List of cinemas in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen

The list of cinemas in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen gives an overview of all cinemas that have existed in today's Berlin district of Gesundbrunnen . 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 .

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The cinemas in alphabetical order

Name / location	address	Duration	description	image
Atlantic ( Location )	Brunnenstrasse 131/132	1954-1971	The Atlantic in Brunnenstrasse was a cinema from 1954 to 1971. Until 1961 it was also considered a border cinema . After closing in 1971, a supermarket moved in. The former cinema entrance can still be seen today. “The Berlin theater owner Max Knapp opened two new houses. With Fritz Seifert, he has joined forces to form the Atlantic cinema (Knapp, Seifert & Co.), which opened its newly built house atlantic to the public. Architect: Bruno Meltendorf . 556 seats. Normal and CinemaScope films can be shown. UFA -Handel delivered the Ernemann - Demonstration . Seating: Wegener, Berlin. " (From: Der neue Film 91/1954)
Baldur light plays ( Location )	Reinickendorfer Strasse 38	1912-1921	The cinema is said to have existed from 1912 to 1921. The original building has been destroyed, the low-rise building of a carpet market is located here.
Ballschmieder-Lichtspiele (Rio) ( Location )	Badstrasse 15/16	1915-1950	At Badstrasse 16 there was the Ballschmieders Kastanienwäldchen established by Richard Ballschmieder, which he had built around 1900 with a magnificent hall and concert garden. The first films were shown here from 1915. The building seems to have survived the Second World War without major damage, and films were shown there in the Rio daytime cinema until 1950. There has also been a Woolworth department store here since 1929 , which probably expanded its building after 1950 with the demolition of the remaining cinema.
Bella-Lichtspiele (Volks-Theater) ( Location )	Bellermannstrasse 82/83	1910-1945	The small cinematograph theater was set up in 1910 at Bellermannstrasse 82/83, and over the years it has always had 140–160 seats. The cinema was destroyed in the Second World War .
Colosseum in Wedding ( Location )	Wiesenstrasse 41/42	1919-1921	At the same time, the Langer brothers also ran a cinema at Kösliner Straße 8. The two addresses are very close to one another. The buildings were apparently destroyed in the war, and today there are houses built in the 1950s. The cinema apparently only lasted from 1919 to 1921.
Corso Theater (Lichtburg) ( Location )	Behmstrasse 7-9	1929-1962	The Lichtburg was a large cinema that was built in 1929 based on a design by the architect Rudolf Fränkel in the immediate vicinity of Gesundbrunnen train station in connection with the Atlantic garden city . In the Second World War seriously damaged. In 1947 it reopened under the name Corso Theater. Before the Wall was built, numerous East Berliners in particular visited the border cinema in the French sector. The isolation of the Wedding district as a result of the division of Berlin led to the cinema being closed in 1962. In the course of extensive renovation programs, the listed building complex was finally demolished in 1970.
Eisenstein (cinema in the factory) ( Location )	Osloer Strasse 12	1988-1994	The Eisenstein cinema was located in a disused match factory at Osloer Straße 12. In 1989 the Werkheater Wedding was founded there as a multi-branch theater, which failed in 1991. The “Art and Media” project was founded in 1991, and its employees brought the Eisenstein art house into being in the old theater hall on the factory premises. In 1993 the film theater even received an award from the Federal Minister of the Interior for its program . However, the cinema could not be operated economically in the long term and closed in 1995.
Elektra Cinema Palace ( Location )	Kösliner Strasse 8	1927-1938	In 1927 the cinema building was built according to plans by the architects Paul Überholz and Wilhelm Kratz. In 1930 the Wimmer family from Potsdam bought the large cinema. The cinema existed from 1927 to 1938. But as early as 1935 it was no longer listed in the address books. There are already entries for 1920/1921. In the second courtyard at Kösliner Straße 8 was the “North Palace”, a frequent meeting place for the workers' movement of the 1920s and a meeting room. The ballroom with stage belonged to the "Kösliner Hof". The Langer brothers also ran the “Colosseum am Wedding” cinema in Wiesenstrasse 41/42, which was also the address of the cinema operator Herkenrath (Elektra-Palast) from 1932 to 1934. The two addresses are very close to one another. The buildings were destroyed in the war; today there are houses built in the 1950s.
Faun light games ( Location )	Koloniestrasse 112	1952-1962	There was also a candy factory at Koloniestraße 112. The Faun-Lichtspiele were built on this commercial property in 1952 in a former garage. (Furnished by architects Carl Weiß & Erich Goetze) The cinema was closed in 1962. There are currently still commercial operations there.
Fortuna-Lichtspiele (Putbuser Lichtspiele, Metropol-Lichtspiele) ( Location )	Putbusser Strasse 54	1911-1930	The buildings from the time of the cinema were demolished in the 1970s, currently only residential buildings can be found here.
Gala light stage ( Location )	Usedomer Strasse 14	1912 - approx. 1943	The cinema existed from 1912 until the Second World War , when it was destroyed. Today there are houses there.
Globus light plays (Lortzing light plays) ( Location )	Swinemünder Strasse 44 / Lortzingstrasse 14	1905-1931	The cinema was at the corner of Lortzingstrasse 14 and Swinemünder Strasse 44. It is said to have existed from 1905 to 1931. The building has been destroyed, there are currently residential buildings.
Hifa open-air cinema ( Location )	Gustav-Mayer-Allee 2	1988-1997	In 1988 the Hifa cinema opened as an open-air cinema at the Himmelfahrtkirche in Gustav-Meyer-Allee 2. Up until 1997, films were shown there in the summer in the open air.
Humboldt light plays ( Location )	Badstrasse 19	1919-1984	1919–1984 the Humboldt Theater existed at Badstrasse 19, which was set up in an existing hall in the courtyard of the house. With 850 seats it was also relatively large. Originally Joseph Franke's restaurant and ballroom were located at Badstrasse 19. The "Schirm'sche Etablissement", also named after the house owner, was converted into a cinema in 1919. There have always been shops in the front building, and this is still the case today. The hall in the courtyard was demolished in 1989.
Cinematograph theater ( Location )	Badstrasse 64	1907-1910	From 1907 to 1910 there was a small shop cinema at Badstrasse 64. Today there are two shops on the ground floor of the house.
Cinematograph theater ( Location )	Bellermannstrasse 4	1917-1919	There is said to have been a cinematograph theater at Bellermannstrasse 4 from 1917 to 1919. It was probably a shop cinema. There are entries in the Berlin address books, but not in the cinema address book. No. 2/3 is a residential building from this period, No. 4 was destroyed in the Second World War and replaced by a new residential building.
Cinematograph theater ( Location )	Bernauer Strasse 66/67	1910-1913	There are only a few entries in the Berlin address book for a cinema at Bernauer Strasse 66/67, and none at all in the cinema address book. A cinematograph theater is said to have existed there from 1910 to 1913. Presumably it was a small shop cinema. The building was on the corner of Bernauer Strasse and Wolliner Strasse, and the site is now newly built.
Cinematograph theater ( Location )	Brunnenstrasse 57	1910-1915	In the Berlin address books on Brunnenstrasse there are several entries under the heading of cinematographic presentations . Often, however, the home address of a cinematograph owner is also given there; the cinema itself could have been located elsewhere. From 1910 to 1915 one was located at Brunnenstrasse 57 in Wedding .
Cinematograph theater ( Location )	Grünthaler Strasse 27/28	1916-1920	The cinematograph theater in Grünthaler Strasse is said to have existed from 1916 to 1920. At the same time, Mrs. Kolakowitz ran the Volks-Theater in Bellermannstrasse.
Cinematograph theater ( Location )	Prinzenallee 17	1908-1911	A cinematograph theater is said to have existed in Prinzenallee 17 from 1908 to 1911. Ernst Schulze later opened another cinema at Prinzenallee 72/73.
Cinema & café on the bank ( Location )	Uferstrasse 12	2007-2013	The Kino & Café am Ufer was the first spiritual cinema in Germany. It opened on January 5th, 2007 and closed its doors on June 2nd, 2013. It was a model project by Nirwana Events , a Berlin agency for spiritual events, which was supported by many (film) friends.
Colony light games ( Location )	Koloniestrasse 3/4	1912 - approx. 1943	In 1912, the Kolonie-Lichtspiele were opened in Koloniestraße 3/4 and existed until they were destroyed in World War II . Currently there is still a vacant lot. The "Hotel am Luisenbad" has been located in the rear of the property since 2000.
Comet light plays ( Location )	Schwedenstrasse 3b	1911-1921	The cinema existed from 1911 to 1921. It was a very small shop cinema directly opposite the Lichtspiele Schwedenstraße 16. Currently you can find a residential building with several shop fittings on the ground floor.
Crystal palace ( Location )	Prinzenallee 1-6	1926-1980	In 1926 the Kristallpalast was built on the corner of Badstrasse and Prinzenallee as a large cinema under the direction of “Bega-Film und Bühnenschau GmbH” according to plans by Wilhelm Kratz. The house was badly damaged in World War II . As early as 1946, the plans for rebuilding began, the outer walls had remained in place. The cinema was only able to reopen on December 23, 1955 after almost ten years. The architect was Bruno Meltendorf . But in 1980 the game operation ended again. Shortly afterwards it had to give way to a modern residential and commercial building.
Photo theater ( Location )	Koloniestrasse 70	1917-1927	For 1917, a cinematograph theater is already shown in the Berlin address book at Koloniestraße 70. In the cinema address books for 1925–1927 there was only one traveling cinema at this address. Today the building is purely residential.
Cinema theater ( Location )	Jasmunder Strasse 22	1910-1921	The cinematograph theater in Jasmunder Straße 22 is said to have existed from 1912 to 1915, according to the cinema architecture in Berlin. It is more likely, however, that the cinema was open from 1910 to 1921. The building was the corner house at Jasmunder Strasse 22 / Stralsunder Strasse 33; it no longer exists today.
Plays of light ( Location )	Reinickendorfer Strasse 26/27	1909-1920	The cinema is said to have existed from 1909 to 1915, but it is mentioned in the cinema directory as late as 1920. There is a shop on the ground floor of the corner building on Weddingstrasse.
Marienbad light plays ( Location )	Badstrasse 35/36	1908-1963	The Marienbad (or Luisenbad ) with baths and saunas was located in the courtyard at Badstrasse 35/36 in Gesundbrunnen . It also had a concert and theater hall, which Fritz Holz converted into a cinematograph theater in 1911. E. Luft had already given film screenings there from 1908. The architecture of the facade of the house, which was built in 1903 by Carl Galuschki as a residential and commercial building, is remarkable . In 1963, the cinema ended. 1978–1981 the former Marienbad was renovated and in 1982 the ballroom with the former cinema was also torn down. The vestibule of the ballroom was retained and after renovation became part of the library at the Luisenbad . The building is a listed building in the ensemble .
Monopoly light games ( Location )	Soldiner Strasse 14	1908-1920	The shop cinema existed from 1908 to 1920. At Soldiner Straße 14 there is a residential building with a shop fitting on the ground floor.
New Alhambra ( Location )	Badstrasse 58a	1919-1969	The cinema was set up in 1923 (1919?) By Josef Deutsch in the former Voigt Theater / Olympia Theater and existed there until 1969. The cinema was equipped with a Wurlitzer organ . The hall suffered only minor damage in the Second World War and was able to reopen in 1946 after repairs. In 1953/1954 the cinema was modernized in the style of the time. It was one of the border cinemas with a special entrance fee of 60 pfennigs for residents of the East instead of one mark. The New Alhambra closed on June 30, 1969. Today there is a supermarket and a pharmacy there.
Phoenix light plays ( Location )	Prinzenallee 83	1919-1921	In 1919 the Phönix-Lichtspiele opened in Prinzenallee. However, the cinema appears to have only existed for a short time.
Prince cinema ( Location )	Prinzenallee 72/73	1910–192?	In 1910 Ernst Schulze opened a cinematograph theater and sales of projectors at Prinzenallee 72/73 / corner Osloer Straße 109. He had previously owned a cinematograph theater at Prinzenallee 17. Today you can find a residential building with shop fittings on the ground floor.
Prince's Palace ( Location )	Prinzenallee 42/43	1919-1970	In 1919 the Lichtspiel-Palast behind the Prinzenallee 42 opened next to the Stephanus-Kirche , and since 1928 it has been called the Prinzen-Palast. In 1970 the cinema was closed. There is currently a residential building here.
Provincial Cinema Olympia Mars-Lichtspiele Film Stage Trixi ( Location )	Provincial Road  30	1953-2006	The "Filmbühne Trixi" was created in 1953 with 426 seats. “The Trixi, not far from the border to the eastern sector (Pankow) in the Provinzstraße, has 406 places. It belongs to Alfred Zankert, the managing director is Alfred Schenk. Widescreen films will also be able to be shown here, although the focus is less on premieres than on post-feature films. Admission prices will be between 80 pfennigs and 1.20 DM. ”From Der neue Film 7/1954. The Trixi was a classic neighborhood cinema in a two-story residential building. The “provincial road leading to the east sector became a small cinema mile.” From 1957 the Trixi, used as a border cinema , was renamed “Mars-Lichtspiele” and had 390 seats, the owner was now Traute Klitzsch while the projectionist Max Klitzsch ran the business. At that time the 390 seats were unpadded wooden chairs from Kamphöner. 15 performances were played on seven days and one late performance per week. For the widescreen films in the aspect ratio 1: 1.85 or 1: 2.55 in CinemaScope optical sound, there was the Ernemann X demonstration machine and amplifier from Klangfilm. The slide projection was sound. In 1959, after her marriage, Traute Henkel was named as the owner in the cinema directory, from which Rolf Jakobi took over the cinema in 1962. Around 1966 the cinema is closed and the rooms are used as a supermarket. In 1989 there was a reopening as a "provincial cinema" with reference to the street name. The owner and operator is Provinz-Kino GmbH, 14109 Berlin, Schuchardtweg 9. The cinema was operated with the old equipment and 150 seats, from 1995 140 seats. In 1995, the GmbH owner Peter H. Vollmann takes over and in 1997 changes to “FTB Berlin”, also Schuchardtweg 9. “A change of operator from June 1st, 2005 led to another name change to 'Olympia'. Associations with the "Olympia am Zoo", which was closed in 1999, were not unjustified, because the last operator and Yorck-Kino employee Knut Steenwerth not only considered the name more appropriate and more positive than "Provincial Cinema", but also had the old neon sign from Olympia am Zoo, which should be brought back to life here after seven years of storage in the basement. Unfortunately, that didn't happen because operations had previously been shut down. ”With the change of operator in June 2005, a new curved screen and sound system were installed in the hall. At the end of December 2005, the small cinema was closed by the operator after six months. “The competition to the ultra-modern 8-room Alhambra Flmhaus may have made itself felt, but also the problem of upgrading such a single house with a track game. The neon lettering 'Olympia' from the traditional cinema of the same name at the zoo made a great impression, especially in the evenings. ”In the 24 m² hall of the provincial cinema, red-covered folding armchairs in the rows of seats were divided into groups of four by two aisles. As a reminder of the old days, there were small lamps on the continuous shelves in front of the seats. It was the last cinema hall in which smoking was allowed until May 2005. The residential buildings and ancillary buildings on the land on Provinzstraße 30-33 (ongoing) were demolished and the low-rise supermarket with an adjacent parking lot was rebuilt at the address Provinzstraße 30 on plot 31/32.
Record light games ( Location )	Brunnenstrasse 111a	1911-1962	The Record cinema was in operation from 1911 to 1962. The status of a border cinema made it flourish again until it had to close itself after the border was closed. The ground floor of the residential building is currently used as a retail space. The apartment block was demolished in the 1980s and replaced by a new building. The cinema was located in the building of the Kühne vinegar factory , for this reason and because of the constant smell of vinegar, the Berliners called it the "vinegar cinema".
Rialto Palace (Union) ( Location )	Reinickendorfer Strasse 14	1910-1967	The cinema was opened in 1910 by Projections AG "Union" from Frankfurt am Main as the Union Theater, of which the company operated several cinematograph theaters. In 1928 Ufa gave up the house, and the new owner renamed the cinema the Rialto Palace for the first time. For a short time, the cinema became Hoffmann's Lachbühne, possibly a variety show or cabaret . From 1934 to 1967 the house was operated as a pure cinema again. The cinema was used as a supermarket until the 1990s. The former use of the cinema can still be seen on the facade.
Rio plays of light ( Location )	Hussitenstrasse 40	1952-1965	In 1952 the architect Bruno Meltendorf converted the "Humboldtsaal" on the ground floor of a residential building into a cinema. This had previously been used as a dance hall in a restaurant. The Rio-Lichtspiele existed at Hussitenstrasse 40 from 1952 to 1965. It remained afloat as a border cinema until 1961 and closed completely in 1965. The buildings have since been demolished.
Roland light plays ( Location )	Reinickendorfer Strasse 47	1910-1961	The cinema existed from 1910 to 1961. The building appears to have been preserved and the ground floor is used as a pharmacy. There is a low-rise building with a pizzeria on the corner.
Roxy light plays (Marga, Nordic light plays) ( Location )	Gleimstrasse 71	1912-1945	The Roxy light games existed until they were destroyed in World War II , before they had also been called Marga light games and Nordic light games. The cinema had existed since 1912. In 1927 they were reopened after a short period of closure. Currently there are residential buildings that were built after the Second World War .
Schauburg (Sweden Cinema, Volks Kino, Fortuna) ( Location )	Schwedenstrasse 16	1910-1962	The cinema existed under different names from 1910 to 1962. Currently there is a residential building with shop fittings on the ground floor. The cinema was directly opposite the Komet-Lichtspiele.
Tivoli ( Location )	Kolberger Strasse 22/23	1923 - approx. 1943	The Tivoli-Lichtspiele in Kolberger Straße 23 existed from 1923 until it was destroyed in World War II around 1943. There are currently residential buildings that were built later.
Union cinema (Nordic light plays, modern theater) ( Location )	Swinemünder Strasse 72 / Rügener Strasse 15	1907-1933	The cinema is said to have existed from 1912 to 1933, but as early as 1910 there was an entry in the Berlin address book for a cinematograph theater in this house. In the cinema address books, the year 1907 is given as the opening year. The building has been destroyed, the sports field of the Heinrich Seidel elementary school is located here.
Usedom light plays ( Location )	Usedomer Strasse 7	1912-1921	The cinema existed from 1912 to 1921. At Usedomer Straße 7 there is now a flat commercial building that was built after 1955. It delimits a listed industrial park inside.
Vineta light plays (Central) ( Location )	Vinetaplatz 6 / Swinemünder Straße 31	1910-1961	The Vineta-Lichtspiele got their name in 1952, until then the cinema was called Central-Lichtspiele. Before that, there had been a cinema of the same name on Vinetaplatz 3 until 1934. The cinema was located in the corner house Vinetaplatz 6 / Swinemünder Straße 31. Until its closure in 1961 it served as a border cinema . The cinema had to close due to the building of the wall. The building was later replaced by modern apartment buildings.
Volks-Kino-Vinetaplatz (Vineta-Lichtspiele) ( Location )	Vinetaplatz 3 / Wolliner Strasse 43	1905-1934	The cinema was located in the corner building at Wolliner Strasse 43 / Vinetaplatz 3. It was in operation from 1905 to 1934. The cinema is not to be confused with the Central-Lichtspiele at Vinetaplatz 6, which were also called Vineta-Lichtspiele from 1952 onwards.
Vox light plays ( Location )	Bernauer Strasse 96	1952-1961	The Vox-Lichtspiele existed as a border cinema from 1952 to 1961 and closed with the construction of the Berlin Wall , which now led directly past the cinema. “Near the sector border , in the north of West Berlin , Reinhard Bendin and Reinhard Vehlow opened the Vox-Lichtspiele. The neat house offers space for 504 visitors. The clearing up and construction work had spanned around three years before 'Vox' could rise from the rubble. Architect Einköter was responsible for the construction, the seating was provided by the Kamphöner company. " (From: Der neue Film 84/1952)

literature

• Sylvaine Hänsel, Angelika Schmitt (eds.): Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Reimer, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-496-01129-7 .

Web links

The Kino Wiki is currently hosted on filmtheater.square7.ch . The data was compiled from the special address books Reichskino Adressbuch (Verlag Lichtbühne) and Kinoadressbuch (Verlag Max Mattisson) as well as the cinema list (1907–1910) of the first specialist journal for all of the art of photography, Der Kinematograph . The project of the Berlin cinemas is based on this data and supplements regional references.

• Film theater history in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• Berlin's independent cinema guide
• On the trail of cinemas - all cinemas in the computer . In: Berlinische Monatsschrift , 12/1996, at the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein

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. ^ History of the factory in Osloer Straße ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2012 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. 
5. ↑ Sylvaine Hänsel, Angelika Schmitt (ed.): Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995 . Reimer, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-496-01129-7 .
6. ↑ Humboldt-Lichtspiele at allekinos.de
7. ↑ Cinema & café on the bank
8. ↑ LDL Berlin: tenement house & hall construction & cinema & stable & coach house
9. ↑ Entry on allekinos.com
10. ^ Kinokompendium.de: Provincial Cinema Berlin
11. ↑ from filmvorfuehrer.de: The death of the cinema continues.
12. ^ Memories of the provincial cinema
13. ↑ Exterior view, foyer and hall in 1999
14. ↑ berlinstreet.de Wedding redevelopment area
15. ↑ Kühne wine vinegar factory . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1940, p. 119. “Essig-Kino” (Brunnenstrasse 111 / 111a).
16. ↑ LDL Berlin: Hermann Meyer AG

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