theater History in Berlin

    From local movie theaters to colossal film palaces – discover 100 years of Berlin’s cinema culture!

    To the Online Presentation
  • Sammlung Digital

    Werner Herzog Archive

    Discover photo galleries from 42 of Werner Herzog’s films and dive into the world of the director’s imagery.

    To the Online Presentation

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