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Austrian Film Museum

Tourist attraction • Museum • Movie theater

đź‘Ťđź‘Ť One of the most important German-speaking film museums! Membership is worthwhile, but there are also day memberships with the cinema ticket. After the conversion, it is now also equipped with up-to-date comfortable seats, each of which has great visibility due to the incline. Also a good place for a... People often mention film, cinema, Film, Vienna, films, good, Museum, Peter,


Address

AugustinerstraĂźe 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

Website

www.filmmuseum.at

Contact

+43 1 5337054

Rating on Google Maps

4.70 (280 reviews)

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  • 5/5 Felis L. 5 years ago on Google • 211 reviews
    One of the most important German-speaking film museums! Membership is worthwhile, but there are also day memberships with the cinema ticket. After the conversion, it is now also equipped with up-to-date comfortable seats, each of which has great visibility due to the incline. Also a good place for a coffee; In summer there is also a bar garden directly on Albertinaplatz. ^_^
    6 people found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 4/5 Ein G. 4 years ago on Google • 1741 reviews
    Film museum in downtown Vienna. Located at the Albertina. There is no exhibition here in the normal sense, as instead only films are shown here. There is a large cinema hall for this. Café available in the entrance area. Great variety of films shown, there should be something for every taste. Friendly staff, a short speech is given before most films. Cozy seats. If you are interested in films, you should definitely have been here.
    3 people found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Der V. 5 years ago on Google • 515 reviews
    Probably the most important cinema in Vienna. The Filmmuseum reviews certain topics each month, such as from a particular period, or by a particular director etc. For instance, January and February 2019 are dedicated to the Italian film makers Federico Fellini and Ermanno Olmi. Every December between Christmas and New Year they screen Marx Brothers movies. I don't think you can see them anywhere else in Europe. There are two performances every evening at 6:30pm and 8:30pm, Sundays usually an additional performance at 4pm.
    4 people found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Nino W. 1 year ago on Google • 628 reviews
    Must visit small but very nice cinematheque.
    2 people found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 4/5 Suvendu D. 4 years ago on Google • 1023 reviews
    Based on your experience as a young film organizer in the university's cinema studio at the Vienna University of Technology, Peter Konlechner (1936–2016) and filmmaker Peter Kubelka (born 1934) founded the Austrian Film Museum in February 1964. From the beginning, the association's lawyer was the lawyer Dr. Heinrich Wille (1938-2018). As early as 1965, the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF) - the worldwide organization of all major archives - accepted the Film Museum as a full member. The primary goal of the two founders was to establish a center in Austria for the consistent, high-quality presentation and preservation of international film history. They were inspired by the Cinémathèque Française, the National Film Archive in London and the film department of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Film should also be understood in Austria as the most important form of expression of modernity and the most important source of contemporary history in the 20th century. Right from the start, the focus was therefore on linking a wide range of activities - preservation, restoration, mediation, As "one of the most agile cinematheques in Europe" ( Der Spiegel ), the Filmmuseum made a prodigy with its programs. The extensive retrospectives of the 1960s and 70s had a special position in the German-speaking countries and were recognized across Europe. In 1984 the Filmmuseum organized the first FIAF Congress in Vienna. The programmatic priorities of the first decades included avant-garde film, the film comedians of the 1920s and 30s (e.g. the rediscovery of Mae West, WC Fields and the Marx Brothers), the Soviet revolutionary film, the classic American film genres, the topic of propaganda film or the masters of Japanese cinema. The Film Museum implemented many of these topics aggressively and increased interest in them at home and abroad. Since 1965, the retrospectives have been shown in the in-house cinema, which is located in the Albertina building, behind the Vienna State Opera. To mark the 25th anniversary of the house, the " Invisible Cinema"opened according to the concept of Peter Kubelka: a black-in-black screening room, a" viewing and hearing machine "that aims to concentrate as much as possible on the filmic event itself. Since November 2002 the Film Museum has been offering a completely and sound technology, which makes it possible to reproduce contemporary sound and video systems at the highest level in addition to all picture formats of film history.
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Gregor P. 3 years ago on Google • 181 reviews
    The Austrian Film Museum is a cinematheque in Vienna founded in 1964 by Peter Konlechner and Peter Kubelka. It is located in the Albertina building complex not far from the Vienna Hofburg. The museum houses a large cinema hall, a specialist library and several collections, and it is active in the fields of education, research and exhibitions. The Film Museum has the legal form of an association. One third of its total annual budget is financed by the Republic of Austria, the City of Vienna ​and one third by its own income
    2 people found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Alex L. 1 year ago on Google • 65 reviews
    Medium Size Theater with full of good programs, you can find good bar inside also. Invisible Cinema 3 is the name of theater invented by Peter Kubelka.
    2 people found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 A. P. 7 years ago on Google
    I've been to many film archives over the years, and this is certainly one of the best. Great retrospectives and events, sometimes with guests such as Paul Verhoeven, Olivier Assayas, Christian Petzold and Joe Dante. Usually, films are shown in their original language. The screening room is suitably austere. No popcorn or drinks allowed either, but there's a great little bar that has good beer and wine, and a handful of interesting local snacks.
    2 people found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 4/5 Harald M. 1 year ago on Google • 215 reviews
    Casablanca... I haven't seen a cinema sold out to the last seat in a long time! Very clean and comfortable seats. Classics are also played here on 35mm reels. Nice to experience that. The only drawback: the cinema experience also includes popcorn or nachos. That doesn't exist here at all. There are no bags or leftover food lying around and nothing sticks to the seats. It is extremely clean.
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Mark Klenk m. 1 month ago on Google • 725 reviews New
    very interesting!

  • 5/5 Gregor R. 3 months ago on Google • 91 reviews New
    Solid but cozy atmosphere with bar and books, very nice hall and good technology, excellent programming!
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Ferenc dr. S. 2 months ago on Google • 663 reviews New
    It must be good, but there were many people in line

  • 4/5 Alex K. 4 years ago on Google • 47 reviews
    Great place to see older or less known movies
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Wolfgang S. 10 months ago on Google • 21 reviews
    Always, always, always sophisticated, great films, without the usual cinema bells and whistles (no food or drink in the hall).
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Johann M. 9 months ago on Google • 13 reviews
    My request was received very warmly; you immediately feel accepted and understood. Furthermore, the atmosphere is quite extraordinary.
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Richard P. 3 years ago on Google
    Great for movie lovers!
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 4/5 Arslan S. 7 years ago on Google
    Very great and famous museum for art lovers. Recently there was exhibition of Picasso. Located in the center of the Vienna but mostly close early in the evening.
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 David H. 3 years ago on Google
    Great movies, good people
    1 person found this review helpful đź‘Ť

  • 5/5 Gyula J. 4 years ago on Google • 300 reviews
    always something new to visit again, and again!

  • 5/5 Teddy 4 years ago on Google • 265 reviews
    Has its very own charme. Kind staff, wonderful experience, accessible pricing.

  • 5/5 Sam K. 1 year ago on Google • 141 reviews
    Fantastic cinema, always showing interesting films, fair price, great vibes, a really important institution

  • 5/5 Edgard Ibarra (. 3 months ago on Google • 124 reviews New
    Hello folks! Anyone who is interested in film and its history should take the time to visit the film museum. Interesting facts about film and cinemas as well as the Austrian contribution to it are presented there.

  • 5/5 Yasmin A. 3 weeks ago on Google • 8 reviews New
    Have fun with children

  • 5/5 dirk j. 2 years ago on Google
    Best place to watch older movies in Europe

  • 5/5 Rajarshi S. 4 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    The best place to watch films one missed during their film school days. It's my go-to place the moment I arrive every time in Vienna.


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