Munich Film Museum, Film museum in Munich, Germany
The Munich Film Museum operates within the Munich Stadtmuseum and features a 165-seat cinema. It screens films in both digital and analog formats, frequently presenting works in their original language with subtitles.
The institution was founded in 1963 as a department of the Munich Stadtmuseum. It developed into one of Germany's significant centers for film study and archival preservation.
The collection focuses on German silent film, the work of German filmmakers who emigrated during the Nazi period, the New German Cinema, and Munich film history, including Karl Valentin, Herbert Achternbusch and documentaries about Munich. The museum also holds the estates of Orson Welles, received in 1995 from his last companion Oja Kodar, covering material for his unfinished films.
The museum has no exhibition rooms; all screenings take place in its single 165-seat cinema, so check the programme before visiting. The cinema shows all analog and digital formats except 70 mm. It is one of the first municipal cinemas of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The museum holds the estate of Orson Welles, including material from his unfinished films, given by his last companion Oja Kodar in 1995. Since 2006 it has released its reconstructions on DVD in the Edition Filmmuseum series.
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