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    This document lists and summarizes 10 of the best films set in Berlin. It begins with a brief introduction noting that Berlin has been featured as both a backdrop and star in various films spanning genres from cold war spy thrillers to dramas about the fall of East Germany. The top 3 films summarized are: 1) People on Sunday (1930), an early silent film about ordinary Berliners' lives that helped launch the careers of several future Hollywood directors. 2) The Bourne Supremacy (2004), an action thriller starring Matt Damon that used modern Berlin as a backdrop for a spy-chase plot doubling for other international locations. 3) Germany Year Zero (1948), a neore

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    This document lists and summarizes 10 of the best films set in Berlin. It begins with a brief introduction noting that Berlin has been featured as both a backdrop and star in various films spanning genres from cold war spy thrillers to dramas about the fall of East Germany. The top 3 films summarized are: 1) People on Sunday (1930), an early silent film about ordinary Berliners' lives that helped launch the careers of several future Hollywood directors. 2) The Bourne Supremacy (2004), an action thriller starring Matt Damon that used modern Berlin as a backdrop for a spy-chase plot doubling for other international locations. 3) Germany Year Zero (1948), a neore

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    10ofthebestfilmssetin

    Berlin
    Berlinhasbeenthebackdropandeventhestarin
    moviesfromcoldwarspythrillerstodramasaboutthe
    collapseofEastGermany.AndrewPulverpicksthetop
    10filmssetinthecitysource:
    http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/aug/17/top-10-films-set-inberlin

    1.

    PeopleonSunday(MenschenamSonntag),
    CurtandRobertSiodmak,1930.

    SilentcinemaflourishedinGermanyduringtheWeimar
    years,andBerlinwasimmortalisedintwoparticularly
    brilliantimpressionisttributes:WalterRuttmann'sBerlin:
    SymphonyofaGreatCity,andPeopleonSunday,which
    aimedtocreateapatchworkofordinaryBerliners'lives.This
    film,withitscastofnonprofessionalactorsandhidden
    camera,getsthepickpartlybecauseofitsextraordinary
    writinganddirectingcreditroll.Virtuallyeveryone
    includingBillyWilder,FredZinnemannandRobertSiodmak
    wentontomakeanameforthemselvesinHollywood,after
    beingforcedoutofGermanyduringtheNaziera.
    BahnhofZoo;Nikolassee
    2.TheBourneSupremacy,PaulGreengrass,2004
    HollywoodcametoBerlininabigwaywiththesequeltoThe
    BourneIdentity;directorPaulGreengrasswasnodoubtpaying
    homagetoBerlin'scoldwarpast.Theconvolutedplothas
    Bourne(MattDamon)showingupinBerlintotrytoreconnect
    thethreadsofhispast:modernBerlinmakesabigshiny
    backdropforthehighoctaneshenanigans.Addedtowhich,

    BerlindoublesforotherstopsinBourne'sglobetrotting
    notably,abuildingattheBerlinExhibitionGroundsbecomesa
    customsofficeinNaples.
    ExhibitionGrounds,Messedamm;Alexanderplatz;
    Friedrichstrassebridge;Ostbahnhof
    3.GermanyYearZero,RobertoRossellini,1948

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