Babylon

Fabulous repertory theatre in the heart of Berlins hip higher end boutique shopping district. Great activity if you don’t speak German as there are lots of silent movies with English subtitles showing with a live orchestra!! You can get a nice Weiss beer and some popcorn and immerse yourself in the vibes of this beautiful old place. A must see ! Great people watching too 😉

Beautiful old cinema. We've watched 1927 film Metropolis with live orchestra. Popcorns are not that good and not worth the price

I really enjoyed the chess sessions at Babylon after the films — they created such a warm and special atmosphere. Recently I noticed they are no longer happening, which is a real pity. Besides the great films, the chess activity was something truly unique about this place. I really hope it can come back.

I watched Charlie Chaplin movie with the orchestra. It was a phenomenal experience. Without any lines in the movie, you can easily connect to the movie through music. It was just beautiful. It's a bit old theater and the size of the screen is small but it's totally worth visiting.

Very nice old movie theater! I really liked it the neon logo in front of the building. The seats were spacious and comfortable. The image quality was ok for an old cinema, it was what you would expect. They host from time to time movie festivals from different countries which I find very interesting, for seeing something different from Hollywood movies. I would definitely recommend this place.

Babylon has always been my favorite cinema in Berlin – it’s beautiful, with great programming and a unique atmosphere. Unfortunately, they recently removed the option to reserve seats, leaving the seating completely open. This causes quite a bit of inconvenience, especially when screenings are busy or when you arrive early but still struggle to find a good spot. I really hope they go back to the old seat reservation policy; otherwise, I’ll probably stop coming as often — which would be a shame, because I truly love this cinema.

Babylon theater or Kino Babylon, is almost a 100 years old cinema which is still a functioning cinema today, we were so lucky that during our short visit in Berlin, it happens that “Metropolis” with live orchestra is on the program. Although originally it was a silent movie, but teaming up with live orchestra gives a new level of entertainment. So good. A three hours long with a short 20 minutes break after 2 hours, was indeed mesmerizing. What an experience. Oh, don’t forget to take a selfie or a photo with the sculpture of film director Ernst Lubitsch.

They are screening regularily classic silent movies with live Music accompaniment on their unique organ, Piano and Orchestra. I recommend the popular free midnight screenings. There are also Festivals and retrospectives dedicated to countries, regions, directors, actors and other cinephile topics.

Back to the good ol´d days, Buster! Yes, this place can give you the feeling that time stopped. Babylon is not only a historical eye candy it has also a great history. And with its original organ, I love going to the silent movie nights on Saturday at midnight. The bonus of those Saturday midnight movies are that they are free! I have only been there for the Saturday night movies, but would like to try to see other alternative movies there. Make sure you visit their website before you go and read about the history of the Babylon that will give you a better understanding of the privilege one has to be sitting in such an old movie theater.

I attended a screening of metropolis with a live orchestra, and it was magical! The historic theatre environment has been retained, and is well maintained. The seating is comfortable and well spaced with plenty of room between rows, and the ventilation system is perfectly comfortable. Honestly, folks complaining about the line ups for the toilets are missing the point of viewing film in such a setting! As for contemporary advantages, the online ticket purchase system worked flawlessly with a phone (no need to print a ticket), and the concession stand is very well stocked. Ty for posting signage that the popcorn is vegan -- it's nice to not have to ask

Visited the null Uhr null Euro silent film viewing. These take place every Saturday night at 12am for 0 Euros! You can check online for the film schedules. An organist performs live alongside the silent film. I was there for a Buster Keaton film, and there was a lot of laughing and clapping. The room was pretty packed, so if you want a good seat, I would recommend going a bit early. A great time! Would recommend!

Babylon Kino is a disgrace. Why ? Let me explain: Yesterday, July 1st 2016, we went with a few people of the crew to present our film at the Berlin Short Film Festival. Halfway through our film, which was being shown for the first time on a big screen, the projection pauses, literally just pauses. Yet twenty seconds later, the projectionist storms out of the projection room from the back and starts shouting, complaining, in German (which took me a while to understand what was happening), about two people not having bought tickets. Ok it is not cool to not buy tickets - and sorry for the all caps but this totally deserves it - but WHO THE HELL INTERRUPTS A MOVIE IN A MOVIE THEATER DURING A SHORT FILM FESTIVAL WHEN THE ROOM IS PACKED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT 2 PEOPLE ????? This has nothing to do with the rest of the audience, about 100 people, who had all paid for their seats and were quietly enjoying the movie. If anything, it is the cinema's responsibility to check tickets BEFORE letting people in, and certainly NOT to interrupt a screening by PAUSING the movie halfway, then complaining by shouting to an audience in shock and awe in front of such disrespect, ill conduct and general - pardon my term - assholery. You may think I am writing this terrible review simply because such shameful mishap happened during the projection of a film I happened to have worked on but no, I would've wrote this, if not worse, had it happened to anyone else. Oh and let me skip - (not) - the story about the short film that screened a few films after ours (once Mr. asshole had agreed to resume screening, probably due to a whole audience of people calling him appropriately deserved names and displaying rightful signs of impatience and frustration - if not anger - facing this unbelievable incident) where the sound was so loud that half the people were covering their ears 5 seconds into the film, until someone from the audience a few rows behind me had to get up and tell the projectionist to turn down the volume. Which is a clear sign of: A) another dick move from mr. asshole; or B) a lack of professionalism, which implies checking sound levels prior to blasting over 120 dBs (pain threshold) into an audience with children, which, by the way, only takes a few clicks and a few seconds on certain software to determine appropriate loudness levels to set (ie. you don't even have to watch the whole movie to do so....). So yeah, I do not recommend Babylon Kino in any shape or form, other than the free saturday night screenings with the fantastic organ player, which is the only reason I would ever set foot at Babylon Kino again. I hope this review gets recommended, pinned, whatever, but at least read, because it deserves to be read and hopefully some changes in management will be done for such a historical place should not be governed by unprofessional ... wait what's that term I've been using ? assholes, yes. Sincerely, Jonathan.

Visiting this cinema gives you a pang of nostalgia. Old hall, standing in the line before getting inside... Line even to go to the bathroom (old and shabby bathroom of course). You need to look up all the time even from the back row, so be prepared for a neck pain. Great thing about this cinema is that the prices are quite reasonable and you can watch a good movie in original. The cinema itself is located in one of the most... hipster districts of Berlin, so you might not want to go home alone after the film.

Great old but big screen room (kino1) and 1? smaller room. Enjoyed there some movies of the great festival "Around the world in 14 movies"

Had a great time here, saw The Legend of Paul and Paula. Not too pricey. The lobby has some great (weird) art on the walls.