Couple, in their 80s, watch a-movie-a-day to stay on 'cutting edge'

Berlin

IT'S a love that was born in a cinema in 1950s Cold War Berlin and that has been nourished for over six decades by taking in at least a movie a day together.

At this week's Berlin film festival, Erika and Ulrich Gregor, now in their 80s, are absolute fixtures. Year after year, they can be spotted gingerly making their way, arm in arm, from theatre to theatre to catch as many screenings each day as they can.

"We've watched thousands and thousands of films together," Ulrich, 85, told AFP in an interview at the Arsenal cinema they helped found. "We're curious and we want to be on the cutting edge, so to speak. So we watch five movies a day (at a festival…