Scala Ludwigsburg
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The Scala , and thus not "the" Scala, is the oldest and most traditional event location for culture in Ludwigsburg . The Clusssche Saalbau (named after the Cluss brewery ) has been used as a cultural hall since the beginning of the 20th century: theater, cinema, cabaret and music have always found space here. The Scala in its present form is an almost unchanged cinema from the 1950s with a large stage in front of the screen and 400 seats, including a balcony.
history
opening
When the news appeared in the Ludwigsburger Zeitung (LZ) on August 16, 1902, that the widow Cluss had acquired the “Zum Englischer Hof” building from a “photographer” P. Koch for 69,000 Reichsmarks, nobody could have guessed that it would turn into a centenary Cultural history would arise, the end of which is not yet in sight. The Cluss'sche Saal, as it was called from then on, was a spacious hall with side galleries and a large stage from which table music delighted the guests .
It was officially handed over to the event business on December 27, 1902 with a large ceremony. On December 29, 1902, the LZ read: The trumpet corps of the field artillery regiments No. 65 and 29, alternately directed by Messrs. Thomas and Rübmann, had united to form a clay body that is very respectable and whose achievements are still due to the excellent acoustics of the room were raised.
In the years that followed, music and dance events took place in the hall, where, as can be seen on an old postcard from 1910, the atmosphere of a brewery prevailed. Comedy games in particular delighted the lively audience during this time.
Motion picture theater
In 1932, the hall building also became a movie theater. In the LZ of October 1, 1932, it says: The opening program [...] first confirms the commendable intentions of the management . Both the main film “Quick” and the supporting program consisting of cultural films and sound film grotesque were brand new and met with lively applause. By the way, the main actors in the film were Hans Albers and Lilian Harvey .
Before the Nazis came to power, as can be read in the December 1991 issue of SCALA, there were also major events by anti-Hitlerites. That’s what KPD chairman Ernst Thälmann said there . The event against Section 218 of the Criminal Code, at which the doctor and playwright Friedrich Wolf spoke , also caused a stir .
Film screening company
During the period between 1933 and 1945, the use of the Saalbau Theater was primarily reserved for film screenings. For example, in July 1935 the Laurel and Hardy film "The 'Desert' Sons" was shown.
After the end of the war, the hall theater was used again in various ways. Tickets from the years 1946 to 1948 found during the stage renovation in 2000 indicated opera and operetta evenings , children's ballet, Württembergische Musikbühne, German Opera Theater Stuttgart, TERRA - Künstlerspiele Stuttgart - Ludwigsburg, dance evening - Lisa Kretschmar, IKB Stuttgart, but also cinema events.
It is also worth mentioning an event with Reinhold Maier , organized by the DVP, later the FDP, on July 31, 1949. Maier was still Prime Minister of the then Württemberg-Baden state at that time.
Scala theater
In 1954 the Scala Theater was built. Once up in the 50s in the importance of cinema constantly increased, the sisters Gertrude and Richard were Cluss 1954 the concert and theater hall according to the latest point of view as a movie theater converted and changed the name to "Scala Theater".
On September 17, 1954, an advance notice appeared in the LKZ for the opening of the Scala Theater on the same day. The musical comedy "Fräulein vom Amt" was performed. In the following years, the current film productions were also shown. Well-known actors such as Johannes Heesters , Ilse Werner , Viktor Staal , Georg Thomalla and Ellen Schwiers were guests in the house .
At the end of the 1960s, the Cluss siblings gave up the cinema and rented it out. It sank into a porn cinema and the name was shortened to "Scala".
Todays use
1986 began the era of "Scala - music, theater, cinema". After the Musikverein Ludwigsburg took over the direction, the SCALA-Theater opened the program on December 5, 1986. In May 1987, due to legal problems, the cinema program was cut off and taken over by the newly founded “Kinokult” association. The music association, on the other hand, had to file for bankruptcy on December 15, 1999 after uncertain times. The successor company SCALA Kultur GmbH resumed live operations in March 2000 with the remaining staff and a new managing director and program maker. a. with a performance by the Leningrad Cowboys . Promoting the next generation was also back on the agenda.
program
Today the Scala is divided into the SCALA cinema, SCALA Live and the SCALA theater. The cinema pauses for the live events. During the summer break from Scala Live, the theater summer attracts visitors in the Cluss garden, the former brewery site directly behind the Cluss hall building.
The concept of the Scala is simple: the visitor should have a wide range of cultural offerings with above-average quality available through clearly structured series of events and a continuous program. True to the motto “culture for everyone”. Kinokult does not only offer the usual blockbusters, but also high-quality cinema, original versions or school cinema programs.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Sting in: "Ludwigsburg Festival and Event Rooms"
- ↑ Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung (LKZ) of July 28, 1949
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Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 43.5 " N , 9 ° 11 ′ 37.8" E