Museum Lichtspiele (Munich)
The film theater "Museum Lichtspiele" is a cinema in the Munich district of Au near the Deutsches Museum . Since the closure of the Gabriel Filmtheater in April 2019, it has been the oldest still existing cinema in the city.
history
The Museum Lichtspiele were opened on November 24, 1910 by Carl Gabriel (1857–1931) under the name Gabriels Tonbildtheater , initially in connection with a variety theater. At that time Gabriel was already the operator of one of the first Munich cinemas, today's Gabriel Filmtheater . From the mid-1970s, the Museum Lichtspiele specialized in music and dance films, and part of the premises was rented to Beate Uhse . The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been running at Museum Lichtspiele since September 1977. Since then, the audience has been invited to play along. With decades of showing the film in the specially decorated hall, the cinema is entered in the Guinness Book of Records . Three screening rooms were added later. Afternoon shows for children and teenagers were introduced in the 1980s.
program
In addition to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cinema shows lesser-known films that are rarely shown in movie theaters, as well as films in the original language, but also blockbusters such as films from the Harry Potter series .
literature
- 100 years of the Museum Lichtspiele in der Au . In: Image Munich No. 271 from November 19, 2010, p. 5
- Anne Goebel: horror show and happy ending . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 272 of November 24, 2010, p. R4
- Michael Stadler: Magical all time favorite . In: Abendzeitung No. 272, from November 24, 2010, p. 18
- Bettina Stuhlweissenburg: With sweet transvestites in the Guinness book . In: Münchner Merkur No. 272 of November 24, 2010, p. 34
Web links
- The pride of the Au turns 100 ( Memento from July 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), in: Bayerischer Rundfunk November 24, 2010
- Museum of light games . muenchen.de
- Homepage of the Museum Lichtspiele
Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 51.6 ″ N , 11 ° 35 ′ 15 ″ E