Sommerkino Leopoldplatz: Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee

The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Leander Haußmann.

We will be showing the film with English subtitles.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Free admission

Location: The lawn next to the Alte Nazarethkirche (entrance on Nazarethkirchstraße)

Everyone who comes to “Shark Alert at Müggelsee” in costume will be entered into a lottery for a gift certificate to the Frau Polda book café in Wedding!


Friedrichshagen has a problem: The lifeguard’s bitten-off hand suggests that a safety hazard is lurking in the water. The mayor and his advisors—including city marketing expert Vera Baum, a fish expert from Humboldt University, Officer Müller, and, of course, the lifeguard—have developed various strategies to deal with this situation, which they’ll try out one by one. First, no one is allowed to go into Lake Müggelsee anymore. The ban on swimming is made more appealing with free beer, a petting zoo, mime acts, and games of chance; stubborn holdouts are persuaded through sophistical arguments and beauty consultations. This works only until the owner of the beach resort rebels and forces a reversal...

Germany 2013 | 103 min. | FSK 12
Directed by: Leander Haußmann, Sven Regener
Cast: Henry Hübchen, Michael Gwisdek, Benno Fürmann, Tom Schilling, Leander Haußmann, Sven Regener, Detlev Buck, Katharina Thalbach, Frank Castorf, Elisabeth Baulitz, and many more


Drinks and delicious snacks (for a donation) will be provided. Plus, there will be free popcorn for everyone again—and a surprise or two!

In case of rain or strong winds, we’ll move the summer movie screening indoors or reschedule the event to an alternate date.


ADDITIONAL DATES:

August 20, 2026, 8:30 p.m. VICTORIA

August 28, 2026, 8:15 p.m. ZIRKUSKIND

September 10, 2026, 7:30 p.m. NICHTS BLEIBT UND NICHTS VERSCHWINDET
(with the supporting film *LEISE GEHST DU VOR MIR HER*)

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This event is funded by urban development grants, the federal-state program “Lebendiges Zentrum,” and the Wedding-Müllerstraße redevelopment area, and is organized on behalf of the Berlin Mitte District Office (Office of Urban Development – Department of Urban Planning).