KINO favorites: Top 10 Berlin films

Annie, a fashion model, prefers to spend Sunday at home while her friends are having a good time at Lake Wannsee. In the 1930 film "People on Sunday," a mix between a feature film and a documentary, Berlin and its surroundings are the actual stars. The legendary film was directed by Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer.

Bob Fosse filmed his famous Berlin musical "Cabaret" in Berlin and in Munich in 1972. Many of the outdoor scenes were filmed in West Berlin, but most of the indoor scenes were shot in Munich studios. The story plays in Berlin in 1931, against the backdrop of the rise of the Nazi party. The film netted eight Oscars.

"Murderers among us" was the first German film after the end of WWII, directed in 1946 by Wolfgang Staudte. It was filmed both in Berlin studios and in the city's vast ruins. The movie spawned the term Trümmerfilm (rubble film), and premiered that same year in Berlin's eastern Soviet sector.

Billy Wilder shot the comedy "One, Two, Three" under spectacular circumstances in 1961. The veteran Hollywood director was keen on filming in the divided but not yet severed city. The Berlin Wall went up during the shooting, so the team couldn't film at the Brandenburg Gate and had to create an elaborate reconstruction in Munich.

Another Cold War film: the American-German production "Bridge of Spies," directed by Steven Spielberg. The Academy Award-winning director filmed the movie two years ago in the actual locations in the German capital, including Glienicke Bridge, the designated spot for the exchange of captured spies during the Cold War.

In his 2001 debut "Berlin is in Germany," director Hannes Stöhr tells a misfit's story from the heart of Berlin: Martin Schulz, an East German, is free to leave prison - but finds himself in a new world, as the Berlin Wall has fallen and East Germany no longer exists. This film is pure Berlin!

The lovely comedy film "Summer in Berlin" was mainly shot in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district. Andreas Dresen's 2004 film revolves around Katrin and Nike, whose friendship is sorely tested when they meet a happy-go-lucky truck driver. Lots of local Berlin color on the screen - the audience loved it.

Another debut film with unconventional Berlin color: Jan-Ole Gerster's 2012 "Oh Boy" tells the story of Niko Fischer, a young, melancholy drifter. Woven through with poetic nuances, the film received numerous awards, including six German film prizes.

Contemporary Berlin lifestyle: Sebastian Schipper's 2015 film "Victoria" is about a group of friends who spend a night in a Berlin club and are sucked into maelstrom of unforeseeable events. The movie is one continuous long shot, 140 minutes of authentic Berlin feeling.

In 1987, Wim Wenders directed the ultimate Berlin film, a movie with the most stunning black and white views of the city. "Wings of Desire" tells the tale of Damiel and Cassiel, angels who watch people's lives in the divided city. French camera man Henri Alekan created a fantastic tapestry of Berlin.