List of cinemas in Berlin's Neukölln district

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The list of cinemas in Berlin's Neukölln district lists all the cinemas , in the Berlin district of Neukölln have existed or still exist. The list contains the districts according to the boundaries since the district reform 2001 and pre-sorted alphabetically: Neukölln , Britz , Buckow , Rudow , Gropiusstadt . The list was built according to information from research in the Kino-Wiki and linked to connections with Berlin's cinema history from further historical and current references. It reflects the status of the film screening facilities that have ever existed in Berlin as well as the situation in January 2020. According to this, there are 92 venues in Berlin, which means first place in Germany, followed by Munich (38), Hamburg (28), Dresden (18) as well as Cologne and Stuttgart (17 each). At the same time, this compilation is part of the lists of all Berlin cinemas .

introduction

Mercedes Palace (Photo: 1936)

Settlements for the workers had been moving from Berlin to Rixdorf since 1870 and cinemas brought culture , "they had unadorned seating and were in tenement houses, shop cinemas often with beer counters". A contemporary account of the audience read: “The audience wears simple, dirty clothes and has bad manners”. “The first permanent [cinema building] was the“ Elite ” , which opened in 1903 on Herrmannstrasse . From 1909 the " Passage-Lichtspiele " came with a two-story auditorium, gold decorations and chandeliers for the bourgeoisie. In 1912, 27 houses fought for visitors. The late 1920s brought more splendid buildings such as the “ Palast-Kino Stern ” as the first independent film theater. The " Mercedes-Palast " was the largest movie theater in Europe at the time. Air bombs in World War II damaged many cinemas in Neukölln. ”“ The Neukölln cinema landscape also suffered heavy losses during World War II . What remains of bombed-out or partially destroyed buildings is placed under the administration of the American armed forces . Nevertheless, 16 cinemas were still playing in 1946. ”() After the war , some new cinemas were built in vacant lots in the 1950s, and operations in sites spared by the war continued. Most was modernized in 1957 on a wide screen. The 1960s finally brought the idea of consumption forward and, with changed viewing habits, the cinema crisis : cinemas became supermarkets . With arthouse cinemas and multiplexes , there was a renaissance for film fans.

In the southern districts of Rudow, Britz and Buckow, few cinemas were built on the outskirts as they became increasingly populated. The location of the Neukölln district along the S-Bahn to Grünau and Schönefeld established numerous border cinemas in the 1950s . “The Neukölln border cinemas are widely spread across the district, and due to their proximity to the eastern sector, they are moving to the districts of Britz, Buckow and Rudow. There is hardly any information about these border cinemas, even though they were by no means architectural wallflowers. ”Eyewitnesses report the stream of visitors from the East to West cinemas, who at the end of the evening went home over the Oberbaumbrücke to the Warschauer Strasse S-Bahn station .

In the commercial section for Rixdorf and Neukölln (SO 32, also S 59) in Berlin address books up to 1920, the following entries are available for those operating their businesses with cinematographs. No further evidence was found for some of the information; further references are given in the list.

  • Anzengruber Strasse 12: E. Sindlinger (1919/5762)
  • Bergstrasse 55.56: Bernhard Finke (1912/6080), (1914/6644), Willibald Griep (1921/6151) →  Universal-Theater
  • Bergstrasse 64: C. Kühn (1920/5823)
  • Bergstrasse 67: W. Jungnickel & Co. (1908/5237), (1909/5493), (1910/5695), (1911/5904), E. Gall (1912/6080)
  • Bergstrasse 102-106: Samuel Rappaport (1913/6488), (1914/6644), (1915/6532) →  Central-Theater-Lichtspiele
  • Bergstrasse 147: C. Lorenz (1916/6181), (1917/6156)
  • Bergstrasse 150.151: F. Singer (1911/5904), (1912/6080) and J. Heck (1912/6080), then Excelsior-Lichtspieltheater Ges.mbH (1913/6488), (1914/6644), (1915/6532 ), (1916/6181), (1917/6156), (1918/5829), (1920/5823), (1921/6151)
  • Berliner Straße 1/2: Max Walter Vitascope Theater "Rollkrug" (1911/5904), (1912/6080), Grenbaum (1913/6488), (1914/6644), K. Rudolph (1918/5829), from 1924 (# 3828) as Ufa-Theater
  • Berliner Straße 51–52: Gala-Lichtspiele GmbH (1914/6644), (1915/6532)
  • Berliner Straße 100: A. Stübbe (1907/4943)
  • Berliner Strasse 103.104: F. Martin (1913/6488)
  • Berliner Strasse 80.81: P. Michalowski (1908/5237), E. Bastanier (1910/5695), (1912/6080)
  • Biebrichstrasse 15.16: H. Bontel (1916/6181), (1917/6156)
  • Friedelstrasse 30: F. Bar (r) heine (1913/6488)
  • Friedelstrasse 37.38: R. Staudemeyer (1908/5237)
  • Hermannstrasse 20: J. Salomonowitz (1921/6151), S. Slorowitz (1924/3886)
  • Hermannstrasse 32: O. Zahn (1908/5237), (1910/5695), (1911/5904)
  • Hermannstrasse 35: H. Dreese (1913/6488), (1915/6532)
  • Hermannstrasse 49: Stern-Lichtspiele GmbH: previously Kochstrasse 59: (1917/6156) (1918/5829), (1920/5823), (1921/6151)
  • Hermannstrasse 55: C. Umlauf (1914/6644)
  • Hermannstrasse 166.167: Zigold & Braun (1913/6488), (1914/6644), (1915/6532), H. Klette (1919/5762), E. Tränkner (1919/5762). More under Hermann-Lichtspiele
  • Hermannstrasse 210: Richard Potschka & Co. (1912/6080)
  • Hermannstrasse 225: O. Schulze (1919/5762)
  • Hermannstrasse 256.257: Altmann (1915/6532)
  • Hertzbergstrasse 23.24: F. Jaß (1915/6532)
  • Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse 8: M. Hellmann (1909/5493)
  • Kirchhofstrasse 17: Agnes Kühn (1925/4049)
  • Kochstrasse 59: Stern-Lichtspiele GmbH (1917/6156) >>
  • Leykestrasse 15: F. Beyer (1914/6644)
  • Neue Jonasstraße 32: O. Scheidemann (1913/6488)
  • Pannierstrasse 61: W. Schubert (1907/4943)
  • Pflügerstrasse 74: W. Mill (1915/6532)
  • Richardstraße 12.13: J. Heck (1911/5904), (1912/6080)
  • Richardstrasse 101: A. Brückmann (1914/6644)
  • Sanderstraße 26: A. Busch (1915/6532), (1917/6156), (1918/5829)
  • Siegfriedstrasse 36.37: O. Dippold (1915/6532), E. Fesch (1918/5829)
  • Steinmetzstraße 83: W. Pusewey & Eggert (1913/6488), (1914/6644)
  • Stuttgarter Strasse: R. Lehmann (1913/6488), (1914/6644), (1915/6532), (1916/6181), (1917/6156)
  • Weserstraße 16: G. Ückert (1907/4943)
  • Weserstraße 200: C. Hoffmann (1911/5904)

There was also a cinematograph theater at Weichselstraße 8 (A. Heide - 1925/4049) and Weisestraße 61 (Charlotte Jansen - 1924/3828 - 1925/4049)

Cinema list

Name / location address Duration description
AKI

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Schauburg,
Neuköllner Lichtspiele,
Excelsior,
Deutsche Lichtspiele DW

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  163
1914-1967 In 1914, Willy Zemlin opened a first cinematograph theater with 321 seats in the "Deutsche Wirtshaus" at Bergstrasse 151 at the corner of Richardsburgweg, which was run as the "Deutsches Lichtspielhaus" during the First World War . In 1916 this cinema was redesigned and expanded to 700 seats. This was merged by the United Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern-Lichtspiele to form the four largest cinemas in Neukölln under the management of Hermann Baum. In 1918 it became the "Excelsior-Lichtspielhaus". In 1928 the cinema was reopened under the name "Neuköllner Lichtspielhaus" owned by Emil Ellermann and Max Förster. opened. When Alfred Behr and Moritz Hamburger (managing director: F. Kattwinkel) took over the cinema in 1933, the venue was named "Schauburg". The Schauburg Neukölln Filmtheater-Betriebs-Ges.mbH took over the property in 1936 and in 1938 Franz Woelke is listed as the owner in the cinema address book. However, the business building was badly damaged by the war and the Schauburg's existence ended. The initial cinema address had changed to 136/137 due to the change in the counting on Bergstraße and in 1947 it was renamed and the new orientation numbering changed to Karl-Marx-Straße 163.

The history of the venue began before the First World War with silent film screenings in front of 300 spectators; the renovation in 1916 created 700 spectator seats (655 to 705). There was a daily game operation, the performances by a six-man band with music. Since 1930 there were 600 seats. In 1933, a sound film technology from Kinoton was installed following the current trend , the hall with a stage of 8 m × 6 m again for 700 spectators. The building was destroyed from 1944 to 1952. Boulevard mountain road "After the destruction of war, the architects Bertels and Schweitzer of the former meeting place fill in 1952 in the course of reconstruction," "the bomb corridor with a narrow two-storey Kinobau, the second Berlin AKI." () The rotatable name aki and the large illuminated letters news cinema attracted to the people of Neukölln who were interested in information in post-war Berlin. “Eight weeks after the opening of the first news cinema in Berlin (Joachimsthaler Strasse), an AKI has now also been presented to the public in the densely populated Neukölln district. In terms of exterior style and interior design, it is similar to the first, from which it also takes over the complete program. The architects Bartels and Schweitzer created the Neukölln building, which can accommodate 592 people. With an address by Dr. Bernhard Fränk, the head of the Frankfurt a. Main, which is based at the current affairs-cinema-stock corporation, and a press reception opened Berlin's second AKI. "()

“With its stalls rising sharply towards the rear, the theater looked bigger than the number of seats would suggest. The foyer was given a distinctive touch by installing an aquarium and a terrarium. The entrance had a wide canopy and original lighting effects. ”() The AKI-AG. from Frankfurt am Main had implemented their cinema concept in Berlin for the second time with 592 seats in the hall under theater director Rolf-Joachim Freis. With changes every hour on seven days of the week, 112 performances were given. The picture and sound technology came from Philips: for the demonstration an FP 5 apartment, there was a slide system. In the course of 1956 CinemaScope was set up with single-channel optical sound for 1: 2.35. There were (now) 580 flat upholstered folding armchairs by Kamphöner for the audience. From 1960 Gerhard Fischer was the director from then on it is registered in the cinema directory SuperScope with extra wall, light source: Xenon. The business ran until 1967, after which a supermarket used the office building, the sales area of ​​which is in the cinema. The winding stairs to the projection room are reminiscent of the cinema.

Apollo light plays

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  222
1910-1966
Apollo Theater around 1900

In 1910, the cinema in Rixdorf began in the residential and commercial building Bergstrasse 64. With the structural change around Berlin in 1912, the suburb became the city of Neukölln. From 1917 the cinema was called the Apollo-Lichtspiele. Rudolf Steinlein mentions 1913 as the year he founded his 450-seat theater. Although there is no entry for 1920, Karl Kühn is named as the owner in 1921, and after his death Otto Sommerfeld continues to run the theater on behalf of Agnes Kühn and Erben. Agnes Kühn probably sold Alfred Behr and Moritz Hamburger, who already had a play of light not far in the street. The information about the establishment in 1910 is based on their entry in the cinema directory. The business was run by F. Kattwinkel, there was daily play and six musicians provided the acoustic background for the silent films. The possibility of sound film playback was built in 1931 with Mihaly technology (Kinoton) for 461 seats. From 1936 the owner rights to the “Schauburg, Neukölln, Filmtheater-Betriebs-Ges. mbH "and Franz Woelke from Berlin-Tempelhof takes over the business. The address changed in 1947 by renaming it to Karl-Marx-Straße 222 (across from Thuringia, Braunschweiger Straße since 1964). The cinema building was retained and operations could be continued in the post-war years by Mrs. G. Lindner. In 1950 "Apollo-Lichtspiel GmbH, Liesbeth Woelke" became the owner. With 450 seats on wooden folding seats, 16 performances are given every week at daily demonstrations, the demonstration is carried out by an Ernemann II apparatus and the sound comes from the AEG amplifier "Klangfilm KL VZ 403a / 402a", slides can be projected with sound. In 1958, the CinemaScope single-channel optical sound system for 1: 2.35 comes into the cinema, an Ernemann IV (light source: pure coal) and the hearing-impaired system for demonstrations. Heinz Diedrich became the cinema owner in 1962 and continued to run the site until 1966. After that, the cinema rooms were used by retailers, and there is currently a carpet shop there.

Atlas Palace

( Location )

Neukölln
Flughafenstrasse  5
1954-1967 The apartment building on Flughafenstrasse was designed for the ruined site on the corner of Karl-Marx-Strasse in 1954/1955 by architect Wolfgang Wunsch and engineer Johannes Rosenthal with the “Atlas Palace”. After various preliminary designs, a six-storey apartment building with a cinema was built. The glazed entrance area was angled into the interior of the house, the auditorium with curved rows of chairs was located in an extension over the depth of the house. The tier and below the projection booth are in the house area. The cinema opened on October 23, 1954 with the film Quo Vadis and had relatively high admission prices. “CinemaScope films could also be played in the Atlas, which has 728 viewers. Owner Otto Dähn had the house tastefully expanded by architect Wolfgang Wunsch. Here too Schröder & Henzelmann seating, here too technical equipment from UFA-Handel. In the demonstration room Ernemann X-Maschinen. ”() The owner Otto has been running the Globus Palast since 1949 , of the (1958) 737 spectator seats, 272 were ranked. “The chairs were red and yellow made of washable material. The cinema had a cinema scope system from the start. Beautiful mosaics were impressive in the foyer. [...] Only the spiral staircase with the glass window front shows that the building including the cinema was once a real gem. ”() In 1957 the owner changed and the business of the“ Otto Dähn Lichtspielbetriebe ”was led by Günter Grünberg. There were three performances a day and a late night and a matinee performance every week. The cinema technology consisted of the Ernemann X apparatus, amplifiers and loudspeakers from Zeiss Ikon. The CinemaScope system allowed single-channel optical sound and four-channel magnetic sound with an aspect ratio of 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55. The cinema opposite the large department store was used by Eva Staar from 1964 until 1967. The decline in financial success of cinemas was probably the cause, so the rooms were initially empty before the building was rebuilt in 1969. Only the spiral staircase with its glass window front still shows that the building with the cinema was once a real gem. The former cinema rooms in the neglected building are used by the supermarket in the neighboring corner building on Karl-Marx-Straße.
Drive-in cinema Rudow

( Location )

Rudow
Waltersdorfer Chaussee  172/174
1966-1983
Terrain situation October 2014

On the then agricultural land Rudower at the Walter Chaussee far from the border checkpoint was Autokino furnished. In 1966, "Olympia-Kinobetriebsgesellschaft mbH" (Post: Berlin 19 Heerstraße 21) opened the second drive-in cinema in Berlin in the south of West Berlin near the Berlin Wall. The large metal screen could be seen from the GDR side from Schönefeld and also from the motorway. "The soldiers on watch in GDR territory were able to follow the films from a distance with binoculars." The cinema had 1,100 parking spaces. "31. October 82 Closure: Berlin, Autokino Berlin-Rudow Owner: Olympic FTB Heinz Riech & Sohn “() The drive-in cinema was operated seasonally and ultimately, because demand fell, it was not put back into operation. In the history of the Berlin drive-in cinema, the longest-played drive-in cinema Rudow (1966 to 1984) belongs to the western edge of Waltersdorfer Chaussee in the south park between the Gartenstadt residential area and the southern city limits. Since 1996, the Hiltrud-Dudek-Weg has bordered the residential area and the parking area, whose even-numbered houses are on its north side.

Bambi-Filmtheater

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Siegfried-Lichtspiele

( Location )

Neukölln
Siegfriedstrasse  36/37
1911-1961 250 m from the Hermannstrasse S-Bahn station , a shop cinema was set up in a tenement building on Siegfriedstrasse and Boberstrasse in 1911. In 1914/1915 Otto Dippold, who lived in the house, owned the cinematograph. In the cinema directory for 1920, Albert Standtke's “Siegfried-Lichtspiele”, which has existed for several years, has 200 seats. The game days are entered for "winter daily" and for "summer half week". The next edition of the cinema directory lists light games for the new owner S. Schmitz with 150 seats and performances from Friday to Monday that were "founded in 1911". In 1922 the screening of the “Siegfried-Lichtspiele” had been stopped. There have been shops in the cinema since then.

The effects of the war caused damage to the building on the corner of Siegfriedstrasse and along the west side of Boberstrasse to Emser Strasse. The five-story house was restored. In 1952 the "Bambi-Filmtheater" with 185 seats was opened by Elfriede and Martin Esbold on the ground floor of the corner building. The small cinema was played daily (23 weekly shows). The films were projected with a Bauer-Sonolux II projection device, and the sound was transmitted to Uniphon loudspeakers with a Uniphon OM amplifier. Schröder & Henzelmann supplied the unpadded seating. When the widescreen 1: 1.85 was set in 1957, a late performance was added. With its proximity to the S-Bahn station, there were also many visitors from East Berlin, with the construction of the Wall in 1961, the Bambi had to close due to a lack of spectators. For 1962 the cinema is no longer entered in the address book. After inspection, the previous cinema room (restoration) on the ground floor was converted into apartments during the renovation of the residential building in later years, which is also indicated by the clinker brick slips on the ground floor facade of the entire corner house.

Central theater

( Location )

Neukölln
Hermannstrasse  120
1910-1927 In the Hermannstrasse in the house opposite the Kranoldstrasse there was a cinematograph theater with 100-120 seats since 1910. The owner was the innkeeper Ludwig Hirsch, who had taken over the dining rooms at Hermannstraße 120 in 1906. He had his facility entered in the Max Mattisson publishing house's cinema directory under the name “Central Theater”. The cinematograph system was probably not used every day, in the 1920s cinema yearbook “Sundays and public holidays” are entered as days of the game. In 1927/1928, light games - even with 220 seats - were entered in the cinema address book for Hermannstrasse 120. The innkeeper Hirsch is missing in the Berlin address book in 1928. When the house owner changed, there were probably changes in use and cinema operations were not maintained throughout. For example, the “Central Theater” is marked “ up to 300 seats ” on the 1919 Kino-Pharus plan, but not on the 1925 plan. Ludwig Hirsch remained an innkeeper at Hermannstrasse 120 until his death in 1933, but he joins them The apartment and restaurant in house 120 was run as a tavern from 1917 to 1923. In 1932, the innkeeper Hermann Perl was already working in the house alongside Hirsch. His widow still lives in the house in 1933, but handed over the restoration to the innkeeper W. Theil, and in the following year to Th. Krey in 1934. The garden on plot 121 has been owned by the city of Berlin since 1934 and its manager is Emma Hirsch, and the approximately 1.2 hectare plot is used for vegetables, gardening and smoked goods. The 210 m long street 167f to Platz I and Straße 166 were planned on the area. The five-storey old building (with balconies, plastered facade on the bel étage , clinker facing on the upper floors and stucco elements over the windows) has two shops (restaurant and social club ) still preserved on the ground floor.
Central theater light plays

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  231
1912-1915 From 1912 onwards, Samuel Rappaport's cinematograph theater was recorded at the industrial address Bergstrasse 102/106. He was previously a cinema operator in Kreuzberg. The "Central-Theater-Lichtspiele" were on the site south of the Neukölln S-Bahn station and existed there until 1915. Samuel Rappaport is listed in the Berlin address book in 1914 and 1915 as a cinema owner in Bergstrasse , but is included in the population register in the following years no longer led.

When the street was renamed in 1947, the commercial location became the address Karl-Marx-Straße 231/233, where a shopping center was built in 1968, which has been converted into the "Neuköllner Tor" since the 2010s. There are no more preserved traces of cinema history here on site.

Cineplex

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Karli in Forum Neukölln

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  66
since 2000
Neukölln-Arcaden - 2011 still with the cinema advertisement "Karli"
Arkaden 2012 without the cinema name

The corner property at Karl-Marx-Strasse 64–74 (until 1947: Bergstrasse 35–39, 40) to Flughafenstrasse 2–12 and Erlanger Strasse 1–3 was not very attractive despite its location across from the town hall. A center with shopping and entertainment was planned since 1985. With the construction plans for the “Neukölln Arcaden” in 1997, the UCI group was won over as the operator of the multiplex and already had experience in Gropius-Passagen. When the cinema boom subsided, UCI withdrew due to "structural delays". The operation of the almost completed cinema under the glass dome was run by Günther Mertins and Peter Sundarp (To the movies Filmverleih- und Filmtheaterbetriebs GmbH from Kleinmachnow) under the name "Karli - Kinos im Forum Neukölln" and opened on September 2, 2000 with the German premiere of Scary Movie in all halls.

In the forum, the structural focus is on the sales room and not the cinema. “On the street, neon advertisements on the roof ridge and posters on the front of the house indicate that the cinema is open, but these are hidden on the facade with other large advertising posters. As in the Gropius Passagen, the cinema was placed below the roof so as not to use up valuable retail space. ”() The program offers blockbusters, school and daycare programs and Turkish films in their original version for the local audience. With the takeover by Cineplex Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG in 2011, the name became Cineplex - Neukölln , Mertins and Sundarp remained the managing directors.

The first level of the cinema with a total of 2553 seats is on the third floor of the arcades. Here is a roundabout with a checkout area and snack bar. A staircase leads to the nine cinema halls from the foyer. This is filled with bistro tables and bar stools, billboards and posters and covered with a red-orange patterned carpet. The halls are marked with blue room numbers. The projection is digital and replaces the 35 mm presentation . The sound is played with Dolby Digital 5.1 . 3D projection is available in rooms 3 and 5, and digital 3D HFR in room 7. SDDS playback exists in room 1 . All halls are furnished identically, with the exception that there are red or blue curtains in halls 3, 5, 7 and 8, but these are no longer inserted. The seating consists of almost black armchairs with a neck-high backrest, firm seats and a cup holder each.

  • Hall 1: 516 seats in 18 rows. The canvas is 18.1 m × 9.8 m. The steps are set off with red disco lights.
  • Hall 2: 194 seats in 13 rows with a 10.5 m × 5.7 m screen.
  • Hall 3: 359 seats in 17 rows, screen 13.6 m × 7.4 m.
  • Hall 4, 5, 8, 9: 233 seats in 13 rows with 60 m² screen (10.5 m × 5.7 m)
  • Hall 6 and 7: 278 and 274 seats in 14 rows. 13.6 m × 7.4 m = 100 m² screen.
Dammtortheater

( Location )

Neukölln
Kottbusser Damm  75
1910-1912 The Kottbusser Damm is a street in Kreuzberg, the eastern plots 62–104 (continuous) are in Neukölln.

From 1910 to 1912 the "Dammtortheater" is said to have existed on the north corner of Lenaustraße in Kottbusser Damm 73. It became known in 1910 due to the announcement that the rush at the till had been so high that it had to be closed several times. A comparison of the entries in the Berlin address books 2010 to 2014 suggests that the "Dammtortheater" was house 75. Of the residents in house 73, the photographer F. Bahn or one of the merchants would be the operator of a local cinematograph theater. In contrast, however, the cinematograph owner A. Busch from Kottbusser Damm is explicitly entered in the address books 1911, 1912 and 1913.

Including the neighboring tenement houses Kottbusser Damm 73-77 between Lenaustrasse and Pflügerstrasse, the residential buildings with shops on the ground floor were mainly destroyed by air raids behind the front buildings. The vacant lot was replaced and supplemented by a new building and extension in the mid-1950s.

Danube light plays

( Location )

Neukölln
Donaustraße  24
1918-1943 The house at Donaustraße 24 is on the corner of Fuldastraße. In the cinema directory for the Donaulichtspiele Ms. Frieda Warnemünde, b. Wissel registered. It states that the cinematograph theater was founded in 1911; on the other hand, the Warnemündes (writer Karl Warnemünde) are only registered as residents of Berlin at Fuldastraße 6 from 1918. It is possible that silent films have been shown as a shop cinema in the restaurant in the house since 1911. A cinema at Donaustraße 24 can be identified for the first time in the Reichs-Kino address book in 1921. In the Berlin address book in 1924, Karl Warnemünde was recorded for the first time as a cinematograph owner instead of previously as a writer.

The capacity of the Donau-Lichtspiele is given as 130 seats in 1924, with daily performances the program was changed on Tuesday and Friday. From 1936 178 seats are registered, the installation of technology for showing sound films was not carried out. The operation of the Danube light theater was stopped in 1943 as a result of bomb hits , in which the corner house was badly damaged. A reconstruction of the cinema was planned, but was not carried out. “Six further new building projects are in preparation in Berlin: in Neukölln the Danube light plays with 200 seats (applicant: Walter Neumann) and a motion picture theater by Otto Nikolaizik. Günther W. Köhler is planning to build a cinema with around 700 seats for Lankwitz. Alfred Lehmann created a 600-seat theater for Hermsdorf. Erich Bootz is building a small house with 170 seats in NW 21. Perleberger Straße 58. Gertrud Schmidt is planning a new building in Spandau. ”() The house was rebuilt and expanded around 1960 as Donaustraße 24 / 24a (Fuldastraße 5). Above the shops on the ground floor, including the restaurant entrance on the corner of the house (currently “Resteecke”), there are apartments on four floors. The entrance to the former shop cinema was probably from the corner of the house (cinema address: No. 24).

echo

( Location )

Buckow
Rudower Strasse  17/19
1937-1966 On November 6, 1937, the "Echo" opened at Rudower Strasse 17 in Buckow-Ost. The cinema building was built as a new building. The name “Echo-Tonfilmtheater” means that the operating “Echo-Tonfilmtheater W. Voss & Co.” was already playing sound films in the 456-seat cinema. The game was run daily. The cinema building existed in the post-war period and Wilhelm Voss continued to operate the cinema in the same way with 456 seats. During the week, 15 screenings were given, and the conditions of a border cinema were also met. In 1960 the owner changed to Hans Voss, which at the same time switched to wide screen films. Films in CinemaScope single-channel optical sound with an aspect ratio of 1: 2.35 could be played for 432 spectators with 15 screenings per week. The cinema remained active until 1966. The property between Rudower Straße and Goldhähnchenweg was claimed for a supermarket in Buckow. Its construction took place in 1980 with the address Rudower Straße 21, with plot No. 17 being used as a parking lot.
Elite light games

( Location )

Neukölln
Hermannstrasse  35
1903-1958 “The first [... shop cinema] of its kind was called 'Elite' and opened in 1903 on Herrmannstrasse at the corner of Flughafenstrasse. This made the cinema settled - at the turn of the century, show families still brought moving images into the cities. ”The first entry for the cinema in the Berlin address book was made with Otto Zahn for 1912 under Hermannstraße 35. The first entry in the Reichs Kino address book contains Owner information, the note established: 1903. The owners for the shop cinema with around 200 seats initially changed more frequently: H. Drele (1913), T. Umlauf (1914), Dreese (1915), Gebr. Klein (1918), Ms. Raue (1920), Johannes Hahn (1921). The elite light games with 232 seats are included in the cinema directory, but with the note: "currently closed". In 1928 Charlotte Rehders opened the 196-seat cinema and gave daily shows. Walter Ehrlich joined the cinema in 1930. Two to three musicians were used to accompany the silent films. Herbert Ehrlich is the owner from 1932, before another change took place in 1936 with the takeover of the cinema by "Otto and G. Stroh & W. Reuter". The 182-seat cinema was run by Frieda Heidsieck through the war years from 1939 and Anneliese (Anneliesbeth) Skroblin continued operations in the post-war years. The renaming to elite day cinema from 1953 with 34 screenings per week refers to its use as a border cinema . The cinema was located directly at the Boddinstraße underground station on line D between Gesundbrünnen through East Berlin (Alexanderplatz) and Neukölln. In 1957, widescreen film reproduction was introduced. The CinemaScope single-channel light sound image and sound system allowed projection in a ratio of 1: 2.35. The elite day cinema was closed in 1958 when the widening of Flughafenstrasse to Hermannstrasse - extending Columbiadamm - was implemented. The existing residential buildings at Flughafenstrasse 57-67 were demolished in 1958 and the southern carriageway of the street was laid out until 1964. The cinema location is therefore on the new lane at the corner of Flughafenstrasse and Hermannstrasse.
Excelsior light plays

( Location )

Neukölln
Sonnenallee  111
1928-1943 “1926–28 construction of the» Excelsior «by Heinrich Möller and Max Bischoff. 1200 seats (452 ​​parquet, 748 tier). Client: "Deutsche-Filmtheater GmbH" The cinema was destroyed in the Second World War; the ruins were torn down in 1950. ”() The address of the cinema changed in 1938 by renaming and changing the counting method from Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 191/192 to Braunauer Straße 111, with the renaming from 1947 this corresponds to Sonnenallee 111. The cinema building was adjacent on the northeast side of Sonnenallee between Finowstrasse and Wildenbruchstrasse next to the police office. When the game began, the "United Kukuk Excelsior Star" was led by Hermann Baum. He was followed in the company's management from 1930 by the lawyer Hermann Zimmer and Dr. Erich north. These led the Neukölln cinema company with "Excelsior Lichtspielhaus GmbH" to the Ufa Group and initiated the transition to sound film. The large cinema with 1200 seats and a stage of 57 m² was used daily. In 1933, alongside Dr. Erich Norden the government councilor Dr. Kurt Maurer and in 1934 lawyer Dr. Henning von Boehmer. Within the Ufa structure, Erich Scharloh became the owner of the Excelsior Lichtspielhaus GmbH / Vereinigte Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern GmbH with the Excelsior-Lichtspiele in 1937, the address of which changed to Braunauer Straße in 1938. In contrast to the police building on the corner of Finowstrasse, the 50-meter-long cinema, which typically ends in a semicircle, was badly hit in air raids. The operation of film screenings ended. The fallow land that remained after the ruins were cleared was used around 1920 for a gas station on the corner property on Finowstraße. The neighboring four-storey public building was preserved through the war and is used by the police office (Sonnenallee 107) and the citizens' office (Wildenbruchstrasse 1).
Excelsior-Lichtspiele

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Stadtisches Lichtspielhaus Saalburg
Neuköllner Theater Lichtspiele

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  141
1915-1953
Hall building 2006

The Saalbau Neukölln is one of the oldest cultural buildings in Rixdorf. It was located at Bergstrasse 147 and was opened as a restaurant by innkeeper Niesigk in 1876, which was expanded into a civic hall in 1894. In the cultural center of the upscale Rixdorf bourgeoisie, C. Lorenz opened the cinema hall in the "Rixdorf City Theater" with 600 seats in 1915. The name Neuköllner Theater-Lichtspiele came up. In 1918 the cinema was temporarily closed. After the First World War, the hall building was leased by Universum Film AG for the "Städtische Lichtspieltheater Neukölln". In 1920, the Neukölln magistrate remained the owner of the hall building; the town hall rooms were rented from Ufa Berlin and managed by the “Vereinigte Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern GmbH”. In 1925 the managing directors of the United Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern-Lichtspiele are Hermann Baum, Dr. Hermann Kahlenberg. In 1928, as the Saalburg municipal cinema, the Neukölln district office, public education office, is the owner of the leased cinema. From 1935 there is no entry as a cinema, during the period of the World War the hall building remained closed and reopened after the war as the Excelsior-Lichtspiele - with recourse to the name on Sonnenallee - with 584 seats. The movie theater was under the occupation status of "USA Finance & Property Control" based in Tempelhof, Viktoriastraße 15-18. The regular film operation took place daily with two presentations of a Zeiss-Ikon apparatus and sound film amplifiers. In addition, there was a theater and opera license. In 1953 the hall was renovated, converted into a concert, theater and film hall in 1954 and reopened under the care of the Neukölln Art Office. It has not been listed as a movie theater since then. In 1968 the cultural activity in the hall building fell into disrepair and was only revived as a cultural site in 1990.

Filmsck Britz

( Location )

Britz
britzer dam  115
1932-1961
Filmsck Britz with houses on Pätzer Strasse (1955)

From Britzer Damm (until 1950: Chausseestraße 39), Blaschkoallee (then as Planstraße 239 , then Böwedamm ) was newly laid out at the junction with Gradestraße to the east . There was an inn on the southeast corner (north of the center of Britz). The Filmsck Britz officially opened on January 21, 1933, and films were shown in the cinema from December 1932. The cinema with the address Chausseestraße 39 is specified with 635 seats in the cinema address book, owner Wilhelm Voss & Co. Tonfilmtheater Ges.mbH (from 1939: "Wilhelm Voß & Co. vorm. Tonfilmtheater GmbH"), was played daily. When it opened, the cinema was able to play sound films (technology from Kinoton) and also had a mechanical music system . From 1940 a seating capacity of 704 is given. Due to its location on the outskirts of the city, the cinema building was not damaged during the war and Wilhelm Voss continued to run the Filmsck-Britz in the post-war period with 15 performances per week every day. With the change of the street name and the simultaneous conversion from consecutive to reciprocal property numbering, the Filmsck received the address Britzer Damm 115. In 1956 the cinema was converted to widescreen: CinemaScope single-channel optical sound and four-channel magnetic sound for films with a page format of 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55. The Filmsck possibly had the status of a border cinema , it is closed in 1960. In the cinema directory there are no entries for 1960 and 1961, in 1962 it is listed again under the co-ownership of Feige.

After the cinema was closed, the “Tabu-Bar” (of which there is still the establishment in Schöneberg) was housed in the rooms in which various events took place. However, a supermarket moved in as late as the 1960s. In the converted low-rise building on the east side of Britzer Damm (No. 115) between Blaschkoallee (No. 75) and Pätzer Straße there is a business center with a video library, sex cinema and textile discounter.

Movie theater in the winter garden

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New World

( Location )

Neukölln
Hasenheide  107
1946-1955
Street view of the hall building, 2012
The beer garden in Volkspark Hasenheide, 1906

Since 1867 the merchant C. Kelch set up the "Bergbrauerei Hasenhaide" at the foot of the Rollberg on the site of the clay pit of the previous Braun brickworks, and there have been beer gardens on the property . Around 1902 a hall was built that served as a theater and public assembly room. The hall buildings were badly hit in 1945 during the Second World War . As a replacement for the space of the destroyed winter garden , the winter garden company took over the rooms and, as the owner of "Roeder Wintergarten-GmbH", opened a cinema vaudeville with more than 1500 seats under the name "Wintergarten" after slight renovations. This was in competition with the “ Primus Palast ” on the Kreuzberg side of the street, which was set up at the same time . In 1950 the "Hotelbetriebs-Aktiengesellschaft, Executive Director: Ludwig H. Goebel" is listed in the cinema directory as the owner of the "Filmtheater im Wintergarten" with 1624 seats. Films were shown daily with two to three performances (14-17 weekly performances), and a variety preview was shown on the stage measuring 12 m × 9 m and 5 m × 21 m, for which there was a theater and opera license. The cinema technology was a 35 mm normal-tone film projector "Ernemann VIIB" , the AEG Euronor amplifier and a slide projection, and there was also its own diesel unit with ELA . In the course of 1955 the Kino-Varieté was closed, in the addendum 1956 of the cinema address book 1956 the entry reads "closed".

The hall building was used in different ways for events in the following years. Now the hall (as of 2016) belongs to the event location “Huxleys Neue Welt”, next to it there are several supermarkets on the property. The building complex is a listed building.

Hasenheide open-air cinema

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Neukölln
Volkspark Hasenheide
since 1990 The Volkspark Hasenheide takes its name from a hare enclosure set up for hunting by the Great Elector in the 17th century . Following plans from the 1920s, a natural stage was opened as an open-air theater in the central area of ​​the Volkspark in 1954, where theater performances and concerts were held until 1990. Since the end of 1990, the Hasenheide open-air cinema has been offered on the natural stage in the summer season . The film screenings were initially run by “Arndt, Habiger, Kruse, Müller u. a. GbR "from Kreuzberg Motzstrasse 9 and operated until 1999 as" Sputnik Kino GmbH & Co. KG "(Sputnik Kino) from Kreuzberg, Nollendorfplatz 5, from 1997 as" Sputnik Film GmbH Kino KG ", Bülowstrasse 90. Since 2000 the company" timebandits GmbH & Co. Kinobetriebs KG “Mitte Rosenthaler Straße 40/41 runs the cinema, which also operates the cinema in the Hackesche Höfe. The access path leads from the forecourt of the natural stage to two dark brown wooden box offices, the larger of which is used as a box office. A large metal gate gives access to the amphitheater in which the screen is located. The demonstration takes place from the projector building whose lower part of the tower is a sales counter. The small roofed and glazed projector room above only offers space for a projector without a plate system. So there is a short break in the middle of the film for the second part of each screening. The specified number of seats for the cinema is 1000, the presentation is digital or 35mm analog with stereo sound on a 72 m² screen. Art and cult films in the green are specified as the cinema concept .
Friedel-Lichtspiele

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Neuköllner Kammerlichtspiele

( Location )

Neukölln
Friedelstrasse  30
1912-1934 The shop cinema at Friedelstrasse 30 ground floor is already registered in the address book in 1913 with its owner Fritz Bar (r) heine, Barrheine lived at O34 (Friedrichshain) Königsberger Strasse 26.27. For the following years, the cinematograph theater is no longer listed in the street section of the address books, from 1918 the mechanic Hans Weitenauer lives in the house, who is the cinema owner at Hobrechtstrasse 10, 2nd floor the following year. In 1920, the “Neuköllner Kammerlichtspiele” at Friedelstrasse 30, with 130 seats and daily performances, was named for Josef Schlesinger. After that there was probably no cinema operation until the Friedel-Lichtspiele follow in 1927. Finally, Fritz Eichhorn from Erkner is entered in the cinema address book for the Friedel-Lichtspiele with 160 spectator seats and daily play in 1929; he named 1927 as the year it was founded. Under the name “Tempolichtspiele”, Miss Senta Pinette is the cinema owner in 1930 and registered the year 1914 as the year of foundation, the cinema is run by its managing director Josef Glass, for the following year it is again called Friedel-Lichtspiele, Josef Pincus. The daily screenings of the silent films are accompanied by two musicians. In 1932, Wilhelm Kenzler took over the Lichtspiele and closed it in 1934.

The five-storey residential building at Friedelstrasse 30 not far from the Landwehr Canal remained undamaged during the World War . There is a shop on the ground floor of the house.

Gala light shows

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  92
1912-1915 The gala light plays were registered for cinematographic performances at Berliner Strasse 51-53 at the corner of Neckarstrasse. The property on Berliner Strasse had been made available as building land by the Verein Brewery ( Jägerstrasse 40/41). In 1911, the new building was built by the architect Reichhelm & Co. from Schöneberg, who sold it to the “Betriebshaus Berliner Straße 51-53 GmbH” (see also Neckarstraße 24.25). Obviously, “Gala Lichtspiele GmbH” was among the rented users. The office building was sold to businessman H. Joseph from Treptow and businessman S. Rehfisch from Boddinstraße 3. The Gala-Lichtspiele stopped the cinematographic performances in 1915. The rooms were probably taken over by Cafetier J. Protz as the city café, while the cinematograph theater called Gala-Lichtspiele in Schöneberg moved away.

The commercial complex between Neckarstrasse and Rollbergstrasse (until 1950: Jägerstrasse ) was renamed to Karl-Marx-Strasse 92-98 when Berliner Strasse was renamed. By merging the two commercial buildings 51–53 and 54/55, the Joseph department store, later the Hertie department store and in 2010 the “Karl-Marx-Straße 92-98 commercial building” was created. A trace of the gala light shows is lost.

Globe palace

( Location )

Neukölln
Hermannstrasse  146
1949-1968
The cinema building in use in 2016

The property at Hermannstrasse 146 south of Neukölln-Mittenwalde / S-Bahn station Hermannstrasse is near the intersection of Hermannstrasse with Mariendorfer Weg and Herta- / Delbrückstrasse until the end of the 1940s with only one pharmacy building. The houses around this intersection were partly badly damaged by war events. Erich Goetze was commissioned to close the vacant lot with a low-rise building for a cinema under the planning name “Capri” . In 1949 Otto Dähn's Globus Palace opened. The cinema with 747 seats was run by Günther Grünberg. Two performances took place every day, the demonstration took place with the Ernemann machines II and III, AEG amplifier KV 41 and there was a slide projector with sound. A theater license existed for the 3 m × 10 m stage. In 1957 it was converted to a wide screen, Günter Grünberg remained managing director of the "Otto Dähn Lichtspielbetriebe Gesellschaft". The 747 unupholstered cinema seats remained the seating, but the morning and a late show were added. An Ernemann VIIB projection machine was procured for the reproduction of CinemaScope single-channel optical sound and four-channel magnetic sound with an aspect ratio of 1: 2.35 or 1: 2.55; the sound came through AEG amplifiers to Zeiss Ikon loudspeakers. There was also an opera license. When the number of viewers fell in the mid-1960s ( cinema crisis ), the Globus-Palast closed in 1968. Following the trend of the times, a supermarket moved into the building. The ground floor is currently (as of 2016) used by shops, the hall by a dance hall, and the upper rooms by offices.

Grotto cinema

( Location )

Neukölln
Kottbusser Damm  75
1905-1921 At Kottbusser Damm 75 on the Neukölln side there was a cinematograph theater since 1905. Between 1910 and 1912 as Dammtortheater and under the direction of Adolf Busch from Sanderstraße 26 after 1912 as “Grottenkino”. In the 1917 cinema directory, Adolf Busch is listed as the owner of the cinema with 199 seats, Friedrich Leben was the manager, there was daily play and the program changed on Fridays and Tuesdays. For 1918, 1905 is given as the year of foundation and 300 as the capacity. The admission prices were between 0.20 and 0.50 marks. In 1920 and 1921, Alfred Jahnke still operated the cave cinema with 220 seats, but in the years of inflation he ceased operations in 1921. In the cinema years, the Victoria-Bad, a bathing establishment with bathtubs, was located in the transverse building of the house built in 1904/1905. The building of the former cinema was - like the neighboring buildings - badly damaged and destroyed in air raids in 1943. After the clearance, the street front was built around 1950. The neighboring buildings were expanded and rebuilt in the 1950s, and a gap was built on plot 75 . The “Victoriabad” physiotherapy facility is located in the back yard, the low-rise building on the street front is used by shops, and the buildings at the back are preferably used commercially. No structural structure of the cinema rooms has been preserved.
Heli movie theater

( Location )

Neukölln
Kottbusser Damm  95
1952-1973 The Kottbusser Damm 95 property is located on the eastern side of the street - Neukölln - at the corner of Schinkestrasse, and the house survived the war almost unscathed. It was used with a few apartments, commercially with a restaurant and as a hotel. After the time as a cinema, the corner house on Schinkestrasse originally housed the concert cafe and later the Hotel Tivoli. The rooms on the ground floor are used by a shop and a shop, and there is also an art gallery, a restaurant and billiards rooms in the house.

“1952: Heli-Filmthater opens. Berlin-Neukölln, Kottbusser Damm 95. 230 seats. Owner: JH Herkenrath, architect: Peter Schwiertz. Technical equipment: Ufa-Handel (Ernemann IV), seating: [flat upholstered armchair] Kamphöner, Bielefeld. ”()“ Mr. J. Herkenrath opened on the busy and cinematic Kottbusser Damm in Berlin's Neukölln district, at the underground station of the same name the 'Heli' (Herkenrath-Lichtspiele). The modern and tastefully furnished house has 227 places. Peter Schwiertz, Berlin, was the architect. Ufa-Handel, Berlin, provided the technical equipment to which u. a. two Ernemann-IV and a Uniphon system belong. The 'Heli' plays three times a day and also hosts late night and youth performances. Already in the first days the people of Neukölln and Kreuzberg poured into the new house. "()

The opening film on February 1, 1952 was When the evening bells are ringing by Artur Braun . The cinema address book has 244/248 seats (1955/1967) and 29 screenings per week. In the cinema there was a stage measuring 6 mx 4 m. In 1957, Helmut Walter became a co-owner when the cinema was converted to widescreen format. This made it possible to reproduce the 1: 2.35 format in CinemaScope single-channel optical sound. A hearing aid system had been in place since 1962. In the times of declining visitor numbers in the 1960s, it probably served as an erotic cinema at times . Johannes Herkenrath and Helmut Walter closed the cinema in 1973.

Hermann-Lichtspiele

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Linden-Lichtspiele

( Location )

Neukölln
Hermannstrasse  166/167
1912-1927
Use as a supermarket (2010s)

The building Hermannstrasse 166–167 is on the corner of Schierker Strasse (no. 29/30) across from St.Jacobi-Kirchhof II. In 1910, E. Schulze's inn was still here (no. 166) with four tenants in the house and the Garden at no. 167. He had a multi-party tenement house built on the corner property, which housed the cinematograph theater, which was rebuilt in 1912 and was named "Linden-Theater" and from 1924 was called "Hermann-Lichtspiele". The cinematographic performances were given to around 270 spectators. In 1912 Zigold & Braun were the owners, followed by Paul Neumann as managing director in 1918. H. Klette and E. Tränkner are named as cinematograph owners. The ownership rights to the cinematograph and the cinema changed frequently in the years of inflation : 1920/1921 Otto Dreier and Max Lange, 1924 Rosa Tropl (e / o) witz with projectionist Fiderfisch, from 1925 the cinema owner Julius Warschauer (Berlin N4, Chausseestraße 29) as the owner, who stopped showing films in the venue in 1927.

Like the neighboring buildings, the house survived war events and air raids without damage to the building. There is currently a Turkish supermarket in the five-story residential building on Hermann- / Schierker Strasse. The facade design on the ground floor with an inclined entrance door at the corner of the house refers to the construction on the ground floor for a restaurant or (here) for an in-house cinema.

Ili light games

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Inn light games

( Location )

Neukölln
Innstrasse  35
1911-1991 In 1911 Richard Lehmann opened his cinematograph theater as a shop cinema in the corner building at Stuttgarter / Innstrasse in the Weserkietz. Addressed as Stuttgarter Strasse 61, it was run from 1918 to Innstrasse as "Inn-Lichtspiele" and Inn-Kino. The widescreen cinema from 1957 was called "ILI" for short and Innstrasse 35 was set as the address. The beveled (chamfered) corner on the ground floor is characteristic of the restaurant entrance and thus the access to the (later) cinema, so the address belonged to both house numbers. However, instead of this corner door, the cinema entrance had been placed in a wider gate under the bay window on Stuttgarter Strasse.

Richard Lehmann was the owner of the cinema until 1935, at times in 1924/1925 he was replaced by Alfred Lehmann. Richard Lehmann introduced the sound film technology. In 1936 Otto Scheller became the owner. The Inn-Lichtspiele are specified with 158 to 170 seats, they were played daily and there were two program changes. The silent films were accompanied acoustically by a two-man band, from 1933 there was a mechanical device for the cinema music, and sound films were shown in 1934. With the takeover by Scheller, 174 seats are entered in the cinema address book. The house and the cinema were not affected by the war. The cinema was continued in the rooms from 1950 at the latest, there is no entry for 1946 to 1949. The cinema was then owned by Paul Scheller and Dietrich Dreyer 8 (managing directors) as an "Innkino" with 22 screenings per week. The Erko projector, the sound film amplifier and the slide projection were available. In 1957 Otto Scheller and Dietrich Dreyer were again named as owners and managing directors, they introduced wide-screen technology and renamed the house as Ili-Lichtspiele. With the Erko IV projector and sound film amplifiers, films in 1: 2.35 format were played by CinemaScope single-channel optical sound. The Kamphöner seats were 174 unpadded cinema seats. The "Ili" was successfully brought through the "audience crisis" and only closed in 1991 (probably due to structural conditions).

After the cinema was closed, the house was renovated and the ground floor was renovated, whereby the previous rooms of the cinema (hall and projector room) were used for the now existing daycare center (Association for the establishment and operation of parents' initiative daycare centers: Kita Minnie Maus, as of 2016) have been prepared. The house has been owned by “Stuttgarter Straße 60, 61 / Innstraße 35 Grundstücks GmbH” (seat: Eisenzahnstraße 15, 10709 Berlin-Charlottenburg) since October 2013.

Il cinema

( Location )

Neukölln
Nansenstrasse  22
since 2014 In the former bakery on Nansenstrasse, “Il Kino Berlin” opened on November 1, 2014 as a cinema program . The cinema is operated by Millfilm GmbH. Carla Molino created this concept in 2010 with “Il Kino” in Rome and founded the Berlin branch together with Daniel Wischansky (Germany) and Kristian Pålshaugen (Norway). The mixed concept of cinema and bistro is typical; arthouse films in the original language are primarily played, some with subtitles. Suitable locations are necessary for the concept of Il Kino. They found such in the northern tip of the district with an empty shop and old bakery. The hall was built into the elongated bakery, the bakery sales room was converted into a bar and both were connected with an opening. The bar opened in mid-2014 while the cinema was still being built. The brick walls were left visible in contrast to dark acoustic elements and blue seats. In the bar area there is an elongated wooden counter with bar stools along its entire width. Tables by the windows and a long bench provide additional seating. A red glazed wooden door separates the smoking room, it is possible to enter the cinema without the smoking room.

The cinema and the bar are open except on Mondays, and premieres and replayers of arthouse films are played with subtitles, some with English subtitles. The target group are the international residents of the Kietz in order to defy the competition near established cinemas in the niche. The cinema has 52 seats in 11 rows. The projection is digital from the projector with sound in Dolby Digital 5.1 . The canvas is 4.2 mx 2.4 m. The folding armchairs on a small ramp were procured in top condition as second hand from an Allied cinema in Hamburg. The projector hangs on the ceiling, and the projector room was installed at the end of the hall for a D-cinema projector.

camera

( Location )

Neukölln
Sonnenallee  164
1950-1964 In 1950, Welke & Bennert (Heinz Welke, Otto Bennert) opened the “Camera” film theater in an empty restaurant on the corner of Sonnenallee and Treptower Strasse, diagonally across from Hertzbergplatz. The cinema with 250 seats was used daily, initially with three shows, from 1953 with four shows. The Euro M projection apparatus, the sound film amplifier for the sound and a slide projection were available. With the widescreen launch in 1957, Dietrich Dreyer and Friedrich Judt became cinema owners in addition to Otto Bennert. Bennert got out in 1959. An Erko IV was procured for the reproduction of the CinemaScope films in 1: 2.35 format for single-channel optical sound, the sound engineering consisted of the sound film equipment, the slide projection received sound, the light source was pure coal, Becklicht. The 28 weekly performances were supplemented with a late performance. In 1958, the unpadded Kamphöner folding chairs were supplemented by flat upholstered and high upholstered cinema folding chairs from Schröder & Henzelmann. The cinema was closed in 1964, but is still listed in 1966. After the cinema was closed, the rooms were probably used again as a restaurant. According to the current status (2016) there is a Chinese restaurant and a late shop on the ground floor.
Chamber plays

( Location )

Britz
Buschkrugallee  91
1927-1961 With the beginning of the expansion of Britz between Buschkrugallee and Teltow Canal, the corner plot of Rudower / Joachimsthaler Strasse (since 1947 and 1950 Buschkrugallee 91 / Scheveninger Strasse) was in an attractive location one kilometer from the Hufeisensiedlung on 1700 m² with a restaurant. In 1927 the “Britzer Kammerspiele” opened at Rudower Strasse 66 for this purpose. The building stood on the northeast side, like those on neighboring properties, 3.5 meters into the old street alignment and almost completely in the area of ​​the new alignment line drawn around 1930. During road construction work on Buschkrugallee in the early 1960s, the existing building (like the houses on the properties at Rudower Strasse 64, 65, 68, which also protruded into the escape line) was demolished, so the cinema had to be closed in 1961. There is a car dealership on the property with a sales pavilion on the street corner.

The Britzer Kammerspiele by Stanislaus Papp & Josef Loyda had 460 seats and were played every day. The cinema hall had a stage of 30 m². In 1930/1931 Erich Schulze took over the cinema and expanded its capacity for 490 viewers and converted it to sound film screenings with sound film technology. In the further course 500 seats and from 1937 with the takeover by Georg Kuhnert as cinema owner 523 seats are registered. Due to the peripheral location of the venue, it was spared the effects of the war and was continued by Kuhnert in the post-war years. In 1949 the house was registered with slide projection, from 1953 slide with sound, daily play with 15 performances a week. Lisa Katz was the managing director. The demonstrations took place with two projection devices Erko III and Erko IV and amplifiers from Klangfilm. For the stage of 4 mx 8 m x 6 m there was a theater and opera license, probably also a variety license. With the spread of wide-screen films, the image system for aspect ratios 1: 1.85 with the Erko machines (light source: pure coal) was made possible in 1957. The Kamphöner seating consisted of upholstered seats for the more expensive seats. The cinema ended in 1961.

Kukuk cinema

( Location )

Neukölln
Kottbusser Damm  92
1913-1943 Lot 92 on Kottbusser Damm is on the Neukölln side. The Kukuk-Lichtspielhaus was founded in 1913 with a 20 m² stage, with the concept of a vaudeville show with silent film performances being provided according to the company's name. The movie theater offered 420 seats for spectators. A rear building with a floor area of ​​20 m × 25 m was located on the property. In 1911 the company operated as "Lichtspiel VarietéGes." And changed the name in 1913 to "Kukuk Lichtspielhaus GmbH". The owners changed the company name in 1917 to Vereinigte Lichtspielhaus-Gesellschaft with headquarters in Berlin SW 48 Friedrichstrasse 20 and from 1919 as "Vereinigte Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern-Lichtspiele" with the managing director Hermann Baum. Hermann Kahlenberg added as managing director. In the cinema address book, daily play operations with 1000 spectator seats are specified for the large cinema, from 1928/1929 896 seats, 1930: 900 seats. The company was incorporated into the Ufa Group in 1931 and was founded in 1930 by the lawyer Hermann Zimmer and Dr. Erich Norden represented and operated from 1931 as "Kukuk Lichtspielhaus GmbH". The representatives of the company were appointed to the government councilor Dr. Kurt Maurer, Dr. Erich north.

In the air raids of 1943, the rear hall building was so destroyed by bombs that the cinema had to be stopped. The buildings on plots 91 to 93 were badly damaged. The front building at Kottbusser Damm 92 and parts of the neighboring houses were rebuilt as ruins by 1950. However, these post-war buildings were replaced in the mid-1960s by the still existing six-storey residential building Kottbusser Damm 91/92. The rear part of the property bordering Spremberger Straße 10, on which the former cinema hall stood, remained undeveloped as a park and green area.

Luna light games

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Orpheum light games

( Location )

Neukölln
Sonnenallee  149
1924-1969 The cinema address 149 in the Sonnenallee area close to the city was called Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 168 until 1938 ; by renaming and including the already existing Sonnenallee section, the numbering of the property was changed to Braunauer Straße 149 in 1938. Because of the reference to National Socialism, the Renaming / renaming to Sonnenallee. In the 2010s there are two shops on the ground floor of the five-storey residential building, the cinema in the courtyard is probably used by a social project. (As of 2016) After the cinema was closed, it was used as the “Chantal” nightclub until the 1990s.

In 1912 a cinematograph theater opened at Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 168. Robert Lehmann's cinema theater at Stuttgarter Strasse 61 had 127 seats and was named Orpheum-Lichtspiele. Lehmanns Orpheum was closed in late 1919 / early 1920. In 1924 the venue was reopened by Alfred Lehmann as Luna-Lichtspiele with 140/150 seats. With two program changes, the game days were Friday to Thursday. In 1928 Ms. A. Bülow became the owner and stated the year of foundation in 1924, from 1930 Alfred Lehmann again became the owner of the cinema, in 1934 Robert Lehmann. According to information from the cinema address book, Otto Scheller replaced this in 1937, which in turn named 1912 as the beginning of cinema operations. The cinema survived the war without any damage and Otto Scheller continued to play until the 1960s, with Dietrich Dreyer at times being the managing director and partly co-owner. The cinema had an Erko projector and sound film amplifier. With daily film screenings with 143 seats on unpadded folding seats (Kamphöner) there were 22 screenings per week. In order to enable 1: 2.35 widescreen films (SuperScope) to be shown in 1958, a Hahn-Goerz projector was procured, which was equipped with an Ernemann IV machine in 1960, the sound was reproduced via sound film in single-channel optical sound, and there was also Slide projection. In the late 1950s there were 15 to 16 shows a week. In 1959 Maria Musche became the owner, followed in 1960 by Annelisbeth Skroblin, who gave 23 performances. From 1961 Hannelore Rojahn ran the cinema in the Luna until 1969 and from 1964 was the operator of the Eva-Lichtspiele in Wilmersdorf. From 1961 the auditorium was probably equipped with flat upholstered armchairs, 18 performances are given for the 1960s.

Lux movie theater

( Location )

Neukölln
Sonnenallee  210
1952-1965 In 1952, “Welke & Co.” Opened the “Lux-Lichtspiele” at Sonnenallee 210 / corner of Braunschweiger Strasse in a two-storey low-rise cinema by the architect Johannes Hayer . “The ground floor was divided by large windows and the respective film was announced by means of poster paintings above the entrance. The 'Lux' sign shone with a neon sun on the rounded corner. ”() The cinema with space for 531 spectators (folding cinema chairs from Kamphöner) was used daily, with 23 screenings a week. The projection was done with an " Ernemann IX", the sound came from the Uniphon amplifier, there was slide projection with sound. The house had a theater license for the 8 m × 4 m × 8 m stage. In 1957 Dreyer & Co. became the owner, whose business Nikalaizik and Dietrich Dreyer ran with 17 performances and one late performance. They also introduced the CinemaScope with single-channel optical sound in 1: 2.35 wide screen with the existing Ernemann machine. The Lux had the status of a border cinema with easy access for East Berlin visitors 200 meters from the Sonnenallee S-Bahn station . In 1961 the Berlin Wall was erected and the S-Bahn station closed, which had a negative impact on sales for the cinema. From the mid-1960s, Koenigsdorfer & Co. became the owner of the Lux; he had to close it in 1965 due to falling visitor numbers. The rooms were later used as a supermarket; after a period of vacancy, the building now serves as a car accessories store (as of 2016).
Mars

( Location )

Rudow
Alt-Rudow  24
1956-1974
Street view from 1957 - with the film: Aunt Wanda from Uganda

The CinemaScope cinema was opened in 1956 in the new building at Neuköllner Strasse 332, across from Krokusweg. By renaming and following reciprocal house numbers in 1973, it got the address Alt-Rudow 24. The owner of the Mars-Lichtspiele was Willi Raguse, who also owned other Berlin cinemas. He remained the cinema owner who ceased operations in 1974. Films were shown in two screenings a day, as well as a late night and a youth screening, and a monthly film art performance. The cinema offered 498 spectators and was occupied by upholstered cinema armchairs. The demonstration device was an Ernemann X with a xenon light source, for the sound there was equipment from UFA dealers, as well as a slide projection with sound. The technical equipment allowed the reproduction of wide screen films in the CinemaScope picture and sound system 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55 aspect ratio as single-channel optical sound and four-channel magnetic sound. The cinema ended in 1974 when the building was converted into a supermarket. In December 2006 the development plan for the property was changed. The existing building on the old Rudower Dorfstrasse replaces the former unadorned cinema building and is currently used by an Aldi supermarket and a Denns organic supermarket and additional facilities (restaurant, doctor's practice).

Maxim movie theater

( Location )

Neukölln
Sonnenallee  57
1951-1980
Postcard view with film announcement Bengali

“1951: Opening of the Maxim-Filmtheater, 689 seats, Berlin-Neukölln, Sonnenallee 57, owners Fritz Miethe and Katharina Lorenz. Technical equipment: Ernemann X projectors with Uniphon amplifiers installed by Ufahandel. A novelty for Germany: the wireless system for the hard of hearing "()

The corner house at Sonnenallee 57 at the corner of Weichselstrasse had been bobbed up during the war, the ruins were cleared at the end of the 1940s. This gap between Weichselstrasse 59 and Sonnenallee 55 was used for the construction of a low-rise building according to plans by Hans Bielenberg . The cinema was founded by Fritz Miethe and Katharina Lorenz, Fritz Staar joined Ms. Lorenz in 1953 as projectionist and co-owner. From 1955 he was the sole owner and Willi Pätsch was used to manage the business, from 1957 Hans Joachim Bleck. The Lichtspiele had a theater license for the stage measuring 8 m × 3 mm. There was an Ernemann-X for the demonstration and a Uniphon amplifier for the sound, a slide projection with sound was available. Three performances were played every day, plus a late night and a matiné performance each week. In 1957 the cinema technology for the picture and sound system CinemaScope with single-channel light and four-channel magnetic sound for the reproduction of 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55 widescreen films was improved by new sound technology: "Zeiss Ikon Dominar Variant" as an amplifier and “Zeiss Ikon Ikovox i. perm. dyn “as a loudspeaker. In 1958 the cinema was transferred to the "Fritz Staar Film Theater Company" as owner Eva Staar with Hans Joachim Bleck as managing director, there were two Ernemann Xs and one E IV, Dominar 500 amplifier and Ikovox D 3 speakers. For the 688 seats there were upholstered armchairs from Kamphöner. The Maxim was operated in this configuration until 1980. A supermarket moved in after the closure. After a modernizing renovation in the existing building outline, it can still be used as a supermarket.

Mercedes Palace

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after 1945
Metro
Europe
with Roxy

( Location )

Neukölln
Hermannstrasse  214/216
1927-1969
Street front of the entrance area with the two side parts from 1936

At Hermannstrasse 214-216, the “ Mercedespalast ” was built next to the ballrooms in the beer garden of the Kindl brewery based on the designs of the Berlin architect Fritz Wilms . The film theater had a construction area of ​​3770 m², the front on Hermannstrasse was about 50 m long and the side on Rollbergstrasse was about 72.5 meters. When it opened in 1927, it was the largest movie theater in Europe. Despite the splendid furnishings, Wilms took the social structure of Neukölln into account: the side wing buildings were originally intended for elegant shops, but a pastry shop and a standing beer hall were created for the common people. “Each seat costs 0.60 M for the first performance and 1.00 Mark for the later performances. In this way, the Mercedes-Palast is in the truest sense of the word a people's theater, as it is possible for the less well-off population to see big films, which are usually accompanied by small revues, at affordable prices ”() The admission prices were in the 1929 As the global economic crisis began, it was unaffordable and in 1930 it was closed for the first time due to insufficient visitor numbers. In competition with the Kindl festival hall, it was used for events. The twelve-year celebration of the Rote Fahne , guest performances by the cabaret artist Leon Hirsch with his ensemble “Die Wespen” in the Mercedes-Saal. In 1932 the first renovations followed by the architects Gustav Neustein and Bruno Meltendorf. The cinema was the premiere location during the Nazi era . After 1943 it was badly damaged by aerial bombs and so it was closed in 1944.

In 1927 the cinema address book names the “Mercedes-Palast Lichtspieltheater Hermannstraße GmbH” by Artur Rupp with a starting capital of 20,000 RM . In 1929 Josef Friedmann became managing director. In 1931, sound film technology from Klangfilm was installed under the “Forum Lichtspieltheaterbetriebs-GmbH” by Franz Boden and Georg Warschawski. In 1933 Max Miodowski became its managing director, before the Mercedes-Palast was taken over by the “Senta-Lichtspielbetriebsges. mbH "was taken over and in 1937 changed to" Carl Thomas & Co. "(from 1939 with managing director Max Knapp) until it was closed due to the war. The reconstruction of the venue, which was closed in 1944, was carried out by "Metro-Palast GmbH" (CEO: Ernst Schreyer). In 1953 this was taken over by the “Laupheimer u. Co. KG (Josef Laupheimer) ”continued as“ Europa-Palast ”. Two to three performances were played daily with the Erko IV projector, amplifier from AEG and Klangfilm-Europa, slide projector. A theater and opera license existed for the 20 m × 9 m stage.

The Roxy was installed in 1955 under Laupheimer. This meant that there were two cinemas in the house for 2060 spectators in the Europa-Palast and 750 spectators in the Roxy on Hermannstrasse. From 1960, in the years of decreasing visitor numbers, the "Europa-Palast, Karl Heger & Co. KG" became the owner of both cinemas. In 1966, changes were made by Hans Joachim Woyke. The cinema ended on April 15, 1969.

  • In 1955 the Europa-Palast was equipped with a wide screen: two Ernemann Xs, one Ernemann VII B (light source: Becklicht, Reinkohle), Dominar L amplifier, loudspeaker sound film combination, CinemaScope (SuperScope) in single-channel light sound and four-channel Magnetic sound, format 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55. At the end of the 1950s, the spectator seats were partly flat upholstered, partly with high upholstery from Behre, and there were also unpadded wooden folding armchairs. During the week there were 23 performances and one late performance.
  • The Roxy with 750 seats offered 23 performances and one late night performance and had high upholstered folding armchairs from Kamphöner. For the reproduction of the picture and sound system CinemaScope (1 KL and 4 KM) in 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55 a projection apparatus FP 6 and amplifiers and loudspeakers from Philips were available, as well as slide projection with sound.

The "Europa-Palast" with 2,000 seats had become too big in 1969, despite downsizing renovations. With the closure, Woolworth had the building converted into a department store with a modified facade. In 1992 Woolworth moved into the neighboring Kindl-Saal and the former Mercedes-Palast was demolished for the new building of the "Kindl-Boulevard". 1996 opened Yorck cinema group the Rollberg cinemas next. There is currently (as of 2016) a hotel on the property of the Mercedes Palace.

New Off

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Eros
Rixi
People's Theater

( Location )

Neukölln
Hermannstrasse  20
since 1918
Cinema new off

Hermannstrasse was expanded starting from the north, house 20 opposite St. Jacobi-Friedhof I is in the front of the neighboring houses. With its proximity to Hasenheide, an entertainment district with beer gardens, theaters and dance halls was created during the founding period, and since 1882 in the number one theater. The cinemas with cinematographers began in 1918. In 1910, the Volkstheater was built in the house of businessman Eugen Maue in the courtyard of the tenement. The people's theater was located in the courtyard of the tenement house. For the year 1918, in the 1919 address book edition, in addition to the Volkstheater, in particular E. Sindlinger with light plays is entered if his performances are given at Anzengruber Straße 12. In the addendum 1918: “are now called: Volks-Theater-Lichtspiele, Hermannstr. 20, Ernst Sindlinger, 450 seats ”. In the 1920s, Hermannstrasse developed into a “cinema mile” and remained so until the great cinema deaths in the 1960s. “The 'OFF Kino' in Hermannstrasse has one of the few success stories. The Varieté theater became a cinema in 1926 and finally in 1955 the 'Eros-Cine-Center', which probably ran rather poorly than well. 1979 was supposed to be a new start, but the image of the porn cinema still clung to the building. It wasn't until the 1990s that cinema was able to improve its reputation. As 'New OFF' it has been shining in its old splendor since 1998. "

The Volks-Theater-Lichtspiele by Ernst Sindlinger offered 450 seats, in 1920 the owner Czutzka & Co. GmbH stated 1500 seats and daily performances in the cinema address book, the cinema owner Jaques Salomonowitz, however, again in 1921 400 seats for the Volks-Theater Lichtspiele . The performances for these 390 to 420 spectators on a stage measuring 5 m × 4 m (later specification: 5.8 m × 5.6 m × 4.1 m) are described as a film and stage show, explicitly stated in 1928 by the new owners: Muhlert, Scheil & Levy, alternating in 1929 Muhlert and Karl Fried, 1930/1931 Karl Fried and Friedrich Reinhardt. In 1932, Erna Vogel and Friedrich Reinhardt are named as the owners, who had Klangfilm install sound film technology with a mechanical music system . In 1934 Ernst Hilliger is the owner of the "People's Theater (film and stage)". In 1936, Bruno Gaebler formed the venue as “Rixdorfer Lichtspiele” (Rixi, Rixi am Hermannplatz) into a 391-seat cinema and daily performance with access to the address: Hermannstraße 20 and Wißmannstraße 17. 1938 until the end of the war, Hedwig Gaebler owned the cinema. The undamaged building will continue to be operated unhindered in the post-war period by Mrs. Helene Glass from Munich-Puchheim. In 1950 the "Union-Filmtheater Betriebsgesellschaft Plettner, Pollak, Glaß" was named for the operation of the Rixi-Filmtheater. Ms. Glass is run by WF Dessler: two and then three presentations using an Ernemann IV projector, sound film amplifier and slide projector. Frieda Weber is registered as the owners in 1953, Rolf Budde and Paul Grasse from 1955.

The existing technology (Ernemann IV, amplifier and loudspeaker Klangfilm, Becklicht) is used in 1957 for the CinemaScope picture and sound system single-channel light sound on 1: 2.35 wide screen, slides with sound. 380 spectator seats with flat cushions from Schröder & Henzelmann are used daily, 22 performances per week plus one late performance. The cinema crisis of the 1960s is overcome, but the Rixi-Lichtspiele are used as the “Eros Cine Center” in the 1970s. In 1979 the Yorck Group (Knut Steenwerth) took over the cinema under the name "Off" as a program cinema ( off the mainstream ). 1998 is renovated and also restored: then the "New Off" opens. The cinema is part of a four-story apartment building and one of the last old movie theaters that could survive in Berlin. The "Neue Off" temporarily played English-language films in the original version with subtitles and took over the program structure of the Olympia am Zoo, which was demolished in 1999. Original versions have only been shown sporadically since 2003/2004. The Sarotti counter in the cherry-red foyer is from the 1950s design. The walls below painted in red, above light yellow and the black and white tiled floor are the colors of the small foyer. The hall is entered via a few steps, the lower half of the walls are paneled with dark wood, the upper part covered with yellow fabric, turquoise green curtains, armchairs, and blankets. The armchairs have a high headrest and soft armrests with sufficient distance to the front row. The screen is 9.7 mx 4.2 m, the projection in D-Cinema 2K and the sound in Dolby Digital.

The NEUE OFF has been the venue for the Turkish Film Week since 2007. The capacity in the off was 300 places in 1993, 280 places in 1995 and 265 places in 1997. After the renovation, 193/187 seats in 13 rows remained.

Olympic light games

( Location )

Buckow
Buckower Damm  222/224
1936-1963 From 1752 to 1890 the area on the Berlin-Dresden corner at the corner of Dorfstraße was used as a post office with changing horses, and in 1893 the old Dorfkrug was replaced by the inn with a dance hall. In the Olympic year 1936 , the dance hall of the Dorfstraße 2 inn was converted into a cinema. The name of the cinema followed the year it was founded: Olympia and the 30 m² stage were taken over from the former dance hall. The hall cinema was given the new address at Chausseestrasse 38–40 in Buckow-West. The Dorfstraße has been: Alt-Buckow since 1939 and since 1955 the restaurant property of × Buckower Damm 218/224 is 90 m long. The cinema was opened by Hermann Diedrich on November 12, 1936 with 412 seats and has daily shows. Due to its location on the outskirts, the site was preserved during the war and was continuously used in the post-war period. In 1949 Maximilian Rummler owned the cinema, and in 1950 he became the managing director of Charlotte Löper. From 1951 to 1961 the cinema also served as a border cinema , although the flow of visitors through Schönefeld was probably not great. The capacity is still 385 spectators. In 1959, the address in the cinema address book is still Chausseestrasse 38–40, and the Olympia has two performances a day. In the Olympia, Charlotte Loeper and Martha Diedrich set up the CinemaScope image and sound system in single-channel light tone 1: 2.55. The technology consisted of the Ernemann IV projection apparatus with sound technology from sound film and slide projection with sound. From 1960 the number of places fell to 263 and in 1962 games were only played after Friday to Sunday. After the Wall was built, the cinema closed in 1963. The foyer was converted into a café, which still exists as the Cafe-Restaurant Olympia. The former inn is the neighboring restaurant "Park-Eck". The cinema hall serves as a carpet market.
Orion

( Location )

Neukölln
Neukölln Allee  52
1953-1961 Hugo Baier opened the Orion in 1953 on the 140-meter-deep plot of land at Neuköllner Allee 52 (from 1957: Neuköllniche Allee 52) with a 20-meter street frontage. 500 m on foot from the S-Bahn station Köllnische Heide, at that time a border station on the Ringbahn, it was built specifically as a border cinema with 375 seats and was used until the wall was built . With daily play there were 23 performances a week. There was also a theater license for the 1.5 x 6 m stage. The two projection machines of the type Euro M and Ernon IV were used for the film screening, the sound was Eurodyn-K amplifier and the slide projector with sound reproduction. From 1957, wide screen could be offered for the 22 performances and one late performance. The Bauer B8A projection apparatus was newly purchased for CinemaScope playback in single-channel light tone with an aspect ratio of 1: 2.35. The 375 possible spectators could sit on Kamphöner armchairs model “Berlin”. From 1958 Charlotte and Hugo Baier jointly owned the cinema, Hugo ran the business and Charlotte owned the business. The number of visitors fell due to the construction of the Wall , and the film screenings had to be stopped in 1961. After the closure, a commercial enterprise has been using the cinema building as a warehouse since then.
Palast-Kino Stern

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Ufa in Stern

( Location )

Neukölln
Hermannstrasse  49
1916-1973
The entrance to the former cinema in 2016 is the drugstore

“The 'Palast-Kino Stern' on Hermannstrasse was one of the first independent movie theater buildings. Inaugurated in 1915, it burned to the ground in 1924. Until the reopening, a makeshift cinema was set up to cope with the onslaught of film enthusiasts. The new building contained 1170 seats under an elliptical, golden ball that the Berlin painter August Unger had artistically decorated. In 1973 the game ended and the piece of jewelery became a supermarket. "

The rear hall of the Stern-Lichtspiele from 1915 with 321 seats was owned by Alfred Blank GmbH and in 1918 Wohlfart from Erlangerstraße 12 was the owner. The house at Hermannstrasse 49 across from Tollbergstrasse (then Jägerstrasse ) included 2300 m² behind it at Weisestrasse 54 and 55. The "United Kukuk, Excelsior, Stern, Hermann Baum" took over the cinema from 1920 and names 920 seats for it. After the fire, Stern Lichtspielhaus GmbH (in the Ufa Group ) was rebuilt with 1,197 seats by Heinrich Möller and Max Bischofl, as well as civil engineer Gustav Heun as the client . “A new movie theater in Berlin. The Stern-Lichtspielhaus-G. mb H. opens their newly built palace cinema 'Stern' in Neukölln, Hermannstr., on Wednesday, December 23, at 5 a.m., with a special screening in front of invited guests. 49. “() The wide entrance area consisted of the renovated ground floor and the first floor of the residential building, next to the door there were showcases with the cinema program. The vestibule formed a room with dark wood paneling and a blue and gold ceiling. The rectangular auditorium offered 638 spectators on the stalls, on rank 464 and 98 in the boxes protruding into the hall. In the 1928/1929 cinema directory, 1080 seats and daily screenings are named, the stage has 32 m². In 1930, lawyer Hermann Zimmer and Heinrich Möller became the agents of the “United Kukuk Excelsior Star” in UFA ownership for the 14 musicians who were now able to accommodate the 14 musicians who played the silent film screenings. In 1931 the conversion to sound film followed with the establishment of sound film and the company name was changed: Stern Lichtspielhaus GmbH (Ufa group). 1933 represented by government councilor Dr. Kurt Maurer and Heinrich Möller, 1934 lawyer Dr. Henning. v. Boehmer and Heinrich Möller. In 1935 Heinrich Möller rebuilt the facade. In 1938 the Stern-Lichtspiele were represented by Stern Lichtspielhaus GmbH (Ufa Group in Neukölln: Vereinigte Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern GmbH) by Heinrich Möller and Dr. Nölting.

Parts of the building were destroyed in air raids, and the cinema was restored and continued to operate as early as 1946. Until 1949, it was used as a cinema with 1137 seats in the administration of "USA Finance & Property Control", based in Tempelhof, Viktoriastraße 13-18. In 1950, the Sternlichtspiel with 1143 seats went back to the "United Kukuk Excelsior Star" of trustee A. Feldes. The technology was a Zeiss Ikon demonstration machine and sound film amplifier and slide with sound. The game is played twice a day. There was a theater and opera license for the stage. In 1953 Fritz Glenz became the demonstrator and representative and in 1955 expanded to 17 performances per week.

In 1956, the UFA-Theater AG Düsseldorf cinema was rebuilt by the architect de Born. “After several weeks of renovation, the previous Stern-Lichtspiele in Berlin-Neukölln were reopened as 'UFA im Stern' and immediately offered their regular audience something special with the Cinemascope film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (distributor: Herzog). The house has not only been given a new look on the outside, but has also been modernized down to the smallest details inside. The number of seats was reduced from 1181 to 1154 in order to enable more comfortable sitting (in steel gray upholstered armchairs from the Stüssel company). Brown-tinted plasterboard on the walls and a newly installed, sky-blue ceiling ensure perfect acoustics. The lamps, sparkling like small stars, are arranged on the walls according to the constellations. A 12.75 by 5.25 meter screen is mounted above the 15 meter wide stage, a seamless Translux screen that was brought to Berlin from the USA on the plane. In the demonstration room there are Ernemann 7 B machines from Zeiss Ikon that have been converted to Cinemascope . A special system for the hard of hearing enables them to hear perfectly. The renovation was carried out under the direction of the UFA construction department. The technical equipment was supplied by UFA-Handel, the electrical installation by Reiche & Vogel. Before the opening performance began, host Helmut Engmann showed representatives of the press the new building, which is one of the largest and most representative cinemas in West Berlin. "()

In 1962 the "Fritz Staar, Filmtheater Betriebe (Eva and Ingeborg Staar)" took over the "UFA im Stern" from UFA AG again as Stern-Lichtspiele. But in 1973 its use as a cinema ended. Another renovation turned the building into a self-service shop, and the cinema is used as a drugstore. The cinema building is accessible through the entrance to the left of the house entrance through the drugstore in its rear rooms, some of which are part of the sales area and serve as storage at the back.

Panorama (Britz)

( Location )

Britz
Fritz-Reuter-Allee  184
1959-1980
The cinema building in 2014 as a supermarket
Used ticket from Panoram-Britz

Near the Hufeisensiedlung , the “Marktplatz Britz-Süd” was designed with the subway line at the subway station as the district center. On the south-west corner of the square on the property at Fritz-Reuter-Allee 184 / Gutschmidtstrasse 32/34, the “Panorama Filmtheater II” was built in 1958/1959 by the architect Gerhard Fritsche . “... one of the most original movie theater buildings in Berlin: The free-standing building had a futuristic shape, the outer wall caught the eye with its bluish-white block stripes. The cinema played from 1959 to 1977 [... 1980] and then suffered the usual fate: Right, another supermarket. "

Panorama II (Britz) was, as follows from the identity of the name, from the “Dr. Fritz Seifert, Film Theater Enterprises ”. The cinema had 893 seats with high upholstered armchairs from Schröder & Henzelmann for the audience, there were 21 shows, one late night and one youth show. With a Zeiss Ikon and the Ernemann X projection apparatus and amplifiers and loudspeakers from Zeiss Ikona, widescreen films in 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55 could be shown in CinemaScope with single-channel optical sound and four-channel magnetic sound. The slide projection was done with sound. At that time there was a row of shops in this cinema building. The building is a historical monument. In 1980 the cinema was closed and a supermarket (Coop, Spar, Edeka) moved into the rooms and the architecturally interesting building is currently still used as a supermarket.

Panorama

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Knesebeck Palace

( Location )

Neukölln
Silbersteinstrasse  92/94
1919-1977 In the 1910s, at Knesebeckstraße 48-49, there was an inn with a garden and the society house with a theater for 600 people, which was operated by Richard Felsch. In 1919 the Knesebeck Palace was set up by Karl Genseke as a cinematograph theater with 400 seats. In 1921, Alfred Marcus ran this as a “cinema variety” in order to make silent films more attractive with the stage show. The stage was 7 m wide, 4.50 m deep and 5.5 m high. In 1924, the new owners Richard Felsch, Karl Strakosch and Ernst Defries kept the stage show with daily performance with a change of program on Tuesday and Friday. A chapel for three to five musicians is available for the acoustic design. In 1927 Bruno Mayer joined the company as the owner, and in 1929 Herbert Ehrlich was named in the cinema directory as managing director. The showing of sound films required the switch to sound film technology, which took place in 1932. In 1933 Willy Müller ran the business before the cinema came into the possession of Julius Janowski. The Knesebeck Palace now had 452 seats and Anni Schlüßler ran the business from 1939 until the cinema was destroyed by air raids around 1943 .

Knesebeckstrasse was renamed Silbersteinstrasse in 1950, and the double site becomes Silbersteinstrasse 92/94. In 1954, the architect Gerhard Fritsche built the cinema “Panorama” on the cleared site of the former “Knesebeck Palace” within five months. “Good taste and dignified furnishings also characterize the new Neukölln theater of the film theater company Dr. Fritz Seifert. 648 seats. Architect: G. Fritsche, Berlin-Grunewald. Seating: Schröder & Henzelmann. "()

“In bright, funny colors, the new house breaks through the monotonous gray of the streets. The entrance catches the eye from a great distance through a blue Detopak cladding, and the entrance front, glazed with large crystal panes, allows a view of the slightly higher foyer. Comfortable furniture invites you to linger here. The shape of the auditorium, which tapers towards the front, corresponds to the latest experience and technical requirements of CinemaScope films. The walls are padded with glass wool and covered with gold-colored acella. Subtle indirect lighting illuminates the auditorium. and additional wall lights provide warm light in the corridors. A high upholstered armchair with a silver-green acella cover was chosen as the seating. A modern oil heating ensures an even temperature ... "( quoted from the magazine Filmblätter )

The business of the "Dr. Fritz Seifert, Filmtheater-Betriebe ”led Bernhard Lindenthal in 1957 in the“ Panorama ”. In addition to the three daily performances, a late night and a youth performance were offered. The technical equipment consists of the Ernemann X projector (Becklicht), the Dominar sound system from Zeiss Ikon and slide projection with sound. 1957 widescreen films can be shown in CinemaScope with four-channel magnetic sound and single-channel optical sound (SuperScope) in the format 1: 2.55 and 1: 2.35. The cinema was maintained until 1977. After that, the cinema was used as commercial space. “The architect Gerhard Fritsche built the two panorama light plays: 'Panorama Filmtheater I' in Silbersteinstrasse and 'Panorama Filmtheater II' in Gutschmidtstrasse. The latter is one of the most original movie theater buildings in Berlin: The free-standing building had a futuristic shape, the outer wall caught the eye with its bluish-white block stripes. The cinema played from 1959 to 1977 and then suffered the usual fate: Right, another supermarket. ”The structure of the large hall remained recognizable from the outside (as of 2016).

Passage

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Schauburg
Excelsior

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  131/133
since 1910
Neukölln Opera and the Passage Kino (2006)

The Rixdorf Society House was built in 1909 at Bergstrasse 151–152 according to plans by the architect Reinhold Kiehl and is a listed building. The property leads as a passage from Bergstrasse (since 1947: Karl-Marx-Strasse 131/133) to Richardstrasse 12/13. The client was the businessman Paul Dädlich. In 1910 Fritz Singer opened his cinematograph theater on the 1st floor of the passage - in a theater planned as a theater in the rear transverse building. The Excelsior-Lichtspiele went into the possession of the "Excelsior Lichtbildtheater Gesellschaft mbH" (from 1917 as "Excelsior-Lichtspielhaus GmbH" Friedrichstrasse 20), which moved to new rooms in the "Deutsches Wirtshaus" ( Bergstrasse 136) in 1918 . The remaining cinema with 650 seats was taken over by the "Schauburg-Lichtspiele, Rudolf & Co. KG" and operated as a show castle by Maximilian Mikulla. When Carl Lorenz continued to run the cinema in 1921, he named it Passage-Lichtspiele after the location of the building. With 603 seats and daily performances, Lorenz took on Georg Kuhnert as co-owner in 1924 and handed over to Minna Lorenz in 1925 with the management of Kuhnert. 1927–1930 they operated as Passage-Lichtspiele GmbH. In 1930, Marga Kuhnert, Emil Eilermann and Max Förster as owners of Passage-Lichtspiele Neukölln GmbH followed in the cinema directory for the 650-seat cinema, with Georg Kuhnert running the business. Six musicians were responsible for the acoustic accompaniment of the daily silent film screenings. From 1932 Georg Kuhnert becomes the owner again and enables sound films to be shown by installing sound technology from the Kinoton company; the chapel is replaced by a mechanical music system. In 1937 Hans Woelke joined the company as co-owner, from 1941 Franz Woelke, they indicated 634 places.

The house survived the war without major damage and Georg Kuhnert was able to quickly resume gaming with Passage-Lichtspiele Neukölln GmbH. He has a theater license for the 7.2 mx 3.7 m stage, the daily cinema operation offers initially 15 and from 1953 22 performances per week, in 1956 the late performance is added, the 660 seats are unpadded cinema seats from Kamphöner. The sound engineering from Kinoton is completed with an Erko IV projector, as well as with slide playback with sound. Amplifiers and loudspeakers from Klangfilm are used for the picture and sound system single-channel optical sound in CinemaScope (1: 2.35). In 1961, Georg Kuhnert dissolved Passage-Lichtspiele Neukölln GmbH and Heinz Diedrich became the owner with theater director Annemarie Stolt. In 1967 Eva Staar took over with her cinema operating company but gave up in 1968.

When the cinema ended in 1968, the hall was converted into a used furniture store. In 1989 the Yorck-Kinogruppe (Yorck-Kino GmbH - FTB, 10789 Berlin, Rankestr. 31) started the tradition and revived the arcade. The historically accurate reconstruction of the theater hall was carried out by the architect Wolfgang Claussen, the surrounding gallery remains closed to the public, the cinema hall still offers 292 seats. Two small cinemas are added to the historic cinema hall as hall 1, followed by two more cinemas in 1993. In 1993 the total available space was 626 again: Hall Passage 1 has 300 seats, Passage 2 has 125 seats, Passage 3 has 70 seats, Passage 4 has 60 seats and Passage 5 has 71 seats. After the hall opposite the foyer was given up again in 2003, the Yorck names the four halls on the website: 220, 69, 51 and 48 seats. In 2012 the passage will be equipped with digital technology, and from 2013 films will also be shown in their original versions. The arched windows are the side walls of the large room 1. The foyer has two entrances and a café with an old railway dining car that is reminiscent of a film set as an attraction. From the foyer you go up to halls 1 and 2 and halls 3 and 4 down through a well-preserved staircase. The inclination of most of the Yorck cinemas in hall 1 has adjustable cinema seats, the screen in front of the 13 rows of seats is 8.9 mx 4.2 m. Hall 3 is small and has a low ceiling and is designed in red. In room 4 there are pillars between the aisle and the rows of seats, the smallest room has the most modest furnishings: in black box style.

"The finest chandelier cinema with red velvet and gold stucco and a favorite of the young Neukölln scene. […] The historic cinema hall 1 […] in its old splendor is one of the most beautiful halls in Berlin. […] In hall 2 you can peek into the projection room through a pane of glass and watch the projectionist at work. On Tuesday nights the sneak previewers get their money's worth here; the youngest cinema-goers gather once a month in the Spatzenkino. Regular guests are also the Berlinale and the Interfilm short film festival. "()

Rollberg cinemas

( Location )

Neukölln
Rollbergstrasse  70
since 1996
Entrance to the cinemas
Entrance through Kindl Boulevard
Entrance from the foyer to rooms 4 and 5

The 100 m wide area of ​​the former gentle “Rollberge” along Rollbergstrasse (formerly Jägerstrasse ) between Hermann- and Karl-Marx-Strasse (previously: Bergstrasse ) belonged to the Berliner Kindl brewery. After the brewery operations at this location were closed, the area was opened for other uses. This is how the Mercedes Palace stood here . In 1992 the square on Hermannstrasse at the corner of Rollbergstrasse and Mainzer Strasse was cleared for “Kindl Boulevard”. With the completion of this shopping arcade in 1996, the Yorck cinema group opened the Rollberg cinemas in October 1996. It is their largest house in the Yorck group with five halls and 463 seats. The Rollberg cinemas are located in the rear part of the passage, access to the cinema from Rollbergstraße leads through the inner courtyard, in which the glass front of the spacious foyer extends in an L-shape. At the end there is the ticket booth, the tickets are handed out at the snack counter. The cinemas have digital projection and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. The 'contemporary' halls differ primarily in their color design.

  • Cinema 1: 150 upholstered folding armchairs in 12 rows with a screen of 2.5 mx 5.9 m, red design for wall, curtain and design
  • Cinema 2: 113 seats and a 2.6 mx 6.1 m screen, in a dark blue design
  • Cinema 3: 2.5 mx 5.8 m screen for 89 spectators, green armchairs and curtains, black walls
  • Cinema 4: 67 seats, screen 2.7 mx 6.3 m, orange armchairs and gray curtains
  • Cinema 5: 44 seats in five rows with a screen measuring 2.4 mx 5.4 m, the smallest room in magenta and without a curtain

Demand changed the selection of films “from a mainstream-oriented cinema to a sophisticated neighborhood cinema with an art-house-dominated program”. Original versions are shown with subtitles and many films are shown longer than in other cinemas. Festivals such as the French Film Week and other special events complete the offer.

Rollkrug-Lichtspiele

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Ufa in the rollkrug

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  2
1908-1977
Neuer Rollkrug office and commercial building, view from Karl-Marx-Strasse in 2011

The Rollkrug inn was located at Hermannplatz until 1907 . In 1902, a new residential and commercial building was built on the corner of Berliner Strasse and Hermannstrasse according to plans by Arthur Voght. The building erected in 1902/1907 as the Neuer Rollkrug is a listed building. In October 1908, Jules Greenbaum (actually Julius Grünbaum and owner of the “Deutsche Bioscope”) opened the “Vitascope Theater” with 500 upholstered seats for demonstration with the apparatus from our own production, the music came from an artists' band. The admission price was 3 marks and was relatively high, so it was considered the “most distinguished institute of its kind”. In 1911/1912 the "Vitascope-Theater Rollkrug" was run by Max Walther, in 1913/1914 by the cinematographer Grenbaum in 1915 Altmann, Hermannstr. 256–257 In January 1909 the Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Heinrich visited it.

In 1915 Altmann ran the “Kinematographentheater Hermannstr. 256-257 ”, 1917 under the light show“ Rollkrug ”on Hermannplatz. In 1918 the Rheinische Lichtbild Act.-Ges., Cologne runs the Rollkrug-Lichtspiele ( Berlinerstraße 1) with 700 seats. In 1920 under the name “Edenpalast im Rollkrug” (daily borough tour, 399 seats) the Berlin “Decla-Bioscop-AG” is run by Tennikait the owner, in 1921 with the name “Decla-Lichtspiele Rollkrug”. The Decla / UFA ran the cinema until 1960. With the transition from the Decla to the UFA, the cinema was called "Ufa-Theater Rollkrug" according to the Berlin-wide pattern. With its 398 seats it did not become a UFA palace and within the UFA organization it became part of the "United Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern-Lichtspiele" with other Neukölln cinemas in 1927, with a capacity of 420 spectators. Their business was conducted by lawyer Hermann Zimmer and Dr. Erich Norden led. The expansion of the equipment by the Klangfilm company to Tonfilm in 1932 was directed by Fritz Müßig and Kurt Haupt. In 1934 Fritz Schönborn was the projectionist, from 1937 404 seats are recorded in the cinema address book.

The building and the cinema came through the war years almost undamaged and business soon continued in the post-war years . UFA's ownership of the Rollkrug-Lichtspiele led to its takeover by USA Finance & Property Control, Tempelhof, Viktoriastraße 15-18. 1950 took over trustee A. Feldes again in the "United Kukuk, Excelsior-Stern". For 404 viewers, there were two film screenings a day from the Zeiss Ikon projector and sound from the sound film amplifier. Slide projection with sound and the theater / opera license offered possibilities for a stage use. In the 1950s, the theater manager on behalf of UFA was Wilhelm Hagen. In 1956 UFA sales installed the Ernemann VII B projection machine, Dominar Variant amplifier and Ikovox loudspeaker, 401 high upholstered armchairs from Stüssel. The rooms were expanded, refurbished and renovated. With three daily screenings, 1: 2.55 widescreen films could be offered in CinemaScope four-channel magnetic sound. The cinema was now again called “Ufa im Rollkrug”. The hearing aid system was installed by 1960 at the latest. In 1962 Fritz Staar became the owner of the “Kinos im Rollkrug” with the “Filmtheaterbetriebe Eva und Ingeborg Staar” when the UFA parted with certain film theaters. Eva Staar managed the Rollkrug until 1977. When the cinema in the building ended, it became a supermarket on the ground floor of the five-story office building, as is often the case.

Ru-To-Li
Rudower Tonlichtspiele

( Location )

Rudow
Prierosser Strasse  32
1937-1960
Gasthaus, the cinema was in the hall building on the right in the picture (2011)

The hall of the Lindenpark restaurant was located 500 m to the east of the Rudower (village) center at the address Bendastraße 32/34. On December 24, 1937, the Filmtheater-Betriebs-Ges. Kramp and Co. from Wedding (N 65) the Rudower Ton-Lichtspiele with 288 seats. In the cinema address book from 1937, Max Markendorf named himself as the owner and stated 1933 as the year of foundation. 1940 is the seat of the Filmtheater-Betriebs-Ges. Kramp & Co. moved to the Hansaviertel (NW 87). The name of the cinema shows that sound films were shown at the daily screenings from the start.

Due to the outskirts of Berlin, the cinema in Rudow continued at the end of the war . In 1949 the cinema is owned by the Kramp & Co. Filmtheater-Betriebsgesellschaft with 293 seats as Ru-To-Li. Bendastraße was named Prierosser Straße in February 1950. In 1950 Ilse Kubaschewski from Oberstdorf and Rudolf Gravenstein from Berlin-Charlottenburg took over the cinema in the trusteeship of Moewes Erben; Gerda Kramp continued to run the business. From 1951 it was used as a border cinema . "The Neukölln border cinemas are widely distributed over the district, [...] The RU-TO-LI (Prierosser Straße 32, 300 seats), which was operated in the early years by the later German film distributor Queen Ilse Kubaschewski, is remarkable." () The cinema offers two screenings a day and, from 1956, one late screening. The (still) 283 seats are partly equipped with high upholstered folding armchairs from Kamphöner. The Ru-To-Li has an Ernemann II B projection apparatus, an amplifier from Rectron and a slide projector with sound. The ownership of the cinema goes to Fritz Miethe in 1956. 1958 take over the Czudnochowskis with Ilsegret Czudnochowski taking over the registered company, while Peter Czudnochowski ran the business. An Erko IV projection device and the TeKaDe amplifier were procured from them in 1959, but the cinema was finally shut down in 1960. The vacated hall (in part of the property no. 32) was slightly rebuilt and, in keeping with the trend of the times, was subsequently used as a supermarket. The unattractive building is still used by retail establishments, in the 2010s by a drugstore. The building next to the hall - formerly the guest room facing the garden on property number 34 - is included in the Berlin list of monuments. The former restaurant is currently used as a residential building.

South Palace

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South Star

( Location )

Neukölln
Silbersteinstrasse  77
1919-1943 The Kaiser-Friedrich-Garten and Emil Beerbaum's inn were located in the depths of the property at Knesebeckstraße 113. The property was under administration from 1916 and belonged to Ernst Ohloff from 1918. In 1918, the owner at the time, Ernst Ohloff, had the hall of the restaurant converted into the "Südstern" cinema for the "United Kukuk Excelsior Star". The cinema with 480 seats was run by director Hermann Baum and recorded daily and the program was changed twice a week. At times, Dr. Hermann Kahlenberg added, from 1925 there are seats for 527 spectators. Until the end of the 1930s, in addition to film screenings with a stage show, variety and stage performances were held on the 35 m² stage. In 1929, according to the cinema directory, Miss Ohloff took ownership of the cinema from the United Kukuk Excelsior Stern GmbH. Ms. A. Ohloff - residing at Schillerpromenade 2 - had meanwhile taken over the property in Knesebeckstrasse and Schillerpromenade. When the sound film technology of the company Klangfilm was introduced in 1932 with the change of ownership by Otto Voss, the latter also took the relationship that had ended with the star as an occasion to rename it "Südpalast". The previous acoustic support for silent films by musicians has been replaced by mechanical music . Otto Neumann was the managing director (demonstrator) for the cinema owner Voss. From 1935 on there are still 473 seats listed. The cinema continued in the war years until it ended in 1943, when the "South Palace" was damaged by air raids . Knesebeckstraße was renamed Silbersteinstraße in 1950 and the numbering changed from consecutive to alternating. The former cinema site was given the address Silbersteinstrasse 77. Until the house was demolished in 1982, the smaller hall building served as a furniture store for the “Ohloff'sche Erben Stargardt”. After the demolition, a five-storey residential building 77/79 was rebuilt.
UCI Gropius Passages

( Location )

Gropiusstadt
Johannisthaler Chaussee  307
since 1997
Exterior view from the west

With the large housing estate Gropiusstadt, a pavilion-style shopping mile was created on Johannisthaler Chaussee (293–327) in 1969, and from 1994 the Gropius Passagen was built over this area 295–327. The first construction phase (297–321) was finished in November 1996, the second (301–307) in September 1997 and the house opened on September 2, 1999. The UCI opened the “Kinowelt Gropius Passagen” on October 30, 1997 with six Cinema halls and a total of 1695 seats. These six cinemas were set up with the construction of the passage section on the second floor. In the overall building on the Johannisthaler Straße 307 property, the foyer is located under the roof next to the glass dome on two floors. The tickets below are sold in the three colors blue, yellow and red. The upper anteroom to the halls was redesigned at the beginning of 2008; instead of the bistro tables with chairs, dark brown two-seater sofas matching the oak parquet were provided for the café of the sales counter. There is a play area for children. The six cinema halls lead off from the foyer.

  • Cinema 1: 184 seats in 13 rows, digital projection on 67 m², Dolby Digital, DTS
  • Cinema 2: 172 seats in 12 rows, projection in digital / 3D on 68 m², Dolby Digital
  • Cinema 3: 200 seats in 13 rows, digital projection on 55 m², Dolby Digital, DTS
  • Cinema 4: 491 seats in 19 rows, projection in digital / 3D on 157 m², Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
  • Cinema 5: 324 seats in 15 rows, projection in digital / 3D on 106 m², Dolby Digital
  • Cinema 6: 334 seats in 15 rows, projection in digital / 3D on 106 m², Dolby Digital

Except for the largest hall “Kino 4”, the design of the others is the same: black ceilings, red walls with gray borders and a canvas without a curtain. All halls have rectangular lamps that represent a celluloid strip. Corridors and stairs are covered with the blue 'UCI' carpet and red light strips illuminate the steps in the dark. In mid-2012, “VIP armchairs” were installed in the last two rows: wide armrests, ergonomically shaped backrests, high headrests. Room 4 has the same armchairs and lamps, only the walls are blue and not red. The huge screen is curved here and a small stage has also been placed in front of it. Experts consider the projection in this hall to be one of the best in Berlin.

union

( Location )

Neukölln
Kienitzer Strasse  85
low-rise building behind Hermannstrasse 202
1910-1964
The cinema location in the state of 2016

The property at Steinmetzstrasse 83 ran straight to Kopfstrasse. In 1910, Pusewey & Eggert set up a cinematograph theater in the building at the rear of the property. In 1918 the Union-Kino with 200 seats and daily shows owned by Mrs. Frieda Hollenbach from Müggelstraße 21a is explicitly named. Bertha Frankenstein is in the cinema address book edition of 1920, Hermann Lindemann in 1921, Kuno Rohland in 1924 (192 seats), and then Hans Stolz in 1925. From 1927 Wilhelm Lampl is the owner of the Union-Kino: 205 seats, daily performances, two program changes per week, four musicians acoustically accentuated the silent films, who ran the business. Hardening. In the cinema directory, Lampl had the year 1907, then 1912, when the cinematograph theater was founded, and since 1930 he has named 1910 as the year the cinema was founded.

In 1932, sound film technology for showing sound films was installed in the 260-seat cinema. In 1934 Else Schubert owned the cinema, in 1937 it became Margot Hilgendorf. This led the cinema operations in the cinema and post-war years from 1941 as Union-Lichtspiele. In 1950 the address changes to Kienitzer Straße 85, as the renaming resulted in a change from horseshoe to reciprocal numbering of the properties. In 1962 Gerda Hilgendorf became the owner. From the end of the 1950s, the Unionlichtspiele are equipped with wooden chairs for 276 spectators. Demonstrations take place daily, every week there are 17 performances, one for young people and one for late night. The cinema technology with a Bauer 5 apparatus and pure coal light, plus the sound reproduction by means of sound film amplifiers, allowed SuperScope in single-channel optical sound. As the number of visitors declined, operations in the small cinema were probably unprofitable and stopped in 1964. The old buildings east of Falkstrasse were demolished around 1970 and new residential buildings were built from Kopfstrasse. As a result, Kienitzer Strasse was shortened and at the end of the 1970s the cinema site with the neighboring houses was demolished and the same new buildings were built around 1982. Kienitzer Strasse 84/90 remained on the north side, the residential block ring Kopfstrasse 25, 26, Falkstrasse 20 is unfinished. Nothing remained of the cinema building, it was located on the rear flat building of the furniture store at Hermannstrasse 201/202.

Universal theater

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  204/206
1911-1921 The buying and selling point of the cinematograph owners association was located in Bergstrasse 55/56. In 1911, the cinematograph owner Bernhard Finke opened a cinematograph theater here. In the 1914 address book, Finke is included in the residents' section or as a cinematograph owner, and in 1915 neither in the residents nor in the address section. During the war years neither the theater nor any similar institution was registered. In 1920 and 1921, Ferdinand Schulz's “Universal Theater” is listed in the cinema address book. This cinematograph theater had 140 seats and was used daily. After 1921 there are no more indications.

In 1947, when the numbering method was changed, Bergstrasse was renamed Karl-Marx-Strasse. On the property at Karl-Marx-Straße 204–206, which survived the Second World War unscathed, there is a residential building with shops and the commercial area with three transverse buildings.

Vistula play of light

( Location )

Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Strasse  55
1907-1921 In 1907 the innkeeper V. Michalowski operated his cinematograph at Berliner Strasse 80-81 on the eastern corner at Weichselstrasse 1. In the next year Michalowski had given up the cinema and the restaurant, he is no longer included in the Berlin population register. The architect Volney Michalowski is entered in the 1910 address book at Donaustraße 118 pt. (Corner of Weichselstraße 5.6). In 1909 Eugen Bastanier ran the cinematograph at Berliner Strasse 80/81. Among the residents of Berlin, Eugen Bastanier, who lived at Rixdorfer Tellstrasse 13, was the cinema owner at Berliner Strasse 80/81 and on Kottbusser Damm 83-85 from 1910 to 1913.

For the year 1919, Joseph Serno (instead of owner) lists the profession in the address book 1920 for the first time as a merchant, in the address section as Serno w . In 1920 and 1921 the “Weichsel-Lichtspiele” by Joseph Serno with 200 seats and daily performances are recorded in the cinema directory.

Neither in the cinema address book nor in the Berlin address book are there any indications of a cinema in Berliner Straße 80/81 after 1922. From 1928 to before 1940, the Serno siblings (Bergstraße 144) are listed as owners of the house and coffee house, and the Schöneck bakery was also in the house . Since 1947, the corner of Wechselstrasse has been addressed to Karl-Marx-Strasse 55 with a simultaneous change in the land census. In the five-storey residential building, the former cinematograph and guest rooms, which can be seen on the ground floor at the inclined corner entrance, have been used by a large shop since the 1950s. Obviously, the large shop windows were installed during a building renovation. The neighboring buildings were also largely undamaged during the World War.

World film stage

( Location )

Neukölln
Kottbusser Damm  76
1947-1964 The Kottbusser Damm 76 property has a street frontage of 25 meters and is 100 meters deep. The new building stood here in 1911. The front building, like the neighboring building (73–76), was damaged in air raids and was rebuilt in the 1950s as an apartment building. In the rear part is the "Ballhaus Rixdorf", the building of which was built in 1910 as the Hohenstaufen festival hall. In the post-war years, the world film stage was set up in the backyard in 1947. In Johanna Hoßfeld's cinema there were 520 seats and a stage measuring 6 m × 5 m × 8 m with a theater license, and there were two performances a day. The cinema equipment was a projector 'Ernemann VII B' and sound film amplifier 'Klarton' and slide with sound, Erich Bläsing ran the business. From 1953 this was Oskar Roeder, there were three performances a day and a late night and a matine performance. The sound amplifiers were then Klangfilm-Eurodyn. 1956 was extended to wide screen with a screen of 7.4 m × 3.8 m and the picture and sound system CinemaScope single-channel light sound in 1: 2.35. The seating was 493 flat and upholstered folding armchairs. In addition, Johanna Hoßfeld had become the wife of the managing director Johanna Roeder. The world film stage was started as a cinema in 1966. Game operations ended in 1964, after which the Rixi was housed. The Penny Club was established in 1966 and numerous bands rehearsed there in the 1970s. It has been a 'studio and event location' since 1975 under the name Ballhaus Rixdorf.
Vienna Berlin

( Location )

Neukölln
Hermannstrasse  233
1910-1962
Formerly Vienna Berlin - now VillaNeukölln

The movie theater was founded on the corner of Zietenstraße in the tenement Hermannstraße 210, where the sculptor Richard Potschka opened a cinematograph theater in 1910. The light games in the “Zietenhof” and the café are included in the address section of the Berlin address book for the first time. In the residents' section of the address books, “Potschka & Co.” is recorded in 1910 and 1911 with the cinematograph “Neues Theater Lichtbildspiele” at Hermannstrasse 210 (500 m south between Briesestrasse and Werbellinstrasse, then Zietenstrasse ).

The residential building Hermannstraße 233, with the sloping entrance on the corner of the house, typical for a restoration in the corner house (at Biebricher Straße 15.16), is located on the north side of Biebricher Straße and borders on St. Jacobi churchyard I. After the cinema was closed in 1913 In 1914, the cinematograph "Neues Theater" by "Richard Potschka & Co." was moved to the new building in the newly built residential building with restoration rooms on the ground floor. Richard Potschka is again referred to as a sculptor and (1915) plasterer after 1913 but is not entered as such in the commercial section. He moved his residence from Richardplatz 8 to Schudomastraße 7/8 and then to Schierkestraße 35, for 1915 he was a plasterer. Otto Schulze can only be found in the Berlin address book from 1918. It remains unclear when and by whom the implementation of the cinematograph was carried out or whether operations were suspended during the First World War.

In 1918 Otto Schulze took over the cinema with 250 seats in Hermannstrasse 233 under the name “Vienna-Berlin”. It was continued under this cinema name in 1920/1921 by Richard Wagner from Treptow - with the specified 300 seats - he states 1910 in the cinema address book as the year the cinematograph theater was founded. The next entry in the address book of the Lichtbild-Bühne shows Karl Fried for the Lichtspielhaus Vienna-Berlin for 1924 to 1928, with Fritz Sewitzkat as managing director (1927) and the addition of the address Bayerische Filmgesellschaft. Finally, from 1929 Eduard Rösler took over the operation of the 300 seats in Vienna-Berlin and used four musicians to provide background music for the silent films that were shown daily. In 1931, sound films were shown using cinema sound technology. In the mid-1930s the number of seats was increased from 300 to 313 and in 1939 Emma Rösler became the owner of the Vienna-Berlin cinema.

The building will probably remain playable without any significant effects of the war and the cinema operations will be continued in the post-war years by Emma Rösler. In 1957 she made Ilse Scholz managing director, daily performance on 313 unpadded Kamphöner spectator seats, 17 performances per week. With an Ernemann IV projector, widescreen films 1: 2.35 are played in Cinemascope single-channel optical sound. The Vienna-Berlin cinema was operated in this constellation until 1962, when falling audience numbers reduced profitability. The restored corner building at Hermannstraße 233 with a connection to Biebricher Straße 15 and with the typical restaurant entrance on the corner of the house on the ground floor has meanwhile been used for catering purposes and has also stood empty. The “Villa Neukölln” cafe-bar stage has been located in the cinemas of Vienna-Berlin since 2012. There are 120 seats available for a wide variety of events - for example for the 48 hours Neukölln art festival , as a ballroom or for discussion groups. If requested, films can still be shown using old cinema technology. For example, the 1931 film Lights of the Big City was released in January 2014 .
In contrast, the house at Hermannstrasse 210 survived the war, but was torn down around 1980. With the progressive redevelopment on Werbellinstraße to Hermannstraße, the cinema building was replaced by a row apartment block until 1984. The cinema rooms in 210 from 1910/1912 have thus disappeared.

wolf

( Location )

Neukölln
Weserstraße  59
since 2017
The Wolf Cinema (2019)
Cinema with two halls and a café-bar, opened on February 14, 2017. The armchairs in the two halls come from the Adria-Kino in Berlin-Steglitz. There is also the Wolf Studio next door (entrance Wildenbruchstraße), a changeable room for film screenings, exhibitions and workshops.

literature

  • Sylvaine Hänsel, Angelika Schmitt (eds.): Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Verlag Reimer, Berlin 1995, 296 pages, ISBN 3-496-01129-7 .
  • Reich cinema address book. Berlin, LBB 1918–1942. ( Location lists )
  • Matthias Gibner: Challenges and tendencies in the German cinema market with special consideration of the Berlin situation . Diploma thesis, 2006. In addition: Online in the Google book search

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kino-Wiki main page, accessed on January 18, 2020. Kinowiki deals with the history of movie theaters in Germany and tries to collect all information about movie theaters and movie theaters in Germany. It is sorted according to federal states and cities. Everyone is called upon to supplement the data or correct errors.
  2. The breakdown by districts and districts is based on the district reform of 2001.
  3. ^ Stefan Strauss: Film? Running. Publication in the Berliner Zeitung , March 27, 2017, p. 13.
  4. a b c d Kino-Pharus-Plan Berlin from Verlag Kino-Adressbuch, Berlin W 35: Printed by Pharus-Verlags GmbH SW 68, Lindenstrasse 3
  5. a b c d e f g A journey through time about the fate of the Neukölln cinemas
  6. Sylvaine Hänsel, Angelika Schmitt (ed.): Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995. Verlag Reimer, Berlin 1995, page 118
  7. ^ A b Friedrich Wilhelm Foss: Flicker on the Iron Curtain Berlin Border Cinemas 1950–1961. On berliner- Grenzkinos.de ( Memento from June 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. according to the district reform from 2001, regardless of historical locations and classifications.
  9. The United Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern-Lichtspiele had built a new movie theater in Sonnenallee, for which the name Excelsior was used.
  10. Sylvaine Hänsel, Angelika Schmitt (ed.): Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995. Verlag Reimer, Berlin 1995, page 119.
  11. The new film 98/1952
  12. cf. the picture on Allekinos.com/BERLIN Image rights: Hans-Joachim Andree .
  13. former AKI 1975 (Hans-Joachim Andree)
  14. Bergstrasse 64 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, V., p. 418. “Owner: Widow L. Seeger; eleven tenants and business people: in particular the Reichsadler shoe mail order company owned by businessman W. Temmler ”.
  15. Bergstrasse 64 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1913, V., p. 751. "The owner is the privateer A. Rosenberg from No. 22, six tenants" (The Reichsadler shoe mail order company is no longer specified. The general representative R. lives in house 67 on Emserstraße. Barniske, the concert director Barniske and the representative H. Barniske of a cinematograph facility, plus eleven tenants and Deutsche Prismen-Industrie GmbH.).
  16. View on Streetview 2008
  17. formerly Atlas cinema
  18. ↑ Damage to buildings in Neukölln in 1945. Verlag B. Aust on behalf of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  19. Sylvaine Hänsel, Angelika Schmitt (ed.): Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995. Verlag Reimer, Berlin 1995, p. 119, Entzwirf des Saal from 1953.
  20. The new film 92/1954
  21. Allekinos.com: Atlas
  22. In 1969 there is still the entry: “Atlas-Palast, B 44, Flughafenstr. 5, Tel. 681352 (6865163) "
  23. Neukölln Monument List
  24. Later photo with the neighboring LIDL store
  25. ^ Opening of the drive-in cinema Rudow 1966 (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung): Berliner Lichtspielhäuser; Drive-in cinema Rudow, Waltersdorfer Strasse; Night shot; Ruth Maria Kubitschek cut the ribbon with a chimpanzee.
  26. The first Berlin drive-in cinema was built on Motardstrasse in Spandau-Siemensstadt.
  27. Motor off doors to film . In: Berliner Morgenpost from July 18, 2009: “… the giant screen made of metal and not, as in Siemensstadt, made of Eternit. According to the American consultants, metal promises a brighter picture. But that didn't help in thick fog either; then the film evening turned into a radio play event. "
  28. from: Das Filmtheater 2,3 / 83
  29. Motor off doors to film . In: Berliner Morgenpost from July 18, 2009: “... Then the demand fell, places had to close. At the beginning of the 80s, the organizers tried to keep the audience with harmless sex films like Schoolgirl Report and Das bumsfidele Heiratsbüro or to attract a new one. "
  30. Autokino Berlin at kinokompendium.de
  31. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 3021 ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 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. , Soldner coordinates X = 32225, Y = 8330 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  32. Siegfriedstrasse 36.37 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, V., p. 515. “The owner is Baroness von dem Bottlernberg, 24 tenants, s. a. Boberstrasse 4 “(Rixdorf).
  33. Siegfriedstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1913, V, p. 821. “The manager of the house is the innkeeper E. Jesch. There are still 15 tenants registered. ”(Is included under Neukölln as a suburb in Part V.).
  34. Siegfriedstrasse 36.37 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1915, V., p. 850 (in 1918 the house was under compulsory administration and E. Jesch, as the owner of the cinema, was the manager of the house with ten tenants.).
  35. Siegfriedstrasse 36.37 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1936, IV. “The owner of the house is Dr. E. Heimann from W 15, Joachimstaler Strasse 17. The other tenants include the grocer W. Arlt and the company Lebensmittel K. Schönfelder. "
  36. The residential building Boberstrasse 3 was not rebuilt and is a green area, Emserstrasse 94/95 is a gap built in the 1950s.
  37. ↑ Damage to buildings in Neukölln in 1945.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  38. ^ Hermannstrasse in Rixdorf . In: Address book for Berlin and its suburbs , 1900, V., p. 163. "The house 120 belongs to the rentier (owner) C. Troll from the neighboring house 119. Next to the cigar shop E. Blitschau and the innkeeper W. Hollbach, seven other tenants are included. The neighboring plots belong to the Lazarus heirs, 121 as storage space for a building materials store, 122 as building land. ”(In 1905 121 belongs to plot 120 as a garden, 122 is the stonecutter place of the grave monument factory.).
  39. Hermannstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, V., p. 437. “← Knesebeckstraße → 117, 118 and 119: tenement houses, 120: owner: Rentier C. Troll from No. 119, 12 tenants and the innkeeper Ludwig Hirsch, 121: garden to 120, 122: Steinmetzplatz of the grave monument factory F. Breitkreutz owned by the Lazarusian heirs, 123 and 124: tenement houses ← Mariendorfer Weg → “(In 1905 the innkeeper Hollbach and a green goods store were registered in addition to the tenants. In 1907, Hirsch was first accepted as an innkeeper.) .
  40. Kino Wiki: Research Results
  41. a b cinema Pharusplan Berlin cinema-address-Verlag Max Mattisson, SW 68, Ritterstraße 71; Lith. Printing: Pharus-Verlags GmbH SW 68, Lindenstrasse 3
  42. ↑ part of the street . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1933, IV., P. 1786 (Hirsch and Perl are also entered in the commercial section under Hermannstrasse 120.).
  43. ^ Hermannstrasse 121: Plan of Berlin. ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Sheet 4131 from the years 1936 to 1993 X = 26825, Y = 15390 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  44. Hermannstrasse 120 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, IV., P. 1937. "The owner is the widow O. Liebstein from O27, among the 18 tenants is Kaisers Kaffee and the innkeeper Theodor Krey."
  45. Bergstrasse 102/106 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1913, V., p. 751. “The owner of the property is Rixdorfer Maschinenfabrik GmbH, formerly. C. Schlickeysen. In addition to the company itself (director W. Schäfer as administrator), users are also the cinema owner S. Rappapo (r) t, the innkeeper W. Ruh, the jam company Sauer, an engine factory and "behind no. 102" is the Deutsche Linoleum- und Oilcloth Comp. ← Ringbahn → 107–109: Bahnhof Neukölln ← Saalestraße → “(Samuel Rappapo (r) t is registered with the same address in the residents' area. In the address book 1911 - Part I, p. 2340 - Samuel Rappaport, Kinematographentheater, p. 42, Alexandrinenstrasse 97. T.IV.7303. The postal district S42 was Kreuzberg. At this time Paul Rappaport owned a ladies hat factory in Alexandrinenstrasse 97 1st, 2nd, 3rd floor.).
  46. Neuköllner Tor shopping center
  47. Cinema in the Neukölln Arcaden - Cineplex Neukölln
  48. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4135 ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 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. , Soldner coordinates 26900/17230 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  49. http://www.kinokompendium.de/cineplex_neukoelln_kino_berlin.htm
  50. School or daycare in the cinema ( Memento from September 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  51. Neukölln Großkino Karli plunges into the battle of the multiplexes . Der Tagesspiegel, July 28, 2000.
  52. Street view, interior view of all halls
  53. see also grotto cinema
  54. Kottbusser Damm 72: The (previously) twelve-party apartment building of the Mettesche heirs has been demolished and entered in the address book in 1912 as a new building for the Berlin City Mission. The apartment building number 73 on the opposite street corner was on the property at Kottbusser Damm 73 / Lenaustraße 28/29.
  55. Kottbusser Damm . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, III., P. 449. “← Lenaustraße → 73: Owner Director F. Bendix from Andreasstraße 32. In addition to other tenants: businessman A. Abraham, businessman O. Breuer, photographer F. Bahn and clothing embroidery G. Albrecht, four women's clothing manufacturers and tailors. ”(Bahn and Breuer were recorded in the house from 1910 to 1914).
  56. The Kino Wiki does not contain any precise information on the source. The entry at Allekinos.com is also not explained in more detail.
  57. Kottbusser Damm 75 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1913, III., P. 453. “Owner: Baumeister F. Körting; among the 40 tenants: cinematograph A. Busch, innkeeper H. Lichtblau ”(In the 1910 address book next to innkeeper A. Blum is the grave monument manufacturer Adolf Busch (# 378). In the following year 1911 (# 399), next to the grave monument manufacturer Adolf, there is also the cinematograph theater -Owner Adolf Busch with his apartment in Friedenau, Ortrudstrasse 4. 1912 is included in the street part as in 1911 and until after 1914. In the address book 1914 (# 4544) there is no longer Busch with his cinematograph theater next to the innkeeper Lichtblau, but a second innkeeper P. Schilling. An Adolf Busch is listed in 1914 (# 427) as a merchant in Charlottenburg, Sybelstrasse 40 I. The grave monument manufacturer Adolf Busch died in 1912 (405), as the Adolf Busch company is now the successor, owner Fritz Wolff, for Kottbusser Damm 77 with the shop and No. 75 with the apartment is noted.).
  58. ↑ Damage to buildings 1945 (Kottbusser Damm: Kreuzberg to Neukölln) Verlag B. Aust i. A. of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection52.491069 & ost = 13.421744  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  59. ^ Plan of Berlin. ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Compare the editions of sheet 4135 from 1951 and 1958, Soldner coordinates 26336/18125 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  60. Donaustraße 24 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1919, V., p. 717. "Owner (see also Fuldastraße 4/5): Widow H. Lazarus from Berlin, the innkeeper A. Kuhn among the 27 tenants." (Live in Fuldastraße 4/5 There are still nine tenants. Karl Warnemünde is registered as in the residents - also in the street section under Fuldastraße 6 I. Such an entry is missing in the address book in 1918. Warnemünde has changed apartment with bookseller Temps.).
  61. ^ To Kino Wiki: Reichs-Kino-Adreßbuch, third year 1921/22, based on official material. Verlag der Lichtbild-Bühne, printing date September 1921. “Donau-Lichtspiele, Neukölln, Donaustr. 24 (daily) 136 I: Frieda Warnemünde geb. Wissel, Neukölln, Fuldastraße 6 I. "
  62. Commercial part . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1924, II. (1923 still registered as a writer: Part I, p. 3402 # 3480.).
  63. Damage to buildings 1945 Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : The corner house on Donau- / Fuldastraße is marked in light blue.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  64. The new film 77/1952
  65. Reichskino Adressbuch Volume 16: "Echo, Berlin-Buckow-Ost, Rudower Straße 17/19, F: 606116, Gr: 6. 11. 1937, daily 456 I: Echo-Tonfilmtheater W. Voß & Co., Berlin SO, Manteuffelstrasse 118, F: 688563 "
  66. ^ Rudower Strasse Buckow . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1938, IV, S. 1845. “15: Owner tailor K. Neils / 17.19: The owners are businessman W. Voss from SO36 Manteuffelstraße 118, businessman J. Feige from SO36 Lausitzer Platz 16 and businessman P. Franke from Neukölln, user: Echo-Tonfilmtheater / 21.23: Olex GmbH petrol station. “(For the previous year 1937: Rudower Straße 15: master tailor Neils, 17.19: construction sites, 21.23: Olex GmbH, petrol station).
  67. ^ Image from the Deutsche Fotothek "Cinema posters on the facade of the film theater with advertising" East residents pay half the price for this program! "" May 26, 1951, photographer Fritz Eschen.
  68. (Property) 35 is located on the southern lane of Flughafenstrasse adjacent to Hermannstrasse 36.
  69. Hermannstrasse 35 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1905, V., p. 4317. "The owner of the house is the reindeer C. Helbig from Mühlenstrasse 10, its manager is the innkeeper J. Kober" (in 1900 Helbig was still a master carpenter. The innkeeper Kober is in the beginning tenant and now manager of the rentier and also ran the restoration.).
  70. Hermannstrasse 35 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, V., p. 466. "Owner Weingroßhandlung A. Ulrich from Berlin, administrator construction worker Behrend, the two brewers are among the tenants, but no innkeeper or innkeeper, but Otto Zahn Lichtspiele." (The innkeeper Kober is listed in the address book for the last time in 1911, whereby the wine wholesaler is already the house owner. On the other hand, Kober as innkeeper documents the use of the guest rooms for film screenings since 1903. 1913–1915: H. Dre (e) se as cinema owner. 1914/1923 : Waiter J. Schröder. 1915/1920 L. Katz & Cie. Restaurant items, then shoe store, 1920 cinema owner J. Hahn).
  71. ^ Printing date September 1921: "Elite-Lichtspiele, Neukölln, Hermannstr. 35, founded: 1903 (daily) 200 I: Johannes Hahn, Berlin W. 35, Steglitzer Str. 3, F: Nollend. 4328. "
  72. ^ From: Peter Boeger: Architecture of the movie theater in Berlin . Willmuth Arenhövel, Berlin 1993.
  73. Chausseestrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1932, IV., P. 1738. "← Wilhelmstrasse → 39: City of Berlin: Innkeeper P. Schilling, 40: four-party house by B. Schulz." (House 40 was in the area of ​​the planned street.).
  74. Chausseestrasse 39 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1933, IV., P. 1732. “← Wilhelmstrasse → 39: Owner City of Berlin: User: Filmsck-Britz Tonfilmtheater GmbH.” (Editorial deadline was December 1932).
  75. Chausseestrasse 39 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, IV., P. 1867. “Property owner: businessman W. Voss from SO36 Manteuffelstrasse 118, businessman J. Feige from SO36 Lausitzer Platz 16 and businessman P. Franke from Neukölln / user: Tonfilmtheater Folienck Britz, innkeeper W. Meyer, rewinder G. Wittstock ".
  76. after research in Kino Wiki : “Filmsck Britz (American Sector - Britz) Britzer Damm 115, phone: 808283, owner: Wilhelm Voss u. H. Feige, Managing Director: Wilhelm Voss; Seats: 706, 7 days, 15 presentations, slide, picture a. Sound system: SuperScope, 1-KL, 4-KM, size ratio: 1: 2.55 "
  77. Rock archive: Berlin scene
  78. The Huxleys
  79. New world
  80. Freiluftkino Hasenheide 2016 ( Memento from September 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  81. Picture gallery on the cinema page ( Memento from September 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  82. Entrance, auditorium, screen and projector building 2010
  83. Inhabitants of Berlin and its suburbs . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1913, I., p. 98 (In the previous and following year, Fritz Barrheine was recorded with buttonhole embroidery in the street section under Königsberger 26.27 Hinterhaus pt.).
  84. ^ Resident of Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1934, I., p. 1157. “Kaufmann Wilhelm Kenzler, O34 Königsberger Strasse 18”.
  85. Gala light shows. Hauptstrasse 48
  86. ^ Official opening of the office building at Karl-Marx-Straße 92-98 (former Hertie building) . Press release from August 31, 2010.
  87. Hermannstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, IV., P. 1937. "← Glasower Strasse → 145: six-party apartment building, 146: Bergapotheke KR Klug in his house, 147 (saDelbrückstrasse 32) ten-party tenement house ← Delbrückstrasse → ← Hertastrasse →".
  88. Photo of the former Globus Palace in 1984
  89. Kottbusser Damm 95 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, IV., P. 1958.
  90. The Film Week 8/1952
  91. The new film 16/1952
  92. former Heli 1975 (image rights: Hans-Joachim Andree)
  93. Hermannstrasse 166.167 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, V., p. 468. “The owner of the house is E. Schulze, among the 23 tenants there is also an innkeeper Bellenbaum and the theater director P. Neumann-Nelson” (innkeeper and theater director also live here in the following years. "Zigold & Braun" with the cinematograph theater are also registered as users for the year 1912.).
  94. ^ Resident of Berlin: Warsaw . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1927, I., p. 3654.
  95. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4124 ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 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. X = 27670, Y = 17120 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  96. "On Wednesday, March 1st, 1989, 8 pm, the film Solo Sunny by Konrad Wolf will be shown in the Ili-Kino, Innstrasse 35, Neukölln ." (TAZ 1989)
  97. Company information
  98. Exterior view of the corner of the house with KINO and removed Ili lettering in February 1992. Author: Helmut Böttcher
  99. Bar / Cinema / Café
  100. Cinema Compendium: Pictures from February 2015
  101. Braunauer Strasse 164 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, IV., P. 1910. "Owner M. Fischer from Grünau (also Treptower Straße 97/98), innkeeper Max Raguse's restaurant is in the six-story tenement with 24 heads of household".
  102. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4028 ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. X = 28090, Y = 14305 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  103. Rudower Strasse 66 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1928, IV., P. 1768. "← Johannisthaler Strasse → 66.67: Property owners: Innkeeper Otto Kohlschmidt and" Loyda & Papp Britzer Kammerspiele ", as well as four workers as tenants ← Grünauer Strasse →".
  104. Rudower Strasse 66.67 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1931, IV. "Land owner Gastwirt Kohlschmidt, among the tenants H. Schulze, cinema owner" (In the cinema address book, Papp and Loyda are entered for 1927 to 1931, but according to the Berlin address book they are no longer co-owners in 1929 of the property.).
  105. ^ Resident of Berlin: Kuhnert . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1938, I., p. 1516. "Georg Kuhnert, Kinobes., Britz, Rudower Strasse 66.67, apartment: Neukölln Bergstrasse 153" (same apartment 1943).
  106. Kottbusser Damm . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1914, III., P. 470. “← Bürknerstrasse → 90: tenement house, 91: tenement house, 92: Kukuk Lichtspielhaus GmbH owns the house with eleven tenants, 93: tenement house with a branch of the Städtische Sparkasse Neukölln . 94: tenement house, 95: tenement house ← Schinkestrasse → “(In the Berlin commercial section under cinematographic ideas, the Kukuk-Lichtspielhaus, S59, Kottbusser Damm 92 is also noted in the 1914 edition, not yet for the previous year. The tenement house number 92 already belonged to the “Lichtspiel VarietéGes Kukuk GmbH”. This had taken over the house with several commercial rooms - furniture, umbrella shop, tea shop, bed feather cleaning, paint shop, cleaning shop - from master saddler W. Weitz.).
  107. According to research KinoWiki . Reichs-Kino address book edited according to official material , third year 1921/1922, Verlag der Lichtbild-Bühne, printing date September 1921, Volume 3 Distribution District I Eastern Germany: "Kukuk, Neukölln, Kottbuser Damm 92, Gr: 1919 (daily) 1000 I : United Kukuk Excelsior Star, Berlin, SW. 48, Friedrichstrasse 20 "
  108. Kottbusser Damm 92 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, IV., P. 1958. " E. Kukuk-Lichtspielhaus GmbH from Hermannstrasse 49, tenants: master painter, master tailor, belt maker, merchant, construction worker, elevator operator, worker, saleswoman, caretaker, leather worker" (Das Haus Hermannstrasse 49 belongs to Stern Lichtspielhaus GmbH. Among the 20 tenants: the property management of Neuköllner Lichtspieltheater GmbH and the management of "Vereinigte Kukuk, Excelsior, Stern Lichtspieltheater".).
  109. Hall of the Kukuk-Lichtspiele. (Archive material - Museum Neukölln) (in gallery: fourth picture, first row)
  110. Description of the Lux at allekinos.com
  111. View of the corner building from 2002
  112. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4022 ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 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. X = 30915, Y = 10330 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  113. The Film Week 43/1951
  114. compare the picture from 1998 on Kino Wiki
  115. Cinema view from the 1950s (film: Hotel Sahara)
  116. Deutsche Bauzeitung, year 1927, page 638
  117. Pictures before the war and from 1955 (Photo source: Filmblätter 40/55)
  118. Mercedespalast cinema hall 1927 (from Peter Boeger: Architektur der Lichtspieltheater in Berlin . 1993)
  119. Europa-Palast with Roxy 1960 (The last days of Pompeji (1959) | Film: The last days of Pompeji) and for comparison Mercedespalast in the article on neukoellner.net/zeitreisen/glanz-und-gloria-des-lichtspiels
  120. ↑ Part of the population . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, I., p. 1791. "Maue, Eugen, Kaufmann, Rixdorf, Hermannstraße 20 2nd floor (owner)" (In the following as theater director Maue, followed by Ms. Alma Maue, née Rockendorf, theater director of the Volkstheater, 1920 as widow Maue).
  121. Hermannstrasse 20 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1918, V., p. 732. “House owner is theater director A. Maue, Volks-Theater, eight residents-tenants” (same entry for the previous year).
  122. Inhabitants of Berlin and its suburbs . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1919, I., p. 2695. "Erich Sindlinger, theater director and cinema owner, Anzengruber Straße 12" (In the Neukölln address section he is entered with Lichtspiel at Hermannstraße 20, in the commercial section under "cinematographic presentations" under Anzengruber Street. A year later the Volkstheater is no longer open and Frau Maue is named as a widow.).
  123. ^ "The Rixi-Theater, Neukölln, was taken over by Mr. Paul Grasse on March 26th." From: Der neue Film 29/1954
  124. Cinema enjoyment under the sign of the 1950s : “One of the most beautiful cinemas in the city is just a few steps from Hermannplatz and well hidden behind an inconspicuous tenement facade. The stylish fifties ambience and the first-class selection of films with daily OmU screenings make the NEUE OFF a very special cinema. "
  125. Neues Off Kino Hermannstrasse 20, Berlin 12049
  126. kinokompendium.de: Pictures from 2007 and 2009
  127. Keyword: European widescreen format: picture of the projector room, May 2009
  128. The history of the Olympia restaurant
  129. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4031 ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 the Soldner coordinates 27100/10745 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  130. Pictures from the cinema and restaurant
  131. ^ Leisten-Beyer.de: The story
  132. Entry in the cinema address book Verlag Mattisson, 2nd year July 1925: “United Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern-Lichtspiele, Gf: Hermann Baum, Dr. Hermann Kahlenberg, PI .: 951. Will be rebuilt. "
  133. The Kinematograph No. 983 December 25, 1925
  134. The new film 66/1956
  135. Former Palast-Kino Stern 1975 (image rights: Hans-Joachim Andree)
  136. Panorama-Lichtspieltheater, Fritz-Reuter-Allee 184, construction started in 1958
  137. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4131 ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 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. X = 26600, Y = 15480 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  138. compare: Interactive aerial photo 1928 * 2015 : Location south of the Ringbahn and west of Hermannstrasse.
  139. The new film 91/1954
  140. Hall and foyer 1954 (source: Filmblätter 39/54 - Arthur Köster)
  141. Yorck.de: Cinema Passage
  142. Passage Karl-Marx-Straße 131/133 Richardstraße 12/13
  143. allekinos.com: Interior shots 2006
  144. Pictures of all halls and of the foyer
  145. History of passage on yorck.de
  146. kinokompendium.de: passage
  147. Passage Neukölln
  148. Yorck.de: Cinema Rollberg
  149. kindlboulevard.de: The passage
  150. ^ Kindl-Boulevard, Rollbergstrasse 70, Neukölln . Berliner Zeitung , January 2, 1998.
  151. Yorck.de: Rollberg
  152. ^ Kinokompendium.de: Images of the Rollberg cinemas
  153. Picture gallery on www.yorck.de
  154. Kinokompendium.de: Description of the Rollbergkinos
  155. yorck.de: Cinema history of rolling hill
  156. Rollkrug tenement: Hermannstrasse 256, 257, 258, Karl-Marx-Strasse 2
  157. Biography of producer Jules Greenbaum
  158. "Rixdorf. Berlinerstr. 1 the Vitacsope theater 'Rollkrug' was opened. ”The Kinematograph 97/1908
  159. Entrance to the Kino im Rollkrug (1972) on gettyimages
  160. Rudow: Benda Street . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1936, IV., S. 1908. "← Bismarckstrasse → 30: Master baker, 32/34: Innkeeper Friederike Wendler and two residents: Modellbau R. Wedler and a tiler." (The innkeeper is K. Lorenz, Resident of the carpenter R. Wedler. The innkeeper Oskar Hübner used Ms. Wedler's property in 1938. In 1920, Friederike Wedler is listed as an innkeeper in the commercial part of Rudow, a construction site on property 52. ​​In 1930, Ms. Wedler's property is numbered consecutively as 52 .).
  161. ↑ Heads of household, registered companies and commercial enterprises . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1939, I., S. 1501. "Kramp & Co., Lichtspieltheater, Rudow, Bendastraße 32.34" (The property Bendastraße 32.34 for the private owners Wedler is entered in the address section. The users are Kramp & Co. and the Innkeeper Oskar Huebner. The restaurant and the cinema are obviously organizationally independent.).
  162. In the 1938 address book (edition for 1937), the owner of the cinema, Max Markendorf, residing at Rudow Waltersdorfer Chaussee 13, is recorded in the residents' section I. In the following year he is registered as a businessman.
  163. Staedte-Klamotten.com : "[...] used several times as a restaurant with a large hall. It was rebuilt around 1930/1931. "
  164. Flicker on the iron curtain of Berlin border cinemas 1950–1961 ( Memento from June 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  165. Restaurant Prierosser Straße 32/34, built in 1848 by master carpenter Joh. Carl Mette
  166. Innkeepers . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1915, V., p. 875. “E. Beerbaum, Knesebeckstraße 113 Eg., Telefon ”(1919 is the owner of the tenement house of Rentier Ernst Rohloff from Schillerpromenade 2, which he also owns.).
  167. ^ Edition Heinrich: Music and Theater in Rixdorf and Neukölln . Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-926175-78-8
  168. Knesebeckstrasse 113 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1933, IV., P. 1810. "In the house of the owner A. Ohloff you can find among the 12 tenants: Otto Voss, Lichtspiele" (Otto Voss was not entered here in the previous year. In addition, the cinema owner takes Voss his apartment at Hermannstrasse 106/107).
  169. Knesebeckstrasse 113 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, IV., P. 1955. “The owner of the house is M. Stargardt, a manufacturer from Niederschönhausen, Nordendstrasse 14-16. Among the 16 tenants in the house is the cinema owner Otto Voss, but his place of residence is Hermannstrasse 106.107 ”.
  170. ^ Statements on UCI cinemas
  171. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4024 ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 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. X = 28460, Y = 11410 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  172. Kino Wiki: United Cinemas International
  173. The cinema prices for 2012: Tuesday: 5.70 euros, Monday and Wednesday: 6.60 euros, Thursday: 7.20 euros and Friday to Sunday 8.20 euros. Surcharges apply: reservation 0.60 euros per ticket, box surcharge: 1.00 euros, for 3D performances: 3.00 euros and 1.00 euros for the 3D glasses. There are discounts for children under 12, schoolchildren and students
  174. Foyer and halls (2007)
  175. Description and assessment on kinokompendium.de
  176. Steinmetzstrasse 83 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1908, V., p. 379. “← Hermannstrasse → 81.82 also Hermannstrasse 203: Mietshaus, 83 s. a. Kopfstrasse 36: House owner Rentier - previously gravel dealership - W. Kanzler, five tenants ”.
  177. Steinmetzstrasse 83 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, V., p. 517. “Tenement with nine tenants: including the headquarters of“ Pusewey & Eggert, Kinotheater ”.” (The company is included in the residents' section on page 2362, but not yet in the Rixdorf 1912 commercial section In the commercial section they are noted with cinematographic ideas in 1913 and 1914.).
  178. Union-Kino in der Kienitzer (on panoramio) after 1960 and impression of the street
  179. Bergstrasse 55.56 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, V., p. 378. “The house belongs to the factory owner A. Arndt. Among the 50 tenants are various activities and in particular the buying and selling point of the Kinematographenhaber-Verein eGmbH i. Liqu. ”(The association is already listed in 1906.).
  180. Bergstrasse 55.56 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, v., P. 447. “The house of the Arndt heirs is administered by the widow E. Arndt. The cinema owner Finke is named among the 46 tenants. The restaurant by W. Brandt. ”(In the following year, recorded in the resident part with residence and cinema in Neukölln, Bergstrasse 55.56.).
  181. In the war years 1915 to 1918 the town kitchen is in the house. Afterwards, for example, in 1922 the Qäkerküche municipal department.
  182. Bergstrasse 55.56 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1921, V., p. 727. “The cinema owner Willibald Griep is a tenant in the house. In the commercial section with cinematographic presentations in Bergstrasse 55/56. . See also Part IS 898 among the inhabitants "(The residents part is not Greeks g contain 1922 Grieg is neither in population sub -. / 1012 / - still in the street part - / 6484 / -. In the address book in 1923 there are no longer any movie reference. ).
  183. ^ Berliner Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1908, V., p. 333. "80.81 see also Weichselstrasse 1: The house owners are the Serno siblings from Bergstrasse 144. The innkeeper V. Michalowski is named among the eleven tenants." (In the commercial section for Rixdorf: "Kinematographen" is listed as a cinematograph owner on page 396 B. Michalowski, Berliner Straße 80.81. In the residents 'part, Volny Michalowski is explicitly named as innkeeper and cinematographers' theater, Rixdorf, Berliner Straße 80.81 pt or Carl Dallu, telephone Rixd. 687.).
  184. ^ Rixdorf: Berliner Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, V., p. 381. “House owners - also from Weichselstrasse 1 - are the siblings J. and H. Serno from Bergstrasse 144, among the eleven users: E. Bastanier, Kinematograph” (also in Rixdorf business directory registered with cinematograph.).
  185. Inhabitants of Berlin and suburbs . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, I., p. 110. “Bastanier, Eugen, Damenkonfektion, Tellstrasse 13 III. Stock, T: Ri. 1132, Kinematographen-Theater Berliner Strasse 80.81 and S59, Kottbusser Damm 83−85, Telephone “(1908 Eugen Bastanier lives as a master tailor in Weichselstrasse 11, 1st floor, in 1909 lives in Tellstrasse 13, II. Et In 1914 Eugen Bastanier at Tellstrasse was again a master tailor for men, but was no longer included in the 1915 edition.).
  186. ↑ Part of the population: Serno . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1915, I., p. 2992. "Serno, Herrmann, architect, construction business, Neukölln, Bergstrasse 144 I.Et. T: 9130; Serno, Joseph, owner, Bergstrasse 144 I.Et. ”(In 1917 the reindeer Miss Maria Serno is also the owner of the house at Berliner Strasse 80.81, but Hermann Serno is no longer listed. In the 1919 edition, owners in Bergstrasse are finally given the job title 144 Maria and Joseph Serno on the first floor and Franz Serno on the ground floor.).
  187. Serno . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1921, V., p. 728. “Bergstrasse 144: The house owners are the siblings Marie and Franz Serno, eight tenants, including the owner Serno (w) / Berliner Strasse 80.81: s. a. Weichselstrasse 1, the house owner is the cinema owner Joseph Serno from Bergstrasse 144. “(1922 is in the residents' part: Joseph Serno, owner, Neukölln, Bergstrasse 144 I.Et .; Joseph Serno, cinema owner, Neukölln, Berliner Strasse 80.81 Eg., In the address part Joseph Serno is the owner of the cinema at Berliner Strasse 80.81 and lives in Bergstrasse
    : 1913/1914 -Adressbuch 1914 / 6544- Marie Stoss's lighting shop was at Berliner Strasse 80.81, O. Stoss is a plumber. 1921 exists on Bergstrasse 144 the Kowalski lighting center. / The tenant automobile driver E. Gellert was accepted as a former automobile driver in 1916, again in 1917 without a “previous one” and in 1919 as a driver).
  188. Berliner Strasse 80.81 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1922, IV., P. 1514. “House owner: Cinema owner Joseph Serno from Bergstrasse 44, nine tenants” (Joseph Serno, resident at Bergstrasse 144, is again listed as the owner in the 1923 address book. The house at Berliner Strasse belongs again Maria Serno.).
  189. Bakeries . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, II., P. 47 (IM Fritz Schöneck's population register, Berliner Straße 26).
  190. Information on the company website fernseh-clavis.de ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fernseh-clavis.de
  191. Kottbusser Damm s. Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, III., P. 441. "← Lenaustraße → 73, 74, 75 tenement houses, 76: Holzplatz der Holzhandlung G. Holländer, 77 saRixdorf Pflügerstraße 1 ← Pflügerstraße →" (following year 1911/4245 /: 76 : New building by F. Körting from Neue Bayreuther Straße 7.).
  192. Studio and event house
  193. Rock in Berlin
  194. Hermannstrasse 210 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, V., p. 438. “House 210 s. a. Zietenstrasse 43 owned by privateer C. Brickhoff from Friedenau, administrator of the elevated railway officials R. Madalinski from Bodestrasse 23: as a user only Café Zietenhof, Lichtspiele Zietenhof "(In the previous year only residents, no restaurant. The sculptor Richard Potschka is 1905 (still ) in Wilmersdorf Berliner Straße 33 I. Et., a four-tenant house, but not listed as a sculptor in the commercial part.).
  195. Hermannstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, V., p. 469. “210 s. a. Zietenstrasse 43: House owner: G. Heyer construction business, Schöneberg; User: R. Potschka & Co. Lichtbildspiele, as well as butcher's P. Hilbrich ”(In the residential part: Richard Potschka & Co. Lichtbildspiele“ Neues Theater ”Hermannstrasse 210. * 1910: Sculptor Richard Potschka lives at Richardplatz 8, rear building 1st floor, but in 1910 / 5690 no entry among the Rixdorf sculptors. * 1911/2281: In the residential area: sculptor Richard Potschka at Richardplatz 8 and Richard Potschka & Co. Lichtbildspiele Neues Theater. * 1913/2397: no "Potschka & Co.", just sculptor Richard Potschka. No reference to a cinema in the address section 1913/6412. * 1914/2447: Richard Potschka is temporarily missing in the residential section. No more reference to a cinema at Hermannstrasse 210.).
  196. Hermannstrasse 233 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1915, V., p. 800. “← Biebricher Strasse → 233: s. a. Biebricher Straße 15.16: House owner, architect K. Petzold, ten tenants ”(In the previous address book 1914/6565, V. Part p. 793, building land is noted for the property. Richard Potschka on Part I, p. 2399, again as a sculptor, lives in Neukölln , Schudomastraße 7.8 and he later moves to Schierkestraße 35).
  197. In the Reichs-Kino Adressbuch 1930, ninth edition, based on official material. Lichtbildbühne publisher: "Lichtspielhaus Wien-Berlin, Hermannstraße 233, founded: 1914, owner: Eduard Rösler" // Reichs-Kino-Adreßbuch, third year 1921/22. Verlag der Lichtbild-Bühne, printing date September 1921: “Vienna-Berlin: Gegr. 1910, daily, 300 seats, owner: Richard Wagner "
  198. Schulze . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1919, I, p. 2601. “Cinema owner Otto Schulze lives at Hermannstrasse 225 1st floor.” (For the cinema at Hermannstrasse 233, however, the cinema owner Schulz is given as the tenant. In 1917 the cinema Wiki Potschka & Co. in the spelling Patschke & Co .: both company names are not listed in the address book. However, neither Schulz nor Schulze are cinema owners in Neukölln in the residential area. The stone printer P. Schulz and the cafetier F. Strahl live in the house at Hermannstrasse 225. The entry in the street section, however, only states people as residents or tenants.).
  199. Villaneukoelln.de with forwarding to description, pictures and program of VillaNeukoelln
  200. Once a week dancing couples rotate in the Villa Neukölln.
  201. Berlin's Mayor Michael Müller answered questions at Villa Neukölln. ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.neukoellner.net
  202. Berlin cinema compendium

Remarks

  • The Berlin address books are named according to the year of issue, since the editorial deadline for supplements is given around the turn of the year until January, the information relates to the year preceding the issue. In the above text or in the comments, the numbers (#) in the digital.zlb.de directory may be given after the year in the Berlin address book.
  • Changed previous street names are given in italics to distinguish them from existing ones.
  1. At the turn of the century, families of showmen still brought moving images into cities. Cinematographs were set up in restaurants or shops, and ballrooms were converted to accommodate a larger audience.
  2. The abbreviation "DW" of the German cinema house came from the previous use and the naming of the building as "German Wirtshaus".
  3. In 1905/4317 (part VS 250) the owner C. Troll from No. 119, where W. Hollbach runs an inn, is still the house owner for the tenement house at Hermannstrasse 120; in 1910 Troll is Rentier. From 1912 the owner M. Wendland from house 119 has the number 120, in 1913 she is Reindeer and in 1914 the widow Wendland. When the owner J. Weißberger became the owner in 1924, M. Wendland was her manager, also in 1925 for the Weißberger heirs. In 1926 Mrs. O. Liebstein from Lichtenrader Straße 56 came into the property, the widow O. Liebstein was registered in 1927 from Berthelsdorfer Straße 6 and from 1933 she lived in O 27, Blumenstraße 83.
  4. The family history of the merchant Salo Rappaport from Charlottenburg should be mentioned in this context. In 1905 (# 1667) he lived at Friedbergstrasse 31, in 1906 as a clothing manufacturer, together with Felix Holz as Holz & Co. (1907/970), he owned the workshops for women's clothing wholesale and retail. en detail in W 56 (center), Markgrafenstraße 43.44. In 1907 he lived in Gervinusstraße 12 I. and from 1908 (# 2035) as a businessman in Gervinusstraße 6. In 1909 (# 2147) and 1910 (# 2230) he ran the "Theater of Living, Singing, Speaking and Music-Making Photographs" in Berliner Straße 107 and 1911 (# 2340) a cinematograph theater, Licht-Schauspiele, in W 50, Spichernstrasse 3. During this period, Samuel Rappaport owned the cinema in Paul Rappaport's factory building. Furthermore, Salo is always listed as a merchant, and from 1915 changes his residence to Mommsenstrasse 41.
  5. The property is located on the cadastral area Donaustraße 24 / 24a and Fuldastraße 4/5 at the southern corner of the intersection
  6. “Ludwig H. Goebel, who recently celebrated his 60th birthday at the same time as his thirty-year career, has always been associated with film and vaudeville in Berlin. After 1945 he set about restoring the starry illusion of the old, destroyed one in Friedrichstrasse with a lot of love in the blissful new 'winter garden' in the Hasenheide with the help of innumerable lights. On his birthday he expressed the conviction that Berlin would become a vaudeville city again. Then his house, which is now used exclusively as a movie theater, will try to maintain the tradition of the once internationally famous 'winter garden' again. ”The new film 62/1953
  7. The road land and the western land belong to Kreuzberg. Accordingly, the street in the older Berlin address books was not assigned to the suburb but to Berlin.
  8. The "denn's Biomarkt" chain uses some of the former cinemas and cinema locations throughout Berlin as supermarket space.
  9. The Berlin cinema architect Fritz Wilms furnished the foyer with a light purple ceiling full of stars and a black and white decorated floor. […] The interior decoration in the spacious foyer was in the colors gold, silver, blue and the scarlet red of the walls, the floor consisted of yellow-brown stone slabs from Solnhofen. The projection room had a dome-shaped, blue-green ceiling illuminated by spotlights above the top of the box, which was supposed to imitate an evening sky. During the performance, the vault was transformed through small, illuminated openings into a star-studded night sky. The center of the ceiling was formed by a star-shaped rosette made of colored crystal glass, which was illuminated from the inside and decorated with gold leaf on the edge. The stage with an orchestra pit was connected to the rear by a semicircular projection surface. The room provided the visitors with 2320 parquet and 180 box seats. The building had shops on both sides of the extended entrance area and five meter high film billboards above the four entrances, separated by square half-columns. The upper end was a cornice with green lanterns.
    In 1927, a two-manual Oskalyd cinema organ by Walcker, Luedke & Hammer from Ludwigsburg was installed to illustrate the still silent films . Emil “Mile” Sagawe (1895–1988) was the organist in residence from 1950. In 1951, after the organ had been rebuilt according to his wishes by the organ builder Glöckner, he was still playing records for the Odeon company.
  10. ↑ In 1930 the cinema palace had space for 2,500 viewers; in 1940 the size is given as 2,360. The Mercedes Palace building was badly damaged in the air raids. The war damage was repaired by 1951, during which time the auditorium in the former foyer was operated as a "Metro" with 854 seats before the building reopened as the "Europe Palace" with 2060 seats. In 1955, according to plans by Fritz Wilms and Pierre de Born, a false ceiling was installed in the old entrance and foyer area and the 750-seat "Roxy" theater was set up. The foyer now shone with light yellow wall covering with gold overprint and a floor made of Solnhofer stone slabs in the chic of the 1950s.
  11. The restoration took place between 1948 and 1951, this time again under the direction of Fritz Wilms. Performances also took place during the construction phase; the foyer, which was used as a demonstration room under the name Metro-Palast, still offered space for 854 spectators. The work gave the projection room a trapezoidal shape with new walls. After its completion in 1951, it had 1,426 seats in the parquet and 634 in the high parquet and resumed film operations as the Europa-Palast.
  12. “Inaugurated in 1915, it burned to the ground nine years later. It was not a film fire - as is usually the case - but pieces of embers that fell from a small stove onto the floor. Before the reopening, a makeshift cinema was set up to cope with the onslaught of film enthusiasts. ”Miriam Schmitt on neuköllner.net: quoted in: allekinos.com - Stern
  13. “The 'Rollkrug' is an almost historical movie theater, because it is the first to have a court visit: Prince Heinrich once went to Rixdorf to get to know the wonders of living photography. It was renovated this summer and it was reopened on Friday 4th September. Kapellmeister Nemos did the honors. A currently patriotically designed prologue, written and spoken by Mr Otfried von Hahnstein, led at the end to the song 'Die Wacht am Rhein', which the band sang and the audience sang while the legendary Rhine passed us by in the film. Then the military humoresque 'Pleasures of the Reserve Exercise' followed, the latest Eiko recordings from the theater of war, a boring sentimental touching piece, 'Leonore', the humorous film 'Verhext', the Savior recording, 'A raid in the Caucasus' and the comical picture 'Appearances are deceptive'. The entire program was exclusively German. The management will now do business, because it is leading the cinematograph back to its original purpose: a colorful program at low prices. ”Source: Lichtbild-Bühne 60/1914
  14. “After five weeks of renovation, a modest 'cinema on the corner' has now emerged into the UFA in the Rollkrug in Berlin-Neukölln: an exemplary, modern cinema. The earlier Rollkrug-Lichtspiele (the last owner company was merged with UFA) have existed since 1908. The house has 401 seats (seating from the Stüssel company). As Helmut Engmann, head of the UFA Theater Administration Berlin, emphasized in a speech at a reception on the occasion of the reopening, the house, which is located in Berlin's largest working-class district, wants to combine tradition and new lines. Mainly first performances are to be shown. As an experiment, the plan is to turn the UFA im Rollkrug into a studio theater; audience tests should take place. The architect was Heinz-Herbert Gisbier. The entrance hall is decorated with Italian mosaics. The adjoining foyer is wallpapered with light and dark gray stripes. The theater itself has direct, intimate lighting through wall arms. The ceiling is a delicate yellow, the wall covering is green, the panels harmonize with it in rust brown. The screen (9.90 meters by 4.40 meters) was set up for widescreen., Two Ernemann VIIB machines are used. The technical equipment was provided by Universum-Film AG., Berlin, and the construction department of UFA-Theater AG was responsible for the renovation. Düsseldorf responsible. ”The new film 76/1956
  15. Strategy of the UCI-Kinowelt: "The visitors should not make their selection according to the size of the cinema, but according to the film."
  16. ↑ In 1907 the land on Steinmetzstrasse west of Hermannstrasse was re-designated in the cadastre (1906 still undeveloped): ← Weisestrasse → 52-58 construction site ← Fontanestrasse → 59-65 construction site ← Lichtenrader Strasse → 66-71 construction sites ← Oderstrasse → 72-77 construction sites ← Lichtenrader Strasse → 78—84 construction site ← Fontanestrasse → 85—91 construction sites ← Weisestrasse → As a result, the properties east of Hermannstrasse were also renumbered: ← Hermannstrasse → 81.82 previously 101.102 / 83 previously 104 / 84–89 previously 105–109 ← Falkstrasse →
  17. Kreuzberger-chronik.de: Kiezspaziergang 2006 : “The Ballhaus Rixdorf has obviously had its prime. Only two halls and the renovated facade are reminiscent of times gone by. [...] In 1910 [it was built between Berlin and Rixdorf] according to the plans of the architect Egon Fröhlich as the 'Hohenstaufen festival hall on Kottbusser Damm'. The namesake was the Hohenstaufenplatz opposite, already in Kreuzberg . [In the] no longer existing representative front building there was the 'Hohenstaufen-Café', which drew attention to the ballrooms behind. "