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Schauburg Gelsenkirchen

Horster Straße 6, 45897 Gelsenkirchen

The Schauburg opened in Buer in 1929 as a single hall of about 1,400 seats with a Welte cinema organ. Its curved corridors, wide staircase and bright central foyer still read as 1920s theatre architecture rather than as a cinema. The building on Horster Straße is partly listed, and behind the preserved shell are three modernised auditoriums, the largest keeping the original proscenium. With the rest of the city's cinemas gone, it is one of only two left in Gelsenkirchen and the only one outside the multiplex in Erle. Michael Meyer runs it. Alongside current releases it programmes a kommunales Kino strand of more demanding work and director retrospectives, a monthly Kino-Café with coffee and cake, and weekday school screenings. The Filmstiftung NRW has awarded it repeatedly. Listings here are German-language.

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October 29, 2026 · Germany
Biermann
Biermann
German 1h48FSK 0 Documentary
Jens MeurerWolf Biermann

Portrait of the German-German singer-songwriter and intellectual Wolf Biermann, whose famous Cologne concert in 1976 made German history.

November 05, 2026 · United Kingdom
George Michael: The Faith Tour
English 1h53 Music, Documentary
Andy Morahan and David AustinGeorge Michael and Herb Ritts

A stunning delve into George Michael's 1988 Faith Tour, as shot live at the famous Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. This exclusive footage, assembled from a 14-camera shoot captured on 35mm over two nights (30–31 May 1988), features the 24-year-old pop star at the height of his powers.

November 05, 2026 · Germany
Ghost Song
Original title: Geister
German 1h46 Romance, Fantasy
Fatih AkinMariam Dawoud, Eren M. Güvercin, and Carlotta von Falkenhayn

Farasha and Faris are 20 when they meet at a graduation party – one glance that changes everything. But Farasha dies that very same night. Refusing to be separated from him, she discovers a way to cross the boundary between worlds: for 40 nights, and 40 nights only, she can meet Faris in his dreams. And so their love continues to grow, until the very last night.

October 22, 2026 · Germany
The Perfect Holiday
3.5/5
Original title: Der perfekte Urlaub
The Perfect Holiday
German 2h06FSK 12 Comedy
Bora DağtekinElyas M'Barek, Karoline Herfurth, and Florian David Fitz

The group of friends from “Das perfekte Geheimnis” have to ask themselves the question on a chaotic short trip to the south: Is there life after the truth or is their friendship over?

October 15, 2026 · Germany
Visitation
4.0/5
Original title: Heimsuchung – Eine Jahrhundertgeschichte
German 1h58FSK 12 Drama
Volker SchlöndorffLars Eidinger, Martina Gedeck, and Ulrich Matthes

A plot of land, a house by the lake, its changing inhabitants. This one plot of land reflects 70 years of German history from Weimar, the Nazis, the war, the Soviet occupation and reconstruction to the fall of the GDR.