Filming Locations in Tempelhof-Schöneberg

A good film needs good scenes, without them the right ambience cannot be achieved, the success of a film project be endangered. In the past, Berlin and above all the borough was an important location for filmmakers. With the Ufa Filmstudios (later the Berlin Union Film) and other studios, such as the Froehlich-Atelier on Borussia Street, Tempelhof was a leader in the German film industry.
Even today the capital is in demand again, because there are plenty of attractive film locations here!

It is not just about espionage productions and stories of the “Cold War”, for which Berlin is truly the ideal background.
In front of Berlin scenery, actors walk through the most varied epochs and tell their stories. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad – Berlin is the background.
The borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg can boast some of the most popular shooting locations. From Tempelhof Airport to the Schöneberg Town Hall – the latter artfully staged in the series “Babylon Berlin” – movie aficionados have plenty to enjoy in the district.

• Berlin’s official travel website visitberlin guides you to some of the most interesting locations.

• The interactive map “shot in berlin” shows a number of sights in Berlin and the borough as well as giving further information about different films.

Town Hall Schöneberg

The Schöneberg Town Hall was used as the location for the following films and series:

• “Edgar Wallace “Das Indische Tuch” (The Indian Scarf) (1963)
  Director: Alfred Vohrer
  • Administration Library as interior setting

• “Lola rennt” (Run Lola Run)” (1998)
  Director: Tom Tykwer
  • Foyer as interior of the casino

• “Elser – 13 Minutes” (2015)
  Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
  • et al. Brandenburg Hall as Reich Security Main Office

• “Babylon Berlin” (ab 2017)
  Director: Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Hendrik Handloegten
  • Foyer as Entrance Hall to the “Rote Burg” (Police Headquaters)
  • “Ratskeller” (cellar/ cantine of the Town Hall) as Aschinger Restaurant – the cantine of the Town Hall is open to the public
  • Paternoster and corridor areas as Interior of the “Rote Burg”

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  Town Hall Schöneberg

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  Foyer of the Town Hall

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  Administration Library

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  Brandenburg Hall

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  Seating area in the Brandenburg Hall

Tempelhof Airport

The Tempelhof Airport was used as the location for the following films and series:

• “Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire” (1974)
  Director: Tony Palmer
  • Airport area

• “Indiana Jones und der Letzte Kreuzzug” (Indiana Jones and the last crusade)” (1989)
  Director: Steven Spielberg
  • Airport area

• “Die “Bourne Verschwörung” (The Bourne Supremacy)” (2004)
  Director: Paul Greengrass
  • Airport area with buildings and outside spaces

• “Operation Walküre – Das Stauffenbergattentat” (Valkyrie)” (2008)
  Director: Bryan Singer
  • Airport area with buildings and outside spaces
  • Hauptzollamt as centre of the Wehrmacht headquarters and as the seat of the replacement army

• “Die Tribute von Panem – Mockingjay 2 (The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2)” (2015)
  Director: Francis Lawrence
  • Airport area with buildings and outside spaces as rebel camp, station and command center of Commander Lyme

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  Candy Bomber

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  View onto Tempelhof Airport Field

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  Square of the Airlift with Airport building in the background

• The building can be visited, there are several guided tours in German and English

Locations by Films and Series

• “Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire)” (1987)
  Director: Wim Wenders
  • “Hochbunker” (bunker) in Pallastraße
    Pallasstraße 28

• “Homeland – Staffel 5” (2015)
  Director: Various
  • Vorbergstr. 10 – Hotel
  • Nachbarschaftsheim Schöneberg – “Kindergarten”
  • King Georges Club – Stripclub

• “Der ewige Gärtner (The constant Gardener)” (2005)
  Director: Fernando Meirelles
  • Hippo Office – A room in ufa-fabrik, Viktoriastraße 10-18

Film studios in Tempelhof-Schöneberg

Berliner Union-Film Studio (once Ufa-Filmstudios)
Oberlandstraße 26-35

Movies:

• various silent films
• “The Blue Angel” (1929/1930)
• “Emil and the Detectives” (1931)
• “Charley’s Aunt” (1956)
• “It Happaned in Broad Daylight” (1958)
• “Cabaret” (1972)
• “Kudamm 56” (2016)
• “ZDF-Hitparade” (1969-2000)

Cinemas in Tempelhof-Schöneberg

• Cosima Filmtheater:

  Sieglindestraße 10; 12159 Berlin; Website of Cosima Filmtheater

• Odeon Kino:

  Hauptstraße 116; 10827 Berlin; Website of Odeon Kino

• Xenon Kino:

  Kolonnenstraße 5-6; 10827 Berlin; Website of Xenon Kino

• Cinema Bundesallee:

  Bundesallee 111; 12161 Berlin; Website of Cinema Bundesallee