List of cinemas in Berlin-Mitte

The list of cinemas in Berlin-Mitte gives an overview of all cinemas that existed or still exist in the Berlin district of Mitte . 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 .

For the cinemas in the other districts of the Mitte district see:

• List of cinemas in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
• List of cinemas in Berlin-Hansaviertel
• List of cinemas in Berlin-Moabit
• List of cinemas in Berlin-Tiergarten
• List of cinemas in Berlin-Wedding

introduction

In the one hundred years of film history, there are 91 verifiable cinemas named for Mitte. For the 1910s and 1920s around sixty movie theaters were active, for the 2010s there are still 15 on the ten square kilometers. Until the 1940s, the locations were Alexanderplatz, Scheunenviertel, Friedrichstrasse and Unter den Linden. The early days were characterized by the fact that cinematographic performances were part of the program of cabaret and vaudeville, as happened in the winter garden on Friedrichstrasse by the Skladanowsky brothers with their folms. Probably the first permanent cinema in Berlin was the Wilhelmshallen, in which a separate room for the living pictures was set up in 1896. Berlin's first cinema center was on Friedrichstrasse / Unter den Linden, where the companies and firms involved in production, distribution and sales also settled. In the 1910s, the film venues were a form of distraction from social and political problems, the performances became part of the establishments. The shop cinemas were built in the Münz and Scheunenviertel, the Rosenthaler Quartier and on Hackescher Markt. Equipped only with the bare essentials , the Kintöppe , external cash registers and show booth elements often equipped with an electric piano, unprofitable rooms become profit pits. “The Berlin criminal police disturbed a larger group of bon vivants, including 200 members, with a pleasure of their own. [...] they caused Siegbert Goldschmidt [one of the most famous cinema operators in Berlin] to show a series of obscene pictures in the Kinematopgraphentheater on Schiffbauerdamm [...] In honor of the film brands, it should be noted here that the confiscated films, insofar as they were original products from French companies, were unmistakably Japanese types … “() In the 1910s, in addition to many kintopps, the first larger movie theaters were built, though probably more modest than the film palaces in Charlottenburg and western Berlin due to a lack of space. These include the “UT Alexanderplatz”, the “Admiralspalast”, the “Bavaria House” with connected restaurants and ballrooms. As part of the renovation in the Scheunenviertel, Hans Poelzig built the "Babylon" in 1929. In the 1930s, cinemas were merged into the Reichsverband Deutscher Filmtheater , the National Socialists used this to influence the programs and the cinemas such as "Bio" or "Imperial" were rented for events. The center of Berlin was particularly hard hit by the air raids , but almost a third of the prewar cinemas were able to reopen in 1945/1946, some of which were damaged. With the location of Mitte in the Soviet sector, Camera, Franziskaner and Babylon are supplied by SowFilm and are available to the Russian soldiers, corresponding to the Allied cinemas. In East Berlin they became the core of the VEB Berliner Filmtheater. In Mitte, the cinema crisis had a strong impact with falling attendance: only “Camera” and “Babylon” remained in the 1990s. In 1961/1963 the DEFA Premiere Cinema International was added on Stalinallee (→ Karl-Marx-Allee) . The filam offer in the cultural institutions of the Eastern Bloc countries is supplemented with different offers. With the political change, there have been multiple attempts by film fans and cinema enthusiasts to set up a new cinema scene since the 1990s.

Cinema list

The first screening of moving pictures by Max Skladanowsky in the winter garden , which took place on November 1, 1895, is regarded as the original cinema . However, the room was not only used for film screenings and the screenings were part of the program, which is why experts consider the Isolargraph Unter den Linden 21 to be the first “real cinema”. This facility opened in 1896, but only existed for a very short time.

Name / location	address	Duration	Description and possibly a picture
ACUD ( Location )	Veteranenstraße  21	since 1991	The cinema is located on Veteranenstrasse across from Volkspark am Weinberg . It was created in 1991 in the turnaround time in connection with the "ACUDkunsthaus" which was based on the "autonomous Gallery Acud". This was set up in the house built in 1932 by a Jewish dairy owner. In addition to the two cinemas, the house has four more stages with a theater and a gallery with a club. The cinema hall was originally located on the fifth floor of the main building. After the conclusion of this contract, extensive renovations and construction work could take place: The cinema was moved to the second floor in the inner courtyard. The stairwell leads to a large foyer with ten wooden folding armchairs from the original cinema. Behind the sales counter is the demonstration room in Hall 1 (in which there are 80 turquoise, neck-high, folding armchairs in six rows). When the construction work for hall 1 was completed in 2006, the second hall followed in the front building. In 2013 there was another risk of bankruptcy, but the cinema continued to operate during the “emergency operation”. In 2014 the stock was secured. The projection is possible for 16 mm and 35 mm film as well as for slides on a 5.2 m × 2.7 m screen. The sound system is Dolby Digital . Hall 2 is more compact with 32 seats (folding cinema chairs and some cantilever chairs ) and the technology is the same as in Hall 1. Mainly “young” European and German films are shown, plus retrospectives and film discoveries. Films are mostly shown in their original version. The cinema is run by the Alternative Art Association ACUD e. V. worn. It is also the venue for the British Independent Film Festival .
Admiralspalast ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  101/102	1911-1945	The Admiralspalast is a traditional event location at Friedrichstrasse 101/102. It is one of the few remaining large entertainment venues from the beginning of the 20th century in Berlin. In 2006 the theater in the listed building was reopened after extensive renovation and renovation work. The building was opened on April 20, 1911 and initially also contained a movie theater until 1922. This served at times as a casino until it reopened as a cinema in 1928. It remained in operation until 1945. The Admiralspalast was hardly destroyed in the Second World War, only the front building was damaged. In 1949 the front building was reopened as the Press House , while the first theater performances were held in the great hall as early as 1945. The cabaret Die Distel has been located in the former cinema in the front building since 1953 .
Alexandra Palace ( Location )	Brunnenstraße  6/7	1948 – approx. 1955	From 1948 to around 1955 there was a brief cinema in the building at Brunnenstrasse 6/7. The owner Peter Paul Schaffranietz gives 486 seats for the cinema. In the post-war years , replacement venues for destroyed cultural sites were created in usable buildings, especially since Brunnenstrasse was in the area of ​​the underground station . Around 1990 the house was occupied and the citizens wanted to set up a cinema there again. The project failed and a supermarket moved into the rooms on the ground floor. Before the Second World War there was a Woolworth department store in the building. In 1997, it was transferred back to the Jewish Claims Conference , which sold it to the Gawehn property management company for DM 4.5 million .
Alfa-Lichtspiele (Filmburg, Milano-Lichtspiele) ( Location )	Fehrbelliner Strasse  82	1919-1943	There is a shop fitting on the ground floor of the house, the cinema was probably in the courtyard. The transverse building of lot 82 adjoins that of 83. The cinema was in operation from approximately 1919 to 1943. In the cinema address book 1920 is mentioned as the year of foundation 1919, the cinema of E. Milano (dahr Milano-Lichtspiele) had 350 seats for daily screenings. In 1924 Georg Mais took over the 400-seat cinema and played twice a week with two program changes. He used the name “Filmburg, Film- u. Bühnenschau ”and handed over the property in 1928 to Johannes and Richard Kersten, who registered 1916 as the founding year, they continued to use the name Filmburg. The movie theater with sound film technology for sound film was set up under their ownership in 1932 , the cinema was registered with 350 seats. In 1934 Otto Katzmann became the owner, and from 1935 the cinema traded as Alfa-Lichtspiele. Walter Kühn took over in 1937 and named 1910 as the year of foundation in the documents. Until it was closed in 1939, Moritz Keding was the owner of the cinema with a stage measuring 12 m × 4 m, 375 seats and daily performances. The Alfa-Lichtspiele are registered in the 1943 address book in the commercial section.
Amor-Lichtspiele (fountain cinema) ( Location )	Brunnenstrasse  155	1903-1943	It was a shop cinema that first opened in 1904 at 155 Brunnenstrasse. In the cinema directory for Brunnenstrasse 155, the “LM Lichtspiele” with 200 seats for Dr. Karl Voigt added. The cinema owners change frequently: in 1924 Franz Wikowski, in 1925 E Hartwig is registered as the name Filmpalast. In the course of 1925, Hermann Zacher took over the cinema with a stage measuring 2.5 mx 4 m and called it Amor-Lichtspiele. The year it was founded, he had 1905 entered in the cinema directory. In 1931 Friedrich Carl Prinz took over the Amor-Lichtspiele and converted the facility for sound film, the technology came from sound film. In 1937 Erich Grafiunder was the owner and in 1938 ownership changed to Rudolf Schneider. It was abandoned as a cinema with its 202 seats around 1942; it is not entered in the 1943 address book. The Concordia Varieté Theater with the Casino Lichtspiele (later: Filmtheater Berlin ) was located on the property at Brunnenstrasse 154 . In the post-war years , Richard Hartmaier's ice cream parlor was located at 155 Brunnenstraße, previously Hermann Lindemann's restaurant. “A new cinematograph theater has been opened under the name 'Brunnen-Kino' in Berlin, Brunnenstrasse 155. The management of the Brunnenkino has been taken over by the wife of the well-known secretary of the Berlin Passage Theater, Mr. Friedrich Steimann, who brought this latest Berlin cinema into being. " (From: Der Kinematograph 172, 1910)
Arkona Filmtheater (Delta-Lichtspiele) ( Location )	Wolliner Strasse  18/19	1929-2000	The Arkonahöfe were built at the end of the 19th century as a wheat beer brewery. The Delta cinema showed films here from 1929 to January 1961. In the 1990s a cinema was opened again in 1994 - first under the name Delta, then in the last year from 1999 as the Arkona cinema. It ceased operations in 2000. The DEFA had used the 1961 closed delta movie theater for internal screening of purchased foreign films. The great hall also served as a training facility for television ballet in the 1960s. The former cinema was still used as a restaurant in 2008. The Arkonahöfe itself have meanwhile been converted into A Space , a loft residential complex. The former cinema or its foyer is now used as a showroom to convey the rooms.
Astra light games ( Location )	Chausseestraße  16	1919-1963	From 1919 to 1961, the 500-seat Astra cinema, which was known at the time, was located in the back of the Wilhelmine residential and commercial building at Chausseestrasse 16. From the opening until 1927, the cinema was owned by Margarethe Schulz and Procza (from 1924 Margarete Schulz and Helene Rieder), whose business was run by Hans Wulfert. Played daily in the 450-seat cinema. 1928 took over Marie Henriette and Hans Fory (the latter as Managing Director), Astra with 500 seats and directed theater music (chapter: 5 M). In 1931 there was a change in the owners who are in the cinema directory with Fohry & Palkowsky, managing director Henriette Fohry, and Erich Huerthle with managing director Herbert Jentsch in 1932. In 1933 sound film technology was installed, and the Astra-Lichtspiele went to Admiralskino GmbH, which in turn handed over to Engelkamp, ​​Schmidt and Richter in 1937. The building was not destroyed during the war, and gaming operations continued throughout the post-war years . Around 1960 it was finally run by the “ VEB Berliner Filmtheater”. The cinema was closed in January 1963.
Astrada ( Location )	Leipziger Strasse  60	1992-1995	From 1992 to 1995, the program section of New Germany includes dates for film screenings in a cinema called "Astrada". It was located in the former House of Czechoslovak Culture , which was built in 1978. Initially there was a library and a cinema in this cultural center. Since the late 1990s it has been used as the “PROJEKTKINOOST” club for exhibitions, readings, film screenings, concerts and parties.
Babylon ( Location )	Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse  30	since 1929	The Babylon was built in 1928/1929 according to plans by the architect Hans Poelzig and opened on April 11, 1929 as the silent film cinema Babylon Kinovariete on Bülowplatz with the film Fräulein Else . In the opening year, they switched to sound film . In 1948 the house was heavily rebuilt according to plans by the architect Hans Rey and reopened on May 4, 1948 under the direction of the Sovexportfilm agency as a premiere theater with the Soviet film Education of Emotions . Until 1949, almost only Soviet films by the Sovexport Gesellschaft were shown, after which German DEFA films were increasingly shown. In 1955 the cinema was transferred to public ownership and operated by VEB Berliner Filmtheatern. With the opening of Kosmos (1962) and International (1963), Babylon lost its importance as a premier theater and was only used as a specialty cinema. On January 4, 1990, the cinema had to be closed due to a defective heating system. Then there was a demonstration because it was feared that the closure could be forever. The heating was repaired and soon after that movies were showing again. Until 1992, a large proportion of the films shown consisted of DEFA productions and film art. After the building supervision had the hall blocked in September 1993 because a supporting beam in the hall roof threatened to break, it was extensively renovated by 2001, including the original orchestra pit and the renovated cinema organ. Another projection room was added from the former studio space. During this time, film screenings with 70 seats took place in the foyer. The third room followed in 2006. The house is a listed building . The Babylon is run as an art house cinema.
Balázs ( Location )	Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse  9	1993-2007	The house was named after Béla Balázs , the Hungarian film critic, esthete, writer and poet who lived in Berlin from 1926 to 1932. The cultural center, which has been operating as the House of Hungary since 1991 , was established in 1973 as the House of Hungarian Culture . From the start it had a cinema. In 1993 Timothy Grossmann and Tobias Hackel founded Balázs e. V., in order to operate the cinema as a program cinema . The film theater was closed in December 2007 and the Hungarian cultural center moved to Dorotheenstrasse in December 2007 . After that, the House of Hungary served as an event location and in 2011 again for a short time as the campsite cinema. The armchairs in the former cinema have meanwhile been expanded to create a large room with a stage. The floor is made of parquet in herringbone pattern, the walls are clad with wooden panels. This promises special acoustics .
Berolina plays of light	Karl-Marx-Allee  49 ( Location )	1911-1921	The cinema was located in the corner building at Große Frankfurter Straße 55 (to Wassmannstraße 21 ). After the building was destroyed in the war, the property (1949 to 1961: Stalinallee ) was redesigned, and now there is street land in front of the Karl-Marx-Allee 47/51 apartment block. In the cinema address book, the year 1911 is given as the foundation of the Berolina-Lichtspiele with 266 seats. After the opening by the film entrepreneurs Engelke and Busch, the owners of the cinema changed: B. Bröschhold (Große Frankfurter Straße 70), 1912: Albert Wolf, 1916: Th. Obersky, 1918: Bertha Wolf. After the First World War (1920/1921) S. Marcus and W. Radowskial's managing director (tenant or projectionist) took over the Berolina-Lichtspiele. The house was under compulsory administration, which (probably also) led to the end of cinema operations in 1921. In 1930, the "Kaufhaus des Ostens (Kadeo) GmbH" was located there. “Berolina is the name of the film theater that was founded on the 3rd of the month by Messrs Engelke and Busch. A pleasant entrance, comfortable wide stairs lead to the spacious hall that can accommodate 300 people. Numerous flower donations arrived for the inauguration, and an Ernemann machine perfectly demonstrated the program put together by Engelke & Co. It is to be recognized that such places are being built for the cinema in this area of ​​Berlin and that well-chosen images are presented to the visitors. "()
Bio-Lichtspiele City Lichtspiele City Theater ( Location )	Hackescher Markt  2/3	1908-1945	The cinema existed from 1911 to around 1943 on the property of a former rubber goods factory. The building on the property on the northwest corner of Hackescher Markt to Oranienburger Straße consisted of other businesses in addition to the light shows. The cinema was run from 1912 to 1917 by the “City Theater Die Welt im Licht GmbH”. In 1917, the cinema directory names Paul Lange and Friedrich Voss as the owners of the 300-seat cinema for the Stadt-Theater “Die Welt im Licht”, with a price of 0.29 to 1.00 RM changed. In 1918 Victor Hermann took over the Stadt-Theater (without any additions) and in 1920 Arthur Baumann & Bernhard Arndt were the owners (director: Leonhard Arndt); they give the founding year 1908. In 1924 the name City-Lichtspiele followed through the “B-Es-P. Film- und Bühnenschau GmbH ”, Leopold Ehrlich gave 310 places for the“ Hackescher Markt Lichtspiele ”and in 1925 he again listed City-Lichtspiele in the cinema directory. Further changes of ownership followed: 1928 City-Lichtspiele (354 seats): Heinrich Ebbmeyer; 1929 at the City-Theater, 310 seats, Walter Vogel is the owner. In 1930, Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Lampl equipped the “Bio-Lichtspiele” with cinema music (cap: 4 M, 1931 cap: 3 M) or stated this for the equipment and in 1931 with managing director Samuel Faust 350 seats. Franz Wieninger became the owner in 1932 and Gottfried Rheinen ran the business (see also Imperial ). He set up 351 seats for sound film with sound film technology and named 1912 as the year of foundation, until the building was destroyed he owned the Bio-Lichtspiele. After the destruction in World War II , the property next to the Hackesche Höfe was not built on until 1998. In 1998 construction began on a modern commercial building, which was completed in 2000.
Organic light games Splendid light games ( Location )	Ackerstrasse  28	1910-1943	The hall cinema was probably set up in the hall of an inn and was initially called "Splendid Light Games". The building was on the corner of Invalidenstrasse 5 ( R. Langes Restaurant and ballrooms at Invalidenstrasse 5, restaurant and marble hall ) on Pappelplatz. In 1917 N. Sempftleben is the owner of the 250-seat cinema. In the Berlin address book, Omeczynski is mentioned for the cinema. Mrs. Elsbeth Müller took over it in 1920 and recorded it daily. In 1924 Walter Motz and Luise Sommer, born Meschke, under the same company, became the owner of I. Pirwitz in 1927. When Thea Bauer took over Pracht-Lichtspiele in 1928, she named 1910 as the founding year for the 258 seats. In 1929 Berka Juris renamed Bio-Lichtspiele and in 1932 retrofitted for sound film presentations with technology from “Kinoton”. In 1934 Rudolf Schneider became the owner and ran the cinema until it was destroyed in the war , so that operations were ceased. In the immediate vicinity there was the former school building of the 67th and 13th community schools , until 2007 Hemingway High School . After the demolition of these structures, a green area was created in 2006 due to the asbestos pollution, which after discussions about the fillet property became a construction site in three lots around 2014.
Biograph Theater ( Location )	Münzstrasse  11b	1906-1943	The address of the cinema was Münzstraße 8 until 1933. The change from horseshoe to reciprocal numbering gave the property on the south side of the street the new number 9. The cinema was destroyed in the bombing and cinema operations were no longer possible in 1943. The ruins have been cleared and the area lies fallow and is used as a storage area. It was built with prefabricated houses and the cinema site is now on plot 11b. "Berlin. K. Rudolph, Dirksenstr. 46, opened in mid-September 09 in Münzstr. 8 a biograph theater. ”Hermann Rudolph (from Münzstraße 1) ran the theater until 1920. In 1920, when the owner of the biograph theater changed to Deckert & Zoch (Hermann Zoch from Jagowstraße 44, 1921: Palisadenstraße 86). He enters 1906 in the cinema address book for the 135-seat cinema that is used daily. The managing director is Karl Schurig (N 37, Choriner Straße 43). In 1924 the cinema is registered by the owner C. Sedlak with program changes on Tuesday and Friday and in 1925 Erna Sedlak, followed by A. Berger, is the owner, in 1928 the cinema goes to Rubin Berger (Prinz-Regentenstraße 5, 1931: Berlin-Charlottenburg, Knesebeckstraße 70 / 71) about. After a cinema organ (cap: 2 M) was installed, it was converted to sound film technology in 1932 and had 144 seats and M. Berger (Wilmersdorf, Prinzregentenstraße 5, 1934: Wilmersdorf, Trautenaustraße 9) became the owner. In the 1935 cinema directory, however, “Biograph (Stummkino), Münzstraße” is entered. Ultimately, from 1937 onwards, Heinz Kolusberg (Berlin SO 36, Schlesische Straße 39/40, from 1940: Frohnau, Kastanienallee 11) with managing director Oswald Wagner is registered as the owner of the cinema. In 1941 “Biograph-Theater (Tages-Lichtspiele)” was recorded in the cinema directory before the cinema had to close in 1943 due to the effects of the war .
Biophon-Theater-Lichtspiele (BTL) ( Location )	Alexander Street  11	1906-1943	In 1901 Ernst von Wolhaben founded the first German cabaret, the Überbrettl, in the former secession stage at Alexanderstraße 40, initially under the name Buntes Brettl . In 1905 the two properties are listed separately in the address book, in 1906 demolition is noted on both properties. Hulke's Biographers Theater is already listed in the 1907 address book. House 39/40 was on Alexanderstrasse across from the former police headquarters. When the property numbering was changed, the property adjacent to Alexanderplatz was given the number 1. Alexanderstraße 39/40 is already listed for the headquarters of W. Hulke & Co. Berlin in 1910. The cinematographic performances are given in the Biophon-Theater-Lichtspiele (BTL) with 250 seats for which 1905 is named as the year of foundation (building 39/40 was built in 1906). The owner is W. Hulke & Co. by Wilhelm Hulke and Arnold Isenheim, the business is run by Hermann Brandt, in 1924 Ms. Minna Hulke is the owner of the cinema with Arnold Isenheim and Hermann Brandt. It is played daily with two program changes per week. In 1927, the National-Film-Theater GmbH is named as the owner, but later again W. Hulke & Co. with Hermann Brandt as managing director and from 1930 Isenheim & Brandt. In 1930 they installed sound film technology for sound film screenings, 188 seats. 1934 finally Brandt & German cinema owners are up to the destruction of buildings Alexanderstraße 1. This also destroyed by the bombing in 1908 next door standing Lehrerverein House Alexanderstraße 41 was (since 1936 Alexanderplatz 4). Between 1961 and 1964, the teacher's house and the congress hall were built on it, with the alignment being changed, the course of the road has since been shifted to the northeast. The cinema was roughly on the west corner of the congress hall, its forecourt and the street. The complex from 1964 has been run as the Berlin Congress Center (BCC, Alexanderstraße 9) by the housing cooperative Mitte since 2003 .
Biophon Varieté (Theater de Paris) ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  179	1909-1914	The cinematograph theater, which opened in 1909, lasted until 1914, when it closed. Perhaps it was because of the opening of the Union Theater, which was directly opposite. The neighboring Kaiserkeller AG (Friedrichstrasse 176-178) bought the house in 1915 for expansion. "Berlin. A new cosmopolitan company has opened its doors in the last few weeks on Friedrichstrasse and Taubenstrasse. A company that intends to initiate cinematographic ventures with large capital in other important cities at home and abroad has here at a point where the rental price of the rooms can be calculated very well by square centimeters, under the company ' Biophon-Varieté 'create a peculiar cinematographic theater. As we saw for ourselves, the arrangement can be called a happy one despite the relatively unfavorable space and the selection of the pictures was a good one. The visit is thoroughly satisfactory and the audience, as the appearance shows, was very entertaining. Our readers will be particularly interested in one thing and that is the excellent performance of the demonstration apparatus. As we hear, this is a completely new construction by a well-known cinematograph designer and this apparatus, which is used here for the first time in a cinematograph theater, should offer significant advantages over all known constructions. The transport device should be based on completely new principles, so that a short image pull and thus the greatest utilization of light, as well as an absolute standing of the images is guaranteed. We hope that we will soon be able to provide our readers with more details about this peculiar cinematograph construction, which is also said to be patent pending. " (From: Der Kinematograph 139, 1909)
Bioskop Theater ( Location )	Rosenthaler Strasse  54	1904-1921	The greengrocer Julius Rolgus was represented with his stand in the Central Market Hall until 1907 . In 1908 he bought a cinematograph for his premises at Rosenthaler Straße 54. From 1916, F. Natus was to be found in the Berlin address books as the owner of the cinema, until in 1921 H. Baumgarten took over the cinema for one year. After that there was apparently no cinema in this house, but there was an inn. The house was at the fork in Gormannstrasse, but it no longer exists.
Stock Exchange (Progress Studio Cinema) ( Location )	Burgstrasse  27	1992-2003	In 1992 Progress Film-Verleih opened the stock exchange studio cinema on its premises at Burgstrasse 27, which the DEFA Foundation later continued. Before that, there was a screening room for viewing films. When the house was sold in 2003, the cinema closed too. The building is a listed building and houses the Polish Cultural Institute and a bookshop. The program mainly consisted of films that were distributed in-house: productions by the East German film company DEFA between 1946 and 1992 as well as Eastern European works. Current European films were also shown.
Capitol Uhu-Lichtspiele Emka-Palast ( Location )	New Schönhauser Strasse  13	1926-1961	The house at Neue Schönhauser Strasse 13 , built according to plans by Alfred Messel in 1890/1891, originally belonged to the non-profit public coffee and dining hall company . After the First World War there was a pub in the “Volkskaffeehaus” and from 1926 Fritz Kärger opened the cinema as “Uhu-Lichtspiele”. It had 296 places and from 1929 is still registered with 250, the film screenings took place daily. In 1929 Peter Paul Lebek (CEO: Max Kadisch) took over the light plays and changed the name to "Emka-Palast". After another two years, Joseph Wlodarczyk became the owner of his business R. Kozicka. The new name is “Capitol-Lichtspiele”, they were equipped with a cinema organ (1931: Kap - 2 M, from 1932: Kap - 3 M), the number of (registered) seats fell to 200. Before 1937, Gertrud Kozicka had that Capitol took over, which was used daily and now had 185 seats. The house survived the events of the Second World War unscathed and Gertrud Kozicka continued to run the cinema privately. It also owned the “ center ” on the corner of Münzstrasse, as in 1946 the center and capitol light games were listed in the cinema directory. However, both are listed separately. From 1955, Lichtspiele was registered as the company "Zentrum-Capitol" with the address C 2, Neue Schönhauser Str. 13, Telephone 42 62 82 and from 1960 the address is C 2, Münzstrasse 21–23 (Neue Schönhauser Strasse 13), Telephone 42 62 82 In August 1961 the cinema is closed and the hall is then used as a storage room. The house was occupied in 1990 and was then privatized. First a restaurant was set up in the former dining hall and the house was restored in 1997 , and now there is a shop here. The residential and commercial building from 1890/1891 is a listed building . After the cinema was closed in 1963, Gertrud Kozicka ran a dog sports house on Joachimsthaler Strasse in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf for a few years.
Central ( Location )	Rosenthaler Strasse  39	since 1996	The Central Cinema at Hackescher Markt has existed since 1996. It has been in Berlin as an interesting cinema established, which also comes up again and again with cinematic features and surprises program alongside a mostly good range of premieres. It is located in the second courtyard of the Hackesche Höfe with the entrance from Rosenthaler Straße. Film screenings take place once a week on Mondays. The CENTRAL cinema on Hackescher Markt has existed since 1996. It has established itself in Berlin as one of the most interesting arthouse cinemas in the city, which in addition to a mostly good range of premieres also repeatedly comes up with special cinematic features and program surprises. It is located in the second back courtyard with the entrance from Rosenthaler Straße. There are two halls, each with a screen of 3.00 mx 5.80 m and sound in Dolby Digital 5.1, projections are possible in digital and 35 mm analog. Room 1 has 89 seats in 10 rows and room 2 has 63 seats in nine rows. After opening in 1996, Hall 2 was completely rebuilt twice within 13 years. Originally there were 75 folding cinema chairs in blue with synthetic leather covers, hard armrests and metal cladding.
Checkpoint ( Location )	Leipziger Strasse  55	1994-2003	The Checkpoint cultural center on Spittelmarkt was located on the ground floor of the residential building at Leipziger Straße 55 and was operated by the Kulturamt Mitte in the early 1990s and transferred to the 'Stattkino Berlin e. V. ' rented out who ran the cinema until it closed. The cinema appears for the first time in the cinema address book in 1995 (cinema address book from 1994 does not exist). The focus was on theater and dance, and a cinema was also operated. The house has been part of the Vietnamese Center Viethaus AG since 2008. The 44-seat hall is said to have served as a cinema from 1994 to November 15, 2003.
City-Lichtspiele crankcase Fata Morgana Lichtspiele ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  203 / corner Schützenstrasse 78	1929-1945	On the 25 m × 27 m plot of Friedrichstrasse and Schützenstrasse there was a building with an inner courtyard belonging to Rohrbach Metall Flugzeugbau GmbH in 1928 with nine users and residents, including a wine bar. In 1929 a cinema was installed under the name "Fata Morgana Lichtspiele" (200) Seats of the Filmtheater Betriebs-GmbH where the name was the same as the theater at Friedrichstrasse 150. While there is no entry for the year 1932 in the cinema address book, Rudolf Wehler resumed cinema operations in 1933 under the name "Die gute Tonfilmstube, der crankcase" - 1934: "The crankcase (Die gute Tonfilmstube)". In the cinema there are daily performances on 150 seats, a system for mechanical music and a sound system for sound film presentations were newly installed . In 1937 Heinz Findert took over and named “City-Lichtspiele, Berlin SW 68, Friedrichstr. 203 ". He ran the 150-seat cinema until the building was destroyed by the effects of the war . After the clearance, a fallow area remained on the corner of Mauerstraße (near the border with Kreuzberg : Russian and US-American sectors), which was close to Checkpoint Charlie and so when the Wall was built, it became part of the GDR border crossing point. In 1951, Karl Gratz opened a cinema on the Kreuzberg side at Friedrichstrasse 209 with the name City-Lichtspiele and 249 seats (42 screenings on seven days of the week).
Corso light plays (Lumina Palace, cockchafer light plays) ( Location )	Chausseestraße  59	1918-1943	The cinema existed with interruptions from 1918 to 1943. The name "May bug light games" probably comes from the cockchafer barracks opposite . The property at Chausseestrasse 59 reached 40 m wide from the street front to the cemetery of the cathedral parish and was only built on after 1910. Georg Fisch's office furniture factory and other businesses were in the yard. Richard Sturm & Max Schob are named in the cinema address book in 1920 and 1921 as the owners of the cockchafer light games with 200 seats. The founding year is 1918 and was played daily. In 1924 Albert Otto took over the Lumina-Lichtspiele with 267 seats, from 1928 the "Lumina-Palast" (222 seats) with daily play was taken over by Henry Oebels and in 1929 by Berthold Cohn. There are no entries in the cinema directory for the years 1930 to 1934. From 1937 M. Schneider and L. Schreiber are the owners of the Corso-Lichtspiele and from 1938 Arthur Bachmann runs the cinema. The buildings behind the houses on Wöhlertstrasse were totally destroyed in the air raids . The cinema had to be given up due to these war events. In 1950 the Boldt & Lieske Automobilgesellschaft was still located here. The property was not rebuilt after 1945 after the ruins were cleared. Until 1990 it was located in the middle of the border strip on the Berlin Wall and from 1963 it belonged to the border crossing at Chausseestrasse (from Wöhlertstrasse to Liesenstrasse). After 1990, the property in the previous strip of the wall initially remained fallow and was finally built on after 2015.
Cubix ( Location )	Rathausstraße  1	since 2001	As the last new building of the UFA Group, the cinema was opened on October 11, 2001 under the name CUBIX UFA-Palast Alexanderplatz . The multi-purpose restaurant Alextreff at the same location had to be demolished for this cinema building. In 2003, Cinestar took over the multiplex. As with three other Berlin UFA multiplexes, the historical company abbreviation was removed from the name on January 1, 2005, as Cinestar (which had taken over most of the UFA cinemas in Germany after the bankruptcy) had returned the license rights to the name to the RTL Group. The building was based on a design by the architect Sergei Tchoban .
German-American theater ( Location )	Köpenicker Strasse  68	1924-1941	In 1901, the architect August Endell converted a former vaudeville theater in the courtyard of Köpenicker Straße 68 into the Wolzo- Theater (cabaret Überbrettl). From 1905 it became the "German-American Theater". From 1910 to 1914, the Neue Freie Volksbühne used the theater until it also became a cinema in 1924. The building was destroyed in the Second World War and the Berlin power plant was built on the site in 1960 . After the power plant had been vacated, the techno club Tresor was established in the premises.
Dönhoff light games ( Location )	Leipziger Strasse  55	1917-1920	The Dönhoff light shows were located in the subsequent building of Palais Hardenberg next to the Reichshallen-Theater opposite what was then Dönhoffplatz . In 1917 the “Lichtspiele Dönhoffplatz” are listed in the cinema address book at Leipzigerstrasse 76. In 1918 as "Dönhoffplatz-Lichtspiele", Kurt Schumann is the owner of the 420-seat cinema that is used daily. There is still the entry for 1920 with Hedwig Schmöle, b. Strong as the owner. The property at Leipzigerstrasse 75-76 with a street front of 75 m reached 100 m deep with several inner courtyards. These buildings were badly damaged in air raids in 1943 and remained after the ruins had been cleared, the area on the north side from Spittelmarkt to Jerusalemer Strasse was derelict, especially since the building of the wall in 1961 made the inner-city importance a “dead end”. With the expansion on Leipziger Strasse from 1969, the street was widened from 20 m to 60 m, and the multi-storey new residential buildings were renumbered. A wide sidewalk was laid in front of these with a strip of trees in front of it. The former cinema location is now on the current street in front of House 55.
Document cinema ( Location )	Rungestrasse  20	2003-2006	The document cinema was located at Rungestraße 20 (near Jannowitzbrücke train station ) from 2003 to 2006 and showed documentaries from Thursday to Monday at 6 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. The film projector is now in Babylon Mitte. The cinema hall had 99 seats.
Edison Theater ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  85	1896-1896	In September 1896 the first Berlin cinema theater was opened. It was located in a room of the Wilhelmshallen restaurant , Unter den Linden 21. Shortly afterwards, a second Berlin cinema opened at Friedrichstrasse 85 under the name Edison-Theater in the building next to Café Bauer at Friedrichstrasse 85. In addition to films about current events, such as the Kaiser fleet parade from Heligoland , there were short, albeit abundantly primitive films to be seen. The robbery on the Spandauer Schiffahrtskanal near Berlin or the mugging of a beer coach on a lonely country road became a box office magnet . The initial influx of the audience soon subsided again. In December 1896 the Edison Theater was closed again.
Elite light games ( Location )	Brunnenstrasse  181	1909-1960	The elite light games were located from 1907 to 1960 at Brunnenstrasse 181, the Brunnenhof completed in 1909 based on plans by Richard Bloos. In addition to shops on the ground floor, one of the most modern cinemas of the time was set up in the Brunnenhof. In 1928, a branch of the city library was set up in the Brunnenhof. The building is a listed monument. In April 1960 the cinema was closed.
Empire theater ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  185	1910–?	"Empire-Theater is the name of the company of an elegant slide theater in Friedrichstrasse 185, which Berlin has been enriched with. The theater makes a very homely impression with its artistic and elegant furnishings. Yesterday's opening performance, for which an interesting program from all areas of modern cinematography was put together, took place in front of an invited audience. The images presented were extremely attractive and testified to the good taste of the organizers. The Empire Theater should soon enjoy great popularity in the broadest circles, also because of its location in the liveliest traffic area. " (From: Der Kinematograph 193, 1910)
Fata Morgana plays of light ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  150	1908-1942	Julius Schmidt's Rheinischer Hof hotel and restaurant were located in the corner building at Friedrichstrasse 150 on Dorotheenstrasse (a corner plot of 22 m × 22 m) . In 1908 (according to the information in the cinema directory) a cinematograph was set up and cinematographic presentations were given. Richard Ruffert is an innkeeper in Neue Roßstraße 2pt in 1911. and in 1912 with the cinematograph theater at Friedrichstrasse 150. In the cinema address book in 1917/1918 the cinema name "Fata-Morgana" is owned by Ruffert (resident in the corner house - Dorotheenstrasse 72) with 321 seats, at that time there was a hotel and restaurant Rheinischer Hof no longer. The Fata-Morgana-Lichtspiele are taken over by Marie Becker, the cinema is stated with 140 (from 1924: 137) seats, it is played daily, 1908 is registered as the year the venue was founded. Mrs. Becker remains the owner until 1925. After that, the property is registered with the Film-Theater AG and screenings take place every third day and again in 1928 daily. In 1929 the Film-Theater AG took over another venue in the new building at Friedrichstrasse 203 on Schützenstrasse, also under the name “ Fata Morgana Lichtspiele ”. The Film-Theater Betriebs-GmbH is the owner of the venues at Friedrichstrasse 150 (managing director: Heinrich Langer) and 203 until 1932, after which Margarete and Heinz Langer operate the venue alternately as a day cinema until it is closed due to the air raids . For technical equipment a three-man band is registered for 1932 for about 130 seats, mechanical music in 1933 , whereby the sound film with equipment from Kinoton was made possible this year. The building, like the entire square, was destroyed in the Second World War . A hotel and commercial building complex was finally built on the entire site in the 1980s.
Felix in the House of Culture of the Soviet Union ( Location )	At Festungsgraben  1	1947-1993	The House of Culture of the Soviet Union was opened in 1947 in the former Palais Donner . Until 1990 it was the central building of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship . The Progress film distribution business there under the name Felix of 6 October 1990 until at least 1993, his club cinema. Feature films from the Soviet Union were often shown, without dubbing and without subtitles.
Filmtheater Berlin (casino light games) ( Location )	Brunnenstraße  154	1926-1966	The Concordia Varieté Theater was originally located at Brunnenstrasse 154. The casino , which opened there in 1926 , was one of around 30 cinemas in the vicinity of Brunnenstrasse. It existed as a cinema, most recently under the name Filmtheater Berlin , until January 1966. After the cinema was closed, it was converted into a record studio in 1970, and the hall became a 200 m² recording room for future Amiga records. After the political change , TV production companies temporarily moved in and then it became a club with changing names. The cinema was right next to the Amor light show.
Filmburg Bio-Lichtspiele ( Location )	Memhardstrasse  12 (Alexanderstrasse 55)	1927-1961	Alfred Lampl (CEO: Fritz Faust, from 1931 Ernst Wendriner) opened a daytime cinema with 258 seats at Alexanderstraße 55 in 1927. Films were shown all day long in the Bio-Lichtspiele (Bio Alexanderplatz). The cinema had a soundtrack (cap: 4 M, 3 M) and in 1932 the sound film equipment was installed by Klangfilm. When Alexanderstraße was renamed Memhardstraße in 1932, the address was Memhardtstraße 12. In 1937 when it was renamed “Filmburg”, Curt Saxenberger was the owner, and from 1939 Kurt, Otto and Johanna Saxenberger were entered in the cinema address book. The cinema building was (in contrast to the adjacent properties) almost spared from the effects of the war, so the cinema operation of the Filmburg continued for 7 days to 269 in the post-war period. Between 1958 and 1960 the VEB Berliner Filmtheater took over the cinema. The only remaining building on Alexanderplatz between the cleared areas Memhardstrasse 10 and 14 was included in the redesign of Alexanderplatz. The cinema was closed in January 1961 and demolished in 1964. With the new construction of the Centrum department store and the Hotel Stadt-Berlin ( Hotel Park Inn ) from 1967 to 1970, as well as the associated changes to the streets, the street was shortened again in 1969. The location of the former cinema corresponds to the space between the low-rise buildings northwest of the hotel and the corner of Karl-Liebknecht- and Alexanderstraße.
Youth film pavilion ( Location )	Unter den Linden  22	1951–?	The cinema building was erected in 1951 on the property (Unter den Linden 22 / Friedrichstrasse 86, before the renumbering Unter den Linden 46) of the destroyed Victoria Hotel, which stood opposite the House of Switzerland . Films were to be shown here during the World Festival of Youth and Students from August 5 to 19, 1951. How long the cinema pavilion existed is unclear. However, it was demolished by 1960 at the latest when the north-east corner of the intersection was rearranged for the planning of new buildings. When Friedrichstrasse was widened from 12.8 m to 23.6 m, the properties were realigned. From 1964, the hotel "Unter den Linden" (Unter den Linden 14), set back from Friedrichstrasse, was built and used as a diplomatic hotel from 1970 until the grand hotel opposite was built. In 2005 the old street was re-established and the corner property was rebuilt.
Movie theater in the television tower ( Location )	Panoramastraße 1a / Alexanderplatz	1972-1992	The Berlin TV tower opened on October 7, 1969. At the beginning of 1972 the two missing pavilions for exhibitions, the information center of the Berlin-Information, a cinema and dining facilities were completed. The cinema was opened in October 1972. It was located on the ground floor of a side wing facing Rathausstrasse and had 155 seats. The DEFA recorded the cinema as art house cinemas. In addition to film screenings, the hall was also used for lectures and events at the URANIA lecture center. In 1990 UFA took over the cinema as a leaseholder and operated it until 1992. “In the cinema, films about the capital of the GDR and various areas of its social life are shown. At the same time, lectures on the development of Berlin are on the program ”.
Hackesche Höfe Filmtheater Filmkunstcenter ( Location )	Rosenthaler Strasse  40/41	since 1996	The Hackesche-Höfe-Filmtheater was opened in 1996 in the courtyard area of ​​the same name and has been a film art center with five halls and 656 seats since the late 1990s. It is located on the top floor and can be reached via the 1st courtyard in the same entrance as the Variete Chamäleon. Until 2009 the cinema was called Hackesche Höfe Filmtheater . All halls have been digitized since 2011. It was created in the former two-story ballroom, which was opened in 1907 as Neumann's ballroom together with the ballroom below. This large ballroom was already divided in 1930 with a false ceiling and used as a dance hall from then on. In the lower ballroom, which has been used by the Chameleon vaudeville since 1991, the Imperial Cinema already existed from 1920 to 1960 .
Harmony Cinema ( Location )	Invalidenstrasse  1a	1932-1943	The cinema opened in 1932 at Invalidenstrasse 1a and probably closed in 1943. After the Second World War , the ground floor was used as a paint shop (Farben-Rohde) and a clothing store.
High End in Tacheles (Studio Camera, OTL) ( Location )	Oranienburger Strasse  54-56	1946-2010	In 1946 the Oranienburger-Tor-Lichtspiele (OTL) cinema opened in the gate building on Friedrichstrasse, but in 1957 it moved to the converted former lecture hall of the AEG building (Friedrichstrasse passage) on Oranienburger Strasse. It was in operation as OTL until 1969 and, after renovation and conversion, became the Studio-Camera film art theater in 1971. It existed as such until 1981. Part of the passage was blown up and demolished in 1982, only the part of the building on Oranienburger Strasse remained. A new street should run across the site and form a shortcut between Oranienburger Strasse and Friedrichstrasse. The remaining part of the building was occupied by artists from 1990 onwards and ran it as the Kunsthaus Tacheles . The former cinema now served as a theater hall. In addition, a cinema was then integrated, which was first called Cinema Pleasant , Camera im Tacheles and later High End 54 . In 2010 the cinema closed as part of an eviction, as the building has meanwhile been sold. The house has been a listed building since 1990 . Therefore, the part of the building is to be integrated into the future shopping arcade. Under the sign with the program announcements of the High End 54, the lettering Oranienburger Tor Lichtspiele was still visible in the archway .
Imperial ( Location )	Märkisches Ufer  54	1994-1998	In 1994, Marko Wilke opened the Imperial Cinema in the BCC on Märkischer Ufer 54 / corner of Brückenstraße. It existed there until 1998 in the building converted into the Berlin Congress Center . The seven-storey building, erected in 1988 as the FDGB headquarters, was rebuilt again in 1999–2001 and has since been the seat of the Chinese embassy in Berlin .
Imperial Fortuna Film-Palast Stock Exchange ( Location )	Rosenthaler Strasse  40/41	1917-1960	Property 40/41 at the southern end of Rosenthaler Straße to Hackescher Markt not far from the former Börse S-Bahn station (since 1992: Hackescher Markt ) belongs to the Hackesche Höfe built in 1906/1907 . There was a large two-story ballroom on the second floor in the first courtyard and a lower ballroom in the transverse building, which were known as Neumann's ballrooms . A cinema was set up in the lower ballroom and operated until 1961. The entry for 1917 read: “Royal Lichtspiele, C., Rosenthalerstr. 40 "In 1920 the" Film-Palast Börse "in Rosenthaler Strasse 40/41 is owned by Film-Palast Börse GmbH, with daily games and 600 seats. The founding year is 1920, the number of seats is recorded in 1921 with 400, in the entries (1924 to 1927) under the direction of Karl Holleufer and Ignatz Werner with 500, there is a daily program change on Tuesday and Friday, the managing director is Nikolauer. Karl Sedlak and Bernhard Heimann are the owners in 1928 and give 569 seats and the year 1919 was founded, the next owner is Julius Levie (1929, 1930) who has 601 seats and cinema music (band: 6 musicians). The latter leaves the name after the GmbH "Filmpalast Börse, Film und Bühne". In 1931 Karl Sedlak (he lived in Rosenthaler Straße 4 ) is again the owner and trades the venue with 600 seats as "Imperial-Kino Film und Bühne" which was now equipped with sound film technology from Tobis , the rooms were designed by the architect Friedrich Zwiebel. In 1932 Sedlak is the director of Elite-Kino GmbH, managing director Samuel Faust and runs the Imperial. In 1934, theater manager Gottfried Rheinen is named as the owner in the Reichs Kino address book. The address books 1935 and 1936 indicate the seat of Fortuna-Kino GmbH at Rosentaler Straße 40/41. From 1937, the owner of the cinema, Franz Wieninger, is the operator of the Imperial Cinema / Imperial Theater with 592 seats. The Hackesche Höfe were also affected in the air raids in 1943, but the Imperial survived the end of the war and continued to be used in the post-war years . In 1957 the VEB Berliner Filmtheater took over the Imperial, but ceased operations in 1960. The Imperial was closed in April 1960. From 1964, the GDR television used the cinema as a trial studio for the GDR television ballet . In the summer of 1990, the old hall was uncovered again and played by a traveling vaudeville. In 1991 the Chameleon variety theater opened in the former lower ballroom. The entire complex has been a listed building since 1977 . In the same building there has been a cinema again in the attic since 1996, the Hackesche Höfe Filmtheater .
International ( Location )	Karl-Marx-Allee  33	since 1964	The Kino International is a large cinema at Berlin's Karl-Marx-Allee 33 and is located between Alexanderplatz and Strausberger Platz. It was used as a GDR premiere cinema until 1989. It has been a listed building since the beginning of the 21st century as a testimony to architectural modernism. The style is “light, airy and functional”, which fundamentally differs from the neoclassical buildings on Karl-Marx-Allee that were completed in the 1950s. Until 1989 it served as a GDR premiere cinema. The cinema has been the venue for the Berlinale since 1990 . Until 2009, the cinema had a Pyrcon UP-700 cinema machine and was therefore able to show 70 mm films . The Kino International is a listed building. The ensemble of Hotel Berolina , Restaurant Moscow and Kino International has been a registered monument complex since 1990. The director of the cinema was Bernd-Rüdiger Mann from 1971 to 1984 and Christine Weigand from 1986 to 1998. After the political change, the Kino International is operated by the Yorck Kinogruppe . After renovations, it now has 551 seats spread across 20 rows. The following formats are available for projection: 35 mm, 70 mm, 2k digital.
Ira-Palast Frankenburg-Lichtspiele ( Location )	Karl-Marx-Allee  36	1921-1943	In 1921, the Frankenburg with 850 seats in a building with a floor area of ​​60 m² was opened in the courtyard of the property at Große Frankfurter Straße 74. It was destroyed in World War II in 1943. After the ruins were cleared, the Stalinallee was built from 1950, so the location of the former cinema is located at the Karl-Marx-Allee 36 building (pavilion next to Café Moscow ). “Director Karl Rudolph recently opened a new cinema variété in Grosse Frankfurter Strasse, which bears the name“ Frankenburg ”. The tastefully furnished interior holds 1000 people. ”() The cinema with 773 seats and a 30 m² stage was managed from 1924 by Frankino GmbH under the tenants Gabriel and in 1924 Bellak and Defries. And it went to Elysium-Lichtspiele GmbH, which also owned other cinemas, through takeover as “Frankenburg, Film- und Bühnenschau”. The managing directors were Richard Schwarzer in 1928 and Adolf Raatz in 1929. It was played every day and up to eight musicians were used to provide background music for the silent films. In 1932 it was possible to show sound films under Adolf Raatz, in 1933 it was run as "Frankenburg Tonfilm-Bühne" by A. Wunderlich and O. Jentsch, in 1934 S. Hoffmann became the owner. When Hermann Lüdemann and Legien continued the cinema in 1937, they called it “Ira-Palast”. In the cinema address book, from 1938 onwards, they give 478 seats instead of 750 as capacity. Hermann Ludemann ran the cinema alone from 1941 during the war years and continued to name the 30 m² stage and 644 seats in the address book. “ The Frankenburg . Under this name, the active management Karl Rudolph opened in the Gr. Frankfurter Strasse a new, large cinema variety. The theater, delightfully furnished by the architect Katzmann, can hold 1,000 people. The opening performance brought a performance of the great Noto-Film-Operetta 'Miss Venus', which had a huge success that reached its climax through the personal appearance of Ada Svedin and Charles Willy Kayser. "()
Cockatoo plays of light ( Location )	Alexander Street  37	1920-1943	The cinema was set up in a hall of the Hotel Englischer Hof . The building was not rebuilt after it was destroyed during World War II . It was located in the area of ​​Alexanderstrasse at the confluence with Schillingstrasse.
camera ( Location )	Unter den Linden  51–53 (formerly: 14)	1927-1933	At the age of 27, Walter Jonigkeit founded his first film art house, Die Kamera . The cinema was destroyed in the Second World War in 1943. An extension to the Russian embassy is on the site, which has now been abandoned. The "camera" at Unter den Linden 14 was opened in March 1928. At the opening it still had a cinema organ, although the sound film was already being used. They even advertised “cinema experience like 15 years ago”.
Karl Kino Monopoly Light Games ( Location )	Reinhardtstrasse 47  / 47a ( Karlstrasse 5a)	1913-1933	Karlstrasse 5a, Reinhardtstrasse 47a since 1947, has been preserved along with the neighboring house. Shops are located in the former cinema rooms on the ground floor. The building is a listed monument.
Cinema in the Center Culturel Français ( Location )	Unter den Linden  37	1984-1992	The Center Culturel Français was opened in 1984 as a French cultural center in the GDR. It included a library and, for a short time, a special cinema with a national program. In 1992 the cinema in this building ceased. In autumn 1996 the French cultural center moved. In 2007, a club moved into the vacant cinema in the former French cultural center in the courtyard of the Westin Grand Hotel on Friedrichstrasse / corner of Unter den Linden.
Cinema in the Palace of Tears ( Location )	Reichstagufer  17	1993 - approx. 1997	The building was erected in 1961/1962 as a border control building (exit pavilion) at Friedrichstrasse station and was soon popularly known as the Palace of Tears . After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the transfer of the city administration to the Senate of Berlin , the building was placed under monument protection. and opened as a venue in 1991 and operated as such for 15 years, spanning various genres and also serving as a cinema. On July 31, 2006, the Tränenpalast closed due to the sale of the Spreedreieck. The last operator, Marcus Herold, has been a freelance organizer since then
Cinematograph Theater ( Location )	Chausseestraße  2	1909– (1919)	The cinematograph 133/1909: “Berlin. Paul Scholz, Chausseestr. 22, has opened a cinematograph theater. ”The cinema theater at Chausseestrasse 22 only existed for a short time. In the Berlin address book in the Chausseestrasse in Berlin N 4 further cinematographs are included. L. Scholz is included as a cinematograph for Chausseestrasse 2 in the address book in 1910, 1911, 1912 and then again in 1917, 1918 and 1919. The cinematograph A. Fischer was recorded in 1910 at Chausseestraße 11 and with the address Chausseestraße 12 in the address book in 1912, 1913 and 1915.
Humboldt Uni cinema club ( Location )	Unter den Linden  6	1990s to 2010	The Humboldt Uni KinoKlub was founded in the early 1990s. Every semester, students screened films in the multi-purpose and cinema hall in the east wing of the university. The cinema ended in 2010.
Cinema theater ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  192/193	1909-1915	In addition to L. Türk's cinematograph theater, the Sielaff AG vending machine restaurant was later located in the same building.
Colonnade cinema ( Location )	Leipziger Strasse  48–50 (formerly 58)	1930-1943	The cinema was destroyed in World War II in 1943; it was located near the Spittelkolonnaden. The location would be between the two high-rise buildings at Leipziger Strasse 48 and 50.
Royal house lights ( Location )	Bernhard-Weiß-Strasse  3 ( Neue Königstrasse 63)	1910-1961	The Königshaus Lichtspiele existed from 1910 to 1961. The cinema was set up in the Königstadt concert hall, which was located at Neue Königstrasse 61-64 (since 1995 Otto-Braun-Strasse ). The Neue Königstrasse was swiveled in the early 1970s, the old course of the road corresponds to Bernhard-Weiss-Strasse 1-5. In 1928 the building belonged to Handelsstätte Königshaus GmbH and, in addition to the light shows, also housed the Bekleidungswerke AG vorm. Thalheimer and J. & S. Marx as well as the Königstadt concert hall . After the expropriation of the Jewish owners, it belonged to the German Reich and was then the seat of the Oberfinanzdirektion Berlin (foreign exchange office, customs investigation office). In the GDR, departments of the council of the city district center (finance, culture, housing, internal affairs) and the city ​​district Prenzlauer Berg (tax department) were located there until the 1960s . In June 1961 the cinema was closed. When the buildings were demolished in the course of the redesign of Alexanderplatz and the street, a parking lot was created there in the early 1970s.
Crystal palace ( Location )	Landsberger Strasse  31	1900-1943	According to the telephone directory 1941 Landsberger Strasse 31. Landsberger Strasse ran from Alexanderplatz to Landsberger Tor, since 1992 the place of the United Nations . The road was completely built over during the reconstruction after the Second World War . The palace location corresponds roughly to the building at Berolinastraße 31/32. The building no longer exists.
Crown light games ( Location )	Rosenthaler Strasse  60	1914-1921	At the corner of Rosenthaler Strasse 60 at the corner of Steinstrasse there was no cinema to be found in the Berlin address books in the period 1916–1922; there were only entries for the years 1914/1915. It may have closed during the First World War . The house itself no longer exists.
Landsberger Lichtspiele ( Location )	Landsberger Strasse 92	1910-1924	Landsberger Strasse ran from Alexanderplatz to Landsberger Tor. (around 1960: Lenin Square, since 1992: United Nations Square) The street was completely overbuilt during the reconstruction after the Second World War . The location corresponds roughly to the western part of the Arno-Fuchs-Schule in Berolinastraße 8. The building no longer exists.
Play of light at the Szczecin train station ( Location )	Invalidenstrasse  127	1912-1943	The cinema existed from 1912 to 1943 at Invalidenstrasse 127 opposite the Stettiner Bahnhof (since 1950: Nordbahnhof). The building was destroyed and there is currently a playground on the property.
Light plays of old Berlin ( Location )	Köllnischer Fischmarkt 6	1912-1920	The Kölln fish market existed under this name until 1969, it disappeared when the area was redesigned to become today's Fischerinsel . It was in the area at the intersection of Gertraudenstrasse , Mühlendamm and Breite Strasse . This was the area of Cölln , which merged with old Berlin in 1709 and thus formed the core of the historical center of the city. Presumably that is why the shop cinema was also called Alt-Berlin . One building is no longer in its original location; you can now find a playground and high-rise apartment buildings. The buildings on the southern Koellner Fischmarkt were destroyed in the Second World War.
Chausseestrasse light plays ( Location )	Chausseestraße  123/124	1918-1920	The magnificent Aegir halls were originally located at Chausseestrasse 123. From 1907 to 1911 the Bioskop studios, which are considered a forerunner of the Babelsberg film studio, used rooms under the roof. In 1912, two months after the sinking of the Titanic, the silent film In Nacht und Eis about this tragedy was filmed in one of these backyards . After that, several film companies use the rooms. Until the end of the Second World War , the company health insurance fund of the AEG was located there and then for many years a bookstore in the front building. Argus-Film GmbH used the rooms from 1918 to 1920. Willy Peters was the innkeeper of the restaurant that remained there. The house is a listed building .
Light games "The living image" ( Location )	Heinrich-Heine-Straße  10 ( Neanderstraße 11)	1910-1921	Karl Knübbel took over the cinema theater from F. Holz at Neanderstraße 11 around 1911. Before that, he was a greengrocer. The cinema was later named Das lebende Bild and was then reopened by Emil Richter after it had been closed during the First World War . The cinema then closed in the early 1920s. The Neanderstraße in Mitte has been called Heinrich-Heine-Straße since 1960. It ran from Brückenstrasse and Köpenicker Strasse to Prinzenstrasse and Annenstrasse. The buildings there were demolished and replaced by prefabricated buildings. The location corresponds to Heinrich-Heine-Straße 10.
Motion picture theater ( Location )	Invalidenstrasse  110	1910-1921	The restaurant zum Kuhstall was originally located at Invalidenstrasse 110 . The Wikinger Hof hotel was built on the same site in 1908 . AEG's business premises and warehouse were located there as early as 1922 . The building has been destroyed; an institute of the Humboldt University is currently located here . "Berlin. Under the name Lichtspiel-Theater, Invalidenstr. 110, the long-time manager, known from large theaters of the same kind, Hermann Pingel, has opened an elegant cinematograph theater. There are around 550 seats in the tastefully and solidly furnished hall. From the extensive program we highlight: Arrogance, art film; Saved by the flag and The Secret of the Bridge of Sighs. " (From: Der Kinematograph 198, 1910)
Metro-Palast (Wiking-Palast, Friedrich Wilhelm Theater) ( Location )	Chausseestraße  30/31	1924-1939	At Chausseestraße 30/31 there was once a summer theater, from which the Woltersdorff-Theater , Schillertheater-Nord and finally the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtische Schauspielhaus emerged in 1848 . In 1913 there were film screenings there under the name Cines-Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater . In 1924 this theater became the Metro-Palast cinema with 1000 seats. It was closed in 1939 and an underground bunker was built at the same location in 1941. After the Second World War , attempts were made to blow up the bunker. The surface was then leveled. A new hotel was built here from 2012 to 2015, for which the remains of the bunker were removed beforehand.
Modern plays of light ( Location )	Brunnenstrasse  24	1919-1934	The Kino Moderne Lichtspiele was located at Brunnenstrasse 24 from 1919 to 1934. It is said to have been on the first floor of the front building. The house is a listed building , in the past it had many different trades in the courtyard.
Filmtheater Münz (Münz-Theater) ( Location )	Münzstrasse  5	1910-1966	The Münz-Theater in Münzstraße 5 (previously: No. 10) existed from 1910 to 1966. It was a shop cinema. With the takeover by the VEB Berliner Filmtheater it kept its name. 1960–1963 it was named Jugendfilmtheater Münz (see photo from 1960). Until it was closed in October 1966, it was then called the Münz Film Theater . The coin pharmacy is located here.
Münz-Lichtspiele, theater of abnormalities and biographers ( Location )	Memhardstrasse 3 (17, Münzstrasse 16)	1918-1959	According to the operator Otto Pritzkow, the cinema is said to have been the first permanent cinema in Berlin for paying viewers and opened on November 1st, 1899 with around 100 seats. The facility stayed in the same place (house number changed to "17") until October 31, 1959. In 1903 Pritzkow & Rüffer was included in the address book with a vending machine restaurant, from 1904 to 1905 O. Pritzkow was registered with this and 1906-1908 with a theater of abnormalities. From 1907 Otto Pritzkow appeared with the address Münzstraße 16 in the commercial section of the Berlin address book under cinematographs with the entry "Sale and lending of films", from 1908 he also advertised there with "cinematograph equipment at the cheapest prices". In 1909 Otto Pritzkow was the owner of the cinematograph, 1911–1916 with the cinematograph factory and in 1918 and 1919 with the “Münz-Lichtspiele”, partly under “Pritzkows Lichtspiele”, he owned the cinema until 1940. The cinema is off in the cinema directory Listed in 1929 with 189–199 places. The cinema was used daily and probably also in continuous operation (1928 all day, 1941: all day cinema). In 1932, Klangfilm's Münz-Lichtspiele were equipped for the reproduction of sound films. The building at Münzstrasse 16 was given the address Memhardstrasse 17 in 1934. The cinema building remained relatively undamaged between the neighboring houses 15 and 19, which were damaged in the war, and movie theater operation continued in the post-war period until 1959, the cinema has 189 seats. When the streets on Alexanderplatz were redesigned in the 1970s, Memhardstrasse was relocated along the street and after the existing old buildings were torn down, the block facing south-west was built with prefabricated buildings. Memhardtstraße is shortened to the section Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße to Karl-Liebknecht-Straße , the residential buildings on the southwest side were given the numbers 1–7, the location of the cinema was on the former site at Memhardstraße 3.
New Philharmonic Light Games (Ballhaus Light Games) ( Location )	Köpenicker Strasse  96/97	1914-1934	Originally there was a brewery at Köpenicker Straße 96/97, in which Carl Keller's New Philharmonic establishment with ballrooms was built before 1900 . As early as 1914 there were film screenings in the Great Hall of the New Philharmonic. In March 1929, a cinema organ from Welte & Sons was installed, but its whereabouts are unknown. In 1934 the cinema was closed. After the destruction in World War II and the redesign of Köpenicker Strasse, prefabricated buildings were erected here.
Nickelodeon ( Location )	Torstrasse  216	1991-2009	The art house cinema Nickelodeon was opened at the beginning of 1991 in the JoJo Sociocultural Center at Torstrasse 216. That is why it was sometimes called Kino im JoJo . Theater 89 was also located there. From 1998, the Stattkino e. V. (Lichtblick-Kino) operator, on July 10th 2009 the cinema closed with the last screening of the film Nickelodeon by Peter Bogdanovich . The cinema hall last had 99 seats and could be used digitally and analogously with 35 mm.
Noack light plays ( Location )	Brunnenstraße  16	1906-1941	Noacks Lichtspiele emerged from the Noacks Theater that previously existed there . The cinema had existed since 1906. According to the address books, it apparently never changed its name, even if other sources claim this. The operators probably changed. The building at Brunnenstrasse 16 was destroyed in the Second World War in 1943 and then demolished. The Volkspark am Weinberg, which was laid out after the war from 1954, is located there .
Northern lights light plays (three groschen cinema, Tosca light plays) ( Location )	Linienstraße  197	1924-1935	The building at Linienstraße 197 no longer exists; a prefabricated building was erected here. Opposite in the Linienstrasse 83-85 was from 1912 to 1930 the seat of the German Metal Workers Association. Then he moved to a new building.
Odeon-Filmtheater (South-East Lichtspiele) ( Location )	Köpenicker Strasse  36-38	1907-1943	A cinema was located on the property from 1907 to around 1943, which was initially called Lichtspiele Süd-Ost and from 1939 Odeon Lichtspiele. There were also other businesses that had factory buildings on the property. After the Second World War , there was a small construction company there.
Orpheum ( Location )	Brueckenstrasse  2	1910-1911	In 1907 a new building was erected at Brückenstraße 2, which housed the Steidl Theater in 1908 and W. Kietzmann's Wilhelm Theater in 1909. This then became the Orpheus ballroom. From 1915 it became Zimmermann's ballroom after the house belonged to the cooperative bank. So the ballrooms did not last long as a cinema.
Passage plays of light ( Location )	Unter den Linden  35 (formerly: 22)	1915-1944	The Passage Theater was built in the Kaisergalerie, which was inaugurated in 1873 . The shopping street designed as a passage led from the boulevard Unter den Linden in a broken line to Friedrichstrasse / corner of Behrenstrasse. In the passage there was a concert hall, restaurants, a hotel and the modern shopping arcade with more than 50 shops and cafes. The attractions that were added over time included the Panoptikum and the Castan brothers' wax museum. After the First World War, Mohamed Soliman converted the Passage Theater into a cinema variety theater, in which world premieres were also shown. Soliman was director of the Passage-Panoptikum, the Passage-Theater and the Linden-Cabaret from 1915 until the inflation in 1923. In August 1928, the Passage-Lichtspiele reopened after five years. In 1943 the building was completely destroyed in an air raid and burned down completely in 1945. The remaining ruins were demolished in 1957. Then the Interhotel Grand Hotel Berlin , today's Westin Grand, was built there.
Pathephon Salon Theater (Minerva) ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  187/188	1909-1917	At that time and afterwards, the same house was a specialist shop for speech machines Pathé Frêres (from 1915: Pathéphon speech machines , 1916: Pathéphon music hall ), while the Minerva Society gave up the business at the address in 1912.
Patria-Lichtspiele Princess Theater ( Location )	Linienstraße 132 / Torstraße  228 (Elsässer Straße 43)	1924-1942	The cinema existed until 1942 and was set up in 1924 in the former Possen Theater (Folies Caprice, Eldorado or Steidl Theater) owned by Messrs. Schreiber & Neumann. The theater building stretched from Linienstraße 132 to Elsässer Straße 43. The cinema building, which was destroyed in air raids, was currently on the property at Linienstraße 132 / Torstraße 228. Linienstraße runs parallel to Torstraße, which was called Elsässer Straße at this point until 1951 and 1951 –1994: Wilhelm-Pieck-Strasse . In 1924 the Prinzess-Lichtspiele (Folies caprice) in Berlin N 24 Linienstraße 132 with 500 seats were owned by Carl Rudolph. Wilhelm Kraft took over the Lichtspiele in 1927 with the address given at Linienstraße 132 at the corner of Elsässer Straße 43 with daily screenings and two program changes. In 1928 David Koppelmann became the owner with Wilhelm Gaßmann as projectionist who then took over the cinema in 1930. From 1931 Erich Richter is listed as the owner of the Prinzess Theater with a 5 x 7 m stage in the cinema address book, which introduced the sound film screening using the pin tone method. There was a cinema organ and Richter stated that the cinema was founded in 1913. The cinema is closed in 1933 and was reopened in 1934 by Bruno Voss (who owned several Berlin cinemas) as "Patria-Lichtspiele" with 464 seats. In 1938 he gave the movie theater to Karl August Deter & Co. KG, which still operated it until the building was damaged in 1942 by the air raids. A cinema under the name “Patria” existed for a short time as early as 1910 on the industrial site behind Kaiserstraße 41 (Berliner Spediteur- und Lagerhaus Akt.Ges.) At Magazin- / Schillingstraße 29. The property has been in the same location since the construction of Stalinallee Karl-Marx-Allee 28. ( location )
Phoenix light plays (Nordic light plays) ( Location )	Torstrasse  140–144 (Elsässer Strasse 86–88)	1929-1943	The cinema was set up in 1929 in the ballroom of the former union building. The building extended to Linienstraße 83-85, in which from 1912 to 1930 the headquarters of the German Metalworkers' Association was located. The former trade union building from 1912 was renovated between 1999 and 2001 and has retail space on the ground floor. The building is a historical monument. Elsasser Strasse merged with Lothringer Strasse in Torstrasse (1951–1994: Wilhelm-Pieck-Strasse ), the house now has the address Torstrasse 140-144.
Residence lights	Ifflandstrasse  2 ( Location )	1914-1945	The Blumenstrasse 10 property with the Residenz-Lichtspiele was located on a short side street to Blumenstrasse in the Karree Blumenstrasse, WallnerTheaterstrasse, Ifflandstrasse and bordered to the east on the Residenz Theater (Blumenstrasse 9 / 9a). The cinema was destroyed in the Second World War around 1943 and the street lines were completely changed when the buildings were built after the war. The former cinema location is located on Ifflandstrasse 2, which was set back from the street in Singerstrasse, in the apartment blocks 1-4 built in the early 1970s. The remaining marking point is the preserved old building Singerstraße 1a, formerly Blumenstraße 13. The house has a characteristic corner: the side facing Singerstraße on Blumenstraße and the part facing away (southwest) was on the small side street opposite Blumenstraße 10, 11, 12. The cinema was set up in the former splendid "Alt-Berlin" halls at Blumenstrasse 10, which from 1908 to 1939 also housed Paul Baatz's Resi-Casino with 1,000 seats. The casino and film theater refer to the Residenztheater, which was located between Blumenstrasse and Wallner-Theater-Strasse. For the film venue (Blumenstrasse 10), changing owners are initially entered in the cinema address book: 1914 W. Bromme, 1915 K. Hartmann, 1917 J. Goldberg, 1917 P. Baatz. In 1918 the Residenz-Lichtspiele (O 27, Blumenstrasse 10) with 318 seats for owner Leo Rubintschik (apartment: Fischerstrasse 5) were added. He was replaced in 1924 by the owner of the Pracht-Säle Alt-Berlin GmbH Paul Baatz, who initially stated 546 spectator seats. In 1928/1929 his tenant Josef Hauser mentions 500 seats as audience capacity. There were silent film screenings every day, they were accompanied by six to ten musicians, the stage has a size of 8 m × 6 m. When Paul Goldstein became the cinema owner in 1930, he set the name Resi (-Lichtspiele) for 550 cinema seats and, with his managing director Erich Witte, had the entry in the cinema address book: “Sound film in prospect” inserted. The sound film project was implemented in 1931 by director Carl Sommer (projectionist, managing director Walter Angerstein) who entered 1914 as the founding year. As Tonfilm is now being shown by Kinoton, the name of the cinema is “Resi-Tonfilmbühne” with 560 seats. In 1937 (? 1936) Walter Eiling became the owner and owned the cinema until it was destroyed before 1945.
Russian House (Friedrichstrasse Film Theater) ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  176-179	since 1984	Films were shown under the name Filmtheater Friedrichstrasse from the beginning of the 1990s to around 2003 . Since then, films have only been shown on special occasions, such as the Russian Film Week. The House of Soviet Science and Culture was built in 1981–1984 at Friedrichstrasse 176–179 on the site of a house that was destroyed in World War II ( Kaiser Hotel with Kaiser Cellar ). The building contains rooms for exhibitions, conferences, concerts and a cinema. After the political change , it was renamed " Russian House ".
Scala (Camera, Aladin, Überbrettel) ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  112	1909-2000	The Passage-Kaufhaus Wertheim (Friedrichstrasse Passage) was located at Friedrichstrasse 110-112. There was an inn at no. 112a, which has been in the address book as the Heidelberger Krug beer and concert hall since 1916 . Neddermeyer is in the same entry as the theater owner. From 1909 the first irregular film screenings took place in the hall on the upper floor. The cinema was initially called Passage Lichtspiele , based on the location of the house. In 1920 it became the Oranienburger Tor Lichtspiele and from 1933 Aladin Lichtspiele. Frederick William Foss ran the Aladin until its expropriation because he in the western part of the city the border Cinema Camera operation and for advertising in the east made. The cinema was then renamed Camera in 1957 and operated as a reprise theater . It later became a cinematographic theater. In 1966 it was closed by the building authorities. From the 1960s, the GDR State Film Archive used the rooms as offices. In 1990 the Yorck Kinogruppe took over the premises and set up a cinema again, which was opened in 1993 as the art house cinema Scala . The cinema was in operation until March 2000, when it was closed for economic reasons. There is an Irish pub on the ground floor of the building . The lettering "SCALA", which was previously affixed above the cinema, is located in Werder at the Scala cinema there.
Schauburg ( Location )	Stresemannstraße  120	1919-1932	The Schauburg was located at Stresemannstrasse 120 / the corner of Niederkirchnerstrasse 6. In 1904 a concert hall for entertainment events was built there in a reinforced concrete building, which burned out in 1945. A cinema was operated here from 1919 to 1932. The Berlin Wall ran there from 1961 , the property was in the eastern part of Berlin on the death strip.
Skala-Theater-Lichtbildbühne Biophon-Theater ( Location )	Weinbergsweg  16-20	1907-1927	The property at Weinbergsweg 16/20, like the adjacent property 15, belonged to the Fehrbelliner Strasse of the Wollank Family Foundation. The merchant E. Schippanowsky is registered as the owner for 16, 17, 18/19 and 20 in 1907. There were various facilities on it: for example, before 1907 the Walhalla Theater with park, tunnel and variety theater at Weinbergsweg 18.19 and also the Theater of Living Photographs by W. Hulke & Co. The “Theater of Living Photographs” (Weinbergweg 18-19) W. Hulke & Co. is mentioned in the address book from 1907–1915, in the years 1916–1918 the “Biophon-Theater” (- Lichtspiele) is also listed under this address in the cinema address book (it also belongs to the Hulke Society with headquarters Alexanderstrasse 39-40). In 1918, at Weinbergsweg 18, the “Skala Theater” with 340 seats, owned by Georg Hannes and Adam Zielinski, followed in 1920 by Ludwig Baumblau. The address Weinbergsweg 18-19 is recorded in the Berlin address book 1921. In 1922, the Skala and Union Theater was added under Weinbergsweg 16-17 and the Walhalla Theater, as well as the Walhalla Tunnel and Park as 18.19, with the Wollannk Family Foundation again being the property owner for the latter. The 1923 address book connects Kersten with the Skala Theater and G. Heinsdorf with the Walhalla Varieté. From 1924 to 1927 Johann and Richard Kersten are the owners of the “Skala-Theater Lichtbildbühne” (N 54, Weinbergsweg 18), which has 335 seats and plays daily with a program change on Tuesday and Friday. In the 1925 address book, Universum Film AG is listed as the property owner for the “Skala-Kino J. & R. Kersten” (Weinbergsweg 16-17). In 1926 and 1927, the owner of the property at the Skala cinema at Weinbergsweg 18-19 is Voss & Co. Admiralspalast. In 1927, Carow's Lachbühne was opened in the former Skala cinema . In addition, since 1913 the UT has been opened at Weinbergsweg 16-18, subsequently as the Ufa film theater . The buildings were destroyed by the air raids from 1943 and cleared after the war . In the 1950s, the Volkspark am Weinberg was built on the Weinbergsweg 15-20 area as far as Veteranenstrasse .
Instead of cinema ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  165	1994-1995	The Stattkino was the predecessor of the Lichtblick cinema. The beginning took place in 1994 through the association Stattkino Berlin e. V. in the House of Democracy (Pschorrbräuhaus, 1955–1989 SED district leadership) at Friedrichstrasse 165 / corner of Behrenstrasse 25/26. In 1995 the cinema moved to Wolliner Straße 19 under the name Lichtblick .
Stern (Franciscan Cinema) ( Location )	Georgenstrasse 12d	1928-1968	The cinema was set up in 1928 in Stadtbahnbogen 201 , an arch of the Zum Franziskaner restaurant . The restaurant used six of the local light rail arches at Friedrichstrasse station with the entrance from Georgenstrasse. The light rail arches lie under the raised light rail , between Prinz-Louis-Ferdinand-Straße (since 1953 Planckstraße) and Friedrichstraße are the light rail arches 198-204, which were used by the "Franziskaner Restaurant und Konditorei GmbH". Arch 205 is the entrance to the Stadtbahnhof Friedrichstrasse . In 1927 Ernst Barthels bought the restaurant, which had been there since 1882. In the cinema directory, Bruno Foss (spelling also Voss, Foss) is named as the owner of the Franziskaner cinema (Stadtbahnbogen 201/202), founded in 1928, with 322 seats, and it was played daily. From 1930 sound film by Kinoton-Tobis was installed, the number of seats increased to 300 (from 1932: 350). Georgenstrasse 14 is named as the address of the daytime cinema in the train station. From 1938 the “Karl (also Carl) August Deter &. Co. KG. “Owner of the cinema. The Franziskaner-Lichtspiele (daytime light games) were operated continuously in the war years and the post-war period . After 1945 the cinema in the Soviet sector was apparently operated by Sovexportfilm GmbH (Milastraße 2). The cinema was rebuilt by this company in 1951. The name of the cinema was now "Stern-Lichtspiele", and the owner became the VEB Berliner Filmtheater through a change of ownership . From 1949, Georgenstrasse 12d in Berlin W 8 is also recorded as the address. In 1968 the Stern cinema (108 Berlin, Georgenstrasse 12d) was closed. The “Nolle” restaurant and several shops have been located in the local tramway arches since 1993, which until then only served as storage rooms.
Taunus-Lichtspiele (Parisian Lichtbildtheater) ( Location )	Köpenicker Strasse  30a	1908-1952	The Heidekrug restaurant was located at Köpenicker Straße 30. No. 30a was Carl Stiller's cinema, which was called Taunus-Lichtspiele from the beginning of the 1920s. There was also an artificial stone factory and other trades there. Since the cinema was still in operation until at least 1950 (supposedly until 1952), it was probably not destroyed in World War II. Right next to it, however, was Engeldamm (formerly: Engelufer), which marked the sector boundary and on which the Berlin Wall was built from 1961 . The new ver.di union building has been located here since 2004 . “Performances in illuminated murmurs in the Parisian Lichtbildtheater in Berlin, Köpenickerstr. 30a, I recently had the opportunity to attend a demonstration. The same was nothing short of exemplary. In the newly built theater, the seats, comfortable folding chair benches, are arranged on a very steeply sloping level so that every viewer sees the picture without being obstructed by the person in front. The ceiling is covered with a number of incandescent lamps, some of which remain switched on during the performance, thus filling the room with pleasantly subdued light. The screen, a prepared glass wall, shows the images with striking clarity and calm. As with a good reproduction, one notices halftones between light and dark areas, which take the cold and angular out of the picture. I also noticed that small damage, scratches etc. are much less noticeable with not entirely new films than with a dark hall. I attended the performance until the end of the program. The stay in the lighted room caused me to enjoy a few glasses of beer during the performance, and when I left the theater I had the perception that seeing was not remotely as strained on the eyes as it is in the dark theater. I would very much like to recommend a visit to the Parisian slide show if you plan to build a new facility. ” (From: Der Kinematograph 98, 1908)
Toneck-Lichtspiele (Filmpalast Schönhauser Tor) ( Location )	Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse  51	1926-1945	The building with the cinema was built in 1926 as a new building at the time when the buildings around Bülowplatz (since 1969 Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz) were being rebuilt. Previously there was only one storage space there. The address for the “Filmpalast Schönhauser Tor” is still listed in the 1927 cinema address book as “Hankestrasse / corner Linien- und Lothringer Strasse”, from 1928 Hankestrasse 1. Since 1969, Hankestrasse has been part of Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse. The owner of the film palace with 600 seats is Rudolf Lorenz, it was played daily. The year of foundation is 1926. The cinema had a stage measuring 6 mx 8 m and there was a film music system (band 6 musicians). In 1931, the new owners Dresdner & Frenkel (Gf: Jeschke) installed the sound film technology from Kinoton. They change the name according to the location in Hanke-Lichtspiele (Berlin C 25, Hankestrasse 1). In 1932 it was upgraded to the Gloria Filmpalast . When the Elite-Kino-Gesellschaft mbH (Gf: Faust) took over with 500 seats in 1933, it chose the name “Ton-Eck” (band: mechanical music). In 1934 Attila Sajo (CEO: Paul Stolz) becomes the cinema owner and offers 460 to 469 seats. Another change of ownership takes place in 1939 by Hanns & Sobansky OHG (from 1940: Hans Sobansky). At the end of the war, the cinema was shut down due to total damage to the building. In the post-war years , the area was cleared and remained fallow and undeveloped. Hankestrasse was part of the road between Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz and Torstrasse . With the inclusion of Hankestrasse in Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse (1969), the address Hankestrasse 1 became Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse 51 and is located between Torstrasse and Linienstraße 40. The L40 residential and commercial building has been on the property since 2010 .
Toneck light plays (Roland light plays) ( Location )	Köpenicker Strasse  86	1913-1943	From 1913 the cinema was located directly opposite the New Philharmonic Hall on Schulze-Delitzsch-Platz / corner of Am Köllnischen Park. The building was destroyed in World War II and a commercial building was later built on the site, which is still there. Around the corner there was also an extension of the " Haus am Köllnischer Park " from 1971, which was demolished in 2013.
Trump (Elsa-Lichtspiele, Alsatian Lichtspiele) ( Location )	Torstrasse  165 (Elsässer Strasse 15)	1908-1952	The Elsa light games were set up in 1912 as Alsatian light games in the Elsässer Ball Salon, which was located at Elsasser Straße 15 / corner of Bergstraße. The theater owner Heinrich Just bought a cinematograph as early as 1908. Variety and cabaret supplemented the film program well into the 1920s. In 1945 the name was changed to Trumpf-Lichtspiele, and gaming operations continued until 1953. Elsasser Strasse merged with Lothringer Strasse in today's Torstrasse (1951–1994: Wilhelm-Pieck-Strasse ), the house now has the address Torstrasse 165. In 2009 a new residential building was built here.
Ufa-Theater Alexanderplatz (UT-Lichtspiele) ( Location )	Alexanderplatz  5-7	1909-1943	The Union Theater was opened in 1909 in the great hall of the Grand Hotel on Alexanderplatz. The hotel, which opened in 1885, did not do well and closed completely in 1919, with the hotel floors being converted into office and business premises. In bombing the house in 1943 was finally destroyed. “The Union Theater. The new Union Theater, created by the Allgemeine Kinematographen-Theater-Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main and located on Alexanderplatz, meets a palpable need of the capital. Until now, such presentations of sound and images had no real home for the distinguished audience. The numerous cinematograph theaters are partly very small, partly very primitive. The above-mentioned company has managed to create large, subtle theaters in several large cities at home and abroad, which are exclusively dedicated to cinematographic presentations; she spared neither effort nor expense to create a cosmopolitan establishment with the new company in Berlin. The best of the best will be offered here and each visitor will only see fully assembled programs. The elegant theater, for whose management the company has gained a proven person in the person of the director Siegbert Goldschmidt, has a capacity of around 800 people. The Union Theater has two entrances, a portal on Alexanderplatz, which is largely designed in Egyptian style, and a second portal that leads to the theater from Neue Königstrasse. On both sides of the main entrance there are massive obelisks, the tips of which are made of hollow glass. Mercury vapor arc lamps are located in these cavities. The obelisks themselves are covered with gold mosaic and contain bronze display cases in which copies of the main novelties of the respective program are exhibited. The bases of these obelisks are covered with marble. The panels in the vestibule are made of the same material. Two sphinxes are set up to the right and left of the staircase, which is tastefully covered with velor carpets. The walls are richly decorated with ornamental decorations as well as mirrors and lighting fixtures. The ceiling consists of mirror cassettes, on whose intersections 100-candle Osram lamps spread a never-before-seen abundance of light. From the Alexanderplatz entrance you get to a large foyer, which provides convenient, free cloakroom storage for around 600 people. There are no additional payments of any kind at the Union Theater. Theater programs and cloakroom are free for visitors. In the background of the foyer, in which the Viennese band of the famous concert master Eduard Brasch from k. k. Strauss orchestra sounds its tunes, there is a buffet with all kinds of refreshments. The large theater hall has an artistically painted glass ceiling. The stage, which is approx. 13 m wide and 10 m high, is richly decorated with sculptures and figures. The seating is extremely comfortable and partly consists of upholstered armchairs. The discreet boxes have been arranged in the background of the hall. The walls of the theater hall are adorned with lighting fixtures made of bronze as well as with paintings depicting a journey through the world. The entire equipment has emerged from the studios of the company John, Negendank & Co. What is likely to make the new Union Theater particularly popular are its popular prices, which, from 30 pfennigs upwards, enable all social classes to visit the theater. Director Siegbert Goldschmidt, who is well known and appreciated as a specialist and owner of the Parade Theater, intends to open the new stage at the beginning of September with a first-class program. " (From: Der Kinematograph 140, 1909)
UFA-Palast Weinbergsweg Union Theater ( Location )	Weinbergsweg  16/18	1913-1943	Before the "Union Theater" (UT) opened in 1913 at Weinbergsweg 16/17, there was a piano factory in no. 16 and a furniture store and cigarette factories in no. The UT was rebuilt as a purpose-built cinema along the Weinbergweg. In Weinbergsweg 18/19 there was the Walhalla Theater and the “Theater of Living Photographs”, then Hulcke's Biophon Theater, then called the Skala Cinema from 1920 . The Union Theater was along the street on the same property but did not belong to the Walhalla Theater, which was set back from the street. According to the cinema directory, the cinema of the "Projections AG Union" is located as the Union Theater in Weinbergweg 16-17, partly also as the address Weinbergsweg 17. 1918 is the owner of UT-Lichtspiele GmbH (Zimmerstrasse 16-18) for the UT Weinbergsweg 1460 (then 1415) seats, 1923 the Union-Theater GmbH (in the Ufa group, for example, the address book 1923 contains the reference: "UT Theater su Ufa-Theater") in Weinbergsweg 16-17 for the Union Theater in Weinbergsweg 18 -19. From 1924 the name of the cinema was "Ufa-Theater Weinbergsweg" and the owner was Universum-Film AG, Berlin. The venue, founded in 1913 by Ufa-Theater-Betriebs-GmbH, has 1,424 seats and is used daily. 1930 is converted to sound film screenings with sound film technology . The number of seats was given by the owner in the cinema address book as 1422 and partially 1460. In 1941 Berndt Quedenfeldt was the managing director of the “Ufa” -Theater-Betriebs-GmbH for this cinema, the stage is specified as 12 m × 8 m. The Ufa-Theater Weinbergsweg (Weinbergsweg 16-18, owned by Universum Film AG) is still listed for 1943. However, the buildings on the property on Weinbergsweg were destroyed in the air raids from 1943 onwards during World War II and cleared after the war. After that, the Volkspark am Weinberg was built on the premises of the Wollank Family Foundation . “The Volkslichtbildhaus on Weinbergsweg is its own theater building, which presents itself as an elongated building with a tower-like structure that bears the approx. 10 meter high UT letters on two sides, which is already noticeable in the evening due to the very effective play of colors. You get through the white vestibule, in which the cloakrooms and a buffet are located, into the theater hall, which holds 1700 people and is therefore the largest cinema auditorium in Greater Berlin. It is a pleasant feeling to step into this room, which is quite harmonious despite its size, whose color effect in black and green with the red runners is very discreet and closed. The tasteful yellow lighting fixtures emit a dull light that shines down on the very large audience on the day of the inauguration in the overcrowded parquet and in the green tier boxes. ” (From: Lichtbildbühne 37, 1913)
Ufa-Theater Friedrichstrasse (Bavaria-Lichtspiele, UT Union Theater) ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  180	1912-1943	Originally, the Hotel Nürnberger Hof was located at Friedrichstrasse 180 with a bar by Tucher Bräu . In 1912/1913 it was demolished and a new building by Projektions AG UNION from Frankfurt am Main was built according to plans by the architect Moritz Ernst Lesser, which was called Bavaria Haus and also housed the Union Theater. From 1928 to 1934 the cinema was called Bavaria-Lichtspiele. In 1943 the house was destroyed in World War II. 1950–1955 an office building was built on the same site. “In the newly built 'Bavariahaus', a beer temple with the most modern concrete style, a sixth 'Union Theater' has been opened. Despite the greatest possible use of space, because the precious corner makes it a condition that literally every square centimeter must be used, it was possible for the architect Moritz Ernst Lesser to put a splendid movie theater into the box structure, which comfortably offers space for 850 people. The wide and inviting entrance to the Bavaria Restaurant left only modest space on the left and right for two double doors to the stairways to the cinema theater, which we consider to be too small, while the theater inside surprises the visitor to the greatest extent. A broad rank moves around in bold lines. The boxes have been given a choir chair-like background. The seating is upholstered in green. The oval lighting fixtures are extremely effective, artistic and discreet. The effect lighting for the front was provided by A. B. Carter, the very elegant looking livery for the staff was made by Hermann Hoffmann. A Lilliput page, 98 centimeters tall, 55 pounds heavy, 18 years old, whose 'name' is Willy Vocke, received a lot of attention and caused a sensation. The management is in the hands of Mr. Gottschild, known as the previous manager of the 'UT Unter den Linden' ”. (from: Lichtbildbühne 23, 1914)
Union Skala Rosenthaler light plays ( Location )	Rosenthaler Strasse  4	1910-1943	The property at Rosenthaler Strasse 4 has a built-up depth of 40 m with a street front of 18 m, which included commercial buildings. The buildings on the entire square were destroyed by the air raids in 1943. After clearing, the property had been used as a storage area since the 1960s, and in the 1980s, six-story residential buildings were built on. In the cinema directory, the "Alexander Lichtspiele" were first listed for cinematographic screenings in 1914, and they operated under this name until 1918. The later owner Karl Sedlak states in the cinema address book the beginning of 1927 - the year he took over the business - and from the 1931 edition 1910 as the year of foundation. The “Rosenthaler Lichtspiele” by W. Bock are included (for the first time) in the Berlin address book in 1917. The cinema is specified with 221 seats, in 1920 with 190. In 1918 the owner of the cinema is Arno Höppner (Berlin address book: owner of a cinema theater), 1919 summer, 1920 is named H. A. Thiele with his manager Willy Schlic. The cinema address book also names Thiele for 1921, while H. Jahn (Lichtspiele) is noted in the Berlin address book. For 1922, M. Wattelstaedt is the owner of the commercial section and “Rosen-Lichtspiele” are listed in the street section. The next document for a cinema does not follow the inflation year until 1927 both in the cinema address book: “Select-Lichtspiele, N Rosenthaler Straße 4, owner: Bendikowski u. Fritz ”as well as in the Berlin address book 1927. In the venue with 191 seats there are daily performances. In 1928 Karl Sedlak took over the cinema under the name “Skala-Lichtspiele” (in the first year together with Bernhard Heimann, both were also involved in other venues). In 1931 the “Skala-Lichtspiele” were expanded to 200 seats and equipped with mechanical music ; from 1934 sound films were possible. In 1932 and 1933, "Elite Kino GmbH" with director Karl Sedlak and managing director FF Schlee was the owner of the cinema. In 1934 Julius Barber took over with a change of name to "Union-Lichtspiele", which from 1937 onwards is run by Attila Sajo with 186 seats. The cinema had to be stopped because of the bomb damage.
Universe (eden) ( Location )	Karl-Marx-Allee  3 (Landsberger Strasse 43-47)	1916-1952	In 1913 the building at Landsberger Strasse 43-47 was built as a department store "Haus am Zentrum" and was originally a trapezoidal corner building. It is a listed building. It is currently used for the “House of Health”; it has served as such a facility since 1923. The location corresponds to the building at Karl-Marx-Allee 3. (according to the comparison on www.histomapberlin.de, house number-exact with Straube-Plan) Landsberger Straße ran from Alexanderplatz to Landsberger Tor (around 1960: Leninplatz , since 1992: United Nations Square ) . The road was completely built over during the reconstruction after the Second World War . The cinema existed until 1952 under the name “Universum-Lichtspiele”.
Union-Theater Unter den Linden (Decla, Wilhelmshallen, Isolatograph, Mesters Biophon) ( Location )	Unter den Linden  39 (formerly 21)	1896-1922	On April 25, 1896, a screening room for the German Cinematographic Society was opened in the Wilhelms-Hallen at Unter den Linden 21. The projector came from France. September 21, 1896: Oskar Messter took over Berlin's first cinema in the hall of the Wilhelmshallen restaurant , located next to the Kaisergalerie. In this establishment, soon to be christened Biorama by Messter , cinematographic screenings had been taking place since April, which were now continued with its apparatus and programs and accompanied by phonograph music. Messter's cinema could only last a few months. 1896 Isolatograph; Live photographs by means of cinematography; 1905-1907 Messter's Biophon; 1910 UT Unter den Linden; later Decla-Lichtspiele, 1896–1914 The Union Theater was located right next to the entrance to the Lindenpassage (Kaiserpassage), in which the Passage Theater was located. It probably closed during the inflation period around 1922 and never reopened. The house number changed to No. 37 in 1937 and corresponds to property 39. The house was destroyed in 1944 during World War II. "Berlin. The Union-Theater has on Saturday, 20th d. Mts. [Note: August 1910], a second theater opened in Unter den Linden 21. The facility that we have already described is a splendid one and was admired on all sides. The opening ceremony took place in front of an invited audience, which did not spare the applause and that of Jos. Giampietro presented by Dr. Leipziger written prologue particularly distinguished. Our first companies had willingly delivered new products to the program, supported by a very excellent Pathé machine, which reproduced the images in an exemplary manner and with surprising clarity and calm. There was also no lack of surprises. The ladies were delighted by a pretty floral arrangement, the bows of which were imprinted with the date of the opening, and many a glass of sparkling wine was taught how the theater should flourish. Director Goldschmidt, who was also entrusted with the management of this theater, has once again developed a talent for organization that many will envy him for. On the first Sunday the general public had the opportunity to visit the new art temple, and if the rush remains as it started here, then the projection company 'Union' has once again shown a lucky hand. Everything that belongs to the industry was represented, and the unanimous verdict was that a theater would be built here in a short time that would make cinematography new friends. ” (From: Der Kinematograph 192, 1910)
Weidenhof plays of light ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse  136	1926-1943	In 1912/1913 a new building was built at Friedrichstraße 136 / Schiffbauerdamm 1 / Am Zirkus 7. The Weidendammer Bridge was renewed during the construction of the subway; instead of the New York Hotel , the “Weidenhof” was built and the “Casino Weidenhof” opened in it. The theater owner Erich Richter opened his light shows with 231 seats in the hall in 1926. The cinema was recorded daily and 1930 with technology from Klangfilm demonstration of sound films possible. From 1932 it is listed as a daytime cinema in the cinema address book. The building was badly destroyed during the war in the air raids and the cinema was shut down under the direction of Erich Richter in 1943; the last entry in the Reichskino address book (Erich Richter, Berlin-Grunewald, Paulsborner Str. 49) is for 1941. After the clearance remained on the property (until the 1990s the remainder of the building) of the "Hotel Adria" and a green area. The Spreekarree Schiffbauerdamm 1, a combined business, office and residential high- rise, has been on this area since 2004 .
Zeitkino Alexanderplatz ( Location )	Alexanderplatz station	1950-1961	On July 7, 1950, the DEFA time cinema was set up in Friedrichstrasse station. Georg Gutschmidt will also set up Zeitkinos at Alexanderplatz and Leipzig Central Station . The Zeitkino at Alexanderplatz opened on August 15, 1950. It was closed in 1960/1961. Short films and documentaries were shown.
Zeitkino Friedrichstrasse ( Location )	Friedrichstrasse station	1950-1961	On July 7, 1950, the DEFA- Zeitkino was opened in Friedrichstrasse station. Georg Gutschmidt will also set up Zeitkinos at Alexanderplatz and Leipzig Central Station . At Friedrichstrasse station it was first in the eastern and later in the lower concourse. An Intershop was later set up in the eastern area. The Zeitkino closed in 1961 when the Berlin Wall was erected. Short films and documentaries were shown.
Center plays of light ( Location )	Münzstrasse  21–23	1901-1961	The cinematograph theater is initially listed at Münzstraße 1. This house was on the corner of Neue Schönhauser Strasse . The cinema was probably located in the courtyard of the house. House no. 1 became Münzstraße 23 when the house numbering was changed in 1932 , and from 1893 to 2014 there was a bar (Bierstube Alt-Berlin) and a shop there. The building complex Münzstrasse 21/23 with Neue Schönhauser Strasse 21 on the corner is a listed building . The house was renovated in 2014 and fashion stores were set up. In the cinema directory, the “Kinematographentheater” at Münzstraße 1 is in the years 1911–1913 for Reese & Walle, 1913–1920 for the cinematograph owner H. Rudolf, and 1914–1920 with “H. Rudolf Kinematographen GmbH ". From 1920 the name "Zentrum-Lichtspiele" (also spelled Centrum) is used, owned by "Zentrum-Lichtspiele GmbH", managing directors are Baumgarten, from 1924 to 1932 Julius Erlach. The cinema is noted with 134–149 seats and daily games, the address from 1928 onwards as 'Münzstraße 1/2, corner of Alte Schönhauser Straße'. The owner entered 1902 as the year of establishment. The cinema with mechanical music was taken over by Christian Deversch in 1932, whose business is run by Carl Deversch. In 1934, the technology for sound films from Kinoton was installed after Gertrud Kozick became the owner, the number of seats is given as 110, and 1901 was entered as the year of foundation. The cinema survived the events of the Second World War relatively unscathed and was operated privately by Gertrud Kozicka. For 1952 as “Zentrum- und Capitol-Lichtspiele”, from 1955 as “Zentrum-Capitol Lichtspiele”. In the post-war years, the cinema address book included Neue Schönhauser Straße 13 (stands for Capitol-Lichtspiele ), from 1960 'Münzstraße 21–23 (Neue Schönhauser Straße 13)'. In the branch telephone directory Berlin-Ost 1961 on page 130: "Zentrum-Capitol, C 2, Münzstr 21–23, 42 62 82". In September 1961 the cinema was closed.
Zeughauskino ( Location )	Unter den Linden  2	since 1958	The Zeughauskino is located on the east side of the baroque armory , which houses the German Historical Museum . The cinema, which was reopened in 2004 after a renovation, has 166 seats. The interior design of the cinema is a listed building as evidence of the early 1960s. The Zeughauskino of the German Historical Museum presents a special kind of film series. As early as 1958, the Museum of German History had set up a room for cinema screenings in the premises of today's Zeughauskino, which was only used sporadically between 1958 and 1992. On February 1, 1992, the cinema - now as part of the German Historical Museum - began regular operations under the then director Rainer Rother.
Z-inema ( Location )	Bergstrasse 2	since 2000	In 1993 the Z-bar opened at Bergstrasse 2 in a former bakery. In 2000, a rear room was set up in the former bakery, which has been available for cultural events since then and also houses the cinema. Arthouse, independent and B-movie are on offer. The cinema is operated by Thomas Wind and the association “Wechsel e. V. "

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

Remarks

1. ↑ The entire alternative culture house got into trouble at the turn of the millennium when the house was first sold to an investor in March 2000. After a long back and forth, the property in Veteranenstrasse was finally able to be acquired by Acud e. V. can be acquired. This cleared the way for the conclusion of a heritable building right agreement that assigned this place to cultural purposes for 50 years.
2. ↑ The change from horseshoe numbering to reciprocal numbering took place around 1936. Lot 39/40 became No. 1, while the 40-44 following to the north came to Alexanderplatz. Lot 39/40 extended 100 meters to Kurzen Straße 6/7. With the new building from 1961 to 1964, the congress hall was given the address Alexanderstraße 11
3. ↑ The property designations on the east side were adjusted with the changes in the alignment and, since 1964, with the redesign of Alexanderplatz. After the reunification, the numbering was changed with the change in the course of the road in the north. Alexanderstraße is counted starting from Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, whereby the enclosure of Alexanderplatz came to Alexanderstraße: the address of the former teacher's house became Alexanderstraße 9 and the domed building of the congress hall became Alexanderstraße 11.
4. ↑ On plot 56 at the corner of Kleine Alexanderstraße there was the barracks of the Emperor Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No.1, then the Moabit Reich Property Office and police authorities.
5. ↑ 1964 to 1966 a six-storey hotel building was built according to a design by Heinz Scharlipp, Günter Boy and Kollektiv in large-panel construction. The eaves height was limited to the height of the castle by the Linden statute, and the groundwater conditions were complicated. The hotel had 400 beds, a restaurant and dining room with 220 seats and a shop on the ground floor. Opened on June 10, 1966. It was operated by Interhotel DDR until 1990 and by Interhotel AG until 1992. It should have been torn down by now, but since there are disputes between potential investors, the Hotel Unter den Linden is still standing. After the fall of the Wall, the Interhotel AG continued to operate it until 1992 and remained unused due to investor disputes before the demolition.
6. ↑ Lot 40 (cf. Straube IV A) is the one surrounding the first courtyard, with the same owner (e.g. address book 1916) Quilitz heirs the uniform address 40.41 was combined.
7. ↑ In the commercial section of the Berlin address books, both domicile and commercial domicile can be entered; the years reflect the addresses in the previous year. From 1910 on, there was also the keyword cinematographic ideas in addition to the keyword cinematograph.
8. ↑ Cinematographic screenings are listed for numbers 2 and 12. Number 2 was already listed as a construction site for a new building before the Second World War , and number 12 was a photographer.
9. ↑ Mohammad Soliman (1878–1929) came in 1900 as an oriental magician and fire eater from Cairo to Berlin and in 1906 was one of the first to open a silent film cinema in Rummelsburg . In 1904 he married Martha Westphal from Berlin and had three daughters with her. After the First World War, Soliman also converted the Passage-Theater into a cinema variety theater, in which world premieres were shown. Soliman was director of the Passage-Panoptikum, the Passage-Theater and the Linden-Cabaret from 1915 until the inflation in 1923. He died of a sudden death in 1929 and was buried in the Islamic cemetery in Neukölln . In 1933 Martha Soliman (born Westphal 1885–1952) acquired the Mila-Lichtspiele in Prenzlauer Berg . Together with her son-in-law Eugen Krytski and her daughters Myriam, Hamida and Adila, she ran the Mila light shows until after the Second World War . Then they also acquired two more cinemas in Wannsee and Zehlendorf. In 1952 Myriam Krytzki inherited the Mila-Lichtspiele from her late mother. As early as 1961 it was expropriated by the government of the GDR , so that Eugen and Myriam Krytzki now also moved to the West and together with their two sisters continued to run the Zinnowald Lichtspiele and Wannsee Lichtspiele. As early as 1958, for economic reasons, they were first forced to give up the Zinnowald Lichtspiele, and with the great death of the cinema at the end of the 1960s, the family tradition finally dried up.
10. ↑ It is said that the theater was in operation until 1948, but no evidence could be found.
11. ↑ Am Zirkus 7, Schiffbauerdamm 1 and Friedrichstraße 135, 135a and 136
12. ↑ However, also Memhardstrasse 23

Individual evidence

• The Tagesspiegel : A comparison option can be found as an interactive aerial photo comparison between 1928 and 2015 at the Internet address 1928.tagesspiegel.de
• Die Welt : When the cinema was still called Amor With the film theater plan from 1925 in search of past heydays . June 10, 1999.

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. ↑ memories of Filerklärers Gustav Schönwald in Hansel, Schmitt: Cinema Architecture in Berlin from 1895 to 1995 . Page 100.
5. ↑ Kinematograph, 1910 cited. in cinema architecture 1895 to 1995 , page 101
6. ↑ The above remarks are based on the description of the ex-Mitte district in the book Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995 .
7. ^ ^{A b} Falko Hennig: The first cinema in Berlin . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 31, 2017.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Berliner Telefonbuch 1941, p. 448 (Letter L: Lichtspieltheater)
9. ^ Veteranenstraße FIS-Broker (map of Berlin 1: 5000 (K5 color edition)) of the Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment Berlin
10. ↑ Veteranenstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1932, IV. Teil, p. 901 (in 1932 the dairy owner H. Enoch is the owner of the property at Veteranenstrasse 21.Compare businessman Heinrich Enoch, NO 55, Immanuelkirchstrasse 2: Jewish address book for Greater Berlin 1931 ).
11. ^ Room 1 in the ACUD
12. ↑ kinokompendium.de: acud-saal2
13. ↑ Acud Kino at berlin.de
14. ↑ Acud at kinokompendium.de
15. ↑ LDL Berlin: Admiralspalast
16. ↑ Cinema data from Kino-Wiki
17. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4236 ( 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 = 24750, Y = 22650 
18. ↑ On the history of the house at Brunnenstrasse 6/7
19. ↑ Brunnenstrasse 6/7 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part IV, p. 114. “Owner: E. Bromberg from Dahlem (Königin-Luise-Straße 76) and farmer F. Loll from Polchow i. Mecklenburg “(Woolworth GmbH, department store in house 6. The neighboring property 7 has a front building, a central building and Aufgag AG.).
20. ↑ Brunnenstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1933, Part IV, p. 109. “Owner 6/7: E. Bromberg from Steglitz and businessman P. Mendelsohn from Grunewald, house 6: Woolworth GmbH, Kaufhaus u. a. ".
21. ↑ Views of the building in 1970 and 2013
22. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4236 and Straube IV F ( 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 = X = 25085, Y = 22820 
23. ↑ Data from Kino-Wiki
24. ↑ Movie theaters . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part II, p. 430.
25. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4236 ( 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 = 24520, Y = 23190 
26. ↑ What is my cinema playing? In: Berliner Zeitung, January 6, 1961, p. 10
27. ^ Christian Hunziker: Building instead of brewing. Noble lofts for the Arkonahöfe. In: Der Tagesspiegel . December 19, 2014, accessed April 16, 2016 . 
28. ↑ Chausseestraße 16 FIS Broker (map of Berlin 1: 5000 (K5 color edition)) of the Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment Berlin
29. ↑ Chausseestrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part IV, p. 136. “← Schlegelstrasse →, 15 s. a. Schlegelstraße 33, Salamander AG residential building and shoes, as well as hats for women // House 16:32 tenants, Astra-Lichtspiele, Der Deutsche Schuh Annemarie Berndt, Leese & Wolff men's clothing, Alwine Schwanke coal ”.
30. ↑ damage to buildings 1945. Publishing B.Aust, i. A. of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Building next to the corner house at Chausseestraße 15 / Schlegelstraße  
31. ↑ 1946 Astra-Lichtspiele, N 4, Chausseestr 16, Tel. 423413 // 1957 "Astra", Berlin, Chausseestrasse 16, Call 423413
32. ↑ What is my cinema playing? In: Berliner Zeitung , January 25, 1963, p. 10
33. ↑ LDL Berlin: cinema & residential building Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse 30
34. ↑ Babylon in Mitte at berlin.de
35. ↑ Balázs at kinokompendium.de
36. ↑ allekinos.com: Berlin-Friedrichshain, Karl-Marx-Allee 55
37. ↑ Lichtbildbühne 32/1912
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39. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1933. "← Rosentaler Straße →, 2.3: Owner C. Marcies from Dahlem, Bio Lichtspiele, Deutsche Bank, Mützenfabrik S. Gärtner & Co., Hausgrund GmbH, men's clothing fanatic" Dlusco ", Schuhfabrik Burg GmbH, haberdashery engros Meyer and Messow Nachf., Representative A. Schormer, Upholstery Fabrics P. Schulze, Apron Factory B. Sonnenfeld ”(In the commercial part - 3491 // Part II // p. 364:“ Bio ”Lichtspiele F. Wieninger, N54, Hackescher Markt 2.3).
40. ↑ Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, Hackescher Markt 2/3 residential and commercial building
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42. ↑ Ackerstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1915, III: Teil, S. 2. “← Invalidenstrasse →, nine-party apartment building owned by architect L. Jander, one of the residents is the innkeeper J. Pascheck”.
43. ↑ Ackerstrasse 28 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1918, III. Part, p. 2. “House no. 28 is under compulsory administration.” (Ackerstraße 28 is not listed in the commercial section).
44. ↑ What actually happens on Ackerstrasse? qiez.de
45. ↑ Plan of Berlin ( Memento of the original from 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. . Sheet 4232 / 423D. Straube IA and IV AX = 25360, Y = 21925 
46. ↑ from: Der Kinematograph 140, 1909. In: filmtheater.square7.ch: 1911 Der Kinematograph
47. ↑ Münzstrasse 8 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1932, part IV., P. 594. "Münzstrasse 8: Owner is businessman R. Berger from Wilmersdorf, innkeeper W. Berger lives in the house along with 13 other tenants" (companies are not entered for Münzstrasse 8, however, the cinema entry is also missing under cinema in the commercial section).
48. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1940, Part II, p. 346. “H. Kolusberg, C2, Münzstraße 9 “(In the street section, H. Kolusberg is registered both as the owner of the house at Münzstraße 9 and with H. Kolusberg, cinema and 15 tenants.).
49. ↑ Alexanderstraße 39 and 40 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1906, III. Part, p. 13. “The owner of both demolition sites is builder HO Stapler.” (In the 1906 address book, information relates to the situation in 1905.).
50. ↑ Alexanderstrasse . In: Berlin address book , 1907, III. Part, p. 13. “39.40, owner Baumeister HO Stapler, user: Café Alexanderplatz-Passage, Papier engros S. Alexander, Varieté-Theater Braune & Schwenzin, Cafetier B. Gießwein, Biographen Theater Hulcke & Gießwein, Mützen engros W. Löwenstein , Innkeeper P. Schenke “(The cinema can therefore have opened in the course of 1906.).
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52. ↑ Alexanderstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, Part III., P. 13. “Alexanderstraße 39.40: s. a. Kurz Strasse 6.7, owner Seliger & Co. Mohrenstrasse 33, next to facilities of the city of Berlin, shops, factories, restaurants (Café Alexanderplatz-Passage) and the Paradies-Theater is “W. Hulke & Co. Biographen-Theater “noted.“.
53. ↑ Teacher's house with mosaic frieze "Our Life" & Congress Hall
54. ↑ Börse Progress Studiokino kinokompendium.de
55. ↑ Kathrin Chod, Herbert Schwenk, Hainer Weisspflug: Volkskaffeehaus Neue Schönhauser Strasse . In: Hans-Jürgen Mende , Kurt Wernicke (ed.): Berliner Bezirkslexikon, Mitte . Luisenstadt educational association . tape 2 : N to Z . Haude and Spener / Edition Luisenstadt, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89542-111-1 ( luise-berlin.de - as of October 7, 2009).
56. ↑ The weekly schedule was last published on August 11, 1961 in the Berliner Zeitung .
57. ↑ The weekly schedule was last published on August 11, 1961 in the Berliner Zeitung .
58. ↑ Cinema data in the middle of the Capitol
59. ↑ Over 200 occupied houses in Berlin since 1987
60. ↑ LDL Berlin: Volkskaffeehaus Volks-Café and Speisehallengesellschaft / Neue Schönhauser Strasse 13
61. ^ Official telephone directory for the district of the Landespostdirektion Berlin: Business telephone directory. Issue 1965-66 : p. 319: specialty shop 'Alles für den Hund' Berlin 15, Joachimsthaler Straße 30. (also in the business directory 1963/1964 and 1967/1968)
62. ↑ Central at berlin.de
63. ↑ Central at kinokompendium.de
64. ↑ In Kino Wiki : 1997 Central, Kino 1 DO SR 20 m² / 95 places, Kino 2 DO SR 20 m² / 80 places, 10178 Berlin, Rosenthaler Straße 39, Tel: [phone], Owner: FTB - Mitte GbR, 10179 Berlin , Holzmarktstr. 11
65. ↑ Central Hall 1
66. ↑ Room 2
67. ↑ Cinema address book 1995
68. ↑ Checkpoint in kinokompendium.de
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70. ↑ Friedrichstrasse 203 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1928, Part IV, p. 393.
71. ↑ according to cinema address book 1929: "under construction", plus cinema data
72. ↑ Compare this with movie theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, Part II, p. 474. “Film-Theater-AG, W 8 Friedrichstrasse 58, T: Merk. 5587.8880 / Film-Theater-Betriebsges. mbH, W 8 Friedrichstrasse 58, T: Merk. 5587.8880 ".
73. ↑ Friedrichstrasse 203 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, part IV., P. 295. "Owner: Kaufmann S. Goldschmidt, 16 users and residents".
74. ↑ Damage to buildings 1945: Kreuzberg. Publishing house B.Aust i. A. of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , to the west side of Friedrichstrasse between Krausenstrasse and ( here ) Reinhold-Huhn-Strasse.  
75. ↑ Cinema data in the Kino Wiki for "Kreuzberg_City"
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77. ^ Branch telephone directory 1941, p. 136
78. ↑ chausseestrasse 59 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part IV., P. 137.
79. ↑ Damage to the building in 1945. North-east side of Chausseestrasse between Wöhlertstrasse and Liesenstrasse.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
80. ^ Official telephone book for Berlin 1950, p. 50
81. ↑ cf. Google Earth view from July 2008: 52 ° 32'12 N, 13 ° 22'33 O
82. ↑ CineStar CUBIX Alexanderplatz at kinokompendium.de
83. ↑ CineStar Cubix at Alexanderplatz at berlin.de
84. ^ Frank Eberhardt: The "Colorful Theater" in the Köpenicker Strasse . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 8, 2000, ISSN  0944-5560 , p. 49–58 ( luise-berlin.de - The Fate of the House and The “New Free People's Stage”, pp. 57–58).
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86. ^ Leipziger Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1918, Part III., P. 469. “The owner of property 75, 76 is the“ Act. Bauverein Unter den Linden ", users are" J. Wohlfarth Lichtspiele ", in addition to several shops engros stores and factories." (In the 1917 address book, the Lichtspiele among those resident in 1916 are still missing.
87. ^ Building damage 1945. Publisher: B. Aust i. A. of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
88. ^ The German Early Cinema Database : Der Messter'sche Kinetograph . In: Berliner Börsen-Courier , February 9, 1897
89. ↑ James E. Cornwall: The history of photography in Berlin. (PDF) Part I: 1839–1900. Association for the History of Berlin , 1978, p. 119 , accessed on April 18, 2016 . 
90. ↑ LDL Berlin: commercial building & factory building
91. ↑ The cinema's weekly schedule was last published in the Berliner Zeitung on April 29, 1960.
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93. ↑ Friedrichstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1905, III. Teil, p. 210. "Owner: Goetzsche Erben, user: Hotel Rheinischer Hof, Central Office for Tourism A. Schröder & So., Goldschmidt Herrenmoden, Murrmann Zigarrenhdlg., Hotel owner W. Päckelmann".
94. ↑ Friedrichstrasse 105 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, III. Teil, p. 248. “Owner Goetz'sche Erben / manager hotelier L. Schwarzmann, Cognak distillery Mercier, La Roche & Cie., Hotel and Restaurant Rheinischer Hof, Goldschmidt Herrenmoden, E. Palm Zigarren, Restaurant Oestreich. Hof von Rudolf & Leopold Stein, VersandhauS S. Goldschmidt “.
95. ↑ Friedrichstrasse 150 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, part III., P. 255. and cinematographic ideas . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, Part IV, p. 218. “Ruffert, R. NW7 Friedrichstr. 150 ". as well as residents of Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, part I., p. 2469.
96. ↑ Friedrichstrasse 150 . In: Berlin address book , 1917, III. Teil, p. 252. “owner: Götzesche Erben, administrator: P. Dorff Spezialgesch. for coke / Beckstroem & Co. GmbH animal feed, businessman P. Dorff, "Flamme" Kohlenvertrieb u. Transport GmbH, H. Friedländer & Co. Kohlen, R. Haller Kohlen, H. Haby Coirfeur, porter E. Kiekow, Pielmann & Schießler fuel, optician C. Ruhnke, M. Solna, jewels ”.
97. ↑ Friedrichstrasse 150 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1925, VI. Teil, p. 297. "Owner: Goetzsche Erben, in addition to the coal and fuel trade, hairdresser, jewelery, a liqueur room and the cigar dealer, the" Film-Theater Akt. Ges. "Is registered."
98. ↑ Cinema data from Kino Wiki
99. ↑ Damage to buildings in 1945  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
100. ^ Maritim proArte Hotel Berlin Friedrichstrasse 151
101. ↑ “Felix” cinema opens at the fortress moat. In: Neues Deutschland , October 29, 1990
102. ↑ `` What is my cinema playing? '' In: Berliner Zeitung, January 21, 1966, p. 10
103. ↑ Björn Seeling: Music for the masses. In: Der Tagesspiegel . January 28, 2004, accessed April 19, 2016 . 
104. ↑ Alexanderstrasse . In: Berlin Address Book , 1928. “No. 55: Owner: Commercial building Alexanderplatz GmbH, A. Lampe Lichtspiele, Aischinger's Restaurant, Kaffee F. Dunsing, private school O. Flatauer, paper goods Gebr. Fluß, Groß-Berliner Plan- und Sackfabrik, J. Lewin, leather factory warehouse for saddler A. Hellmuth, Schuhwaren engros Gebr. Kupfer, businessman J. Lewin, raincoat factory C. Meier, representative A. Miller, men's clothing H. Ringel & Co., men's clothing J. Samulon & Co., men's clothing Schneider & Co., hats B. Schönfeld, footwear engros E. Schönmann, accident and ambulance of the North German timber trade association, shoe factory Voxonia ”.
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106. ↑ Cinema dates 1949
107. ↑ The weekly schedule was last published on January 13, 1961 in the Berliner Zeitung .
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109. ↑ g-haase.de: Berlin - The historical center: Unter den Linden
110. ↑ ^{a b c} DEFA-Stiftung Kinosaal im Fernsehturm (1972) ( Memento of the original dated May 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. 
111. ^ Klaus Weise: City Guide - Atlas Berlin. VEB Tourist Verlag, Berlin / Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-350-00258-9 , p. 107.
112. ↑ Hackesche Höfe Kino at berlin.de
113. ↑ High End 54 at kinokompendium.de
114. ↑ Elke Behle: Cinema boom in the east: Four new movie theaters will soon be available. Morocco is not far. In: Berliner Zeitung . November 9, 1994, accessed April 19, 2016 . 
115. ↑ Pictures from 1908 and from the 1950s
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117. ^ Reichs Kino address book. Verlag der Lichtbild-Bühne, as well as cinematographic presentations . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1921, Part IV, p. 254. “Film Palast Börse, GmbH, C55 Rosenlhaler 40.41”.
118. ↑ Rosenthaler Strasse 40.41 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, Part IV, p. 854. “Film-Palast Börse GmbH, Kino, T.”. as well as according to Reichs-Kino address book, 1930 ninth edition, Verlag der Lichtbildbühne: "Filmpalast Börse, Film und Bühne, Berlin N 54, Rosenthaler Strasse 40/41, F: Norden 2616, Gr: 1919, daily, H for registered under commercial law, R for member of the Reich Association of German Movie Theater Owners EV, band: 6 musicians, 601 seats, I: Julius Levie, ibid "
119. ↑ From the history of the chameleon
120. ↑ Rosenthaler Strasse 40/41 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1932, part IV., P. 724. "Lichtspieltheater Imperial" (Entry 1934 in the commercial section (Lichtspieltheater) reads: Imperial-Kino. N 54 Rosentaler Str. Nr. 40, 41 T.).
121. ^ Reichskino address book Volume 13: Imperial Tonfilm-Theater, Berlin N 54, Rosenthaler Straße 40/41, F: D 2 Weidendamm 4301, Gr: 1919, daily, 11, R, V, TF: Tobis 600 I: Gottfried Rheinen, residing Berlin N20, Eulerstraße la> 1934/3967, 1935/4125, 1936/2171. On the other hand, Rheinen was the managing director for Wieninger in the cinema at Hackescher Markt 2/3 .
122. ↑ Fortuna Kinobelriebsges.mbH is named for Müllerstraße 12c in the address book; it is missing in 1935 and is re-entered in 1936.
123. ↑ Wieninger was previously the owner of the neighboring Bio-Lichtspiele at Hackescher Markt 2/3. In addition: movie theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1933, Part II., P. 365. "Wieninger, F., N 54 Hackescher Markt No. 2-3, T.". and movie theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1935, Part II., P. 353. “Bio” -Lichtspiele, Wieninger, F., N 54 Hackescher Markt No. 2-3, T. “.
124. ↑ Rosenthaler Strasse 40.41 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, IV. Part, p. 732. "Jmperial-Theater, Fr. Wieninger, Lichtspieltheater, T.".
125. ↑ compare the picture of the “Imperial” cinema from 1958 onwards
126. ↑ 1946 Berlin business directory Lichtspieltheater: Imperial, C2, Rosentaler Str. 40–41, 42 3624 or telephone directory 1950 : "Imperial C2 Rosentaler Str 40. 41. 42 36 24"
127. ↑ The weekly schedule was last published on April 22, 1960 in the Berliner Zeitung .
128. ↑ The Hackesche Höfe
129. ↑ chamaeleonberlin.com
130. ↑ Residential and commercial building & commercial building
131. ↑ Ralf Schenk: 50 Years of Kino International "It all started with a film tear". In: Berliner Zeitung . November 13, 2013, accessed December 8, 2013 . 
132. ↑ filmvorfuehrer.de
133. ↑ LDL Berlin: Ensemble Karl-Marx-Allee 32–36, 45–46
134. ^ Brigitte Schmiemann: A sought-after place. Architect Dietrich Worbs spent seven years researching Kino International. A book is now being published. In: The world . January 27, 2015, accessed April 19, 2016 . 
135. ↑ International at berlin.de
136. ↑ International at kinokompendium.de
137. ↑ from: The Kinomatograph 767/30. October 1921
138. ↑ from: Der Kinomatograph 769, November 6, 1921
139. ↑ 100 years of Walter Jonigkeit in the Delphi-Filmpalast berlin.de
140. ↑ Thomas Til Radevagen: The Delphi owner Walter Jonigkeit is Berlin's oldest active cinema operator - he founded a film art house as early as 1932. Glory and misery of the flicker box. In: Berliner Zeitung . April 24, 1997. Retrieved April 19, 2016 . 
141. ↑ LDL Berlin: Tenement Reinhardtstrasse 47 and 47a
142. ↑ Nana Heymann: Cookies Club moves to the "Linden". The cinema of the former Center Culturel was converted. In: Der Tagesspiegel . November 28, 2006, accessed April 16, 2016 . 
143. ↑ LDL Berlin: former border clearance hall "Tränenpalast"
144. ↑ The source says 22
145. ↑ Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, IV. Part, p. 208 (L. Scholz Kinematogr. Theater Bes. Is noted in the street part).
146. ↑ Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, Part IV, p. 207.
147. ↑ Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, Part IV, p. 218.
148. ↑ Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1917, Part IV., P. 197.
149. ↑ Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1918, Part IV., P. 191.
150. ↑ Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1919, Part IV., P. 201.
151. ↑ Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, IV. Part, p. 208 (A. Fischer Kinematogr. Theaterbes. Is noted in the street section (No. 11)).
152. ↑ KinoKlub of the Humboldt University at kinokompendium.de
153. ↑ Cinema theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, p. 255 (Friedrichstrasse 192/193 Türk, L Kinematogr. Bes).
154. ↑ Royal House Light Games . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1942, p. 438 (Neue Königstrasse 61-64 Wünsch, F, Königshaus-Lichtspiele).
155. ↑ `` What is my cinema playing? '' In: Berliner Zeitung, June 16, 1961, p. 10
156. ↑ Lichtspiele Alt-Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1913, Inhabitants of Berlin and its suburbs, p. 2596. "Rubintschik, Leon Lichtspiele" Alt-Berlin ", C19, Köllnischer Fischmarkt 6 pt".
157. ↑ BIOSKOP-ATELIER at cinegraph.de
158. ↑ LDL Berlin: Ensemble Chausseestrasse 125
159. ↑ Brunnenstrasse 24 at brunnenstrasse.de
160. ↑ LDL Berlin: tenement and commercial building Brunnenstrasse 24
161. ^ Münz-Theater akg images
162. ↑ Information from the cinema programs published in the Berliner Zeitung of the respective year
163. ↑ The published date 1899–1959 is incorrect. The statement about the year 1899 is not supported by documents and is considered to be an advertising ploy. In the book Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995, page 101, a self-portrayal by Otto Pritzkow from 1939 about the cinematograph theater at Münzstrasse 16 is quoted.
164. ↑ “Around the turn of the century, however, towel cinemas of this kind will soon open elsewhere in Berlin, which usually attract visitors with around one hundred seats. In 1907 there were already 139 in the entire city. ”According to anders-berlin.de: A large city square is being built
165. ↑ Berliner Chronik at berlin.de
166. ↑ Münzstrasse 16 . In: Berlin address book , 1903, III. Part, p. 480.
167. ↑ Otto Pritzkow . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1907, p. 186 (C54, Münzstrasse 16, sale and lending of films).
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169. ↑ Memhardstraße 3 FIS Broker (map of Berlin 1: 5000 (K5 color edition)) of the Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment Berlin
170. ↑ Nickelodeon at kinokompendium.de
171. ↑ Köpenicker Strasse No. 36–38 in Berlin Mitte köpenicker-strasse.de
172. ↑ Orpheum . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1908, p. 102 (Brückenstraße 2 Steidl-Franke, F).
173. ↑ Orpheum . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1909, p. 104 (Brückenstrasse 2 Wilhelm-Theater by W. Kietzmann).
174. ↑ Passage-Lichtspiele . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, p. 431 (Passage-Lichtspiele W8 Unter d. Linden No. 35).
175. ↑ Patria light plays . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, p. 431 (Patria-Lichtspiele N 54 Elsässer Straße 86).
176. ↑ allekinos.com: Berlin
177. ↑ Kaiserstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, III ..
178. ↑ Phoenix light games . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, p. 431 (Phönix-Lichtspiele N 54 Elsässer Straße 86).
179. ↑ LDL Berlin: office building at Torstrasse 140, 142 and 144 Linienstraße 83-85
180. ↑ Straubeplan 1910 sheet II A ( 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 16150/21100 
181. ↑ The “Resi” was the nickname of a vast, luxurious dance-hall called The Residenz-Casino at Blumentrasse 10, just by Alexanderplatz
182. ↑ Postcard: Greetings from the Residenz-Lichtspiele (next to the Residenz-Theater)
183. ↑ Russian House at kinokompendium.de
184. ↑ Scala at kinokompendium.de
185. ↑ Iris Brennberger: Operation is no longer worthwhile / new tenants wanted. Another piece of cinema history dies with the Scala. In: Berliner Zeitung . March 31, 2000, accessed April 19, 2016 . 
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187. ↑ Weinbergsweg . In: Berlin address book , 1907, III. Part, p. 840.
188. ↑ Cinema data for the Skala-Theater-Lichtbildbühne (Biophon-Theater)
189. ↑ Weinbergsweg . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1921, Part III., P. 919. “16.17: Union Theater and Walhalla Park and Tunnel // 18.19: Walhalla Theater, Skala-Lichtspiele” (Director E. Schippanowsky is noted as the owner.) .
190. ↑ Weinbergsweg . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1922, Part IV., P. 977.
191. ↑ Weinbergsweg . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1923, Part IV., P. 1002.
192. ↑ Weinbergsweg 16-20 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1925, part IV., P. 1036. “← Fehrbelliner Straße →, 15: Owner Wollank'sche Family Foundation, eight tenants // 16.17: Owner Universum-Film-Akt.Ges. (Köthener Str. 1–4), Skala-Kino J. & R. Kersten, "Ufa-Theater" Weinbergsweg // 18.19: Owner Walhalla-Theater-Union-A.-G. (Friedrichstrasse 101/102), Walhalla-Theater Varietè, "Walhalla" tunnel, restoration // 20: Owner Walhalla-Theater-Union-A.-G. (Friedrichstrasse 101/102), eight tenants and the Weinberg Klause restaurant ”.
193. ↑ From Rosenthaler Tor to Gesundbrunnen: Cinemas, dance and variety
194. ^ Theater directory in Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, II, p. 2.
195. ^ Franziskaner, Stern-Kino FIS-Broker (map of Berlin 1: 5000 (K5 color edition)) of the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment
196. ↑ Image of the Stern-Lichtspiele (formerly the Franziskaner Kino)
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198. ↑ Georgenstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, Part IV, p. 320. “← Prinz-Louis-Ferdinand-Straße → // 12a.13 Stadtbahnbogen No. 198–204: Franziskaner Restaurant und Konditorei GmbH; Rumsch & Hammer Forster laundry machine factory; Stadtbahnbogen 205: entrance to the Stadtbahn; Tropical fruits M. Arndt, Delicatessen B. Koschwitz & Co., Rumsch & Hammer laundry machines, confectionery E. Schulz, Kaffee A. Zuntz sel. Widow ”(Under the city station - west of Friedrichsstrasse - 14–17a, there is also“ Franziskaner “As one of the users.).
199. ^ Rainer L. Hein and Steffen Pletl: Only ten meters to the treasury. Franciscan treasure. In: Berliner Morgenpost . September 1, 2008, accessed April 19, 2016 . 
200. ↑ According to cinema address books: 1941 Franziskaner-Lichtspiele (daytime light games), Berlin NW 7, Georgenstraße 14, F: 161052, Gr: 1928, 323 seats, daily, owner: Carl August Deter & Co., K.-G. // 1949 Franziskaner-Lichtspiele, Berlin NW 7, Georgenstrasse 12 a, Pl. 320 // 1950 Franziskaner-Lichtspiele, NW 7, Georgenstrasse 12a, Tel. 420612, 320 seats
201. ↑ “An exemplary film theater will be built in the center of Berlin before the World Festival. The former Franciscan light shows at Friedrichstrasse station are currently being completely renovated, and the entrance will be threefold. The foyer will be enlarged and will accommodate a HO stand and a cloakroom. The auditorium is being redesigned and given new seating. State-of-the-art demonstration equipment guarantees perfect picture and sound reproduction. The cinema itself is being enlarged. On July 27th it will be opened under the name 'Stern-Lichtspiele'. ”In: Franziskaner becomes a“ Star ” . In: Neue Zeit , July 15, 1951, p. 7
202. ↑ Stern, Georgenstrasse from June 30th. closed. In: Berliner Zeitung , June 28, 1968, p. 10 in the weekly program preview
203. ↑ Köpenicker Strasse 30 at köpenicker-strasse.de
204. ↑ Taunus light plays . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, p. 431 (Taunus-Lichtspiele SO 16 Köpenicker Straße 30a).
205. ↑ Hankestrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1926, part IV, p. 408. "← Lothringer Strasse →, Hankestrasse 1: storage place of the local health insurance for the bricklaying trade, ← Linienstraße →".
206. ↑ Hankestrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1927, part IV, p. 409. "← Lothringer Strasse →, Hankestrasse 1: Owner Manes from Holzmarktstrasse, warehouse, Filmpalast Schönhauser Tor, music director R. Lorenz, ← Linienstraße →".
207. ↑ Damage to buildings in 1945 . Publisher: B.Aust i. A. of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection: Berlin-Mitte  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
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209. ↑ Köpenicker Strasse No. 86
210. ↑ Cinema data in the cinema wiki for the UT
211. ↑ The property was built on before 1900, with the innkeeper A. Neander running a variety show at 4 Rosenthaler Strasse as "Neander & Co." as early as 1900. ( Neander & Co. In: Address book for Berlin and its suburbs , 1900, Part III, p. 520.)
212. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4236 ( 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. and Straube-Plan IV A. X = 24825, Y = 22420. 
213. ↑ ^{a b} Building damage 1945. Verlag B. Aust i. A. of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
214. ↑ Information on the cinema address book from Kino-Wiki
215. ↑ Rosenthaler Strasse 4 . In: Berlin address book , 1917, III. Part, p. 700 (In the street part, the address book in Part III names the list of streets in Berlin with all properties sorted by number, their owners or administrators and residents. Commercial uses are only mentioned if the operator is also a resident.) .
216. ↑ Rosenthaler Strasse 4 . In: Berlin address book , 1919, III. Teil, p. 690. “The owner is the reindeer E. Lewy from Fasanenstrasse 14, among the 16 residents the entry: Summer • Lichtspiele”.
217. ↑ Rosenthaler Strasse 4 . In: Berlin address book , 1921, III. Teil, p. 728 (Thiele & Henning was named for the cinema in Schönhauser Allee 110 in 1921).
218. ↑ Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1922, Part II., P. 300.
219. ^ Rosenthaler Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1922, Teil IV., P. 743 (In 1923 the property changed hands from the widow Levy to "Property Verwertungs-Akt. Ges", there is no reference to the cinema. The street section is missing for 1924. ).
220. ^ Rosenthaler Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1927, Part IV, p. 856. “Bendikowski, E., Lichtspiele; Fritz, Lyssy, Lichtspiele (and 14 other residents) ”.
221. ↑ Managing Director at Karl Sedlak is Windelschmidt in 1928/1929 and Dipl.-Ing. Max Veelack.
222. ↑ The Berlin address book gives the following residents of Rosenthaler Straße 4 who ran the cinema: K. Sedlack, Kinobes. (1928/6038 + 1928/4472, 1929/6247, 1930/6037 + 1930/4480, 1931/5707, 1932/5507) Skala-Lichtspiele (1933/4748, 1934/4464), "Union" -Lichtspieltheater (1936 / 4877, 1937/4852, 1938/4941), A.Sajo (1939 as A.Seyr), Lichtspiele (1939/5053, 1940/5183, 1941/5220, 1942/5282, 1943/5190). It should be noted that from the 1930s onwards, instead of “residents”, but “heads of households and companies registered by commercial courts” are listed in the street section.
223. ↑ LDL Berlin: House of Health
224. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4233 ( 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. , also Straube 1910 IV A 
225. ↑ Lot 136 . In: Berlin address book , 1915, III. Teil, p. 257. "Friedrichstrasse 136: owner Agricola property / next to Höpfner festival halls and innkeeper Orlamünde, especially Weidenhof Casino and Cafè" (In the 1910 address book under Friedrichstrasse 136: see also Schiffbauerdamm 1 and Am Zirkus 7: The owner is the hotel owner FW Schulze and among other things the Hotel New-York and the Cafè Mozart in the house are indicated. In the address book 1912/4162 the entry for the number 136 reads: Abbruch.).
226. ^ Resident of Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1928, Part I., p. 2801. “Richter, Erich, Theaterbes, N58, Gethsemanestr. 5 II, T. Humb. 6731. ". / Member of the Reichsverband Deutscher Lichtspieltheater - owner EV, from 1933 also registered with trade: Unter den Linden 22/23.
227. ^ Berlin address book 1926: Weidenhof-Casino: Cabarett. / Inhabitant of Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1928, Part II., P. 428. “Richter, E., N24 Friedrichstr. 136, Norden 2805. ”(In the 1920s address books there were also“ cinematographic presentations ”in addition to the keyword“ cinema theater ”). / Cinema address book 1926/1927 - directory of the cinema theaters. Publisher Max Mattisson
228. ↑ Damage to buildings 1945 Berlin-Mitte . Publishing house B.Aust i. A. of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
229. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part II, p. 431. “Weidenhof Lichtspiele NW 7 Friedrichstrasse 136 T. 12 22 82”.
230. ↑ Berliner Zeitung : A representative residential building is integrated in the Spreekarree (adria-in-der-friedrichstrasse) . September 4, 2004
231. ↑ Office tower on Schiffbauerdamm
232. ^ Friedrichstrasse 136 FIS broker (map of Berlin 1: 5000 (K5 color edition)) of the Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment Berlin
233. ↑ ^{a b} defa-filmfreund.de
234. ↑ The street front of the property at Münzstrasse / corner Neue Schönhauser Strasse was 40 meters, the property tapers to the rear with a length of 90 meters.
235. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4232, 4236 and Straube IV A ( Memento of the original from November 9th, 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 = 25145, Y = 21990 
236. ↑ Joy Schilling: The "Alt Berlin" closes after 121 years. Pub culture in Berlin. In: Der Tagesspiegel . December 19, 2014, accessed April 27, 2014 . 
237. ↑ Residential and commercial building Münzstrasse 21 & 23 Neue Schönhauser Strasse 21
238. ↑ Garden courtyard of the residential and commercial building
239. ↑ Münzstraße 23, formerly 1 FIS Broker (map of Berlin 1: 5000 (K5 color edition)) of the Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment Berlin
240. ↑ The weekly schedule was last published on September 1, 1961 in the Berliner Zeitung .
241. ↑ Zeughauskino at berlin.de
242. ↑ Website of the cinema with the current program and program archive
243. ↑ Zeughauskino at kinokompendium.de
244. ↑ .z-bar.de
245. ↑ Z-inema at berlin.de
246. ↑ Z-inema at kinokompendium.de

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