ScharfrichterKino

Milchgasse 2, 94032 Passau

The ScharfrichterKino, opened in 1987 in a building dating to around 1200, is housed within the Scharfrichterhaus on the Milchgasse in Passau's medieval old town. The venue -- a designated national historical treasure -- takes its name from the city's executioner tradition, and the cabaret theatre upstairs has long been one of Germany's sharpest stages for political satire. The cinema below, with its intimate dimensions and curated repertory programme, has received the federal and state prize for culturally outstanding film programming every year since its founding. Its programme favours European art cinema, documentary work, and thematic series that reward patient, attentive viewing. In a building that has witnessed eight centuries of human drama, the projection of filmed stories feels less like technology and more like continuation.