Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen

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Permanent exhibition The permanent exhibition focuses on the two leading media of film and television, from their beginnings to the present day: Thus, the exhibition on the history of film ranges from the newspaper advertisement of the Wintergarten program in 1895 to exhibits representing the most recent winners of the German Film Award. In addition to the developments in German film history, international relations - especially with Hollywood - are another focus. The achievements and fate of film artists driven into exile by the National Socialists receive special attention in a separate room. The show on German television, on the other hand, ranges from the first experiments with direct transmission of electronic images to their self-evident availability in today's everyday life. The permanent exhibition establishes references from media history to culture and society as well as to political events. The upheavals in German history - from the German Empire to the Weimar Republic, from National Socialism to the post-war developments in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, all the way to reunification - repeatedly offered film and television new and sometimes drastically changed or restricted artistic, economic and political conditions. Phases of comparatively free development and those of rigid control followed one another. Unique exhibits from the rich collections of the Deutsche Kinemathek and central scenes from the films illustrate the most important developments. This content has been machine translated.