UFA Film Nights

UFA Film Nights

Silent film classics with live musical accompaniment are the recipe for success behind the UFA Film Nights, to which Bertelsmann and UFA regularly treat audiences in Berlin. The format has since gone on to other metropolises as well, including Brussels, Paris, Madrid and New York.

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Press Release | Berlin, 08/22/2024

UFA Film Nights 2024 Off to a Strong Start

Press Release | Berlin, 07/02/2024

The UFA Film Nights: Strong Women in the City of Millions – Open-Air Screenings on Museum Island

Press Release | Berlin, 08/23/2023

UFA Film Nights 2023 Open with Masterful Shadow Plays in Old Berlin

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Impressions from the UFA Film Nights 2024

Around 300 guests attended an exclusive reception on the roof terrace of Bertelsmann Unter den Linden in Berlin to mark the start of the UFA Film Nights 2024. After sunset, everyone went together to nearby Museum Island to enjoy the world premiere of the Carl Lamač's comedy SAXOPHON-SUSI (SUSI SAXOPHONE, 1928), in a version reconstructed and digitally restored by the German Film Institute & Film Museum (DFF). Around a thousand fans of silent film enjoyed the opening movie, which was accompanied by live music performed by the film orchestra The Sprockets, based on a composition by their saxophonist Frido ter Beek.

© Bertelsmann, Fotograf Dirk Mathesius
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© Bertelsmann, Fotograf Dirk Mathesius
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© Bertelsmann, Fotograf Thomas Ecke

UFA Film Nights 2024: Gallery

From August 21 to 23, 2024, Bertelsmann and UFA will present the 14th UFA Film Nights, an open-air event on three evenings, set against the spectacular backdrop of Berlin’s Museum Island and accompanied by live music. Long a fixture in Berlin’s cultural calendar, the UFA Film Nights will once again showcase cinematic masterpieces of Weimar cinema at one of Berlin’s most exclusive venues. The photos shown here can be requested for reporting purposes from the contact person (see right) or presse@bertelsmann.de. (© in each case as indicated in the picture title).

Culture at Bertelsmann

As a creative content company with a history stretching back nearly 190 years, Bertelsmann is engaged in cultural efforts at various levels. Its “Culture@Bertelsmann” activities are focused on preserving important cultural assets and making them accessible to a broad public, e.g. through digitization or exhibitions and concerts. For many years, Bertelsmann has organized the popular UFA Film Nights, a silent film festival in Berlin, and has repeatedly acted as the main sponsor for the digital restoration of important silent films. The Group also owns the Archivio Storico Ricordi in Milan, which houses a wealth of unique testimonies to 200 years of Italian opera history. Bertelsmann is indexing the archive holdings according to the latest standards and makes thousands of documents, set and costume designs, libretti, and items of business correspondence publicly accessible online. For over 20 years, Bertelsmann has organized the “Blue Sofa” literature format series, which provides authors with a prominent stage for their latest works.