Spending some time in Germany and eagerly wanting to go to the movies? Seems like an easy enough thing to do, but sadly, many cinemas in Germany show German-dubbed versions of the movies. Perhaps good enough for those (German) kids who grew up with it, but I personally find it very annoying when sound and image are out of sync, and voices do not match the faces I see. You could go watch a movie in one of the independent movie theaters, such as Central Kino, which show original versions as dubbing is too expensive for them, but if you’re wanting to see a mainstream movie, there is a solution in Berlin.

Located inside the famous Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz is Cinestar Original, one of few mainstream cinemas showing original versions of movies. Subtitles are available in German only, so be sure to pick a movie originally spoken in a language you know, if you’re not good at reading German fluently. There’s not much of the charm found in smaller cinemas in Berlin here, it’s all modern and made to cater to as many people as possible. But then again, once the movie starts, all that’s around you doesn’t matter anyway, right? There’s even a room capable of showing movies in IMAX and 3D.

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