Bali Cinema (Alzey)
The Bali Kino in the Rheinhessen town of Alzey was opened in 1954 as a station light show near Alzey station. Today's feature film cinema has been under new management since December 13, 2012. It has a screen, 196 seats and is one of the last four remaining station light playhouses in Germany. There are only more in Berlin, Bochum and Kassel, in contrast to that it is not an art house cinema .
The Alzeyer Kino plays a special role among the train station cinemas, as it is one of the few that was located in a small town. The program differed significantly from the train station cinemas in large cities such as Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf or Cologne, where, not least, anonymity ensured that films were shown there that could not be seen anywhere else.
history
1953 to 2012
The cinema was built in 1953 near the Alzeyer train station and opened a year later.
In 2011 only around 4,000 guests visited the cinema. In October 2012 it was announced that the last remaining cinema in Alzey was to be closed. There would have been no more cinema within a radius of 30 kilometers, as the closest ones are in Bad Kreuznach, Mainz and Worms. Thereupon the native North German Claus Hadenfeldt took over the cinema.
Since 2012
After buying the traditional movie theater in autumn 2012, the new owner Claus Hadenfeldt converted a six-figure sum into a modern picture with 3D technology ( HFR-3-D format ) and sound technology (Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound), as well as a new one Floor and new seating was invested. In addition to the digital projector, there is also an old film projector for 35 millimeters of film in the projector room .
After the conversion and renovation, the cinema reopened on December 12, 2012 at 12.12 p.m. To reopen, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was shown as the first film.
In the second year, 2014, almost 25,000 film enthusiasts came to the Bali Kino. In total, by the end of October 2015, more than 60,000 visitors had seen well over 200 different films. In the third year, 32,000 viewers visited the cinema, which consists of just one hall with 202 seats.
Since the “Bali Kino” lettering, which consists of fluorescent tubes , can no longer be produced technically, an LED lettering has been illuminated on the facade of the cinema since December 2015 .
For the three-year anniversary there was an open day on December 13, 2015, as well as a free film screening from the films shown so far. There was also a survey that you could participate in on the Internet. The 3-D version of The Great Gatsby was shown .
Events
- Even before the school cinema week in Rhineland-Palatinate was founded in 2003, films were shown for schools in the area, for example Schindler's list in 1994 .
- In the event series "Coffee - Cake - Cinema", viewers see a film and can enjoy coffee and cake for free.
- Puppet shows take place regularly in the movie theater .
- The movie hall can be rented for events on days when there are no games.
particularities
- At 83, at the end of 2013 / beginning of 2014, Gertrud Sonnenburg was probably Germany's oldest female cinema ticket seller with 54 years of service.
- The arte culture editor Oliver Schwehm , who hails from Alzey, shot the documentary film Cinema perverso - the broken world of the train station cinema in 2015 in the Alzeyer Bali cinema . The resulting documentary was shown in the cinema before being broadcast on arte. In this documentation Ms. Sonnenburg also had a say.
Awards
In 2017 and 2018, Bali reached a place in the top 100 in the selection of Germany's most popular cinema, organized by Moviepilot . Also in 2019 the Bali Kino reached a place in the top 100 out of more than 1,600 participating cinemas.
literature
- Frank Schmidt-Wyk: Big cinema - Claus Hadenfeldt saved the Bali in Alzey. With a digital projector, 12-channel sound and a monster popcorn machine, it defies overwhelming competition. And with ideas that are sometimes ready for a movie. in Journal - The weekend magazine of the Rhein Main Presse from February 20, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cinema overview on kinofans.com; online on the Internet: December 13, 2015
- ↑ a b Filmmaker Oliver Schwehm about his station cinema documentary and the soul of Alzeyer Bali. Interview by Anita Pleic. In: Allgemeine Zeitung - Rhein Main Presse. October 29, 2015, archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; Retrieved December 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Claus Hadenfeldt writes the success story Allgemeine Zeitung Alzey with the takeover of the Bali Cinema three years ago
- ↑ The Alzeyer Bali Kino soon in a new guise by Thomas Ehlke in Allgemeine Zeitung Alzey October 27, 2015
- ↑ "I can't live without a cinema" - Gertrud Sonnenburg - A real veteran works at the cash desk of the Bali / Bergund Hilgers fascinated by film classics in Allgemeine Zeitung Alzey on December 14, 2013
- ↑ The documentary "Cinema perverso" filmed in Alzey shows the history of the station cinemas by Anita Pleic in Allgemeine Zeitung Alzey on October 29, 2015
- ↑ “Over 50 years at the box office!”; SWR television , state show Rhineland-Palatinate; from January 7, 2014
- ↑ The documentary "Cinema perverso" filmed in Alzey shows the history of the station cinemas by Anita Pleic in Allgemeine Zeitung Alzey on October 29, 2015
- ↑ Cinema Perverso: The wonderful and broken world of the station cinema ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on arte.tv October 31, 2015
- ↑ Lili Judith Oberle: Bali Kino among the top 100 in Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz from October 17, 2019; P. 15
- ↑ These are the Top 100 Favorite Cinemas in Germany 2019 and The Top 100 Cinemas in Germany 2019 PDF file on moviepilot.de from October 15, 2019
