The European Premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (de: Der Hobbit – Smaugs Einöde) took place on Monday, December 9, 2013 at the Sony Center in Berlin. It was the biggest premiere Berlin ever had with a 160m long red carpet and fans and press from all over Europe.
Director Peter Jackson together with Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sylvester McCoy, Mikael Persbrandt, Aidan Turner, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Adam Brown, Graham McTavish, Dean O’Gorman, Ryan Gage, John Bell and even Ed Sheeran, singer and songwriter of the theme song “I See Fire” walked the carpet.