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Entrance to the " Komödie am Altstadtmarkt ", formerly the "Lupe".

The Lupe , usually just called Lupe , was a arthouse cinema in Braunschweig that existed from 1949 to April 2003.

history

The cinema opened in 1949 at Gördelingerstraße 7 under the name "Regina" and originally had 504 seats. The building at Gördelingerstraße 7 was built between 1715 and 1720 as an exhibition center and is attributed to the baroque architect Hermann Korb . It was badly damaged in 1944, during World War II , and rebuilt between 1947 and 1950. On January 1, 1965, the cinema was renamed “Studio für Filmkunst”. In 1966 the cinema received the award of the Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater for its "excellent programming", whereupon the name of the cinema was changed to "Regina - Studio for Film Art". As a result, from the end of 1967 efforts were made to attract young cinema-goers between the ages of 9 and 14, for whom suitable films were shown as part of the “Kuno” program developed by the Institute for Film and Image in Science and Education .

In January 1973 the "Regina" was taken over by the "Neue Filmkunst Walter Kirchner" from Göttingen , which already operated ten "Lupe" cinemas in Germany. The Braunschweig cinema was the eleventh and from 1974 was called "Die Lupe". The new concept consisted of, for example, printed monthly programs, showing films in their original versions, quick film changes and showing different films on the same day at different times. In 1982 the entrepreneur Hans-Joachim Flebbe took over the "Lupe". Further cinema acquisitions followed in Braunschweig and other cities ( Cinemaxx ).

The cinema operators have been able to show high-quality films for many years and also to get a number of internationally known film actors and directors under the microscope for screenings , including: Detlev Buck , André Eisermann , Peter Fonda (who was responsible for showing his film Peppermint Peace came), Nicolette Krebitz , Jack Palance , Jürgen Prochnow , Marianne Sägebrecht (came to Out of Rosenheim ), Tom Tykwer and Jürgen Vogel .

At the end of April 2003 “Die Lupe” was closed after 54 years due to unprofitability. The “Komödie am Altstadtmarkt” has been located in the former “Lupe” building since mid-2003.

literature

  • Astrid Lehr: 100 years of film, 99 years of cinema in Braunschweig. In: Texts on cinema history. 9th Braunschweig Film Festival, Alte Waage November 5 – December 3, 1995. o. O. (probably Braunschweig), 1995.
  • Stefan Vockrodt, Hans Roland Nuß, Edgar Merkel: From the “living photographs” to the multiplex. Braunschweig's cinemas from 1896 to the present day. Björn Zelter Verlag, Braunschweig 1997, ISBN 3-931727-02-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The lights go out in the “Lupe” today , Braunschweiger Zeitung, April 29, 2003.
  2. ^ Astrid Lehr: 100 years of film, 99 years of cinema in Braunschweig. In: Texts on cinema history. P. 13.
  3. ^ Museum in Wolfenbüttel Castle, Department of Building History at the Technical University of Braunschweig (ed.): Hermann Korb und seine Zeit, 1656–1735. Baroque building in the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 978-393766451-4 , p. 207.
  4. ^ Chronicle of the city of Braunschweig for 1965 on braunschweig.de
  5. ↑ a b c Vockrodt, Nuss, Merkel: From the “living photographs” to the multiplex. Braunschweig's cinemas from 1896 to the present day. P. 84.
  6. ^ Astrid Lehr: 100 years of film, 99 years of cinema in Braunschweig. In: Texts on cinema history. P. 15.
  7. ↑ Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on nordmedia.de@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nordmedia.de  
  8. ^ History of the "Comedy on the Old Town Market" on komoedie-am-altstadtmarkt.de

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Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 50.4 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 4 ″  E