KARL GRIEP PRESENTS BUNDESARCHIV / FILMARCHIV (HOPPEGARTEN)

THE GOETHE INSTITUTE FILM EXPERT TOUR: BUNDESARCHIV / FILMARCHIV (HOPPEGARTEN). 18 Feb 2005. Director Karl Griep took us to a tour of the brand new Hoppegarten center where the oldest treasures - the nitrate holdings - of German cinema are kept. Hoppegarten is outside Berlin, over one hour's drive to the east from the center of Berlin. The largest part of the Bundesarchiv/Filmarchiv collections are in Koblenz and Wilmershagen. The equipment, the laboratories and the double projection cinema with full controls from the viewing room are top-of-the-game. All in all there are 980.000 cans of film in the Bundesarchiv/Filmarchiv's collections.