Jennifer Lawrence stuns in plunging plum gown at Hunger Games premiere in Berlin

JENNIFER Lawrence has stunned in a daring purple gown at the world premiere of the final The Hunger Games franchise in Berlin.

Jena Malone, Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence, Willow Shields and Josh Hutcherson arrive for the World premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 in Berlin.

THOUSANDS of shrieking fans have greeted superstar Jennifer Lawrence as the final movie of The Hunger Games franchise had its world premiere in Berlin.

Lawrence, looking flawless in a plunging plum gown with long sleeves, was joined by the all-star cast on the red carpet to bid farewell to their beloved characters on Wednesday evening.

Gazing at the 6,000 adoring fans crowding out the Sony Center venue, many of whom had camped out all night, the 25-year-old Oscar winner said she had mixed feelings about having completed the four-movie action saga.

“It’s the perfect way to end these amazing four years, but it’s sad to not have this again,” said Lawrence.

Stars on the red carpet

When asked whether she would hit Berlin’s famed techno clubs after the premiere, she replied that she’d prefer a hearty meal because she was “pretty hungry”, and quipped that “No, no, I don’t belong in a club, I’m an old lady, I’m too elderly.”

The red-carpet venue — decorated with fire bowls and echoing to the sound of drums — was packed with youngsters wielding smartphones and homemade banners of the rebel forces Katniss leads in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2.

Lawrence wore her blonde hair in a bun with diamond earrings.

Lawrence poses for photographers in Berlin.

Fans scrambled for autographs and selfies with Lawrence and the other stars, including Julianne Moore, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Natalie Dormer, Jena Malone, Elizabeth Banks and Josh Hutcherson, who walked through the venue on Berlin’s historic Potsdamer Platz.

Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson pose on the red carpet.

Australian actor Liam Hemsworth waves to fans in Berlin.

A day prior to the premiere, Lawrence, the world’s highest-paid actress, said she felt bittersweet to say goodbye to the feisty heroine, who leads a rebellion against dictatorship in the series, based on the best-selling teen novel trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

“She is kind, she is ruthless, she is independent-minded. She is strong but merciful,” said Lawrence at a press conference about the character who has battled her way through reality TV style life-and-death games.

“I wish that I could have a percentage of her courage and thoughtfulness. She inspires me in every way.”

Actress Natalie Dormer at the premiere.

Jennifer Lawrence stole the show on the red carpet.

Julianne Moore was also at the premiere.

Jena Malone in a dramatic gown on the red carpet.

Elizabeth Banks looked stunning.

Actress Willow Shields plays Primrose Everdeen in the series.

While the books have sold 87 million copies worldwide, the four-part movie franchise has passed the billion-dollar mark at the box office, and Lawrence has topped Forbes magazine’s 2015 list of best-paid actresses at $52 million.

Director Francis Lawrence said he felt inspired by Berlin, whose gigantic Nazi-era Tempelhof airport building, a crucial airhub during the Cold War, serves as the setting for an explosive battle of good versus evil in the movie.

The shuttered airport terminal, a towering semicircular edifice of the country’s fascist past, today houses refugees who have escaped real-life war and oppression — a fact the director said he found “strange” indeed.

“The city has a unique monumentalise in its architecture,” said the director, who also shot in abandoned Soviet army barracks and a former power plant in the city.

“Some of the dark architecture you find in the city suits the movie perfectly,” he told the Berliner Morgenpost daily.

The entire Hunger Games cast pose on the red carpet in Berlin on November 4, 2015.

Sutherland — who plays the tyrannical President Snow ruling over a post-apocalyptic state — said he hoped the story of revolution will give young people in today’s turbulent world hope for “a decent future”.

“This is just the beginning,” said Sutherland at the press conference. “The intent of this — for Suzanne Collins, for me, everyone actually who was involved in this project — is that it would be a catalyst for young people all over the world, everywhere. That they would see in it their doom, and the possibility for a decent future.”

Lawrence signs autographs at the world premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 in Berlin.

Originally published as Jennifer Lawrence stuns in plunging plum gown at Hunger Games premiere in Berlin