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The Meisengeige , also violin or Meigei called, is a Nuremberg cinema with pub and cafe operation. It was the Weber brothers' first cinema project, which reached its peak for the time being with the Cinecittà cinema center . The titmouse violin was founded in 1970. At that time she was playing a pioneering role throughout Germany in the field of arthouse cinema. It positioned itself as the first art house cinema and probably also as the first trendy pub within the Nuremberg cinema and pub landscape. The Meisengeige has opened up new ways to experience cinema through its concept of offering high-quality films and at the same time providing opportunities for discussion about the film.

history

The Meisengeige was founded in 1970 by the brothers Eckhard, Wolfram and Frank Weber as a arthouse cinema with a bar. The cinema and pub are located in the listed building of the former Emmert bakery in Nuremberg's old town. The wooden lettering "Emmert Bakery" is still present on the facade today. The cinema, set up in the former bakery, had 60 seats available at the time, a gallery did not yet exist. The bar was at today's cash desk. The Weber brothers usually bought the interior at flea markets in Paris and Berlin and installed them by hand. The benches, for example, come from decommissioned buses from the city of Berlin.

Between 1971 and 1972, the only renovation in the history of the titmouse took place. The cinema was expanded by a hall, and cinema 1 was given a smoking gallery. The pub was enlarged and equipped with a counter.

In 1973, the Meisengeige was integrated into a project by the Volkshochschule director Gerhard Mammel, which founded film work financed by the municipalities in Nuremberg. He initiated meetings between the Weber brothers and lecturers from the education center , with the result that seminars on film topics were held every Monday in the Meisengeige. For example, the Heimatfilm , the Nazi cinema or the thriller were treated. This cooperation led to the creation of the film house, which the city now operates itself as the municipal sponsor in the KunstKulturQuartier .

From September 10th to 11th, 2010, an anniversary celebration for the 40th anniversary took place. On this occasion were u. a. Cult films from the past 40 years shown, such as Harold & Maude , Easy Rider and the Rocky Horror Picture Show .

Program alignment

The films that dominated the program in the early days of the Meisengeige were fundamentally different from those offered by other cinemas on the Nuremberg scene. Films by William Klein , Akira Kurosawa and Jean-Luc Godard were part of the repertoire. Cult films by Fassbinder and Polanski had some premieres here. A 16-millimeter projector was used at the time. The style of the house also included the possibility of dining during the demonstrations. Typical for this were lard and liver sausage sandwiches topped with gherkins , which were consumed with beer, red wine or other drinks. Smoking was still allowed in the cinema back then. This encouraged intensive discussions on the film scene, which corresponded to the interests of the audience at the time: “Communication that was better lubricated with drinks, and culture, as complex as possible, as contentious as possible. After all, we wanted to discuss films for a long time ”.

Other cinema operators in the city saw competition in the titmouse violin and switched on the journal of the film industry , which declared the titmouse violin to be dubious. Herbert Heinzelmann, then a young critic for the Nürnberger Zeitung , was threatened with being banned from the established cinemas in the city after positive reviews. In 1974 the titmouse violin program was awarded a federal premium of 20,000 marks. The Meisengeige has remained true to its original direction as an art house cinema and has had the DCI Hollywood Standard since 2008 , which is seen as a unique selling point for art house cinemas in Germany. The range of pubs has hardly changed since it was founded. Lard bread, cakes on Sunday and regional beers round off the offer.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f Curt magazine for the 40th anniversary
  2. ↑ a b c d Herbert Heinzelmann: The titmouse is turning 40 . Review of nordbayern.de, September 9, 2010
  3. ^ Germanisches Nationalmuseum: Art without borders in cultural property, 4th quarter 2011, issue 31, page 2
  4. ↑ Herbert Heinzelmann: Film off! Cinema cult in small houses , in Nuremberg Today, issue 89, page 46
  5. ↑ Wolfram Weber: From cineaste to cinema mogul in Nürnberger Zeitung, October 25, 2010
  6. ↑ Ekkehard Pluta: Traveling cinema in the truck , in Die Zeit from August 1, 1975

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '22 "  N , 11 ° 5' 0.2"  E