Capitol Bernburg
The Capitol Bernburg is a listed cinema in the city of Bernburg (Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt .
location
The cinema is located at Auguststraße 14 in Bernburg on the south side of Auguststraße in the courtyard between the properties Auguststraße 12, 14 and Karlsstraße 6.
Architecture and history
The cinema was built in 1927 based on a design by Friedrich Bunses for the cinema operator Ottomar Tschakert (1874–1943) in the Art Deco style. The operator describes it as the only surviving Art Deco cinema in Germany. Tschakert had already opened the Weltspiegel movie theater on the market in Bernburg in 1908 . He also ran the Globus film distribution company . In 1911 he built the 600-person Cinephon cinema at Karlsplatz 28 / Lindenstrasse. Later it was named Lindenlichtspiele .
In order to build a larger film palace, Tschakert bought houses on Auguststrasse. After the First World War , he planned to demolish the building in order to create a large, modern entrance area for a new cinema. However, the city refused a demolition permit. Tschakert therefore had the cinema built in the courtyard of the property, instead of the former Bayerischer Hof inn , so that the magnificent design of the cinema cannot be seen from the street.
A brick building with almost 1000 seats was built. The facade is clearly structured and provided with pillars, pilaster strips and brick friezes. Ornaments are attached above the entrances and exits as well as on the window and balcony parapets. There was also a cabaret inside the cinema . The equipment included air conditioning and indirect lighting. Both silent and sound films could be shown. The canvas was unusually large, larger than the one in use today. It could be covered by two different colored curtains. The good acoustics of the hall were later improved by covering the walls with fabric. The hall was also used for music events. There was an orchestra pit and a stage room to the left and right of the stage.
The inauguration took place on November 14, 1927 with 560 guests. First a film about the genesis of the cinema and then the film Der Meister von Nürnberg was shown during the construction of the Capitol . A house band consisting of twelve people played under Kapellmeister Mann for the acoustic background.
After the end of the Second World War , the owner, Tschakert had died in 1943, like all cinema owners in Saxony-Anhalt, was expropriated.
The Capitol was then rebuilt several times. In 1960 the orchestra pit was removed and the sound system and the stage area were rebuilt. In 1964 a major renovation took place. Both the hall and the tier were renewed and the room was given new colors. A larger canvas was also inserted. The new opening took place at the end of 1964.
On September 30, 1985 a new renovation began, which lasted until 1987. A café bar on the upper floor was replaced by a club cinema, all seats were replaced and a new heating system installed. In addition, the Visionsbar , which still exists today, was added. It is separated from the rest of the cinema with a wide pane and initially had nine tables and a large counter . Its installation was originally planned for 1981. It reopened in October 1987. The Capitol became one of the GDR festival theaters . The operation of the cinema was incumbent on the district film directorate Halle (Saale) .
In 1990 the cinema was privatized again and sold to Mata Hari Videotheken GmbH . The new owner made renovations and converted the club cinema into cinema 2 . The club facility with chairs and tables was converted into row seating. The capacity of the Visionsbar has been expanded to twelve tables with a total of 60 seats. The Visionsbar is designated as a smoking area. On June 16, 2010, the Dutch family Van de Merwe acquired the Capitol, which still operates it today (as of 2017).
In the local register of monuments , the cinema is listed as an architectural monument under registration number 094 60610 .
The cinema is considered to be an important testimony to the influence of forms of expressionism on architecture.
literature
- Birthe Rüdiger: Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, District Bernburg, Volume 12 , Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2003, ISBN 3-937251-06-5 , page 67.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Homepage of the Capitol
- ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf, page 3581.
- ↑ Birthe Rüdiger: Monument Register Saxony-Anhalt, District Bernburg, Volume 12 , Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2003, ISBN 3-937251-06-5 , page 67
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 37.5 " N , 11 ° 44 ′ 41.7" E