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A black-and-white photo of an empty room still under construction, with very slanted windows in its concrete walls through which light streams in.

Silke Helmerdig, documentation of the construction of the Jewish Museum Berlin, 26 May 1995; Design: buerominimal

Ken Adam & Chaim Heinz Fenchel – German-Jewish Film Architects

Film Screening as Part of the Exhibition Between the Lines

As part of the exhibition Between the Lines, we are presenting two films by the Berlin-born German-Jewish film architects Ken Adam and Chaim Heinz Fenchel.

Sun 10 May 2026, 2–6:30 pm

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The W. M. Blumenthal Academy is marked in green

Where

W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)

Where, when, what?

Program

2 pm

Introduction

Dr. Lea Wohl von Haselberg, Artistic Director of the JFBB

2:10–3:30 pm

Film The Trouble with Money

The Trouble with Money (Komedie om Geld, NL 1936, directed by Max Ophüls, 79 min., original version with English subtitles) – production design: Heinz Fenchel

3:30– 4 pm

Break

4–4:15 pm

Film This is the War Room

As a prelude to Dr. Strangelove we will screen a documentary on Ken Adam’s working methods: This is the War Room (DE 2017, directed by Boris Hars-Tschachotin, 12 min.)

4:15–6 pm

Film Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (GB 1964, directed by Stanley Kubrick, 95 min., original version with German subtitles) – production design: Ken Adam
Black-and-white logo with two stylized laurel wreaths. In the center are the letters JF, followed by a star symbol and BB. Below is the text Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg.

Chaim Heinz Fenchel 

Chaim Heinz Fenchel (1906–1988) was among the most sought-after film architects in Germany during the 1920s. In 1933, he fled into exile and worked in Austria, the former Czechoslovakia, France, Denmark, and the Netherlands. The Trouble with Money was his final film. In 1937, Fenchel emigrated to Palestine, where he worked exclusively as a classical architect. He became known for his elegant cafés and luxury hotels. The Trouble with Money is a comedy about a respectable bank director who suddenly loses a large sum of money.

Ken Adam

Ken Adam (1921–2016) emigrated with his parents and siblings to London in 1934. He studied architecture there, served as a pilot in the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and entered the film industry as a production designer in the 1950s. He created his most famous sets for the James Bond films and for films by Stanley Kubrick. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a dark satire about a helpless American president and his war-obsessed advisors planning the use of a nuclear bomb.

In cooperation with the Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg (JFBB)

A black-and-white photo of an empty room still under construction, with very slanted windows in its concrete walls through which light streams in.

Exhibition Between the Lines. Daniel Libeskind and the Jewish Museum Berlin: Features & Programs

Exhibition Webpage

Between the Lines. Daniel Libeskind and the Jewish Museum Berlin: 8 May to 1 Nov 2026

Accompanying Events & Tours

An evening with Daniel Libeskind, our JMB book club, film screenings and public tours: Find all dates in our calendar

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Where, when, what?

  • WhenSun 10 May 2026, 2–6:30 pm
  • Where W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
    Klaus Mangold Auditorium
    Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
    (Opposite the Museum)
    See location on map
  • Entry fee

    6 €, reduced rate 3 € – Booking opens soon in our ticket shop.

  • Language Original version with English and German subtitles