List of cinemas in Berlin-Zehlendorf

The list of cinemas in Berlin-Zehlendorf gives an overview of all cinemas that existed and still exist in today's Berlin district of Zehlendorf . 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 .

Name / location	address	Duration	description
Bali ( Location )	Teltower Dam 33	since 1946	The Bali is located in the extension of the Burg Hotel, which was built around 1900, which was formerly used as a winter garden . In the 1920s the hall was used as a dance palace; since 1946 it has been a cinema without interruption. It was created as early as 1946 when Russian soldiers left a projection system behind in the extension of the Burg Hotel built around 1900, which was formerly used as a dance hall, and the opportunity was taken to open a movie theater in the premises. Until the early 1970s, the Bali was an inconspicuous cinema without an independent program profile. It didn't really take on a character of its own until 1973, when Manfred Salzgeber , co-founder of the Arsenal , took over the cinema. Under his direction, Bali became, according to his own statement, the "outpost of the political cinema of the Federal Republic and West Berlin ". Helgard Gammert has been running the cinema since 1978.
Elfi light games ( Location )	Teltower Damm 216	1952-1969	The Elfi on Teltower Damm, only opened in 1952, could only hold up into the 1960s, as after the construction of the Wall in 1961, viewers from the Teltow district , the main catchment area of the cinema, stayed away. The cinema is said to have closed in 1969. The hall behind the Friedrich pharmacy has been used as a dance hall by a ballet school since 1995. "1951 Opening: Elfi-Lichtspiele, Berlin-Zehlendorf, Teltower Damm 216. 300 seats. Architect: V. Bunikowski. Cinema equipment: Klangfilm-GmbH, Berlin. " (From: Die Filmwoche 3/1952)
Lumina-Filmtheater Schlachtensee ( Location )	Breisgauer Strasse 17	1939-1969	The building, built in 1938/1939 in a country house style, consisted of a two-storey porch with an adjoining cinema. In 1952 and 1955 renovations took place. The cinema was in operation from 1938 to 1969. The cinema has been destroyed, the new supermarket is located here. “Fritz Staar joins the group of senior citizens of German movie theater owners. He was 75 on May 16. He has worked tirelessly in the industry for 43 years. Fritz Staars love for Berlin and his belief in the existence of the embattled city can hardly be more clearly documented than the fact that after losing most of his theater park he returned to work in Berlin. The Arkadia-Lichtspiele are a jewel case, the Meraner-Lichtspiele could be bought back, and on May 1st of this year the Lumina-Lichtspiele in Schlachtensee were added. We know of the trust and respect that Fritz Staar is shown in his colleagues and employees. We sincerely wish the pioneer of the theater industry all the best. ” (From: Der neue Film 38–39 / 1952) “The 'Lumina' light shows in Berlin-Schlachtensee have been given a modern face. The 500 person house was built by Dipl.-Ing. Curt Hans Fritzsche rebuilt and resembles a jewelry box. The owner of the 'Lumina' light games is now Fritz Staar, who turned 75 a few months ago, a senior German movie theater owner who has been practicing his profession for 43 years. Before the war, Staar owned a large theater park. Now he is in possession of the Arkadia-Lichtspiele in Berlin-Schöneberg , the Meraner-Lichtspiele, also in Schöneberg, and the Lumina-Lichtspiele. Staars 'Uncle Toms' light shows in Zehlendorf, which have been confiscated so far, will soon be free because a separate cinema is being built in Clay-Allee for the American occupation troops. ” (From: Der neue Film 79/1952)
Uncle Tom Cinema ( Location )	Wilskistraße 47b	1934-1968	The cinema was built in 1933/1934 at the Onkel Toms Hütte underground station in a row of shops. After the cinema had been confiscated by the American occupation forces for eight years, it was redesigned in 1953 by the architect Hans Bielenberg. The Polychord cinema organ was a novelty for Berlin. The cinema was in operation from 1935 to 1968 and is now used as a supermarket. The entrance was on Onkel-Tom-Straße, but the postal address was Wilskistraße 47b (Ladenstraße Süd). Kurt Jachwitz was initially a projectionist there. “In the middle of the underground shopping street flanking the Onkel Toms Hütte underground station, Berlin-Zehlendorf, is the Onkel Tom cinema, which was built by Fritz Staar in 1934. In 1945 it was confiscated by the American occupation forces and recently returned to its owner. He had it completely redesigned by the architect Hans Bielenberg. The theater room was modernized and the walls were given wood paneling. Lighting and ventilation have been completely renewed. The eye is presented with a pleasant sight wherever it looks. 'With the subway to the parquet floor' - this popular catchphrase has its justification again, after 'Uncle Sam' has given way to the familiar 'Uncle Tom' Fritz Staar, who was in great vigor on the day his house reopened, presented a special surprise 76th birthday with the first and only Polychord cinema organ delivered from Dachau, on which Bill Norman, known from the radio, gives a musical cross-section of the main film of the evening before each performance. This musical encore is already enjoying great popularity with the audience. Fritz Staar now has four cinemas in operation again, in addition to the Onkel-Tom cinema, the Arkadia-Lichtspiele in Wilmersdorf, the Lumina-Filmtheater in Schlachtensee, the Meraner Lichtspiele in Schöneberg and is co-owner of the Maxim-Filmtheater company in Neukölln. The title of the opening program in 'Onkel Tom' was symbolic: 'Don't forget love' ". (from: Der neue Film 41/1953)
panorama ( Location )	Sundgauer Strasse 83	1954-1977	Panorama II was built in 1954 by the architect Gerhard Fritsche and was in operation until 1977. The cinema was demolished in the same year. A supermarket was later built there. “Shortly after their house in Neukölln, the film theater companies Dr. Seifert as the third company a panorama in Zehlendorf, Sundgauer Straße 83 / corner Berliner Straße, for the planning and creation of the same designers and companies. CinemaScope premiere with 'Inferno'. " (From: Der neue Film 91/1954)
Primus Palace ( Location )	Berliner Strasse 8	1949-1969	The Primus Palace was built in 1906 as the Lindenpark establishment . Before the Second World War it was known as an artist and theater house, in 1945 the first post-war theater in Berlin (Jürgen-Fehling-Theater) opened there, the palace was briefly a branch of the German Theater , and Gustaf Gründgens also played there. The decline of the hall began in the 1950s. At first it was still used as a cinema (1949–1969). Until 1999 it was a florist's warehouse. The district tried ten years to revive cultural use, but there was a lack of money. All efforts to sell the house at the official market value failed, so that in 2004 the building was transferred to the property fund. The new owners invested one million euros in restoring the historic hall. The hall was divided by a false ceiling, and a beverage shop moved into the stalls. In 2008 the hall building was renovated again. It has been available for rent as an event location since 2009. The building is a listed monument.
City hall plays of light ( Location )	Teltower Dam 18	1943-1958	The Zeli was partially destroyed in the Second World War, which is why cinema operations moved to the Citizens' Hall of the City Hall in 1943 and then established there as the City Hall Lichtspiele until 1958. The citizens 'office and the citizens' hall, which at times served as a cinema and can now be rented for events, are located in the Zehlendorf town hall. The building is a listed monument.
Zeli (Zehlendorfer Lichtspiele) ( Location )	Potsdamer Strasse 50a	1918-1972	The Zeli in Potsdamer Straße 50a opened in 1918 as the first cinema in Zehlendorf. The Zeli was partially destroyed during the war, which is why cinemas temporarily moved to the town hall in 1943 and established themselves there as the town hall Lichtspiele until 1958. The traditional Zeli ceased gaming in 1972. Then a car dealership moved into the former cinema. The cinema was located in the dance hall of the Kaiserhof pub on the corner of Potsdamer Strasse and Königstrasse on today's Sderotplatz. 1975–1980 the Zeli-Eck property was redesigned. The old imperial court is only partially there, but the hall building was completely demolished in the course of the redesign. Only the Kaiserhof pharmacy is reminiscent of the Kaiserhof with its name.
Zinnowwald light plays ( Location )	Wilskistraße 78-80	1947-1958	The cinema was located from 1947 to 1957 in the Zinnowwald School, which was built as an elementary school in 1929–1932. The listed auditorium is the central place of school life and is used for theater, music and cinema events. In October 2011 the projection room behind the auditorium of the Zinnowwald School was refurbished. Two 35mm Askania AP XII projectors from 1957 that were installed in 1958 stood in the projection room. (Normal picture and 1: 1.85) In December 2011 the first presentation with the original projectors (and carbon arc lamps) took place. The monument office speaks of the Zinnowwald-Lichtspiele as a public cinema from 1943 to 1953. The building is a listed monument. “In 1952 Myriam Krytzki inherited the Mila-Lichtspiele from her mother. Already in 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 (Hamida Soliman) continued to run the Zinnowwald-Lichtspiele and Wannsee Lichtspiele. In 1958, they light games Zinnow forest were for economic reasons first task of forced and with the major motion dying late 1960s dried up the family tradition final ". (From Hamidas song: 100 year a Muslim woman in the Spree FU Berlin Institute for Religious Studies. )

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.

Individual evidence

↑ 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.
↑ The breakdown by districts and districts is based on the district reform of 2001.
^ Stefan Strauss: Film? Running. Publication in the Berliner Zeitung , March 27, 2017, p. 13.
↑ kinokompendium.de Bali
↑ berlin.de Bali cinema
↑ LDL Berlin: tenement group Berliner Strasse 8, 8a, 10 and 12 Gartenstrasse 11 and 12
↑ LDL Berlin: Zehlendorf Town Hall
↑ LDL Berlin: Zinnowwald School
↑ The 100 years of a Muslim woman in the Spree. FU Berlin Institute for Religious Studies

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

[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] um.de Bali

[5] rlin.de Bali cinema

[6] LDL Berlin: tenement group Berliner Strasse 8, 8a, 10 and 12 Gartenstrasse 11 and 12

[7] LDL Berlin: Zehlendorf Town Hall

[8] LDL Berlin: Zinnowwald School

[9] The 100 years of a Muslim woman in the Spree. FU Berlin Institute for Religious Studies