Delphi Film Palace
The Delphi Filmpalast am Zoo (also Delphi-Palast ) is a cinema and premiere theater opened in 1949 in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg , which is part of the Yorck Kinogruppe , but is operated independently by Delphi Filmtheater Betriebs GmbH .
history
The building was built in the years 1927/1928 in the Kantstraße / corner of Fasanenstraße according to the plans of Bernhard Sehring , who also designed the neighboring Theater des Westens , as a dance hall Delphi-Palast . Outstanding dance orchestras such as Teddy Stauffer , Heinz Wehner and Ben Berlin performed there.
In 1942 the Belgian orchestra Fud Candrix played there in front of Wehrmacht soldiers . During the Second World War , operations had to be stopped in 1943. The building was badly damaged and was rebuilt from 1947 to 1949 under the direction of Walter Jonigkeit (1907-2009), who leased the theater for 25 years. At that time it had the largest screen and the most modern technical equipment in Berlin.
The house was the first venue for the 2nd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in 1952 . In 1957 the then newly built Zoo Palast became the central competition cinema of the Berlinale.
With the construction of other cinemas in the vicinity of the Delphi Filmpalast and the spread of television, the cinema came under pressure in the 1960s. In 1964, out of concern for the traditional venue, the then Charlottenburg district acquired the property.
When the lease expired in 1972, there were various plans (including for a casino or a hotel) for the future of the house. It was not until 1980 that games started to pick up again. The Berlin Senator for Culture was looking for a state-owned large cinema that could be used as a festival theater. In 1981 the cinema was first converted. In the same year the first forum for young film at the Berlinale was held.
The cinema was partially renovated in 1987. Jonigkeit ran the house with his partners Georg Kloster and Claus Boje until his death on December 25th, 2009 .
Web links
- official homepage
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List (with the Theater des Westens as a complete system)
- The Delphi Filmpalast on berlin.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Gunda Bartels: The cinema patriarch. In: Der Tagesspiegel of April 23, 2007, accessed on July 1, 2009
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 20 ″ N , 13 ° 19 ′ 43 ″ E