UFA Film Nights

UFA Film Nights

Silent film classics with live musical accompaniment are the recipe for success behind the UFA Film Nights, to which Bertelsmann and UFA regularly treat audiences in Berlin. The format has since gone on to other metropolises as well, including Brussels, Paris, Madrid and New York.

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Press Release | Berlin, 08/28/2025

Bertelsmann and UFA Open 15th UFA Film Nights

Press Release | Berlin, 07/07/2025

UFA Film Nights 2025: Stars of Weimar Cinema – Open Air on Berlin’s Museum Island

Press Release | Berlin, 08/22/2024

UFA Film Nights 2024 Off to a Strong Start

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Impressions from the UFA Film Nights 2025

Around 300 guests attended an exclusive reception on the roof terrace of Bertelsmann Unter den Linden in Berlin to mark the start of the UFA Film Nights 2025. After sunset, the audience was able to take a look inside the historic Wintergarten, Berlin’s legendary 1920s variety theater, on the nearby Berlin Museum Island. The film shown at the opening this year was the digitally restored version of the F.W. Murnau Foundation of Ewald André Dupont's drama VARIETY (VARIETÉ ) (1925), which was enjoyed by around a thousand silent film enthusiasts. The evening was accompanied by live music from the UFA Syncopators: Küspert & Kollegen to a composition by Werner Küspert and Richard Siedhoff.

UFA Film Nights 2025: Gallery

From August 27 to 29, 2025, Bertelsmann and UFA will present the 15th UFA Film Nights, an open-air event on three evenings, set against the spectacular backdrop of Berlin’s Museum Island and accompanied by live music. Long a fixture in Berlin’s cultural calendar, the UFA Film Nights will once again showcase cinematic masterpieces of Weimar cinema at one of Berlin’s most exclusive venues. The photos shown here can be requested for reporting purposes from the contact person (see right) or presse@bertelsmann.de. (© in each case as indicated in the picture title).

Culture at Bertelsmann

As a creative content company with a history stretching back nearly 190 years, Bertelsmann is engaged in cultural efforts at various levels. Its “Culture@Bertelsmann” activities are focused on preserving important cultural assets and making them accessible to a broad public, e.g. through digitization or exhibitions and concerts. For many years, Bertelsmann has organized the popular UFA Film Nights, a silent film festival in Berlin, and has repeatedly acted as the main sponsor for the digital restoration of important silent films. The Group also owns the Archivio Storico Ricordi in Milan, which houses a wealth of unique testimonies to 200 years of Italian opera history. Bertelsmann is indexing the archive holdings according to the latest standards and makes thousands of documents, set and costume designs, libretti, and items of business correspondence publicly accessible online. For over 20 years, Bertelsmann has organized the “Blue Sofa” literature format series, which provides authors with a prominent stage for their latest works.