Cinema on Raschplatz

Entrance of the cinema on Raschplatz, in the background the Lister Tor high-rise

The cinema Raschplatz is a cinema in Hannover - Mitte . It is located on Raschplatz directly at Hanover Central Station .

The cinema is operated by Vereinigte Filmtheater Betriebe GmbH , a company under the leadership of CinemaxX founder Hans-Joachim Flebbe . Together with the cinemas Apollo and Hochhaus-Lichtspiele , it belongs to the cinema network Europa Cinemas .

history

The cinema celebrated its opening on September 16, 1977 with the films Stroszek by Werner Herzog , Alice no longer lives here by Martin Scorsese and the two-part 1900 by Bernardo Bertolucci . Hans-Joachim Flebbe , who had already saved the Apollo cinema from collapse a few years earlier , was also responsible for creating the program in the cinema on Raschplatz , which quickly gained a good reputation.

Originally the cinema had three halls. Hollywood and Fairbanks were used by the art house cinema, the later Colosseum hall was initially used by the municipal cinema of the city of Hanover . Due to the positive response, the cinema at Raschplatz was expanded to include this hall on November 2, 1979. It was inaugurated with the film Messidor by Alain Tanner . In the summer of 1982, the Raschplatz cinema team took over the HOCHHAUS studio for film art from the Billerbeck companies. The associated high-rise light shows in the Anzeiger high-rise were renovated and opened in September 1982.

Due to renovation and conversion work, the cinema on Raschplatz had to temporarily close on July 18, 2007. The reopening took place on February 18, 2010. The foyer with lounge area has also been generously expanded and modernized. Since then there have been four halls with a total of 440 seats. These are named Graffiti (160 seats), Hollywood (130 seats), Fairbanks (96 seats) and Colosseum (54 seats).

The cinema was awarded the nationwide cinema program prize by the Minister of State for Culture in 2012, 2013 and 2014 ; also in 2013 and 2014 for the documentary film series and in 2014 for the children's film program of the previous year. Since 2011, the cinema has been awarded the annual film program prize of the State of Lower Saxony every year.

Jury of the UND BITTE film award 2013 in the foyer of the Raschplatz cinema

The UND BITTE ... film award has been presented in the cinema on Raschplatz since 2012 .

Over time, numerous internationally successful actors and directors have visited the cinema for premieres and other events, including Peter Fonda , Bernhard Wicki , Doris Dörrie , Franka Potente , Dani Levy , Lars Eidinger , Jürgen Vogel , Tom Schilling , Katja Riemann and many others .

literature

• Hugo Thielen : Cinemas on Raschplatz. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 348.

Web links

Commons : Kino am Raschplatz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website ( Memento from May 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) of the cinema on Raschplatz
• Insights into the cinema at Raschplatz Picture gallery on haz.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} story on kinoamraschplatz.de
2. ↑ Reopening in 2010 on kinoamraschplatz.de
3. ↑ Cinema on kinoamraschplatz.de
4. ↑ Homepage of the And Please ... Film Prize
5. ↑ Guests on kinoamraschplatz.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 43.5 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 35.3"  E