# The Stories (2025)

**Genres:** Drama

**Duration:** 120 min

**IMDb:** [7.9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37679242/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.0](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-stories/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 78%, Popcornmeter: 72%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scary_stories_to_tell_in_the_dark)

## Description

Set between the late 1960s and 1980s, the film follows Ahmed, a young Cairo man dreaming of becoming a concert pianist, whose life changes after beginning a pen-pal romance with an Austrian woman during the 1967 war.

## Details

**Premiere:** 06 Oct 2026

**Director:** Abu Bakr Shawky

**Cast:** Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Nelly Karim, Ahmed Kamal, Osama Abdallah, Sarah Abdulrahman, Amr Abed, Nagui Chehata, Hassan El Adl, Sherief El Desouky, Ahmed El-Azaar, Sabri Fawwaz

**Countries:** Egypt, Austria, Sweden

**Languages:** Arabic, German, English

**Available versions:** OmeU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOl2qGuSXJs)

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-06 (Tuesday)

- **[City Kino Wedding](https://ov-berlin.info/cinemas/93-city-kino-wedding.md) (Wedding):** [2026-10-06 18:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/berlin/city-kino-wedding-berlin-ab/vorstellung/3648026888)  (OmeU)

### 2026-10-07 (Wednesday)

- **[Wolf Kino](https://ov-berlin.info/cinemas/90-wolf-kino.md) (Neukölln):** [2026-10-07 18:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/berlin/wolf-kino/vorstellung/280195)  (OmeU)