Victoria at DEFA70: Babelsberger Summer Film Evenings Bring Great Cinema Energy to Potsdam

A Berlin Night Run as a Grand Cinematic Experience in Babelsberg

When Victoria is screened on August 20, 2026, at DEFA70 / Studio Babelsberg, the Berlin night air meets Potsdam’s cinema history. The series Babelsberger Summer Film Evenings opens a venue that has not been publicly used for 25 years, combining film culture, a summery atmosphere, and the unique feeling of a live stage experience in the cinema hall. The screening begins at 7:00 PM. As a feature film by Sebastian Schipper from 2015, Victoria unfolds its tension in a single, 140-minute camera shot. ([potsdamtourismus.de](https://www.potsdamtourismus.de/event/babelsberger-sommerfilmabende-victoria))

A Real-Time Staging

Victoria is considered one of the most remarkable German cinema works of the 2010s. Sebastian Schipper tells the story of a young woman from Madrid who meets four men on a Berlin night and gets caught in a risky whirl of improvisation, loyalty, and escalation. The form is the actual dramaturgy: a single, uninterrupted take that pulls the audience into the movement rather than keeping them at a distance. Critics celebrated this feat as an extraordinary technical and narrative venture. ([potsdamtourismus.de](https://www.potsdamtourismus.de/event/babelsberger-sommerfilmabende-victoria))

Berlin Becomes the Night’s Stage

The appeal of the film lies not just in the plot but in the physically palpable theatrical atmosphere of its storytelling: tempo, light changes, breath, rhythm. The camera becomes the constantly circling gaze of an audience that follows the characters in real time. This creates an audience reaction that oscillates between thrill and fascination. This very mix has made Victoria, since its Berlinale presence and subsequent festival successes, a work that does not lose its tension even in a repeat viewing. ([independentcinemaoffice.org.uk](https://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/films/6694/?utm_source=openai))

The Venue Itself is Part of the Experience

DEFA70 in Studio Babelsberg provides the perfect setting for this screening: a place with a special film historical aura, excellent image and sound technology, and the opportunity to unwind afterwards in the café garden of the MediaTech Hub Potsdam. According to the event information, access by car and public transport is provided; the address is August-Bebel-Straße 26-53 in 14482 Potsdam. Access is clearly located in Babelsberg, where film culture and city history intersect. ([potsdamtourismus.de](https://www.potsdamtourismus.de/event/babelsberger-sommerfilmabende-victoria))

Why This Date is Worth It

Those who experience Victoria live as part of the Babelsberger Summer Film Evenings will not see an ordinary film evening, but a precisely constructed stage experience of light, movement, and tension. The combination of a historic venue, summery openness, and one of the most distinctive German films of the present promises an intense cultural event. Those who love cinema as an art form will not just see a film here, but experience an evening that resonates long after. ([potsdamtourismus.de](https://www.potsdamtourismus.de/event/babelsberger-sommerfilmabende-victoria))

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Sources:

• Potsdam Tourism – Babelsberger Summer Film Evenings - Victoria
• Eventbrite – Babelsberger Summer Film Evenings
• FIPRESCI – Victoria is no Illusion, but the Real Thing
• Independent Cinema Office – Victoria
• The Guardian – Victoria review