Bavaria Filmstadt

I got to visit for free for my birthday, so obviously cannot complain. I think for fans of German cinema it is a worthwhile visit - for others, not so much. The tour guides are very friendly though and there are many opportunities to "join in" on the action by acting, but usually this was reserved for the kids. I would not pay 23€ for everything I saw though...

I'll be honest that I only went so I could have a picture of me riding Falkor from the Never Ending Story. Although he was in a room in the courtyard and no longer part of the actual tour. We were there the last week of September 2024. We planned our day around the fact the website stated they offered one English tour at 12pm. Unfortunately, when we got there, they said they had no staff for the English tour. If we had known we could have planned differently. We were able to use the wifi to download their audio tour in English to listen to. It was obvious more information was given in German than on the audio guide. We had a friend with us that knew a little German and told us a few things. The 4D short we were forced to watch made me motion sick. After that we were taken to a spot and waited 10 minutes while our guide ran off to check on something. We were unsure what that was about. Some of the sets were interesting to walk though but most were from older films and not much current. Aside from the NES, it was mostly German films, but that is to be expected. Our friend had seen one or two for them. There were a few "interactive" parts of the tour. The green screen one was entertaining and easy to understand. The one of the other ones, even the Germans didn't seem to understand the point. Not speaking the language made those parts of the tour less enjoyable.

Interesting for people who've seen films which are being discussed. Poor audio guide for English speakers. I liked Das boot installation the most. Everything is really good organized.

Bavaria Studios offer a great inside view to how a movie or a tv series are made: from the set, to scenario to acting and making a short movie. Of course you can see the set of some famous movies like Asterix and Obelix, Das Boot, The Never Ending story, The Stowaway and others. You can watch an exciting 4D movie and many more.

We went to the spooky tour , which was fun. Well worth it even if you don't know any of the film. We like the normal tour as well. A lot of background information adds to media education of kids. Pictures can be manipulated.

Interesting visit. There only a guided tour of the studios. Not possible to walk around by yourself. Focus on popular German films and made at those studios, from 1980s forward. Though some American films made here are also mentioned. Not much on the WWII propaganda films made here. If you are not German, most of the info given at the tour will not be too relevant. I mostly recommend the visit to Germans.

Spooky tour review - English speaker here, got out of the spooky tour literally 5 min ago. Despite everything being in German, I was still able to completely follow the line of the story. The fact that this is taking place in such a well crafted and iconic place makes the experience 10 times better. Congrats to the team for putting all the effort in decorating, costumes and make up. But, super props to the actors dressed as lobby boys/girls - they were the best thing of this tour, never breaking character. Had a major blast and laughed a lot. Would completely recommend the experience.

Very nice experience and great guides. The tour is fun with cool things to see. However they do miss super exciting and famous things to see at the moment, the highlight are mainly from the 80s. The Atelier is also nice as it gives the chance to experience everything with your own speed and level of interest. For TV and movie lovers I can absolutely recommend this place. You can easily spend five hours in the Bavaria Filmstadt.