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Cabaret stages, Wall watchtowers, Glienicke Bridge exchanges and Kreuzberg sprints — Berlin's twentieth century is fiction's richest territory. These ten famous works run from Weimar to reunification; on StoryTerra you can filter Berlin's stories by exact year.

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10 famous stories set in Berlin

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Browse 148 books, 285 movies, 11 TV shows and 19 games set in Berlin.

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4

Thunder Road-87Eleven-Summit Entertainment-Studio Babelsberg
movie

With the price on his head ever increasing John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and…

Setting: Osaka, Japan; New York USA; Paris, France; Berlin, GermanyTime Period: 2023
Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War

Marvel Studios
movie

Following the events of Age of Ultron the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers causing two factions to side with Iron…

Setting: New York USA; Berlin, Germany; Lagos, Nigeria; Vienna, Austria; Siberia, RussiaTime Period: Contemporary
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Paramount Pictures-Lucasfilm Ltd.
movie

In 1938 an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it and the missing man is his…

Setting: Venice, Italy; Austria; Berlin, Germany; Hatay Province, TurkeyTime Period: 1938
The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

Creado Film-Wiedemann & Berg Film-ARD-Sony Pictures Classics-ARTE-Buena Vista International (Germany) GmbH-Beta Cinema
movie

In 1984 East Berlin an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Setting: Berlin, GermanyTime Period: 1984
Downfall

Downfall

NDR-ORF-Degeto Film-EOS Entertainment-WDR-RAI-Constantin Film
movie

In April of 1945 Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin capital of the Third Reich Adolf Hitler…

Setting: Berlin, GermanyTime Period: April 1945
The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

Universal Pictures-The Kennedy/Marshall Company-Hypnotic-Motion Picture THETA Produktionsgesellschaft-Ludlum Entertainment
movie

When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne…

Setting: Goa, India; Berlin, Germany; Naples, Italy; Moscow, RussiaTime Period: 2000s
Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

TSG Entertainment-Amblin Entertainment-Studio Babelsberg-Fox 2000 Pictures-Marc Platt Productions-Participant-Reliance Entertainment-DreamWorks Pictures
movie

During the Cold War the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan recruited by a CIA…

Setting: Berlin, Germany; New York, USATime Period: Cold War
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Nero-Film AG
movie

In this classic German thriller Hans Beckert a serial killer who preys on children becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is…

Setting: Berlin, GermanyTime Period: 1930s
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Wigram Productions-Davis Entertainment-RatPac Entertainment-Warner Bros. Pictures
movie

At the height of the Cold War a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and…

Setting: Berlin, Germany; Rome, Italy; London, EnglandTime Period: 1960s
Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible III

Paramount-Cruise/Wagner Productions
movie

Retired from active duty and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian an international broker of arms and information who is as cunning as he…

Setting: Berlin, Germany; Vatican City; Shanghai, ChinaTime Period: 2006

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