List of cinemas in Berlin-Kreuzberg

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

introduction

In the 1910s and 1920s, Kreuzberg in the southern area of ​​the capital of the German Reich offered favorable settlement conditions for cinematographic theaters.

After 1950, the district gained particular importance as a location for border cinemas due to its proximity to East Berlin.

",What do we do? We go to the cinema! And the next border crossing was Oberbaumbrücke . ' - For many border cinema goers, the Oberbaumbrücke was the gateway to the Kreuzberg cinema paradise. If you turned left, the LIDO and WBT arrived, which were almost opposite each other on Schlesische Strasse. A few meters further to the Schlesischer Busch sector crossing, the CASINO followed in the direction of Treptow. […] Anyone who dared to venture further into the Kreuzberg hinterland from the Schlesisches Tor was offered the unpolished border cinema charm with the Oppelner Lichtspiele (Oppelner Straße 15, 285 seats) and Wiener Lichtspiele (Wiener Straße 34, 240 seats). These were classic genre cinemas that attracted young audiences with westerns, adventure films and crime novels. [...] Due to its geographical extent, Kreuzberg had a long sector border with East Berlin that led to Potsdamer Platz. The Centrum daylight plays located there (Köthener Straße 38, 239 seats) could not, as a border cinema, build on the great history of the building in which they were only a few years. The City-Lichtspiele (Friedrichstrasse 209, 249 seats), just a stone's throw from Checkpoint Charlie , became more famous worldwide . Directly in front of the cinema entrance, during the great Berlin crisis as a result of the building of the Wall, American tanks drove to the east, while the anti-war film classic In the West was nothing new on the program in the cinema . "

The cinemas in alphabetical order

Name / location address Duration Description possibly pictures
ABC light games

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Reichenberger Strasse  145-146 1958-1965 The cinema building was built in 1958 to replace a house that had been destroyed in the war. Olga Freßdorf opened the ABC-Lichtspiele with 748 seats in the house. The cinema was equipped with a Dia-N device for slides. In 1961 widescreen films were introduced, the light source came from Becklicht and was a xenon lamp. The loudspeaker system was from Philips, as was the projection apparatus, the amplifiers, the image and sound system "Sc, 1 KL, 4 KM". The canvas had a ratio of 1: 2.55. It was played daily with 21 to 25 performances a week. Upholstered armchairs by Schröder & Henzelmann were installed as seating. The ownership of the cinema changed to Emil Lohde in 1962, who named 566 seats for his facility. In addition to the cinema license, there was a concession for theater, variety and opera performances in the hall. ABC Lichtspiele were probably also affected by the worsening situation for cinemas , and gaming operations were stopped in 1965. After that, the rooms were used by an Aldi store for many years, and since 2006 by an oriental supermarket.
Allotria light plays

Marabu

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Bergmannstrasse  109 1909-1972 The property at Bergmannstrasse 109 is 20 m wide on the street front and has a neat house with shops on the ground floor and a long low-rise building in the backyard, which has been around since the first development. The hall cinema with a cinematograph was opened here in 1909 , which was initially called "Bergmannshöhe". Until the first change of ownership, Ernst Krämer is named as the owner in the cinema list of the magazine Der Kinematograph . The Lichtspiele Bergmannshöhe had 200 seats, in 1920 Georg Rosenberg was the owner of the Bergmannshöhe cinema theater with 260 seats, which stated that the venue was 1906 when the theater was founded. During the inflation of 1923 the movie theater had to close. Willy Warnke reopened it in 1928 as Skala-Lichtspiele with 200 seats. A band with 2 to 3 musicians was now used as musical accompaniment , which reduced the number of seats to 181. With the switch to sound film in the course of 1932, the name was changed to “Marabu-Lichtspiele” owned by Ms. Marie Stephan. The technology came from Kinoton, and there was also a system for mechanical music. It is shown daily and in 1933 Gertrud Andreska and in 1937 Hans-Joachim Wehling took over the cinema, and from 1939 Hugo Baier led the cinema into the post-war period . In 1949 Charlotte Baier was named as the owner of the cinema with 180 to 190 seats. It is recorded in the cinema address book in 1950 with the Marabu-Lichtspieltheater: 185 seats, 7 days with 2 performances (probably also 21 performances per week), next to the slide equipment (sounding slide) are the projection devices Erko IV and Euro M 2 with amplifiers from Sound film ready. After it was closed in 1953, Wilhelm Foss bought the cinema in 1954 and reopened it as an Allotria light show after renovations. “Marabu became allotria. But not only the name was changed, the whole house was rebuilt. Grenz theater owner Foss (Aladin and Camera) has taken over. Under the construction management of architect Krebs, a brightly colored house (only 290 seats) was built, the modern technology of which meets all requirements. There is a panorama wall. ”During the renovation, the rows of steel chairs were replaced by wooden seats in different colors. The cinema had a column in the middle of the hall, which is why the view was not good from all seats. After the renovation, Margarete and Friedrich Wilhelm Foss ran the “Allotria” light shows with 250 seats and up to 28 performances per week (one matiné, one youth, one late night performance). The cinema was equipped with a wide screen (1: 2.35), the Ernemann IV apparatus, sound film Euronette amplifier, loudspeakers: sound film, light source: pure coal, image and sound system: CinemaScope, optical sound (CS 1 KL). The Mauser-Werke seating is not upholstered. In 1959, tubular steel seating in the Mauser-Werke was replaced. The property is (1957) in “Margarete Foss u. Co. ”with managing director Friedrich Wilhelm Foss. In 1971, until its closure in 1972, Ravenna-Film GmbH Berlin (Post: 68 Mannheim, Meerfeldstrasse 42) was the owner of the allotria-Lichtspiele with 190 seats. Pictures can be found on allekinos.com.
Apollo Theater
Cines Apollo

( Location )

Friedrichstrasse  218 1896-1930
Entrance to the theater 1900
Berlin memorial plaque at Friedrichstrasse 218

The Apollo Theater was located at Friedrichstrasse 218. It was a cultural institution that specialized in light entertainment, including concerts and operettas. Cines AG Filmverleih was located at Friedrichstrasse 11 , where Franz Scholling sold projection equipment in 1913, but presumably had no cinematograph theater. Wilhelm Feindt is listed in the Berlin address book in 1927 at Friedrichstrasse 246. An exclusive cinema use probably did not take place in the Apollo Theater.

The trade journal Der Kinematograph reported in 1925: “The Berlin Apollo Theater is becoming a cinema. The Apollo Theater has passed into the ownership of the Wilhelm Feindt film house and, after extensive renovation, will open as a film premiere theater later this month. The Apollo Theater was already used as a cinema in the summer of last year, but had very few happy days after an unsuccessful premiere (an obscure American film child was boldly passed off as Baby Peggy). The James Klein era is over today - for the upper Friedrichstrasse - perhaps not least because the auditorium of the Apollo Theater no longer meets the demands of the audience under any circumstances. The wide and deep stage, the well-developed orchestra, on the other hand, make the Apollo Theater a suitable cinema in the latest sense. Because a stage show cannot be missing today. The cinematograph No. 981 Dec. 6, 1925 "

The theater building was built in 1874, and from December 1896 Oskar Messter performed his first films in front of an audience with the Messter Kinetograph . These screenings took place regularly for the next ten years. In 1903 Oskar Messter presented his film projector Kosmograph in connection with a gramophone for the first time in the Apollo Theater . Until then, the screenings took place as final performances after the operettas. In 1913 there was a changeover to pure cinema operations.

On April 26, 1926, the film Battleship Potemkin is said to have premiered in the Apollo Theater in Germany. In 1930 the cinema was closed and the theater was used again as a pure speaking stage. The air raids and fighting towards the end of World War II destroyed the building, which was demolished after the war. When the Berlin city center was rebuilt, a residential building was built at this point. In the 1990s, the Berlin Senate had a memorial plaque put up at the former location.

Atlas-Lichtspiele

Central Cinema Palace

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Old Jakobstrasse  32 1927-1945 The cinema was set up in 1927 in the former Central Theater (operettas and popular dramas), which had existed since 1880. As a cinema it was called “Zentral-Kino-Palast” and was opened under this name in 1927 by Ernst Kruse, Wilhelmshaven-Rüstringen. The cinema with 560 seats was used daily. In 1919 Dr. M. Schwalbe with Karl Ihme as managing director of the venue and in 1932 Walter Zeysig became the owner, whereby he had the sound film technology installed by the Kinoton company. In 1931 he changed the company name to Atlas-Lichtspiele. In 1939 the ownership rights to "Krüger & Co., Lichtspiele Kom.-Ges." Were passed on and the cinema was still listed in 1941 in the Reich cinema directory. The building was destroyed in the war in 1945 and in December 1944 films were shown in the cinema. The remains in 1952 were blown up and the property was not built on again, so it became part of the playground at Waldeckpark across from the Bundesdruckerei. Lot 32 of the theater was next to the municipal orphanage / Friedrich's orphanage. Pictures of the cinema can be found online.
Babylon

Helo / Kent

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Dresdner Strasse  126 since 1955 The building is located in the southeastern Kreuzberg (hence West Berlin ) section of Dresdner Straße. The cinema was installed by the architect Mr. Schwandt within four months of the expansion of a ruined house and opened on April 7, 1955 by "Emil Lohde & Johannes Herkenrath". In the vicinity of the sector border (500 meters from the then East Berlin Mitte district) there was an attractive location for a border cinema before the Wall was built , as many East Berliners wanted to see the new "West productions". The operators were the Berlin “Gloria” branch manager E. Lohde and the owner of the “Heli” light shows in Neukölln J. Herkenrath. The name of the 462-seat theater “Helo-Film u. Stage “consists of the first letters of the names of the owners. The cinema technology consisted of two Ernemann VII B projection devices, the amplifier and loudspeakers from Klangfilm, the image and sound system in CinemaScope (CS 1 KL) was projected onto a widescreen screen of 1: 2.35. The 10 m × 4 m stage made it possible to project all widescreen formats. The Kamphöner seating was flat-upholstered cinema seats, which were replaced by semi-upholstered seats in 1959. 23 performances were played over seven days. Despite the construction of the Wall and the exclusion of East Berlin visitors, cinema operations continued and the cinema crisis of the 1960s was survived. In 1975 the film theater changed its name to “Filmtheater Kent” and from then on showed exclusively Turkish films under Emil Lohde. Around 1980 Günther Kühner took over the cinema and finally since 1986 the Yorck cinema group has been operating it , which introduced the name "Babylon-Kino". The great hall of the light games was converted into a 2-hall house in 1989. In 2011 the Yorck renovated the foyer and in October 2012 the demonstration technology was digitized. Room A with 192 seats has digital and 35 mm analogue Dolby Digital 5.1 projection on a screen of 3.90 m × 9.30 m. The other room B has digital projection in Dolby Digital 5.1 on a screen measuring 2.40 m × 5.70 m in front of 72 seats. The program concept offers films in their original versions. In Kino Wiki there are pictures from 1955.
BBB

Berlin Colorful Stage
Sanssouci

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Kottbusser Strasse  6 1911-1977 On the plot of land at Kottbusser Straße 6, which extends angled 100 meters downwards with a street front of 20 meters, the concert establishment "Sanssouci" is indicated for 1910 in the courtyard. In 1911 the "Cinematographen-Theater Sanssouci" opened on the ground floor. In 1912 the Berlin address book lists the "Theater Sanssouci Lichtspiele GmbH" and the Film Verleih Centrale Engelke & Co.GmbH. In autumn 1913, the venue continued to be operated as a cinema variété under the direction of H. Pitschau (previously artistic director at the Metropol-Cabarett), with Abraham Bloch as managing director. The venue is also mentioned in the cinema address book as the Sanssouci Theater. The reopening of the cinema is announced for April 16, 1918 in the magazine Der Kinematograph , the director Kreymeier gives 1200 places for his "Sensations-Lichtspielhaus" in the cinema directory, the successors name again 227 and 231 places for the Kottbuser Tor -Theatre. In 1921 the Kino-Theater is no longer listed in the cinema address books. Rather, theater is in the foreground: In 1932 Wilhelm Bendow opened the cabaret "Bendows Bunte Bühne", which he was able to lead until 1934. After that it served from 1934 to 1940 as the “Theater am Kottbusser Tor” and from 1941 as the soldiers' stage “Neues Lustspielhaus”.

In war the previous hall building had been badly damaged. It was rebuilt in 1954 and the movie theater was built within three months according to the plans of architect Pierre de Born. The cinema was reopened on February 11, 1955 and named "BBB-Filmpalast" based on the pre-war cabaret "Berlins Bunte Bühne". The owners were "Wallis & Limberger KG" with Hans Limberger as theater director.

“The foyer was below the 12-meter-deep stage. One corridor was at the level of the parquet floor, another above the theater. The auditorium was kept in the colors green and yellow. The Cinemascope screen measured 14.20 mx 5.60 m and was mounted on rails together with the loudspeakers so that the stage could be expanded if necessary. A special attraction was the water organ, which went into action before each performance, for which an additional 10 pfennigs entrance fee was required. Driven by 54 spotlights and 20 pumps, more than 10,000 liters of water circled per minute to the rhythm of the music. "

The Filmpalast had 900 seats with Kamphöner seating with high-upholstered armchairs, the games were played on seven days with 21 shows a week, followed by a late show. The cinema technology for CinemaScope (picture and sound system: CS 1 KL, 4 KM) consisted of the Askania AP XII projection apparatus, a sounding slide device, and sound film amplifiers and speakers. The screen size on the 12 meter deep stage was possible with an aspect ratio of 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55. This information is contained in the cinema directory from 1957 to 1960; from 1961 a xenon lamp is added as a light source. At the beginning of the 1960s, Paul Grasse took over the “BBB” and in 1975 the “Filmtheater BBB” was opened by “ATAFILM Dr. Sakir V. Sözen ”. In recent years, Turkish films have been shown for the clientele in Kreuzberg. In 1976/1977 the cinema ended and the building in the back yard was torn down immediately. Only the front building is left. Pictures are available in the Kino Wiki.

Belle-Alliance-Lichtspiele

Germania-Palast

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Mehringdamm  60 1929-1966 At the corner of Hagelberger Strasse, Willi Warnke opened the “Germania Palace” in the ten-party tenement building at Belle-Alliance-Strasse 21 (since 1947, Mehringdamm 60). The cinema with a daily program had 215 seats and silent films were accompanied by three musicians (sometimes only one musician). In the course of 1931 Warnke named the venue “Belle Alliance Light Games” and in 1932 the sound film equipment was equipped with Kinoton technology. The building survived the war and was continued by Gerhard Bräuer in the post-war period. Willi Mertink gave the performances. On the seven days of the week, a total of 22 performances (21 plus one youth performance) were given, the technology consisted of the Ernemann projector and sound film amplifiers, with a stage size of 2.5 mx 5 m. In 1953 Friedrich Wilhelm Foss became co-owner, who already owned other film theaters (including the Allotria-Lichtspiele ). The technology was renewed: Projection with Euro M 2 and as a amplifier: sound film Euronette. 1957 Foss became the sole owner. The following equipment is specified in the cinema guide: Kamphöner flat upholstered armchair, Erko IV film apparatus with pure coal light source, Euronette / clear sound amplifier and Euro M loudspeakers. There was also a slide system (Dia-N). With the general collapse of the cinema industry, the light shows were closed after 1963. The subsequent use was shops, in the 2000s a drugstore, after which there is a café in the corner building.
Bioscope theater

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Friedrichstrasse  22 ( 1908-1913 The Bioscope Theater was set up by the “Bioscope Theater Society” with its projection devices for showing silent films . In 1913 and later there was no longer a cinematograph theater at this address. Instead, the company for electrical machines and installations was to be found there.
Blücher plays of light

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Blücherstrasse  22 1926-1969
The building in April 2012

Max Woischke opened the "Blücher-Lichtspiele" in 1926 at Blücherstraße 22. However, only businessman Max Woischke from Lichterfelde, Steinackerstraße 26, is the house owner. Since 1913, cinematographic performances have been given diagonally across the street at Blücherstrasse 61 under the name Blücher-Lichtspiele . For this venue on the corner of Urbanstraße, which was founded in 1913, the cinema address book from 1920 lists Ernst R. Wagner as the owner and R. Wagner jr. Registered as demonstrator, in the hall with 350 seats was played daily. In the Berlin address book (1927) R. Wagner is entered with the Blücher festival halls. The cinema in number 22 also has 350 seats with daily play and two program changes per week, later the number of seats was recorded with values ​​between 278 and 328, in the 1950s and 1960s: 320. The operators for the Kiezkino changed to early years often: Benno Kagan in 1927, Max Woischke again in 1928, A. Flemming 1929–1931, A. v. 1932/1933 Ebeling et al. CH Krüger, 1934 Kurt Pietsch 1936/1937 Fritz Müller and Martha Mücke. From 1938 the house was run by the Deutschmanns through the war and into the post-war years. Initially Kuno Deutschmann, then Berta Deutschmann until it was closed (for 1948 it is Robert Scheuer, in 1950 Mr. Fieping is managing director), from 1961 Berta and Helmut Deutschmann. The building with the cinema remained undamaged during the war and remained in operation with 16 shows a week (including one late show) until 1969, the rooms have since been used as shops and business premises. The large inner courtyard is used as a commercial area. The building complex from 1910 is a listed building as a commercial park. The cinema technology of the 1950s consisted of the Erko projection apparatus. This was replaced in 1959 for the wide-screen image system by Zeiss Ikon (light source: pure coal), with a screen with a ratio of 1: 1.85. Until 1959, the seating was partly upholstered, in addition to folding wooden chairs, from Wenige & Dörner. With the wide wall, spring upholstered seats were used by Kamphöner. The amplifier and the loudspeakers were from Klangfilm.

Capitol

Filmtheater Hasenheide
Union-Theater
Ufa-Palast

( Location )

Hasenheide  28-31 1910-1938
Entrance to the Union Brewery in 1902

The plot of land Hasenheide 22-31 on the outskirts of Neukölln belonged to the Unions Brewery, at the time one of the largest breweries in Berlin. On October 29, 1910, the Union-Theater Hasenheide by Paul Davidson was the fourth (in Berlin) owned by the "Projections Act.Ges. Union “Frankfurt / Main (since 1914: Berlin Zimmerstrasse) opened. The address of the listed Kaiersaal corresponds to location Hasenheide 27, it is the only brewery building preserved here (also known as the Hasenheide festival halls or the Hasenheide festival halls). The Union brewery merged with the Schultheiss brewery and the Union Theater GmbH joined the Ufa group. The name of the cinema was transferred to UT Hasenheide (from 1920) and Ufa-Theater Hasenheide (from 1924, Universum Film AG is the owner). In 1927, Hermann Baum became the owner of the United-Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern-Lichtspiel-Gesellschaft. The number of seats is given as 821 in 1918, then as 675. In 1930 the “Filmtheater Hasenheide” was privatized and H. Bäsch (Weinstock & Levie) took over it as “Capitol-Lichtspiele”, it was played daily in front of 700 seats, six musicians provided the background music. The stage has a size of 6 m × 9 m. In the following year, sound films can be shown using Kinoton technology when Ms. Amalie Alpern takes over the cinema, the band still consists of four men. In 1934 the band was replaced by mechanical music when Dr. Z. Lewkow takes over the management of the business through Hans Herkenrath. In 1937 and 1938 Kurt Mietusch and Horst Klee continued to run the cinema with 645 seats. After 1938, the Berlin address book only mentions P. Gruhl with the ballrooms of the Schultheiss brewery. The “Capitol” cinema probably closed in 1938.

Casino light games

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Schlesische Strasse  26 1952-1961 The property at Schlesische Straße 26 is located at the upper lock of the Landwehr Canal from the Spree. On the industrial site there was a restaurant called “Casino Südost” in the former canteen. This was converted into the casino light games according to plans by the architect Gerhard Fritsche , in which Erich Christ opened the 391-seat cinema on May 16, 1952. The first Berlin narrow-film theater was set up in a hall that, in addition to the film screenings, also served as a restaurant and for events, for which a number of mobile modification options were available. The cinema screen is on the long side of the hall in order to separate the projection room and auditorium from a fire police point of view. Wooden chairs that were secured with metal struts were available as seating. The former casino is no longer there, there are various companies as part of the “Mediaspree” project and some buildings are listed, such as the “Industriehaus Schlesische Brücke”. Near the East Berlin district of Treptow, it was also used as a border cinema . and in 1959 the number of seats was almost doubled when Karl Heinz Krüger took over with new seating. The number of visitors decreased due to the construction of the Berlin Wall and the cinema closed at the beginning of 1962.

Under the direction of Erich Christ and Willy Tietz (from 1957: Emma Christ) the cinema plays daily with 43 screenings per week. The stage is 2.5 mx 6 m in size, sounding slides can be played, the projection apparatus was from Bauer. Set up for cine film in 1952, it was converted to normal film in the same year for 30,000 DM. As early as 1956/1957, the CinemaScope in optical sound (CS 1 KL) (amplifier and loudspeaker from Klangfilm) was converted to a wide screen with a six-meter-wide screen with a ratio of 1: 2.35; the stage is now 8 m × 1.5 m. With the new seating from Stüssel, some of which are upholstered, the number of seats increases to 716. In 1959, the light shows go to “Filmtheaterbetriebe Süd-Ost, Krüger & Co. KG” under the direction of Karl Heinz Krüger. 716 cinema seats in high and flat upholstery are now listed for the seating, as well as the Erco loudspeakers. Pictures of the cinema from outside and inside are online online.

Center daylight games

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Koethener Strasse  38 1951-1961
Meistersaal Hansa Tonstudio 1975 in the area of ​​the Berlin Wall

The building trade had its association house in Köthener Straße 38 (in the north corner of Kreuzberg between Tiergarten and Mitte ), and in 1913 the Meistersaal was opened there. With the expropriation of the guild, it was initially poorly restored and set up as a concert hall. In 1948 the Meistersaal was converted to the "Ballhaus City" and from 1953 as "Ballhaus Susi". The cinema was operated on the ground floor from 1951. With the construction of the Wall in 1961, public events ended. The Meistersaal has been used again for various events since the 1990s.

On November 2, 1951, Werner Blank opened the Centrum Daylight Theater on Potsdamer Platz. Due to its location, it was designed as a border cinema and was closed in 1961 due to a lack of viewers. The cinema had 240 seats and the technical equipment was supplied by Ufahandel with AEG and Askania projectors, the seating came from Löffler-Stuttgart (high upholstered armchair Stüssel). The cinema stage was 6 m × 2.5 m × 2 m and there were 42 performances per week on seven days. With the change of ownership from Werner Blank (trustee of Stockum) to Willi Gruhn, the number of performances drops to 33 per week. It is switched to CinemaScope (image and sound system: CS 1 KL) on a screen with a ratio of 1: 2.35.

City

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Friedrichstrasse  209 1952-1967 Friedrichstrasse 209 is located in the northwest corner of Kochstrasse not far from Checkpoint Charlie . To mark the opening of the Grenzkino there was a contribution in Die Filmwoche 8/1951 under the title City-Lichtspiele in Berlin-Friedrichstadt : “Under the direction of Miss Rings and Mr Gratz, the“ City Lichtspiele ”were opened in Friedrichstrasse 209. The architect Heyer has built a cozy cinema here, which is kept in light colors and equipped with tasteful wall lights. It offers space for 250 visitors (wooden seating), plays as a daytime cinema from 10 a.m. and has good acoustics. The technical equipment was provided by sound film, the projectors are manufactured by ERKO 4. As a regular cinema, the City-Lichtspiele meet all the requirements for the residents. Since the first day of the match there have been many visitors from the large audience that has to do every day in the nearby employment office, and special presentations for Eastern money have been set up for the residents of the bordering Eastern Sector, which are widely used. ”For what lies on the edge of the sector The building of the wall in 1961 brought the cinema to an end, and around 1964 the cinema was closed. The rooms were used by the “Checkpoint” restaurant and there is still a restaurant and café in the listed building. The cinema initially had 249 seats and was used on seven days, as a daytime cinema there were 42 screenings every week (between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.). Initially Karl Gratz was the head of the company Johannaringen & Karl Gratz, then in 1957 Karl Gratz became the sole owner. With an additional Ernemann IV projection apparatus, he switched to CinemaScope (CS KL1) and projected onto a 1: 2.35 screen. The seating for the 281 seats was unpadded cinema seats from Schröder & Henzelmann. For 1959, Alfred Kürschner is the cinema owner, who expanded the range of films with the image and sound systems CS 1 KL, Perspecta and CS 1 KM to aspect ratios of 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55, before Karl Gratz took over the tour again in 1960 took over. The “City-Tageskino” was last entered as a venue in 1964 in the cinema directory. Pictures of the cinema can be viewed online.
Colosseum

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Wiener Strasse  1–6 1953-1968 The plot Wiener Straße 1/6 is the southern corner plot of the Skalitzer Straße. In the square there was damage in the air raids , the corner property was totally destroyed. Ernst Wolff acquired the house in 1952 from the Jewish Claims Conference and in 1953 had the rubble cleared away and a low-rise building built in the style of the time for a cinema. The entrance from Wiener Straße was through a porch.

The "Colosseum-Lichtspieltheater" had 700 seats and was played with an Askania AP XII projector (light source Becklicht) and amplifiers and loudspeakers from Klangfilm (Eurodyn G) with 23 performances per week (partly one late performance). The stage of 10 m × 5 m × 6 m, with a 5 m × 2.5 m section, was intended for CinemaScope with the construction. After E. Hanewacker, Peter Blank becomes managing director in 1957 and with the image and sound system CS 1 KL and 4 KM on a screen of 1: 2.35 or 1: 2.55 the wide screen. The (now) 708 seats have high upholstered folding armchairs from Kamphöner. Around 1965 Paul Grasse took over the management before closing the venue in 1967. The building is bought by Bolle, converted into a self-service shop in 1969 and burned down on May 2, 1987 . A mosque will be built in the open space in 2007.

“In 1953, mosaic film owner Ernst Wolff (dubbing studio and copier) opened his third Berlin film theater, the“ Colosseum ”at the high station in Görlitzer Bahnhof, right on the sector border after the Palladium and Residenz Lichtspiele . The large and harmoniously composed interior with its floating ceiling is as neat as the ushers. The wood paneling of the wall is replaced halfway up by a mouse-gray velvet paneling, which goes perfectly with the royal blue of the heavy stage curtain and the armor-colored seating. The managing director is Elfriede Hannewacker. Technical equipment: Siemens & Halske (2 Askania AP XII with Klangfilm-Europa light sound devices; rack amplifier system Klangfilm Eurodyn G). A 12 m wide stage enables CinemaScope presentations. The opening film was secret, quiet and quiet . Source: Filmblätter 47/51 “Pictures in a publication of the Historical Commission in Berlin.

Eden palace

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Kottbuser Damm  2–3 1910-1953 The building was built in 1910–1911 according to plans by Bruno Taut and Arthur Vogdt and the cinema section has already been planned, so there is an architectural separation between residential and commercial functions. The cinema entrance is set back behind an arcade. The auditorium is equipped with wooden seating throughout and a narrow tier. In 1910 a cinematograph theater opened in the Eden Palace of the "Bioscope Theater Society". “Magnificent open stairs led to the boxes and seats. In addition, the boxes were accessed directly from the street. Eight convenient exits were used to ensure smooth traffic and safety. ”In the cinema directory, W. Rudolph (1916–1917) is listed with cinematographic performances in the Eden Palace. In 1918 the Eden-Palast with 500 seats belongs to the “Rheinische Lichtbild Act.-Ges Cöln”. In 1920, under the name Decla-Lichtspiele (two program changes), 456 seats were played daily, Gustav Franke is the managing director of "Decla Bioscop AG". When it was taken over by Universum Film AG in 1924, it was the “Ufa-Theater-Eden-Palast, Lichtspiele und Variete” until the company was spun off in 1927 into the “Vereinigte Kukuk-Excelsior-Stern-Lichtspiele”. Their authorized representatives are Hans Beckmann & Fritz in 1930, Herman Zimmer in 193 and Dr. Erich Norden, 1932 Fritz Müßig and Kurt Haupt, from 1934 Erich Scharloh & Fritz Müßig. In 1930 five musicians provided musical support, in 1931 sound film technology made it possible to show sound film, the projection apparatus was from Zeiss-Ikon. From 1937 there are 441 places, from 1939 421. In the post-war years, Achim Feldes was its trustee and Willi Hagen was the managing director, the cinema has 436 to 444 seats. There were 14 performances on the seven days of the week, there was a theater and opera concession. The Eden-Lichtspiele were closed in 1953 and the rooms (remodeled around 1980) are used as shops. Pictures of the equipment in the cinema can be found at allekinos.com.
Ice age

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Zeughofstrasse  20 since 1981
Second back yard of the property
Ice Age cinema hall

The cinema has existed at Zeughofstrasse 20 since 1985, and goes back to an initiative in the squatter scene in 1981 at Blumenthalstrasse 13 in Schöneberg . It was located in the rooms of a former piano factory on the first floor of the second backyard. In 1991 the “Ice Age” with 99 seats was organized by the “Applied Fine Arts e. V. "," AB Art e. V. ”, 16 mm and Super 8 films were played. In 1995 the "EYZ Kino GbR Döhler u. a. “Carrier, a second cinema was added, cinema seats were installed and a 35 mm projector was purchased. Both cinema halls had stereo SR 20 m2 as technology, hall 1 with 95 and hall 2 with 55 seats. Then in 2013 it was digitized . This venue closes in March 2015 and was reopened on June 1, 2016 in newly designed rooms with three cinemas in the front building built in 1902. On the ground floor, next to the bar and restaurant, there is room 1 with 100 seats, a staircase and an elevator lead into the lowered basement to room 2 with a puristic acoustic ceiling made of concrete and room 3. All three halls are equipped with Dolby Digital 5.1 and digital projection set up. There is a series of pictures from the construction on the website of the Ice Age Cinema.

Europa-Palast at the Anhalter Bahnhof

Phoebus-Palast
Emelka-Palast

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Stresemannstrasse  90 1927-1940
Geväudesituation 1947, Europahaus opposite the Anhalter Bahnhof (center of picture)
The property opposite the Anhalter Bahnhof on Askanischer Platz ( Königgrätzer Straße 118 until 1930 ) belonged to the park of Prince Albrecht of Prussia . In 1923 Bruno Paul planned the conversion of a stables into a movie theater with 1,352 seats (1054 parquet, 298 tier). Then from 1924 to 1927 when the office building in the east wing was built, the Phoebus Palace in Königgrätzer Straße 118–119 (since 1930 Stresemannstraße with Europahaus) with 2000 seats was leased to the “Phoebus”. The Europahaus near the Anhalter Bahnhof had been approved by the building authorities as a purely commercial building. On the street front were office and business premises and the theater was in the northwest area. But with the completion all free facade areas were provided with cinema and business advertisements, which gave the building a light architecture at night according to the time. The cinema entrance was relatively inconspicuous between the shop windows and funnel-shaped from Stresemannstrasse, the exit was through a conspicuous portal to Anhalter Strasse. The tiers had their own foyer with cloakrooms. In 1932, an "entrance portal framed by illuminated glass panels" was placed in front of the "Emelka Palace" as a frame with large lettering over a total of four floors on Stresemannstrasse. Pictures with exterior views from the years 1927 to 1937 exist on Kino Wiki.

The cinema had 1,845 seats every day. From 1931 the Emelka-Theater AG is given as the leaseholder for the Emelka-Palast (light plays). The film theater has a stage 7 m deep, 11.5 m wide and 8 m high, and the silent films are screened by twelve musicians. In the following year, 1932, with the managing director C. Brüggmann, sound film was expanded with sound film technology and 1885 seats. In 1933 Curt Faber became the tenant and in 1934 the owner of Europa-Palast Curt Faber Lichtspiele GmbH. With the renovation in 1935, the Europa-Palast-Lichtspiele are registered in the cinema address book with 1926 seats (1116 in the floor, 810 in the tier), from 1937 with 1843 seats. The cinema was closed at the beginning of the 1940s. Accordingly, the lettering on the house changed from PHOEBUS via EMELKA to EUROPA. In World War II the building was heavily damaged rebuilt after 1959 in modified form as a commercial building "Germany home".

Filmbühne Graefestrasse

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Graefestrasse  21 1949-1966 The five-storey old apartment building Graefestrasse 21 is located on the southwest corner of Dieffenbachstrasse (number 20). In the 1949 cinema directory you can find the Filmbühne Gräfestraße for the first time (probably located on the ground floor) with 200 seats, a 7 m × 4 m × 5 m stage owned by Allan Hagedorf, the technical equipment consisted of a Saxonia Nitzsche projector and amplifiers from Europa-Klangfilm (1952: from Lorenz, 1953 from Kinoton). There were 2–3 performances daily, the number of which rose to 24 weekly performances in the early 1950s. From 1955, Sigismund Sauter & Co. became the owner of the cinema (with a theater license) and, in the course of 1956, Heinz Thews & Co., who switched to a wide screen (CinemaScope). The projection apparatus is Erko IV (light source pure coal), amplifier: Kinoton sound film. The projection in a ratio of 1: 1.85 onto the screen takes place in front of 194 (in the following year again 200) seats, partly with flat and high upholstered armchairs from Kamphöner. In 1955 Georg Haegert became the owner of the cinema, whose business was run by Johannes Wöhlermann. There were 21 normal, one youth and one late screenings per week. With the image and sound system CS 1 KL projection takes place in the format 1: 2.35. A hearing aid system will be available from 1961 at the latest. However, the economic situation of the cinema also reached the small stage, which was closed in 1966. The rooms are used by retailers; there is currently a beverage store on the ground floor.
Filmbühne Naunynstraße

Stern-Lichtspiele
Film-Heim
Elite

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Naunynstrasse  6 1920-1973 The film stage was located in the tenement house on the property at Naunynstrasse 6 until 1973. It was located in the residential building in the back building, the vestibule and cash desk in the side wing and across it the auditorium around the back building. It was closed in connection with plans to build new buildings. In the mid-1970s, the old buildings in the square and the backyards were cleared and, in particular, the houses at Naunynstrasse 6-15 (continuously) were demolished. In 1978 DeGeWo built a new residential complex , which meant that the previous cinema building was lost. Robert Welzel opened the Lichtspiele with 227 seats in 1920 and showed films every day. In 1924 (after the years of inflation ) Alexander Pilpel became the owner and called his cinema with 246 seats “Elite-Lichtspiele”. In 1927 these went to “H. Leuschner & K. v. Hörschelmann ”(game day: daily and program changes on Tuesday and Friday). Two musicians were used to support the silent films shown. The cinema was probably shut down between 1931 and 1933 before it was reopened by Fritz Gregor in 1934 as the “Stern-Kino”, which states 1932 as the year it was founded. When Ernst Böhmer (since 1939: Ernst Böhmer and Gerda Rasp) took over the cinema, he chose the designation "film stage" and gave 1917 as the year of foundation. The cinema survived the war years under this name and in the post-war years it was initially operated by Georg Schenk (306 seats) and from 1952 by Kurt Schwarz. The cinema has 340 seats with wooden and upholstered seats from Kamphöner, two film projectors Ernemann III and IV and sound film amplifiers, with slide playback, 21 screenings a week on seven days. From 1953 Margarete Schwarz ran the Filmbühne Naunynstraße and gave 30 weekly shows on seven days with 316 seats. In 1957 Kurt Schwarz takes over the film stage and equips the widescreen CinemaScope with a Bauer B5 apparatus and sound film amplifiers; the CS 1 KL image and sound system is designed for a size ratio of 1: 2.35. In addition to 28 weekly performances, there is a matiné and a late performance. “Mr. Gerhard Thiel took over the management of the Filmbühne Naunynstrasse in West Berlin after the owner of the theater was arrested during a stay in the eastern sector and is likely to be absent for a long time. Since it is impossible for the theater to meet all of the playback obligations it has entered into on time, the new managing director will start negotiations with the individual distribution companies. ”From 1951 to 1961 the film stage had the status of a border cinema one kilometer from Friedrichshain , but remained unlike others when the wall was built Cinemas still open. After the wall was built, the foyer of the Filmbühne served as a meeting point for the half-strength youth . In the Bill Haley film Out of Range (from 1956) there was hooting, yelling and dancing, so residents suspected that the hall was being destroyed and called the police. However, when the police arrived, the young people had fled. In 1973 the Filmbühne - still with 21 weekly shows and 313 seats - was closed.
Filmsck

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Skalitzer Road  94 1921-1944 “On October 4th [… 1921] a new movie theater was opened under the name 'Filmsck' at the corner of Skalitzer and Zeughofstraße. What makes this opening particularly interesting is the fact that the new theater has found its home in the former drill house of the large barracks located there. The renovation was carried out by the architect Kratz and the painter Fenneker in a relatively very short time and yesterday presented itself in a new, very tasteful look. The theater has 1,400 seats, which were literally stormed at the opening. The management brought out the charming film operetta 'Miss Venus' as the opening program, the current film being the car race on the Grunewaldbahn. ”: The cinema was entered via the main entrance of the former barracks with a colossal column facade and triangular gable through the front and ticket hall. The auditorium rose slightly with a separate parquet box and a rising balcony above. The cinema still served as a premiere theater in March 1944. The Filmsck is equipped with a stage of 10 m × 7 m. Georg Galewsky ran the property until 1930 with daily screenings and two weekly program changes. In 1931, Tobis introduced the sound film technology under his direction. Nevertheless, 12 to 18 musicians were still registered as background music. For the following year 1932, Max Warschawski is the authorized representative of the “Stern Kino und Variete Betriebsges. mbH ”which took over the cinema. When Lemke & Co. came into possession of the Filmsck in 1937, they give a total of 1367. The film theater existed under number 94 on the east corner of Skalitzer / Zeughofstrasse. The Exercierhaus, located along Zeughofstrasse, was destroyed by the effects of the war, while those to the east - such as Post Office 36 - and the residential buildings adjoining it to the west were probably largely unaffected. The property at Skalitzer 90–94 / Zeughofstraße 23 is still undeveloped in 1963 and was built on around 1965 with a seven-story residential complex.

The temple-like facade was structured by colossal columns and crowned by a triangular gable. A large vestibule led to the adjoining ticket office. A wide, double-leaf door led into the auditorium, which had a slightly raised parquet box in the back. The balcony rose above it and was reached from the anteroom via two wooden stairs.

Filmpalast chamber halls

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Blücherstrasse  68 1919-1943 The film theater at Belle-Alliance-Straße 5 was set up in the chamber halls of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts, built in 1909/1910. The former corner development Belle-Alliance-Straße 5 / 5a to Teltower Straße 1 was east of Mehringdamm at Blücherstraße 68 (a post-war building at the corner of Blücherplatz). The building with the cinema, as well as the entire square, was partly badly destroyed by the effects of the war. The cinematograph theater by E. (Rudolf) Lorenz at Belle-Alliance-Straße 5 is given as early as 1912 to 1917. In 1920 Rudolf Winterfeld and Winterfeld & Co. owned the "Film-Palast Kammersäle" (SW 61, Teltowerstrasse 1–4) with 650 seats. It was founded in 1919 (later also in 1920), daily screenings and two weekly program changes. Since 1921 it has been run as the "Premiere Theater for Southwest", it was owned by Rudolf Lorenz who again uses (probably the more attractive) Belle-Alliance-Strasse 5 / corner of Teltower Strasse as an address. The number of seats is named with 600 and 635, from 1924 Georg Fischer is listed as managing director. In 1927 Atlantik-Lichtspiele were initially registered as a project, obviously the new owner Joscheck & Rosenthal kept the name “Film-Palast Kammersäle”. In 1928 city councilor Max Rosenthal and Ebersohn were the owners and give 623 places in Teltower Str. 1/4, in 1929 and 1930 city councilor Max Rosenthal became sole operator and in 1931 Walter Rosenthal introduced sound film technology. Next to a band with seven musicians is Melorob's sound film machine. Siegbert Ehrlich took over the cinema in 1932/1933 (Tonfilm from Klangfilm) before Willi Warnke became the owner in 1934, initially with Georg Werner. The film palace Kammersäle got the address Obentrautstraße 2/4 by renaming the street and was closed in 1943 due to the effects of the war. There is a view of the hall on a postcard.
fsk

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Segitz dam  2 since 1987 In 1987 the "fsk" opened at Wiener Straße 20 and existed there until 1994. The cinema had 70 seats here and was operated by the "FSK Gaststätten und Kultur GmbH". Since the move (owner fsk GmbH) to Segitzdamm 2 "fsk am Oranienplatz" there are two halls, both of which are equipped with Dolby Digital 5.1 and projection options in digital 4K and 35 mm analog. Room A with 100 upholstered folding armchairs in nine rows has a screen measuring 2.80 mx 7.00 m and the smaller room has 57 seats in six rows, initially there were airplane armchairs, in 2002 classic folding cinema chairs and in 2011 blue armchairs were installed. The screen is only slightly smaller at 2.60 mx 6.80 m and there is a small harmonium in the hall. In the larger hall, the operators have set up a small fountain that is put into operation before and immediately after the film (and even between advertising and film). I see the cinema as an independent art cinema and was chosen by Zitty in 2012 as “Berlin's best 2012: most demanding cinema”. “In addition to direct cinema days, the off-cinema occupies a special position due to the choice of program. Above all, demanding and award-winning low-budget feature films and documentaries from southern Europe are shown, mostly in their original version. ”In addition to a few steel steps, there is a handicapped accessible ramp to the long, narrow foyer. There are various statements by the operator about the name: "fsk" as an airplane theater, in 2000 in an interview with TIP in 2000: just for itself and no abbreviation, September 2008 on Radio Eins for the 20th anniversary: ​​the choice of name is an ironic reflection on the voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (FSK). There is a series of pictures about the FSK in the cinema compendium.
Hallesches Tor light games

Universe light games

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Mehringdamm  17 1907-1960 The building at Belle-Alliance-Strasse 99 was between the two tenement houses 98 and 100 (north of the burial ground of the Jerusalem and New Churches) and was occupied by cinematographer E. Thomas with two other users. When it was renamed Mehringdamm, the old building was given number 17 and was demolished when the Mehringdamm / Blücherplatz street was redesigned around 1970 and the area was included as an extension of Kirchhof III of the Jerusalem and New Churches. The cinematograph has named the cinematograph theater since 1907, the year is also mentioned in the cinema directory as the opening year. After E. Thomas, the "Universum-Lichtspiele" were designed by Markus Bauer (1918) and then by Paul Wothe (1920/1921). The cinema had about 220 seats, is used daily, the program changes twice. After the inflation , Otto Gumpel is the owner in 1924 and Leon Szabo from 1928 to 1934 (with Herbert Kolzel and possibly Mr. Ringel as tenant or operator). The sound entertainment was created by three musicians. In 1935 Werner Schallehn renamed it “Hallesches Tor-Lichtspiele” with 212 seats and a 3.5 m × 2.6 m stage. On March 1, 1938, as "HTL Hallesches Tor-Lichtspiele", Thea Schallehn and Max Leschonski followed as owners, probably with a sound film facility, in the following year Schallehn & Co. and on March 6, 1939 Max Leschonski came alone. The cinema survived the war years and was continued by Max Leschonski in the post-war years. In 1950, Karl Buttler took over the slide equipment, the Bauer Ernon IV projection apparatus and the sound film amplifiers and initially played 2 to 3 performances every weekday. Gerhaud Brauer and Stella Maria Stierhout continued playing in 1953, before Karl-Heinz Krüger and Mrs. Stella-Maria Stierhout replaced the two projectors Hahn-Goerz II and Ernemann III. The cinema had 213 wooden folding chairs. With the general decrease in the number of viewers, they enter the cinema in 1960.
Helios

Deutsches Lichtspielhaus

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Friedrichstrasse  233 1905-1943 In the cinema directory, the year 1905 is given as the beginning of the cinematographic screenings for the cinema at Friedrichstrasse 233. With a street front of 18 m, the property with three back buildings reached 150 m in depth. In the 1906 Berlin address book a chandelier factory is specified for the property, and the theater owner A. Neumann also lives. In 1908 the Hamburger Film- und Kinematographische Industrie GmbH was still in place. 1912 The cinematograph theater is created through renovations in the side wing, and there were two more projection rooms for the local film companies in the building. The cinema had a vestibule open to the street, and an open buffet faces the auditorium. At the back and in the middle of the hall there were boxes in front of the stage was an orchestra pit. As a special feature, a screen transfer was possible at the entrance. In 1913 the Helios light plays are mentioned in the house, in 1914 the film rental company R. Müller & Co. The cinema address book lists the “Helios” light plays from 1913 onwards. The cinematograph theater is owned by Mrs. Hedwig Neumann from Hamburg-Blankenese. Their business is run by Willi and Martha Banz (née Neumann), from 1933 Carl Neumann has been in charge. The cinema is registered with 321 seats in 1918 and 250 seats in 1920, with 307 seats from 1928, and plays daily with program changes on Tuesday and Friday. Kinoton's technology made it possible to play tin films from 1931, and there was also a mechanical music system . The Helios light shows were probably closed due to war damage. In 1949 plots 231 to 234 were vacated. At the beginning of the 1960s, building clearance was created and in the 1960s the street front 232/233 was built on six stories. The gatehouse at 234 was built for the access to the rear areas and houses in the 1990s.
Hofjäger-Lichtspiele

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Hare  52 1916-1943 The property belonged to the innkeeper F. Gustavus and reached in depth with the ballroom complex of the Hofjäger-Palast from 1891 to the gas facility, which was cleared in the mid-1930s. The Hofjäger-Lichtspiele with a capacity of 650 seats were set up in the hall in 1916. For 1918 Mrs. I. Fried is named as the owner. The number of places is given below: in 1919/1920 with 600 by C. Lorenz, in 1921 with 450 by R. Knopf & C. Baumgarten. In 1924, the National Film AG gave 550 seats, the stage was 8 mx 4 m, daily performances and two program changes. Gerhard Damann, the tenant of National Film AG (probably) since 1925, again mentions 600 places. In the following year, 1928, Hofjäger-Lichtspiele GmbH took over the cinema, LM Zwingenburg ran the business, and in 1932 it made it possible to show sound films with "Kinoton" technology. From 1937 1943 Kurt Mietusch (initially with Horst Klee) was the owner of the cinema (588 to 647 seats). The rear buildings of the property were destroyed during the war, which led to the cessation of cinema. After clearing the depth of the property while the front building was preserved, a green courtyard with a parking area was created.
Cellar cinema

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Dresdner Strasse  125 1990-1999 The cellar cinema was on Dresdener Strasse next to the Kreuzberger "Babylon" and. The narrow house from the 1910s was built as a butcher's shop and was used by a printing shop around 1990. As the name suggests, from 1990 to 1999 the venue was located as an off-cinema - independent of the normal Berlin cinema program - in the basement of a shop. The shop on the ground floor was the point of contact and rental of equipment for Berlin 16 mm no-budget productions, which could then be shown in the basement of the building if necessary. The seating capacity consisted of 20 padded cinema chairs and 20 plastic garden chairs, which were added as required. In this way, events could then be continued unconstrained. Since 1992 Thorsten Schneider and his colleagues from the non-profit association “No-Budget-Filmservice” have shown all available films that were not expensive to rent. Often it was good films that went unnoticed by the big movie theaters. Since the closure there has been nothing to indicate the short time in the cinema, the basement is occasionally still used for readings. The 20 cinema seats were placed in the Z-Bar in the middle. The entrance to the closed cellar cinema as it was in April 1999 can be found at Kinokompendium.de.
Cinematograph theater

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Friedrichstrasse  226 1909-1913 In 1909 a cinematograph theater was opened by F. Wermcke in the neighboring house 228 of the entrance to the "Royal Seminar for City School Teachers" (behind No. 229). When a new building was erected in Friedrichstrasse 228 around 1914/1915, the cinema ended.
Cinema at Heinrichplatz
Kinora
Skala

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Oranienstrasse  190 1919-1967 In the Oranienstrasse near Heinrichplatz there was a beer garden bar on the 100 m deep property, which also had a hall. In 1919, “von Hasperg & Schall” opened a cinema there, which in 1922/1923 was run as a Kinora theater with 222 seats. In 1924, Ludwig Markus became the owner of the Skala Film Palace with 505 (508) seats, daily screenings and program changes on Tuesday and Friday and musical accompaniment with a four-man band. In 1925 Leopold Ehrlich took over the scale with Lopatka as managing director, in 1927 Ehrlich & Koch, in 1928 the film palace “Skala” went to Lichtspiel Betriebs GmbH with power of attorney for Rudolf Lorenz & Willy Koch. In 1931 S. Israelski became authorized representative and in 1932 Alfred Lichtenstein became owner. The playing of sound films became possible in 1933 in the possession of Alfred Loewenthal of the now called "Kino am Heinrichplatz" with sound film technology with 530 seats. Walter Zeysig ran the cinema from 1937, before the Wallis Kino-Betriebe Erich and Margarethe Wallis (director Erich Wallis) owned it through the war and post-war years from 1939 . The building was destroyed by bombs in the 1944 war and reopened on February 1, 1951. In 1952 the cinema on Heinrichsplatz belonged to the “M. Wallis Kinobetriebe KG. u. F. Limberger ”with 556 seats, 21 performances per week (from 1953 there are 23, including one late performance) on seven days, with a Nitsche Matador apparatus and Eurodyn M amplifier. There was also one for the 7 m × 3 m stage Theater concession. From 1953 one Askania projector, from 1957 two Askania AP XII (light source: pure coal) with sound film amplifier (sound film Eurodyn) and loudspeakers suitable for CinemaScope (image and sound system: CS 1 KL) on the screen with aspect ratio 1 : 2.35. The 556 unupholstered seats, from 1960 with high upholstered armchairs are specified by Kamphöner. In 1966 the cinema on Heinrichplatz still existed before it was closed in 1967. After being used as a studio and supermarket, the venue SO36 opened in August 1978 . Pictures of the building condition in 1978 (??) and the SO36 from 2012 are on KinoWiki.
Cinema museum

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Grossbeerenstrasse  57 1962-2002 In 1962, the passionate cinema man and collector Max Cichocki opened the “1. Berliner Kinomuseum ”with many of his collected cinema objects. At the location of "Riehmers Hofgarten" (Großbeerenstraße 57, a two-story row house built in the mid-1930s) he also set up a small shop cinema with 30 seats, which was closed in November 2002.
Cinema theater

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Schlesische Strasse  42 1910-1923 Around 1910, Ernst Moniak's cinematograph theater opened at Schlesische Strasse 42. The performances were given by Ms. Minna Ziske and Ernst Moniak to initially 221 seats, from 1920 there are 150 seats in the cinema directory. In the inflation year 1923 the performances were stopped. The last building on the north side of the street, not far from the Schlesisches Tor subway station, is still standing with the Cafe Wendel between Schlesischer and Oberbaumstraße, houses to the west were cleared in the 1960s.
Hummingbird plays of light

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Mehringplatz  2 1919-1943 The Kolibri-Lichtspiele were located on the southern Belle-Alliance-Platz from 1919 to 1945. Lot number 2 was closer to Gitschiner Straße, outside the ring around the houses opposite Mehringplatz 21, which was renamed in 1947. The building was destroyed in February 1945 and the property was never rebuilt. In 1920 the Kolibri-Lichtspiele with 250 seats are owned by Wallerstein and in 1924 Kolibri-Lichtspiele were taken over by Adolf Reich, who handed them over to Fritz Mischke in 1937. The cinema was played daily with two musicians (from 1932 one musician) for the acoustic background for the silent films. In the cinema directory there is no mention of a switch to sound film, not even when Fritz and Hildegard Mischke ran the film theater from 1937 until it was destroyed in 1945 .
Southwest light games

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Blücherstrasse  12 1912-1943 In 1912 a cinematograph theater opened at Blücherstrasse 12, and there was also a film studio founded by Alfred Duskes (later Kinograph GmbH). In the cinema directory, Th. Kressel is recorded in 1913 and E. Sindlinger from 1915 to 1918 as the owner of the 300-seat Süd-West-Theater. With the change of ownership to Artur Baumann (managing director: Hugo Germany) 250 places are mentioned in the Südwest-Lichtspiele with the founding year 1910, in 1923 Gustav Landeck took over with performances with a daily program and two changes a week. From 1928 to 1930 the owner is Käthe Swoboda (managing director: Kurt Schimanski) and in 1931 Elsbeth Dreyer (managing director: Gustav Kurth). In 1932, the new owner Richard Pfleger converted to sound film (needle tone, then cinema sound). Until the cinema was destroyed in 1943 , Wilhelm Beyrich was still in charge of Lichtspiele Südwest. A department store was built on the property at a depth of 20 m from the street after it was cleared in the 1960s .
Plays of light

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Wrangelstrasse  53 1918-1922 Around 1918 Erich Zocher opened a "movie theater" on Wrangelstrasse at the corner of Falckensteinstrasse. According to the information in the cinema directory, it was only in operation until 1922, initially with 197 seats and after 1920 with 227 seats, and games were played daily. The corner building Wrangelstrasse 53 / Falckensteinstrasse 11 suffered war damage along with the neighboring houses , the cleared property was built on with a residential building with a supermarket as Falckensteinstrasse 12 at the beginning of the 1970s.
Lido light plays

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Schlesische Strasse  15 1951-1966 In 1951, Gerhard Kollat ​​opened the Lido-Filmtheater on the corner of Schlesische Strasse and Cuvrystrasse in an independent, purpose-built cinema built according to plans by Valerian Wehn. There was an entrance each from Cuvrystrasse and Schlesische Strasse, on the former a central projecting accentuated the windowless facade. Due to its location 250 meters from the Oberbaumbrücke and 500 meters from Treptow, close to the Schlesisches Tor subway station , it was also used as a border cinema . With the construction of the Berlin Wall , the number of visitors fell. The cinema was closed in 1966 and was converted into the “Westside” club in 1967. It was used as a rehearsal room by the Berlin Schaubühne from the 1980s and, after a long period of vacancy, the low-rise building has been used again as the “LIDO” club since May 2006. In 1952, for the cinema with 521 seats and daily screenings, in weeks 14–21, equipment with sounding slide equipment, an Erko IV projector and Eurodyne amplifiers is registered. 36 performances have been given since 1953. The stage was 7 m × 2.5 m × 5 m (6 m × 3 m) and there was a license for cabaret. In 1957 Kollat ​​introduced Breitwand with the image and sound system CS 1 KL with a Bauer 75 device, amplifier and loudspeakers from sound film and a screen ratio of 1: 2.35. The Kamphöner seating is now upholstered cinema seats. In addition to the five daily performances, there is a matiné and a late performance. In 1959 the Lido-Lichtspiele came to "Filmtheaterbetriebe Süd-Ost, Krüger & Co. KG" (Karl Heinz Krüger), who procured an Askania AP XII (light source: Becklicht) as a projector. Pictures of the Lido from 2008 and 2010 exist on Flickr.
Luisen cinema

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Wiener Strasse  11 1907-1921 At Wiener Straße 11 (not far from the underground station , at that time the “Oranienstrasse stop of the electric elevated train”), a cinematograph theater with a little more than 100 seats was set up in 1907 for screenings of silent films. In 1917 R. Wielatz was registered as the owner of the cinema, in 1920 "Kurt Weise & Co. Kinotheater" was entered in the Berlin address book, and "Luisen-Kino" was named for the cinema address book. It was discontinued in 1921 by the owner Spieß & Co. The building has been preserved and there are shops on the ground floor.
Luisentheater

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Reichenberger Strasse  34 1921-1943 The Luisentheater was located on the property at Reichenberger Strasse 34. The building was taken over by the Neue Kinotheater GmbH and in 1921 the “Luisen-Theater-Lichtspiele” opened in the hall for 1000 visitors. The managing directors A. Wollenberg and Harry Blumann gave daily performances. In 1924 the "B-Es-P Film- u. Bühnenschau GmbH ”(based at Zimmerstrasse 19, from 1925 Friedrichstrasse 221). The number of plans is now 1071 or 1034, also called 1048, the theater stage (8 m deep, 9 m section) continues with all the props. In 1928 David Hirschberg and Heinrich Hadekel operate the cinema as the “Luisen Theater, Film and Stage Show” with a 90 m² stage. In the following year, the Reichenberger Theatergesellschaft mbH operates this film and stage show as the cinema owner. There is a 12-man band for the background music. In 1930 the Berlin cinema operator Georg Galewski takes over and equips Tobis with sound film technology (and cinema sound). In 1932 the theater with the film and stage show goes to the "Stern Kino und Variete Betriebsges. mbH ”from Georg Goldstein, who continued Lemke & Co. in 1937. In 1943 the cinema hall and the surrounding buildings were bombed and the cinema had to close. The narrow front building of No. 33 was retained, the street front from No. 31-35 was closed with gaps, in the 1970s to No. 34 with the residential building.
Maxim light plays

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Köpenicker Strasse  1 1909-1943 At the north corner of the Schlesisches Tor there was originally an inn in the corner house at Köpenicker Straße 1 in which a cinematograph theater with around 200 seats was set up in 1909, and since 1918 at the latest it has been known as "Maxim-Lichtspiele". Initially, the innkeeper F. Engelbrecht was named with "cinematographic demonstrations", probably in 1916/1917 Otto Beyersdorf (O 112, Frankfurter Allee 17) took over the venue with three to four game days a week. Around the inflation year 1923 it was probably closed temporarily. In 1924, Hans Scheibe ran the cinema, Karl Eichslawski was registered as managing director for 1928, and when Carl Grünwald became the owner in 1929, Heinz Schröder was managing director of Maxim-Lichtspiele with 220 seats. It is played every day, two musicians are used for background music. Fritz Klingenberg introduced the playing of sound films with Kinoton technology in 1933, who was replaced as owner by Charlotte Nack before Walter Schibaiski became the owner of the cinema in 1937. he ran the light shows until it was discontinued in 1943 due to the war. While the neighboring 3rd elementary school (Köpenicker Straße 2, now a green space and youth leisure center) was destroyed, house no. 1 was preserved and is used for catering on the ground floor. A picture of Maxim's house in 1914 is on KinoWiki.
Moviemento

Tali
Hohenstaufen-Lichtspiele
Vitascope

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Kottbusser Damm  22 since 1912
Kreuzberg Kottbusser Damm Moviemento

The Moviemento cinema still exists in the same building as the rooms for the presentation of cinematograph slides, which were technically approved in 1906 . It was not until 1912/1913 that a cinema at Kottbusser Damm 22 at the corner of Hohenstauffenplatz was occupied. In 1905 the new building of the still existing corner house Kottbusser Damm 22 (corner of Boppstraße  11) was built on the southeast corner . In 1907 the Deutsche Bioscope-Gesellschaft mbH had a seat in Kottbusser Damm 22, from which (probably) the cinematograph theater goes back. The cinema theater at Kottbuserdamm 22 is listed in the cinema address book for 1917. In 1918 the "Odeon-Theater-Lichtspiele" with 450 seats are owned by H. Weitenauer (Friedelstrasse 30), which was taken over in 1920 by Willy Spier from Flensburg (CA: Fritz Hoffmann). Harald Gölstorph chose the cinema name "Hohenstaufen Lichtspiele", which was in use from 1924 and was retained by his successors Müller (1925 and 1927/1928) and Hans Blank and Max Genetzky (from 1929). The game was played daily with two program changes per week. The screenings took place in front of 416 to 436 audience seats, on a stage 6 m × 8 m in size, to accompany the silent films with a band of 3-5 musicians. In 1932, sound films could be shown. The cinema building remained without any significant war damage .

The cinema remained in the possession of "Blank & Genetzky" (owners Hans Blank and Katharina Genetzky, from 1957 Hilde and Katharina Genetzky), and they continued to run the cinema in the post-war years . Until 1946, the two sub-rooms of the cinema hall, which were at an angle to each other, were reached by separate staircases, and accordingly there were also two buffet rooms with standing tables. The cinema equipment consisted of 438 unpadded folding seats, an Ernemann projector (Erko IV, light source: Xenon) and sound film amplifiers (Lorenz 30 watts), as well as the slide equipment. Two to three performances were played daily, making a total of 17 performances per week. When it was taken over by the Kleiner family (Herbert and Irmgard Kleiner, Harald Holberg-Hofmann) in 1959, the cinema first operated as “Taki-Lichtspiele”, and from 1960 as “Tali-Lichtspiele”. At the end of the 1950s, the owners introduced the CinemaScope wide-screen process. A total of 23 performances and one late night performance were played for spectators on 362 unpadded Kamphöner folding armchairs seven days a week. Equipped for the picture and sound system “CinemaScope single-channel light tone” for the screen ratio 1: 2.35, the technology consisted of “Tönendem Dia”, the Ernemann projector Erko IV with xenon light source and the existing sound film amplifiers with Siemens & Halske -Speakers. The "Tali Kino GmbH" venue existed with this facility until 1980. In the mid-1970s, Manfred Salzgeber took over the Tali as a program cinema, while Wieland Speck was responsible for the program in the "Tali" off-screen cinema. The Rocky Horror Picture performances became famous: The rice and water thrown by the visitors ruined the interior, which made renovation necessary.

In the 1980s, the program concept was changed by André Rudolf. From 1982 to 1984 the cinema was called "Das Lebende Bild". On January 6, 1984 Ingrid Schwibbe (10967 Berlin, Boppstrasse 11) took over the cinema and called it " Moviemento ". Tom Tykwer was responsible for program design for ten years from 1984, although Rudolf still influenced this until the end of the 1980s. In 1995 the third cinema hall was added through renovations. All three halls have ultra-stereo sound ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), digital and 35-mm screenings are possible, and in room 1 16-mm cine -film screenings are also possible. Room 1 offers 103 seats, room 2 67 seats and room 3 62 seats. After the cinema threatened to close, the new owners Iris Praefke and Wulf Sörgel had it renovated and reopened the Moviemento in March 2007 as a premiere cinema .

Opole plays of light

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Oppelner Strasse  15 1919-1961 The tenement at Oppelner Strasse 15 with business premises on the ground floor was under forced administration in 1918. In 1919 Willy Rudolff (from Oppelner Straße 16) took over and installed the “Oppelner-Lichtspiele” in it, it had a 4 m × 2 m, 300 seats and was used daily. In 1924 Paul Berndt took over the cinema and in 1927 G. Schwulera became the leaseholder, in 1928 Fritz Naß was the owner with his projectionist Gustav Eigner for the cinema with 270 seats until 1931. G. Strauch and A. Stapelfeldt prepared the light games as the new owners Sound film, after which Hugo Sampich and H. Deider became owners in 1937 (285 seats). The house survives the war years. Both remain in the possession of the cinema and both owners continue to operate in the post-war period. Whereby Helena Deider runs the business. In 1957, the contemporary widescreen presentation 1: 2.35 with the image and sound system CS 1 KL is installed by an Ernemann apparatus. With the distance of 600 m walk from East Berlin (Berlin-Friedrichshain) over the Oberbaumbrücke, the Oppelner Lichtspiele with the 290 unupholstered seats by Kamphöner were used as a border cinema , with 42 performances and three matinee / late-night performances on all seven days of the week, the profitability was secured. Due to the construction of the Wall in 1961, however, the East Berlin visitors no longer exist and the Opole plays of light close. The rooms have since been used as a supermarket and beverage store.
Orania plays of light

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Oranienstrasse  25 1910-1922 At Oranienstrasse 25, a commercial area with two courtyards was built in 1910, and a cinematograph theater was set up in 1910/1911 by businessman F. Wermke. In the cinema directory 1914–1916 P. Neufeind is listed for the Lichtspiele (Odeon Theater). 1918 run by Johanna Wilde (Wilde & Marczynski) as Oranien-Lichtspiele with 190 seats, in 1920 by W. Stonke. Ownership changes to Emil Pohl in 1920, who specifies the "Orania-Lichtspiele" with 250 seats. In the course of 1921 M. Zigan becomes the owner and for 1922 the Langer Brothers are still listed.

The front building and the commercial area are under monument protection and on the ground floor there is a shop and a gallery.

Orange Theater

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Oranienstrasse  161 1919-1966 In 1910/1911 the Stiller commercial building was built at Oranienstrasse 161 according to plans by the architect Oskar Kaufmann, which initially housed a shoe store. In 1919 Leopold Guttmann opened the cinema known as the “Oranien Theater”. The Oranien-Theater GmbH is led by Leopold Guttmann and Max Baumann. The cinema, which is used daily, has 310 seats. In 1928 Egon Behrens became the owner (daily, 241 seats), and the building that was preserved during the war continued to operate the cinema in the post-war years, with Alfred Peters being named in 1949. Behrens plays three performances a day with the Ernemann projector and Lorenz amplifier. When Kurt Schwarz took over the Oranientheater as the leaseholder in 1957 with four daily performances and one matinee and late night performance per week, wide-screen technology was installed: 297 unpadded Kamphöner seats, tön slide, amplifier from sound film, image and sound system CS 1 KL with an aspect ratio of 1: 2 , 35. The cinema was closed in 1966 and the textile wholesalers also took over the rooms. After the renovation of the building, offices are set up.
Palladium plays of light

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Baerwaldstrasse  18/19 1926-1961 The barracks of the Second Guard Dragoons Regiment bordered (overall as No. 17) between Blücherstrasse and Gneisenaustrasse on Baerwaldstrasse. When the use of the barracks changed after the First World War , a cinema was opened in the riding hall in 1926 by Palladium-Film- und Bühnenschau GmbH, which operated until 1961. The cinema on the site of the barracks was demolished after it was closed. From 1976 a school complex with a daycare center was built.

The eight-axis brick facade was richly structured with a profiled cornice. In 1926 the interior was spacious and the vestibule was held in gold. Before the film started, there were variety shows, operetta scenes and performances by magicians and fire-eaters were offered. The hall offered the “Palladium-Lichtspiele” space for around 960 seats and had a stage measuring 6 m × 7 m. For the daily performances, the program was changed twice a week. In 1930 Bruno Esbold from Potsdam (projectionist Wilhelm Sieker) took over the cinema in Baerwaldstrasse. 17 and had Tobis convert it for sound film screening. In 1932 J. Lusternick and A. Neukrug became the operators, and after 1937 Bruno Esbold was again named as the owner in the Reichskino address book. The building along Baerwaldstrasse was preserved through the war . In the post-war years, Ernst Wolff led the Palladium-Lichtspiele (980, then 958 seats) with 17 performances a week on seven days. 1957 was converted to wide screen (CinemaScope) with the demonstrator Harrywachtel. With the image and sound systems "CS 1 KL", "CS 4 KM" and "Perspecta" the screen formats 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55 were possible, the playback was done by the projector Ernemann VII B (light source: Becklicht) with amplifiers and loudspeakers from Klangfilm, plus the sounding slide playback. The 910 seats were upholstered cinema seats, the number of weekly performances rose to 21 with two matinee / late night performances. The cinema was used several times in the 1940s as the UFA's premiere theater.

Parade theater

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Friedrichstrasse  46 1908-1918 At Friedrichstrasse 46 at the corner of Zimmerstrasse 20 there was already a shop around 1907 that sold cinematographs by Léon Gaumont . In addition, there were demonstrations of the "Parade-Cafe-Theater" apparatus in the Parade Cafe by HO Schwarz, which was run by cinematographer S. Goldschmidt in 1909. From 1912 George Goddeng (SW 68, Lindenstr. 81) ran the cinematograph theater, then the slide theater with 221 seats “Parade-Kino-Theater” until it closed in 1918. House 46 was destroyed in the war. The property at the junction of Zimmerstrasse on the border between Kreuzberg and Mitte was right next to Checkpoint Charlie , so it remained undeveloped and only since the 2000s has a new office building with the address number 45 been built - adjacent to the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Wall Museum .
Park light games

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Baerwaldstrasse  69/70 1914-1962 A cinematograph theater with 230 seats was opened in 1914 in the corner building at Baerwaldstrasse 69 / Planufer 59 (since 1965: Carl-Herz-Ufer). The cinema near Urbanhafen was first mentioned in the cinema directory in 1920 for P. Meyer and Hermann Schönfeld as Park-Lichtspiele, in 1921 director Fritz Nafz and from 1923 Walter Krohn the owner, who still had 192 seats and a daily film program with background music registered by two musicians. He also entered 1914 as the year of foundation. Sound film screenings are possible in the Park-Lichtspiele from 1932. Walter Krohn continued to operate the cinema in the post-war years until 1962. Wide wall was not introduced for the 183 seats that are still specified, which is probably the reason for the closure. In the former cinema there is a café and a bicycle shop.
Primus Palace Hermannplatz

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Urbanstrasse  72-76 1928-1945 The big cinema. In 1928 the company Heilmann & Littmann built the house in steel according to plans by the architect Alexander Krewe. It was opened as the Primus Palace on Hermannplatz with the film The Biggest Crook of the Century . The vacant lot behind Karstadt determined the floor plan. The foyer in the front building is perpendicular to the street front, and the auditorium and stage area adjoin it at an angle. The facade is divided into an entrance, main floor and mezzanine with axes, the five central pillars of which extend over the top floor like a risalit. On both sides of the main building there are gatehouses on the right as a passage and on the left as shop windows. Striking fairy lights illuminate the auditorium. Boxes are built into the tier in front.

When the Karstadt House was destroyed in April 1945, it also affected the Primus Palace behind it, which was not rebuilt. In its place a parking garage was created for the rebuilt department store.

The Primus-Palast was already entered in the cinema address book in 1927: "Under construction, expected to open in September 1927, around 2900 seats according to the construction plans already owned by Primus-Palast GmbH" (Otto Schmidt). For 1928 still registered as under construction with 2200 places, it was then completed with 2100 places and used daily. The stage was 14 m × 9 m in size and sound film screenings were possible using Tobis technology from the start. In 1931 the supporting company changed to Globus Theaterbetriebs-Ges. mbH under the leadership of Hans Kahl and Georg Warscliawski. In 1932 Max Miodowski became a partner of Hans Kahl. From 1934 Ehrlich & Thomas (from 1937 as Carl Thomas & Co.) were owners (in the 1940s: Max Knapp as managing director) until the building was destroyed. The construction plan from 1927 and an aerial photo from 1931 can be found on KinoWiki.

Primus-Palast

Quick light games

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Hasenheide  13 1946-1966 Before the war, Hasenheide 13 and 14/15 were located in Hasenheide 13 and 14/15 (house owner: Mrs. Ch. Friese from Britz) Kliem's ​​ballroom In their rooms in the courtyard, Rolf Budde opened the Quick light show with 828 seats from garden chairs in the post-war period in 1946 . In 1949, Budde, together with Paul Grasse, had the whole thing converted into a representative 1000-seat theater, which reopened in 1950 with a theater concession as the Primus Palace with 949 seats. The stage was 11 m × 6 m × 8 m in size and an Ernemann IV with a sound film amplifier was available as a projector to offer 17 performances a week on all seven days of the week.

The name was probably linked to the destroyed large cinema on Urbanstrasse. In 1957 the projection screen was equipped for wide screen films. With the CinemaScope picture and sound systems 1 KL, 1 KM and 4 KM, as well as Perspecta, reproductions in the size ratio 1: 2.35 and 1: 2.55 were possible with the Bauer B 14 apparatus (light source: Becklicht) as well as amplifiers and loudspeakers of sound film. 22 performances and one late performance were played in front of 1000 flat upholstered armchairs from Kamphöner. The cinema ran until 1966, after which the Club Cheetah opened here , which was run as the Pleasure Dome until 1996 . In 2010 the house was sold and remodeled. The former discotheque is rented as a warehouse with a cellar from 1899 with 1708 m² and 15 m height. Uwe Friedrich's private website shows pictures of the Primus Palace in the 1950s.

Prism plays of light

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Mehringdamm  41 1949-1977 The installation of this cinema in 1949 in Mehringdamm 41 was the first work of the young architect Peter Schwiertz. The new "Union-Filmtheater-Betriebsgesellschaft" (Plettner, Pollak, Glaß) operated the Prisma-Lichtspiele with 411 seats, the sounding slide device, the Bauer M 7 apparatus and the Eurodyn amplifier on three performances every day of the week. In 1952 Ms. Helene Glass from Munich-Puchheim left the company and became independent with FW Dressler as managing director, from 1953 Fritz Rottmann became managing director. In 1959, flat upholstered armchairs and the CS 1 KL image and sound system were added to the widescreen presentation of 1: 2.35. In 1960 Helene and Kurt Glass form an oHG and in the mid-1960s Friedrich Wilhelm Foss (previously also active in the Union-Gesellschaft) became the operator. The last entry of the Prisma-Lichtspiele in the address book is from 1975. After it was closed, the hall was used as a shop. Allekinos.com offers pictures of the prism and the state of 2008.
Rainbow Cinema

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Lausitzer Strasse  22 since 1982 The factory site with buildings by Friedrich Gennrich was built on the property in 1877 and was used as an industrial site until the end of the 1970s. After the occupation of the former chemical factory, the rainbow factory cultural project was founded on the disused site in 1981. In 1982, the voluntarily operated cinema was launched, which belongs to the category of off-off cinemas (arthouse cinema). Each of the 45 seats in eight rows is individual and can be sat alone in an armchair or three on a sofa. The films mostly run in the original. Technically, the cinema is equipped with two Meopta projectors (Meo5X), which are used in cross-fade mode, digital playback (16 mm and 35 mm theater projector) and analog 35 mm on 2.8 m × is possible 4.0 m screen in mono. In the rear part of the courtyard with the red-painted front in Scandinavian style you enter the cinema through a gray door to which a milled metal plate with the words 'Kino' is attached. On the first floor, the cinema and foyer form a unit. 2007 to 2009 was rebuilt and renovated with improvement of the sound. Pictures of the hall and backyard from 2010 are on Kinokompendium.de.
Rivoli palace

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Bergmannstrasse  5-7 1926-1963 The Bergmannstrasse site was part of Habel's Berlin beer brewery, in the Habelschen Trinkhalle from 1880 (owner 1925: Karosserie- und Wagenbau Königstadt GmbH) there was a disused entertainment establishment. In 1926 Richardt Arendt opened the Rivoli Palace for 550 visitors, which with a six by five meter stage offered space for daily film screenings and variety performances. In 1928 Otto Gumpl took over the cinema and leased it to Siegbert Ehrlich. In 1931 they introduced the screening of sound films, and in 1937 the cinema went to the "Lichtspiel-Theaterbetriebe Hans Plettner & Pollak" whose managing director Emmy Köhn became. The cinema survived the war without damage and was able to start operating again in 1945. With 570 seats it remained in the possession of the (newly founded) Union-Filmtheater Betriebsgesellschaft Plettner and Pollak (Hans Plettner and Erich Pollak). The architecture of the post-war years was renovated by the architects Herbert Berthold (renovation 1952) and Bruno Meltendorf (renovation 1953) . The games were played on 23 performances a week with AEG amplifiers and a Hahn-Goerz apparatus (from 1955: Bauer B8A). The theater license still existed. When Friedrich Wilhelm Foss worked for Hans Plettner a. Erich Pollak (Gf: Heinrich) joined the company with the cinema systems 1 KL and 4 KM on 1: 2.35, 1: 2.55 and in 4-channel magnetic sound the wide screen method. All formats could be used for slide playback . The seating was 601 flat upholstered armchairs. As part of the general dying of cinema in the 1960s, cinema operations were ended in 1963. Then a supermarket moved into the premises. A health center was set up in 2008/2009, and it was included in the listed substation from 1929. It was included in the health center. The remaining buildings as well as the Kuno were demolished. A depiction of Rivoli from 1952 is available on allekinos.com.
Sputnik Südstern

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Hare  54 since 1988 “The Sputnik is well hidden in the third back yard and fifth floor ... Berlin's highest cinema was founded in 1984. … DJs play here on special dates, and smaller concerts are also held. ”The Hasenheide 54 property, which is part of the listed“ Höfe am Südstern ”, is 150 m continuously along Körtestrasse 15/17. Although intended as demolition yards, they were preserved and in 1988 "Sputnik II" (as an offshoot of Sputnik Wedding) opened on the fifth floor of a building in the third back courtyard as the highest cinema in Berlin. The operator was the "Sputnik-Kino Arndt and other GbR" (founded in 1984), then the "Sputnik Kino GmbH & Co. KG" (10777 Berlin, Nollendorfplatz 5). In addition, the Sputnik-Kino operated the “Freiluftkino Hasenheide” from 1990 to 1999, and since 2006 the “Freiluftkino Insel” in the Cassiopeia in Friedrichshain as an open-air cinema. Initially, only room 1 was used. The Sputnik collective tried to expand, but short leases hindered investments. In 1995 after the liquidation of the operating company, the cinema was continued to be operated by Multhaup & Co and since 2008 it has been run by the media and event agency Andrea Stosiek. When it was set up, the seats for 70 visitors were created as a rarity “brick cinema seats”.

The cinema has three rooms. Hall 1 offers 70 cinema seats (for financial reasons at the time) in nine brick rows with single and double seats, with the seat and backrest made of light gray plastic cushions. There are 16 mm and 35 mm analog projection options; the digital projector was installed in April 2013 on the 2.8 m × 5.0 m screen with sound reproduction in Dolby Digital 5.1 . Room 2 “Cultural Revolution” offers 23 seats - eleven armchairs and seven two-seaters - and has a screen of 2.8 mx 4.0 m, digital 4K projection with Dolby Digital 7.1. The cinema bar with 20 seats made up of sofas, armchairs and chairs has a 2 m × 3 m screen with the possibility of presentations from the projector and in stereo sound. The cinema bar offers a view over the roofs of Berlin. The cinema website offers pictures of the interior views.

Stella palace

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Koepenicker Strasse  14 1929-1961 Between Köpenicker Strasse and the Spree, the barracks of the Guard Pioneer Battalion were located on property 11/12 until 1919 and the barracks of the 1st Telegraph Battalion, especially the officers' cinema, on 13/14. The Brommy Bridge existed here between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain until 1945, and in 1925 the barracks is described as a gray building intended for demolition. The "Spree-Havel-Dampfschiffahrt-GmbH Stern" commissioned the architects Gustav Neustein and Walter Hämer to build a movie theater in 1929. The shape of the new building was influenced by the Bauhaus style and was integrated into the existing row of shops.

On November 14, 1929, the "Stella-Palast" Köpenicker Straße 12/14 with 1780 seats (1428 parquet, 352 rank) was opened with the premiere of the film "Spring Awakening". A cinema organ by Welte & Söhne was inaugurated for this opening . In 1937 the facade was rebuilt by Bruno Meltendorf. 1930/1931 Georg Warschawski is the operator, then Max Knapp runs the business of the “Stern Kino und Varieté Betriebsges. mbH ”and from 1937 Lemke & Co. took over the sound film technology from Tobis-Klangfilm . The 112 m² stage was also suitable for variety shows.

The former barracks buildings and the Stella Palace were badly damaged in the Second World War. In 1946 Elisabeth Maria Knubben set up the “emergency cinema” with around 400 seats in the foyer of the previous stalls (Gf: E. Wipper). In 1950 the makeshift cinema was upgraded to the "Stella-Filmtheater" with 475 seats. In terms of technology, there were sounding slides, the Ernemann II (light source: pure coal) and two sound film amplifiers from 1953 Eurodyn K amplifiers. The seats were unpadded cinema seats. The performances took place every day, starting with two shows on Saturdays and three on Sundays; In 1952 there were 28 performances per week. Due to its location across the Spree to East Berlin, it was used as a border cinema for film screenings in the 1950s ; in addition to 16 normal screenings per week, 27 daily screenings were given. From 1957 16 normal, 25 east and one late performance are listed. In addition, from 1957, widescreen films could be shown at 1: 1.85: CinemaScope "CS 1 KL" image and sound system, Ernemann II apparatus, Klangfilm-Eurodyn K amplifier, Isophon speaker combination, sounding slide playback, there was a hearing aid system. The cinema (owner: EM Knubben, managing director: E. Wipper) was closed even before the wall was built. In the 1970s, the remains of the cinema building were demolished, the property was used commercially and houses are to be built on at the end of the 2010s. In the book Kinoarchitektur there are images of the auditorium and the outside view.

Truxa light games

Texas light games

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Oranienstrasse  170 1951-1967 In 1951, not far from Oranienplatz, “Margarethe Wallis KG” opened the “Texas-Lichtspiele” with 313 seats in a 14-party apartment building, the rear building of which had been removed. The technical equipment was taken over by Ufahandel Berlin with the projection equipment Ernemann IV 1 and Erco IVr, the seating came from Schröder & Henzelmann with flat upholstered armchairs. The building design was carried out by the architect Pierre de Born. The amplifiers were from Eurodyn, the stage is specified as 5.0 m × 1.0 m and 23 performances were played per week. In 1957, the CinemaScope 1 KL image and sound system for an aspect ratio of 1: 2.35 was changed over with the purchase of an Askania AP XII apparatus. With this change, the name of the cinema was changed to "Filmtheater Truxa" with the same owner, the number of seats is 292, later 316. The cinema was stopped in 1967 when the cinema was "dying". The rooms on the ground floor are used by a restaurant.
TAM
(Theater am Moritzplatz)

UT Moritzplatz

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Oranienstrasse  147 1911-1945 In the west at Moritzplatz was the “Etablissement Buggenhagen” of Aschinger's AG with a large hall and theater stage and their 6th beer source in Berlin. In 1910, the innkeeper Hermann Frey rented the theater to Projections AG "Union", which opened its fifth "Union Theater" in Berlin. The cinema building and the surrounding buildings on Moritzplatz were destroyed by bombs in February 1945 and remained undeveloped for a long time. The new building of the two-wing superstructure house has been located here since 2012 .

The Union-Theater (Kinomat.Ges. A. G., Oranienstr. 147) organized by the Frankfurter Union as "Konzerthaus Kaiserhallen am Moritzplatz & Union-Theater Moritzplatz AG" came to Union-Theater GmbH in Berlin in 1916 and was named "UT Lichtspiele" led. It was played daily and in 1918 there were 612 places, in 1920 783. 1921/1922 Siegbert Goldschmidt is director of the variety "Schaubühne Moritzplatz" & Lichtspiele Theater am Moritzplatz, 1923 Theater am Moritzplatz & Alhambra Variete. BSP-Film- und Bühnenschau GmbH followed in 1924 as the owner of the "Theater am Moritzplatz TAM", initially under Kattwinkel senior, from 1928 under Fritz Kärger and from 1928 under Wilhelm Prusseit the program for the 800 cinema seats. In the case of daily performances, the program changes twice a week and a band with 7–9 people provides the background music. Wilhelm Prusseit commissioned Klangfilm to install the sound film technology in 1931, whereupon Hugo Lemke and the “TAM” Lichtspieltheater am Moritzplatz GmbH (from 1937 as “TAM” Lichtspiele Lemke KG) used this letter “TAM” as the cinema name. In 1943, Tam Lichtspiele AG was re-entered in the Reichs-Kino address book before the cinema stopped operating due to the destruction. The KinoWiki contains online images from the UT

Universe theater

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Reichenberger Strasse  79-80 1910-1938 Before 1910, behind the houses on Liegnitzer Strasse, there was an undeveloped strip of land between Reichenberger Strasse 79/80 and Kottbusser Ufer 8. This was built on from both sides and is specified as a new building in 1911 (commercial center with five back buildings, five courtyards and four transverse buildings facing Kottbusser Ufer) . The Berlin address book 1912 lists 18 tenants, including seven commercial companies. In 1913, Zerbe & Sonntag Kinematographischs Theater was included in the Berlin address book and also in the cinema address book; the 1915 address book named the Universum Theater. From 1918 Hans Cerf (address book 1918: Kinobesitzer, SO 36, Graetzstraße 58) took over the cinema with 221 seats and entered 1910 as the year of foundation in the cinema address book. After the period of inflation, Fritz Nafz became the owner (address book 1928: Fritz Nafz, Kinobesitzer, SO 16, Cöpenicker Straße 86.87) and in 1928 he expanded to 254 seats, and performances were given daily. In the address book, Nafz names 1916 as the year of foundation, probably the designation as Universum-Lichtspiele. In 1932 he had Kinoton convert the Universum Theater to show sound films, there was also mechanical music, and the seating capacity was expanded to 385. In 1933 the Universum Theater GmbH came into the possession of the cinema under the direction of Albert Seipp and Ing. Ernst Schumann and Georg Schibelski subsequently formed the “Universum Theater Reichenberger Straße 79/80 GmbH” and again in 1937 the owner changed to Walter Schibalski and Mrs. Antonie Rudzki, who provide 360 ​​visitors with daily performances. The cinema was closed in 1938. Plots 78, 79/80 and Liegnitzer Strasse were (apparently) destroyed and cleared by bomb damage, a front building was built around 1960 and a new commercial building was built around the corner plot around 2000.
Urania-Theater

Mariannen-Lichtspiele

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Wrangelstrasse  10-11 1919-1943 The “Etablissement Urania” was located at Wrangelstrasse 11 in the rear 80 m long property. In 1919 the room owner and innkeeper Walter gave up the former Urania room and the "Mariannen-Lichtspiele" (near Mariannenplatz ) opened. In 1920, "Edgar Talke & Gebr. Vendettich" is listed in the cinema directory and Bertha Brandt as the owner as managing director; the cinema with 500 seats is used daily. In 1923 Karl and Franz Jahnel took over the cinema as owners together with Josef Britzer and gave it the name "Urania-Lichtspiele" with reference to the previous ballroom, followed shortly afterwards in 1924 by "Schwarz & Graßmann". In 1928 Walter Schwarz reported a capacity of 598 seats for the “Urania Film und Bühne” cinema directory. The addition of the stage refers to an extended concession which Max Waldschak and Hans Düwel continued to operate from 1929. The stage is 6 m × 10 m and the films are accompanied by four musicians. In 1931 Max Waldschak had the cinema converted into the Urania Theater by the architect Fritz Wilms and converted to sound film technology using sound film. In 1932 Mrs. Toni Loewenthal became the owner of the cinema with Alfred Loewenthal as director. Walter Zeysig runs the Urania-Theater from 1937 and states that it was founded in 1920. In 1939 there was another change of ownership to Krüger & Co. Lichtspiele KG. The cinema ended when it was hit by a bomb , which in 1943 severely damaged the buildings at Wrangelstrasse 10 to 12. The war ruins were cleared around 1950, part of the front building remained. In the late 1960s, a day-care center and a reception center for families (later to the Blue Cross) were built at Wrangelstrasse 12 and a playground facing the street was set up in the garden. In 2014, Wrangelstrasse 11 was built with an apartment building. The picture from the Urania, SO, Wrangelstr. 10–11 recording date around 1916 is available on KinoWiki.
Vitascope Theater

(National Film Theater)

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Friedrichstrasse  10 1907-1921 In 1907 a new building was built on the property at Friedrichstrasse 10. In 1906 the cinema hall on the ground floor of the transverse building was already planned, its use was delayed due to fire safety concerns, as the office building was not designed for increased passenger traffic. In 1908, the Vitascope Theater-Betriebsges.mbH is located in the house with its own performance venue. In 1910 the “Deutsche Vitascope GmbH” was mentioned in the address books, from 1913 to 1917 the cinematographer L. Scholz ran the Vitascope Theater. In 1918 Mrs. C. Wallerstein from Wilmersdorf took over the Vitascope light games with its 432 seats. In 1919 the house was under compulsory administration and the Rex-Film GmbH had its seat in the house. The 1920 cinema directory names the Vitaskop-Theater with daily performances and 400 seats owned by F. Harkewitz from Wilmersdorf. From 1921 the (previously forcibly administered) house is owned by National-Film GmbH (seat: Friedrichstrasse 235) and the film theater was probably closed in the course of 1921. In 1921, the cinema directory names the "National-Lichtspiele" (daily, 450 seats) owned by Eduard Pick. The Berlin address book 1921 still noted the “Vitascope Theater” and the “Rex-Film Ges. L. Pick”, “P. Heidemann Films ”and“ Kinomarkt GmbH ”The cinema in National-Film's own house was closed; it operated film theaters in other Berlin and German locations, for example the Titania film theaters in Steglitz and Schöneberg or the Roxy Schöneberg.
WBT-Lichtspiele

Welt-Biograph-Theater

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Schlesische Strasse  29 1908-1961 Between Schlesische Straße 29/30 and the Spree, a total of five courtyards (with five-storey commercial buildings) and the tenement house were built by Boswau & Knauer in 1907/08, which survived the Second World War as a commercial park and are under monument protection. In 1908, a biographer opened in these buildings -Theater in which a cinematograph called a biographer was employed. F. Gilies F. ran the Biograph-Theater until 1910, before Edmund Winter continued the cinematographic performances in the Biograph-Theater in 1911. In 1917 there is an entry in the cinema directory for the “Welt-Biograph-Theater” (SO), Schlesischestraße 29–30, owner Edmund Winter, seats: 206, admission prices 0.29–0.50 marks , program change: Tuesday and Friday, game days : Every day. There is a 16.5 m² stage and a musician is used to provide background music for the silent films. When RG Wille took over the film theater in 1932, he shortened the cinema name to “WBT-Lichtspiele”, excluding the “Biograph”. The musician is replaced by a mechanical music system and sound films can be played back. The cinema owners change: 1934: Erich Palm, 1937 Gerhard Kollat, who expands to 226 seats. The cinema building remains unaffected by war damage to the extent that cinema operations will continue in the post-war years . The cinema still belongs to Gerhard Kollat, the business is run by Charlotte Richter, the projection apparatus is an Ernemann II, the amplifiers from Klangfilm. 1952 is expanded by a second projector (Ernemann and Erko) and amplifiers are now from Eurodyn. The number of shows is also increasing: in 1950 2–3 performances each seven days a week, in 1952 20 per week, and in 1953 36 performances. In the supplementary volume 1956 of the cinema address book he is transition to the picture u. Sound system CinemaScope noted with optical sound, from 1957 an Askania AP XII for the system CS 1 KL and the size ratio 1: 2.35 is available, for the audience there are high upholstered chairs from Kamphöner. Due to the location only half a kilometer from the Oberbaumbrücke - the transition to East Berlin - the WBT-Lichtspiele are a border cinema and there are 42 weekly shows with a daily program. In 1959 there were two new projectors: Bauer B 5 and 11 when the cinema was taken over by the Filmtheaterbetriebe Süd-Ost Krüger & Co. KG from Karl Heinz Krüger. When the Berlin border was closed with the construction of the Berlin Wall, the number of spectators fell below what was financially necessary: ​​the WBT light shows closed in 1962.
Viennese light plays

( Location )

Wiener Strasse  34 1912-1960 Cinematographic screenings have been held at Wiener Strasse 34 since 1912. In 1912 the landlord Mobschütz was among the users of the multi-party tenement house of the merchant Kunze, and in 1913 the owner of the cinema E. Haselbach is registered with Lichtspiele. The Wiener Lichtspiele had a capacity of 200 seats and was opened in the restaurant on the ground floor of the preserved old building. In the Wiener Lichtspiele, performances were given daily, and there was a mechanical music system for background music for the silent films. The operators of the cinema also owned some other cinemas: 1917 Georg Grothe, 1918 Schwarz & Herz, 1920/1922 Emil Koberstein, 1924–1930 Walter Schoknecht, 1930/1931 Helena Schüßler, 1932 Helene Schüßler and Wilhelm Hoffmann. Finally, Hugo Sampich, who introduced the sound film technology, took over in 1933 and continued to run the cinema with Mrs. Helene Deider during the war and in the house in the post-war period , together with the Oppelner Lichtspiele.

Due to the division of Berlin, the Wiener Lichtspiele with their location 600 meters across the Vienna Bridge from Treptow and at the disused Görlitz train station became a border cinema with numerous East Berliners from 1951 . At the beginning of the 1950s, 28 performances (including matinees and late performances) were played per week. At the end of the week, 21 performances and 10 matinees and late performances were played. The Wiener Lichtspiele were a genre cinema that attracted young audiences with westerns, adventure films and crime novels. In the fifties the house, like the nearby Filmbühne Naunynstrasse, was a meeting place for young thugs who sometimes demolished the hall, for example in the Bill Haley film “Rock around the clock”. The technology was expanded in 1957 to the wide screen (CinemaScope) System 1 KL. With the Hahn-Goerz projection apparatus to a screen ratio of 1: 1.85 in 1959 again expanded to 1: 2.35 with a Bauer apparatus. The seating with 240 seats was from Zimmermann.

The cinema closed before the wall was built due to a lack of visitor numbers. After the closure, the rooms became a pub and subsequently used as a club and discotheque. Photos of the Bronx and the exterior view of the former Viennese light plays around 1975 and 1980 are on allekinos.com.

Wrangel plays of light

( Location )

Wrangelstrasse  9 1911-1921 Allegedly since 1905, but verifiably since 1911, there was a cinema theater with 220 seats in Wrangelstrasse 9 next to the Urania hall . The owners of the cinema, M.Brand & A. John, were named as the operators of the daily Wrangel light plays until 1914, followed by M. Leuschner and, from 1920, Fanny Lewin. The "Mariannen-Lichtspiele", which had existed since 1919, in the neighboring Urania Hall, house number 11, was larger (and therefore more profitable) and more sophisticated with 500 seats. In 1921 the Wrangel light plays (probably) had to be closed due to competition. The five-storey old building with a courtyard entrance is still standing.
Yorck

( Location )

Yorckstrasse  86 since 1953
Entrance to the Yorck cinema

In 1953 the cinema building at Yorckstraße 86 was built into the listed building ensemble " Riehmers Hofgarten" and opened as the first cinema of "Yorck Kino GmbH". It is the namesake for the cinema society. The cinema with a facade in embossed masonry is reached through an annex standing free in the courtyard area with a glazed walkway.

The Yorck film theater with 522 seats was initially operated by Betzel & Natkin before the Berlin cinema owner Friedrich Wilhelm Foss got on board in the 1960s. In 1977 Georg Kloster and Knut Steenwerth took over the existing Kiezkino as the parent house of YORCK Kino GmbH and renovated it. The group owns 13 venues in various districts, including the Babylon in Kreuzberg. 1980–1982 the Yorck was renovated and converted into a two-room cinema. Until the renovation, projectors from the Britzer Panorama cinema, which had been converted into a supermarket, were used. Originally the two halls were one large hall. A staircase leads to the two halls on the first floor. In 1997 both halls were renovated again and in 2012 the digital technology was installed.

In the 1950s, there are 21 performances given daily. 1957 the conversion to wide screen with the picture and sound system CS 4 KM for an aspect ratio 1: 2.55 (also 1: 2.35) takes place, the projector is a Euro M (AEG) with sound film amplifier, the seating is upholstered -Chair by Kamphöner. The play sequence is supplemented weekly with a matinee and a late night performance. Room 1 (Yorck) offers 228 seats; digital and 35 mm (analog) can be projected onto the 3.6 m × 8.6 m screen in Dolby Digital 5.1 . The other hall, named New York, has 95 seats with the same technology and a screen of 3.1 mx 5.3 m. In addition to arthouse films and independent US productions, Berlin's largest daycare and school film program runs every morning. Pictures of the cinema, especially from the inside, are available on the cinema website and separately from the outside, foyer and halls on Kinokompendium.de.

Remarks

  • The information on the number of seats has been researched by Kino Wiki in the special address books and is referred to as the “number of officially approved seats”. Otherwise the information was arranged by the cinema owner.
  1. This is how the name Cines-Apollo should have come about. The Berlin address book for 1915 shows the Apollo Theater as well as the Apollo Casino, Theater-Restaurant and the “Eclipse Kinematograph u. Films-Fabrik Inh. G. Rogers ”. In 1908 there was also a shop in Friedrichstrasse 43 at the corner of Kochstrasse that sold cinematographs; it was called the “Eclipse Cinematograph and Films Factory”, “Urban Trading & Co. World Depot for“ Living Photography ”. Urban Bioscope ".
  2. Due to its location between the districts of Mitte and Kreuzberg, it was also close to the area of ​​the Berlin Wall. See also the plan of Berlin, sheet 4232
  3. Due to the structural conditions of the old apartment building, the auditorium was kept asymmetrical with a kink - the back rows are only about half as wide as the front rows. The visitor stepped through an inviting outer front clad with black tiles into a wine-red vestibule, from which a few steps led into the auditorium. The walls and the panel were covered with blue Acella fabric that matched the velor paved asphalt floor.
  4. “The Helo-Filmbühne was opened in southeast Berlin, in a densely populated district that already has a number of cinemas. It is named after the two owners Johannes Herkenrath and Emil Lohde, the Gloria branch manager. 462 places are available. Although the rear part of the parquet is only half as wide as the main room in front of the stage, you can see the wide CinemaScope screen from all seats. In the house built by architect Schwandt (his first cinema), the blue upholstered walls make a solid impression. The seating comes from Kamphöner. Ernemann VII B demonstration machines are available. Numerous well-wishers from the film industry attended the festive opening with the Warner CinemaScope film A New Star in the Sky . Address of the Helo-Filmbühne: Berlin SO 36, Dresdener Straße 126. “From Der neue Film 31/1955
  5. The Sanssouci-Theater GmbH is entered in the Berlin address book
  6. alleskino.com : for 1926 Leon Schaber, Sarah Kagan, Frieda Just. In the name part of residents of Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1927, Teil I., S. 3813. "Kaufmann Max Woischke" (The cinema owner Benno Sagan, B 24, Friedrichstrasse 129 is entered in the 1928 address book. Woischke is missing, but is entered as a businessman again from the following year with residence: Charlottenburg, Königin-Elisabeth-Straße 11.).
  7. The area on the Hasenheide opposite the Elisbeth Children's Hospital bordered the residential buildings on Jahnstrasse and Urbanstrasse and the Happoldts brewery. There was a beer garden and the Kaisersaal ( luise-berlin.de Kaisersaal )
  8. From The Big Film and Cinema Address Book 1957 (quoted on allekinos.com ): “Now a first narrow- film cinema has also been opened in the rooms of the Southeast Casino in Berlin.
    As soon as you enter the attractively designed anteroom, the rear part of which is available to visitors to the theater as a refreshment, waiting and dining room, you will notice an advantageous combination of cloakroom and cash register. The cash register itself - mounted on wheels and designed in a practical and appealing way with price transparency and sales displays - can be moved from its location when not in use. The space that is freed up can thus be used for other purposes in the restaurant business. The side doors visible in the picture (here fifth from above) lead to the auditorium, which has also been completely redesigned. It is designed in such a way that, on the one hand, it meets the requirements of the film showing thanks to its screen stage that can be closed with an electrically lockable curtain, but on the other hand it also allows cabaret and dance events as well as larger meetings and club evenings to be carried out.
    The two podiums to the right and left of the stage frame are pushed in front of the stage opening at such events as required and serve the artists or the band as a raised area in front of the stage. Ceiling spotlights for effect lighting are provided above this and a dance floor, which is no longer visible in the picture and which is provided with rows of chairs during film screenings. In accordance with its multiple uses, the room was also given suitable lighting from the 6-lamp chandeliers hanging from short pendulums.
    Since, based on the normal film theater, a screening room separate from the audience was to be built and the entrances and exits to the hall are also on the narrow sides, the screen is - contrary to the usual arrangement - on one long side of the room. Even if the capacity of the hall is not fully used as a result, 310 seats in twelve rows could still be set up, from which a good view of the screen is possible without exceeding the permissible side viewing angle. For this purpose, the normal seating in the restaurant is provided with lath connections and set up firmly with a row spacing of 1 m. The strongly diffusely scattering screen ensures a well-lit and also at the side seats satisfactory image projection and brightness.
    The projection room is equipped with a KNETSCH IDEAL sound film projector for non-stop presentations of an entire game program. The projector has a bevel arc lamp with automatically working carbon replenishment, which is fed with 35 amps via a Rektron arc lamp rectifier. The sound is transmitted to the two hall loudspeakers via the multipurpose amplifier belonging to the IDEAL projector and located in its column base with an output power of 15 watts. Microphone announcements and light music can be broadcast from a record cabinet placed behind the projector - in the case of dance events without a band, also records - dance music. A stable rewinder is used to prepare and rewind the 1200 m narrow film program.
    The first screenings with the film Maria Valewska , newsreels and animated films were flawless in terms of image and sound and were to the full satisfaction of the visitors. The new cine cinema is located on the extreme border of the American sector and right on the border with the Soviet sector. The owner, formerly the owner of several normal film theaters in Landsberg / Warthe, which had been lost due to war events, logically had to adjust his entrance fees due to the company's location in a densely populated district in close proximity to several normal film theaters in such a way that it was largely within the currency differential for visitors to the East contrary to fairness, but on the other hand was able to grant visitors to the West an entrance fee that takes into account the character of a narrow-film cinema compared to the normal film theater, which is still superior in its programming and also in the comfort of the fixed theater seats. "
  9. The Hotel Pariser Hof, built in 1907 (later the Pfälzer Hof and 1950 Hotel Walter) were located in this corner building, and several renovations took place in the post-war period.
  10. Directly at the Görlitzer Hochbahnhof in Wiener Straße, not far from the sector boundary in the south-east of Berlin, a new, neat cinema has been created: Colosseum. Ernst Wolff, head of Mosaik-Film in Lankwitz, built it. 700 comfortable armchairs offer space for movie fans from Kreuzberg. Under the direction of the young architect Stasiak, not only a functional but also an elegant building was created. A suspended ceiling ensures perfect acoustics and indirect lighting. The sound reproduction is excellent, the screen can be converted to CinemaScope widescreen at any time. Opening program: 'Secretly, quietly and quietly'. The new film 89/1953
  11. After the squatted houses were cleared in 1983, the cinema moved to the front cinema in Waldemarstrasse as a guest and in 1985 to Zeughofstrasse 20.
  12. ^ According to research in Kino Wiki 1940, after entry in the Berlin address book 1941/1942
  13. The information in the cinema address book was used as a message from the cinema owner.
  14. Teltowerstrasse has been called Obentrautstrasse since 1936. The street of Mehringsdamm was rebuilt at the end of the 1960s across the existing area. The Belle Alliance Street went on the Mehringdamm.
  15. The 'fsk' operates its own film distribution company with “Peripher”. In 2000, 18 films (11 of them from France) were distributed and were shown in German cinemas.
  16. When the street was renamed, the numbering was changed from horseshoe to zigzag.
  17. Thorsten Schneider: "We are always looking for black, grotesque, comical and entertaining short films."
  18. Property 228, together with 226, 227 and the corner of Hedemannstrasse, has been part of the seven-storey corner development at Friedrichstrasse 226 and Hedemannstrasse 21 ff since the early 1970s.
  19. ↑ In March 2017, the author Falko Hennig devoted himself to the question of which cinema is actually the oldest. His doubts and changes are based on a publication by the historian Wanja Abramowski with the title There's no sin on the Alm . Under Berlin's first cinema in Berliner Zeitung , March 31, 2017, p. 23.
  20. In the Berlin address book from 1907 to 1910 there is no restaurateur Alfred Topp under Part I.-Inhabitants. So the legend could be more in the reversal of KienTopp following the Bopp road to be sought. With Zickenwiese the Hohenstauffenplatz, which was only built around 1905, could be meant. The innkeeper Johann Topp from Rixdorf and the innkeeper Anna Topp from Schöneberg can be found under the name Topp.
  21. The following information can be found in the Berlin address books. In 1905 (Part III, p. 378 # 3133), the Stätteplatz of the railway tax authorities with two demolition companies existed on the property at Kottbusser Damm 22. 1906 (Part III. P. 81 # 3023 and p. 397 # 3337): in Boopstrasse is the site of the Union building company and at the corner of Kottbusser Damm there is a new building by architect A. Uedinek. 1907: (Part III. P. 83 # 3227 and p. 420 # 3554) Nine tenants are registered in Boppstrasse 11 and five tenants in Kottbusser Damm 22. In 1908 (Part III: p. 84 # 3419 and p. 420 # 3752) there are 16 tenants for Kottbusser Damm 22, including Deutsche Bioscope-Gesellschaft mbH, and 34 tenants, including two distillers, in Boppstrasse. In 1909 (Part III. P. 86 # 3593 and p. 420 # 3554) the house owner G. Borkert from Gr. Lichterfelde took over the residential building Boppstraße with 30 tenants and Kottbusser Damm 22 with nine tenants. In 1910 there are four tenants registered for Kottbusser Damm and 30 tenants for Boppstrasse. The Deutsche Bioscope Gesellschaft is listed in the commercial section 2008 (IV. Part: p. 196 # 4552) and also in 2009 under SW Friedrichstrasse 236. The Bioscope-Theater-Gesellschaft mbH is located at the same address in 1910. From 2009 there is a separation of cinematographs and cinematographs theaters, for 2010 cinematographic performances, with the Bioscope-Theater-Gesellschaft mbH showing at Friedrichstrasse 22. Please note: the year of publication reflects the facts of the previous year and the houses with all owners, administrators and residents are given, but commercial use is not necessarily mentioned.
  22. ^ In addition to the Prisma, the Union-Filmtheater-Gesellschaft also operated the Rivoli (Bergmannstrasse), the Rixi (Hermannstrasse) and the Kammer (Müllerstrasse) in Berlin.
  23. According to information from allekinos.com and in the book by Häsel / Schmitt, 1960, Kino-Wiki 1961 is given.
  24. The indication of 1911 as the year of foundation could refer to cinematographic screenings in the Urania Hall.
  25. The VitaScope was a projector for moving images. Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat demonstrated the device for the first time in 1895 and had it patented. Typical is the Maltese cross gear, which is still used, whereby each image stops shortly before the lens by means of the perforation. The Vitascope was taken over by Thomas A. Edison to play his Kinetoscope films at the Nickelodeon. (According to Britannica.com: Vitascope

literature

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

  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. A foray through West Berlin's border cinemas ( Memento from June 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1941, p. 448.
  6. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4135 ( 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 = 26470, Y = 18890 (Soldner coordinates) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  7. Kino Wiki: Kinodaten zu Kreuzberg: ABC-Lichtspiele
  8. Quote from: The new film 92/1954
  9. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 85
  10. Pictures of the hall before and after the renovation in 1953/1954 by E. & H. Fischer
  11. compare Straube III 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. , as well as plan of Berlin, sheet 4232 with the Soldner coordinates X = 24045, Y = 19830 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  12. Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1927, Part II., P. 344. and Lichtspieltheater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1926, Part II, p. 417 (1926 still Rudower Strasse 1 in Bayernhof Köpenick).
  13. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 85
  14. On the film history of the Apollo Theater on Kino Wiki
  15. Alte Jakobstraße 32 FIS-Broker (map of Berlin 1: 5000 (K5 color edition)) of the Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment Berlin
  16. Berlin, Central Theater, Alte Jacobstr. 30-32, Publisher: Postkarten- u. Photo-Verlag Inh. Ludwig Walter, Berlin
  17. ^ Yorck-Kino GmbH - FTB, 10789 Berlin, Rankestr. 31
  18. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 86
  19. Cinema dates at allekinos.com/berlin
  20. Cinema data from Kino Wiki
  21. Exterior view of the Babylon in Kreuzberg (2008)
  22. Pictures of the "Helo" from 1955 (source: Helo, Mach) and the additional designation "Kent" from 1975
  23. Straube Plan II F from 1910 ( 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 the annual editions of sheet 4235 of the plan of Berlin. Soldner coordinates: 25915/18978 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  24. Kottbusser Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, III. Part, p. 442. "Owner: Theater director L. Hoffmann, users are the Sanssouci, concert establishment, and ten tenants".
  25. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 86
  26. Kottbusser Strasse 6 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, III. Teil, p. 454 (In addition to changing residents, the light shows are also registered in 1913/4440).
  27. allekinos.com: Description of the BBB-Filmpalast
  28. In connection with the design of the ring at Kottbusser Tor, the old buildings on Admiralstrasse 36 and 37 and on Kottbusser Strasse 4 and 5 as well as the intermediate buildings were removed in the 1970s, the plots were reorganized and the street fronts to the south were then rebuilt.
  29. ^ Kottbusser Straße 6 FIS-Broker (map of Berlin 1: 5000 (K5 color edition)) of the Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment Berlin
  30. Entry ticket from 1942 for "Neues Lustspielhaus"
  31. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1938, part 2, p. 371. “Willy Warnke, Tempelhof Berliner Str Nr 2, T. 660924 Belle Alliance Lichtspiele, Korso Lichtspiele.” (1943/3928: Belle Alliance Lichtspiele SW 61 Belle-Alliance-Strasse 21 T. 660924).
  32. former Blücher-Lichtspiele 1975 (image rights: Hans-Joachim Andree)
  33. Cinema address book 1917 Blücher-Lichtspiele in Berlin SW 61, Blücherstraße 61.
  34. Plan von Berlin, sheet 4136 ( 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 for No. 61: 24590/18670, for No. 22: 24603/18606. No. 22 south side and No. 61 is 60 meters across from the junction with Urbanstrasse @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  35. Ballrooms . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1927. “R. Wagner SW 61 Blücherstraße 61 T. Hasenh 8576 “.
  36. Light games . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part II, p. 430. “Blücher-Lichtspiele SW 61 Blücherstr22 T. 66 93 68”.
  37. Built in 1910, built according to a design by architect August Gietenbruch by the Held and Francke construction company on behalf of the glazier cooperative.
  38. Plan of Berlin sheet 4135, Straube II L ( Memento of the original of 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: 25900/17970 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  39. luise-berlin.de Kaisersaal
  40. Restaurant & hall construction from 1889–1890, remodeling 1955–1956 and 1992–1994
  41. Lemma . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, IV. Part, p. 394. "The owner of Hasenheide 22–31 is the Schultheiß-Patzenhofer-Brauerei Akt. Ges. Along with other users such as Capitol-Lichtspiele".
  42. ^ Resident of Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, Part I, p. 32. "Frau Amalie Alpern, SW 11, Kleinbberenstrasse 11 Erdg.".
  43. Plan von Berlin, sheet 4128 ( 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  44. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 86 with a picture of the hall
  45. ^ Industrial building Schlesische Brücke . In: District lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
  46. Cinema data researched from cinema address books in Kino Wiki
  47. Inside and outside layers of the casino light games (Ingeborg Wienhold)
  48. ^ 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. X = 23133, Y = 19940 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  49. Office building of the Association of Construction Businesses of Berlin and the suburbs
  50. from: Die Filmwoche 51/1951
  51. Commercial building & hotel Friedrichstrasse 209 Kochstrasse 15
  52. ^ Picture from "City" on August 15, 1961
  53. former City 1975 (image rights: Hans-Joachim Andree)
  54. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4135 ( 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 = 26517, Y = 19100 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  55. ^ Wiener Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part IV, p. 950. "Owner: Lindemann (Holland), 42 tenants and commercial users are registered on the property" (1933 is the owner of the merchant L. Lindemann from Friedenau).
  56. Title: Building Damage 1945.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (on map Kreuzberg 1986). Publisher: B.Aust i. A. of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  57. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . P. 87 with picture of the outside view
  58. ^ Kreuzberg: Black Night . In: Der Spiegel . No. 20 , 1987 ( online ).
  59. ^ Wiebke Hollersen: On May 1, 1987, a Bolle supermarket burned down on the corner of Vienna at the corner of Skalitzer Strasse. Now a mosque is being built there . In: Berliner Zeitung , April 30, 2007.
  60. quoted in: allekinos.com
  61. Colosseum Photo from: Kreuzberg. Publication of the Historical Commission in Berlin. Historical landscape Berlin, places and events vol. 5. Berlin 1994.
  62. Residential and commercial building, 1910–1911, remodeling 1979–1982
  63. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 88 with a picture of the auditorium around 1910.
  64. ↑ Image source: "Der gute Zeiten" (1912)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.allekinos.com  
  65. Website of the cinema with current information ( Memento of the original from August 18, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eiszeitkino.com
  66. All news about the new cinema ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eiszeitkino.com
  67. Commercial park Laurinat, designed in 1902 by architect Paul Ueberholz and master mason Paul Neumann for the piano manufacturer C. Laurenat
  68. It's open! July 1, 2016: Come in - we're open ( Memento of the original from August 5, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eiszeitkino.com
  69. Website of the cinema with pictures from the stand and construction in 2015/2016 ( Memento of the original from August 18, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eiszeitkino.com
  70. Straube plan from 1910, sheet III B ( Memento of the original dated November 16, 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. , as well as plan of Berlin, sheet 4233 with the Soldner coordinates: 23515 / @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.histomapberlin.de
  71. Stresemannstraße 90 / Anhalter Straße 20, commercial building as the house of Ostdeutsche Heimat & Deutschlandhaus, designed 1926–1931 by architect Otto Firle, Bielenberg and Moser architects on behalf of Großbauten AG and rebuilt in 1931–1935.
  72. Königgrätzer Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1928, IV. Part, p. 521. “118.119: Owner: Großbauten Aktienges. (Potsdamer Strasse 21) / Manager: Europahaus Verwaltg. Current total Hackerbräu / 25 users: including Phoebus-Film A.-G. ”.
  73. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 92, with a picture of the Emelka entrance
  74. Exterior views 1927 to 1937
  75. Stresemannstrasse 90-102 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1932, Part IV., P. 854. "Owner: Großbauten Aktienges., Emelka, Theater kt.-Ges. Among the 29 users".
  76. The architects Hans Schmuckler, Heilmann and Fritsche added one floor
  77. ^ Saarlandstrasse (reference under Stresemannstrasse) . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1936, Part IV., P. 742. “Owner: Europahaus AG Verwalt. Ges., Among the 71 users are the Europa-Palast E. Faber Lichtspiele GmbH and the Lichtspiel-Theater-Betriebe H. Plettner and Pollack ”(In the commercial part of 1938/3678 (II. Part, page 370) is under Lichtspieltheater Europa Palast C. Faber Lichtspiele GmbH, SW 11 Saarlandstrasse 90-102 T. 115022 included.).
  78. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1942, Part II, p. 387. “Europa-Palast, SW 11, Saarlandstrasse 90-102, T. 11 50 22” (as well as 1941/3971 under Part II, Page 355, 1943 is the owner the German Reich with only seven users left without the indication of Lichtspiele. In the street part, the Europa-Palast is owned by the German Reich for the last time in 1942.).
  79. Kreuzberger Chronik No. 119 from July 2010 : “In fact, the Europahaus was an architectural sensation in the 30s with its 35,000 square meters and was considered the largest commercial building in Europe for a few years. Gigantic neon signs and a 15-meter-high »tower of lights«, which Allianz used to attract customers, became the shining symbol of Berlin's nightlife. // 1938 […] filmmakers from all over the world met again for a congress in the »Europapalast« on Stresemannstrasse, where the first two broadcast studios for regular television operations were to be inaugurated. In 1941 a third studio was added, but then Hitler’s war with the Europahaus also destroyed the film house. "
  80. The cinema is said to have existed since 1919 < allekinos.com >, but can only be found in the cinema address book from 1949. There are no suitable entries in the Berlin address book from 1920/3233, 1930/5535 to 1943. Before the war, the Klaaßen billiard room was located there. Presumably the film stage was only set up there after 1945.
  81. Hagedorf, Allan . In: Official telephone book for Berlin , 1950, p. 160. “Charlottenburg, Rusternallee 33”.
  82. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 88 with seating plan from 1952
  83. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4135 ( 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. , especially 1971, 1975, 1980 X = 26450, Y = 19310 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  84. ^ Resident of Berlin . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1920, part I., p. 3039. “Kaufmann Robert Welzel, Siemensstadt, Nonnendammallee 81”.
  85. cinema dates
  86. The new film 98/1952. Publishing company Feldt & Co., Wiesbaden-Biebrich.
  87. Strong in Kreuzberg . World on Sunday, May 2, 2004.
  88. From the parade house to the film palace. In: The Kinematograph 766/16. October 1921
  89. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 88 with building cross-section from 1920
  90. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4135 ( 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 = 26925, Y = 19210. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  91. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1925, Part II, p. 419. "Filmsck Theater and Filmpalast, Georg Galewski, SO33, Skalitzer Straße 94" (The Filmsck is registered under the keyword Lichtspieltheater, while in 1925 there is also the keyword Cinematographic Performances .).
  92. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1922, Part II., P. 362. "Georg Galewsky also runs the light shows in the Gesellschaftshaus Wiclefstrasse 24 and in W 15 Bayrische Strasse 5 the Filmsck Theater and Filmpalast."
  93. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part II, p. 430. "Filmsck, SO 36, Skalitzer Strasse 94".
  94. Skalitzer Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1925, part IV., P. 906. "← Wrangelstrasse →, 84–93 Exerzierplatz / 94: Owner: Filmsck Theater and Filmpalast Georg Galewski, caretaker Jaworski / ← Zeughofstrasse → / 94a (see also Zeughofstrasse 22): 12 tenants, 95b: 18 tenants / 95, 95a / ← Lausitzer Platz → “.
  95. ^ Damage to buildings in 1945 in Kreuzberg. Publisher: B.Aust on behalf of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  96. File: Kreuzberg Filmsck 1925.jpg Based on : Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995.
  97. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4137 ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de 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 = 24020, Y = 18810, also Straubeplan III L
  98. Chamber of Crafts in Berlin
  99. ^ Belle-Alliance-Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1914. “House 5.5a (see also Teltower Straße 1–4: owner of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts, users: eleven residents and facilities of the Chamber of Crafts” (under 1914/4966, the information on Teltower Straße 1–4 is: administrator and owner are the same, especially in this part of the building: chamber halls, concert and social hall, restaurant).
  100. War damage in Kreuzberg 1945  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  101. cinema dates
  102. 1912 View into the hall: Chamber halls, concert and society house Friedrich Schmitt, Belle Alliance Str. 5 Teltower Str. 1-4, Hallesches Tor Date of photo: 1912 Author: Kunstverlag Paul Kaufmann, Berlin-Wilmersdorf Origin (source): Postcard
  103. The cinema on its homepage
  104. kinokompendium.de: fsk_am_oranienplatz
  105. fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de
  106. Description of the fsk : In the Wiener Straße, instead of normal cinema chairs, airplane seats from modeled Lufthansa planes were installed.
  107. kinokompendium.de: Exterior view and pictures of the halls / fsk_am_oranienplatz_kino_berlin.htm
  108. ^ Belle-Alliance-Strasse 99 . In: Berlin address book , 1912.
  109. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4136 ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 = 24030, Y = 18740 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  110. ^ Belle-Alliance-Strasse 99 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1921. "Owner: Rentiere Burchardt, User: Universum Lichtspiele, marble sculptor A. Hofmann, businessman P. Deutscher".
  111. Friedrichstrasse 233 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1906, Part III., P. 233. "Owner: Factory owner G. Roßmann, User: Schäfer & Hauschner, chandelier factory and the porter." / Friedrichstrasse 233 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1907, Part III., P. 232. “Add: Theater owner A. Neumann and businessman O. Teichmann”. / Friedrichstrasse 233 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1908, Part III., P. 239. "Owner: Roßmannsche Erben, in addition to the theater owner Neumann and the widow Roßmann there are other users". / Friedrichstrasse 233 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1909, Part III., P. 244. "The Hamburger Film- und Kinematographische Industrie GmbH is added in addition to the theater owner Neumann, there is also the chandelier factory and other businesses." (In 1910, further commercial users are added. ).
  112. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 89, with the seating plan from 1933
  113. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4136/4137 ( 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 = 24070, Y = 19525 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  114. ^ Residents of Berlin: Fried . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1919. "Ida Fried: Lichtspiele und Kaffeehaus, N 20, Badstrasse 16".
  115. kinokompendium.de: cellar cinema
  116. About the cellar cinema . In: Berliner Zeitung of July 3, 1996
  117. The entrance of the closed cellar cinema in April 1999
  118. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4232 ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in addition Straube Plan III F according to Soldner coordinates: 24065, 19630 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  119. Friedrichstrasse 228 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, Part III .. “Owner: Kaufmann R. Beister, except for eleven (probably) commercial users> F. Wermke, Kinemat. Theatre".
  120. Friedrichstrasse 228 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1914, Part III .. “Owner: Kaufmann R. Beister, User: Imperator Film Co. mbH, Komet Film Compagnie Paulus & Unger, HA Müller Films. in addition to other commercial users: Managing Director J. Bareinscheck, Berliner Allgemeine Reklame GmbH, Die Herrenbranche trade magazine, electrical engineering B. Gottlob, businessman P. Heniel, lawyer F. Juliusberger. ".
  121. Friedrichstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1915, Part III., P. 259. “227: Tenement, 228: New building by businessman O. Markiewitz from No. 225, ← Verl. Hedemannstraße →, 229: does not exist, 230: new building, 231: tenement ".
  122. Die Filmwoche , issue 12/1951: “In the densely populated south-east of Berlin (Oranienstrasse 190), Ms. Margarete Wallis reopened her 'Kino am Heinrichsplatz', which was bombed seven years ago, on February 1st. It offers space for 556 visitors and, with its spacious foyer and walls covered with red burlap, is a real people's cinema. The Behre company supplied the wooden seating. The owner took care of modern technical equipment (sound film) and corresponding projection equipment (Nitsche-Erodin amplifier and dry rectifier). "
  123. Pictures of the condition of the building in 1978 (??) and the SO36 from 2012
  124. Schlesische Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, III. Part, p. 762. "Owner: Factory owner M. Tetzer, User: C. Moniak Lichtbildtheater, pharmaceutical specialties Bügen & Co., ink factory R. Tetzer, Fanrikant E. Francke" (1910 only the ink factory was mentioned. Between 1922 and 1923 / 5601, whose owner is the Association of Community and State Workers. The user is still the Tetzer ink factory.).
  125. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4136 ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 = 24190, Y = 19030 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  126. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 90
  127. The Film Week 43/1951: Opening Lido-Lichtspiele, 550 seats, south-east Berlin, corner Silesian-Cuvry Street.
  128. Cinema data on the Lido
  129. Lido in 2008 and 2010 on Flickr
  130. For the entry in the cinema address book, the owner stated in the last year of existence 1903.
  131. Straube Plan II L / II F ( 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. , as well as plan of Berlin. Sheet 4135, X = 26215, Y = 18910 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  132. Reichenberger Strasse 34 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1923, Part IV, p. 767.
  133. ^ The Berlin Luisentheater as a cinema. “With the start of the winter season, the Luisentheater becomes the property of a Berlin film company. Although the theater has been leased to director Ritterfeldt for several years, the owner was legally entitled to sell it according to a report by the BT. Director Ritterfeldt had not made use of his right of first refusal. The members, who lost their engagement due to the conversion of the stage into a movie theater, protested to the Ministry of Science, Art and Education. ”In: Der Kinematograph 741/1921
  134. ^ Köpenicker Strasse 1 in 1904
  135. 1907 by Alfred Topp as "Vitascope"
  136. The legend of the Kintopp at Zickenplatz . In: taz , March 21, 2007
  137. The cinema is located in two rooms on the first floor, which were at an angle to each other. Using a separating but transparent screen, the projector played on both sides. For the “mirror-inverted” film in one room, a mirror was attached to the opposite wall, which reproduced the image the wrong way round.
  138. ↑ The fact that the owners stated 1905 and even 1902 as the year of foundation is likely to have occurred in the building history for marketing reasons.
  139. ↑ Damage to buildings 1945. (Kottbusser Damm corner Boppstraße) Publisher: B.Aust on behalf of the Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  140. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 90 with seating plan from 1957
  141. " January 6, 1984 Berlin opening : Moviemento-Kinos 1 and 2 (formerly:" Das lebende Bild "), owner: Ingrid Schwibbe." In: Das Filmtheater 1984
  142. cinema dates
  143. ^ Where Alfred Topp invented the cinema In: Der Tagesspiegel , March 22, 2007; "[...] the house that is about to die in the cinema [...]"
  144. kinokompendium.de: Moviemento
  145. Oranienstrasse 25 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1920, III. Teil, p. 628. “Owner: Rentier A. Köppen; User W. Stonke Lichtspiele and others “(1921: M. Zigan, Lichtspiele, 1922: Gebr. Langer, Lichtspiele, in 1923 the Lichtspiele are no longer mentioned.).
  146. Commercial yard from 1910, designed by Reinhold Nitzsche (architect), built by construction company A. Winkler for Rentier A. Koeppen.
  147. Stiller commercial building from 1910–1912, designed by architect Oskar Kaufmann for the real estate company Oranienstrasse 161
  148. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4136 ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 = 24740, Y = 18280 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  149. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 91 with exterior view around 1964
  150. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part II., P. 431. “Palladium-Lichtspiele, Br. Esbold, SW 29, Baerwaldstrasse 17, T: 66 44 33”.
  151. Cinema data on Kino Wiki
  152. ^ "Berlin, Friedrichstrasse. 46, Parade Theater. Reopening on September 1st. ”Announcement in Der Kinematograph 87/1908
  153. ^ Plan of Berlin. Sheet 4136 ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Straube-Plan III L with the Soldner coordinates: 25057, 18755 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  154. Text on allekinos.com : The architecture of the facade deliberately emphasized the vertical. Inside, the spacious entrance and checkout room led to the cloakroom. The staircase - the stairway to the two tiers - ended in a large silver dome and led into the hall with a monumental height. The theater was richly decorated with ornaments of the Moorish style. A dance and café room was connected to the rank. The orchestra offered space for 40 musicians. The extensive stage could be used for performances of all kinds. The entire building accommodated around 3300 people in the cinema and restaurant. The orchestra that played at the opening was under the direction of Herbert Strauss. Actor Hans Albers ' prologue was rated as "embarrassing and irresponsible".
  155. As a result of the development of the previously undeveloped Kreuzberger Flur west of Hermannplatz with the Karstadt department store (1927–1929), a triangular plot of land Urbanstrasse 72/76 was created for further development.
  156. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 93, picture from the auditorium
  157. You are the woman everyone loves! , Feature film with Henny Porten in the Titania and Primus Palace in 1929; In: Deutsche Volkszeitung , cinema newspaper supplement, April 10, 1929.
  158. Construction plan 1927 and aerial photo 1931
  159. Hasenheide . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part IV, p. 340.
  160. Ballrooms . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, Part II, p. 185. "Kliem's ​​Festsäle, owner: Alfred Trzezakowski, Hasenheide 13–15, Tel. 66 65 65".
  161. To the Cheetah on Rock-Wiki
  162. Innkeeper Detlef Gerhardt declares bankruptcy: Joe closes his pubs In: Berliner Zeitung , July 5, 1996: The "Pleasure Dome" discotheque at Kreuzberger Hasenheide 13 offered space for over 3000 visitors on several levels.
  163. Disposed of the fascination of the dream time. ; August 1, 2010.
  164. Primus Palace in the 1950s
  165. Pictures of the prism and condition 2008 ; Image source: film sheets 9/49
  166. Ensemble part tenement house & coach house & shed
  167. Rainbow Cinema in kinokompendium.de
  168. Pictures of the hall and backyard from 2010
  169. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 93/94
  170. “The renovated 'Rivoli' palace in Bergmannstrasse am Kreuzberg, which belongs to the Union-Filmtheater-Betriebsgesellschaft Plettner-Pollak-Glass, has a new look. Following the American model, light tiles clad the walls, the entrance is framed by light tiles. In the future, however, there will not be much room left for 'Schaumannsarbeit' in the 'Rivoli' palace. Only a long, illuminated strip of glass announces the program. “The new film, 79/1952
  171. (Photo source: Filmblätter 4/1953 - Fischer)
  172. Berlin's highest cinema: The story
  173. How Berlin's living room cinemas became hipster get-togethers and communication spaces . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 13, 2016
  174. Tenement house & commercial center from 1908
  175. Sputnik Kino on kinokompendium.de
  176. Inside views of the cinema
  177. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 94
  178. Uses of Köpenicker Straße 12
  179. Straube Plan II G 1910 ( Memento of the original dated November 16, 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. and plan of Berlin, sheet 4224/4231 in the Soldner coordinates: 27175/19690 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.histomapberlin.de
  180. ^ Sylvaine Hänsel, Angelika Schmitt: Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995 . P. 94
  181. ^ Peter Boeger: Architecture of the movie theaters in Berlin: Buildings and projects 1919–1930 . Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-922912-28-1
  182. The destroyed Brommy Bridge was 700 m between Oberbaum and Schilling Bridge
  183. ^ Sylvaine Hänsel, Angelika Schmitt: Kinoarchitektur in Berlin 1895–1995 . P. 94:
  184. from: Die Filmwoche 51/1951
  185. Truxa is a film with La Jana made in 1936 in the Varieté Wintergarten in Berlin by director Hans H. Zerlett .
  186. Straube Plan 1910 ( 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. under Soldner coordinates X = 25350, Y = 19615. In the further plan of Berlin, sheet 4232/4136 from 1940 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  187. ^ Greetings from the Buggenhagen Theater, Berlin, Moritzplatz. 1908
  188. The Kinematograph 204/1910: Berlin. Moritzplatz, the 5th Union Theater was opened.
  189. Cinematographic Concepts . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, Part IV., P. 207. “Union Theater, Alexanderplatz, Moritzplatz, Unter den Linden, Hasenheide, Wedding. Property of the Projections-ActGes "Union" Frankfurt aM Central-Bureau for Berlin: W Friedrichstr 59/600 (Equitable-Palast) Tel AmtL 11306 and Amt VII 4936 "(Part III p. 638 from 1912: Oranienstrasse 147 is administered by Aischingers Conditorei: The owner is Aischinger's Akt.Ges., The Union-Theater Kinematographische Ges.aG is named as the user.).
  190. citizens of Berlin: P . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1931. "Prusseit, Wilhelm, Kinobesitzer, p. 42, Oranienstrasse 147 III., Telephone F1 Mpl.2896" (Wilhelm Brassert is not listed in the address books around 1930).
  191. Das Aischinger-Haus, Berlin S, Oranienstraße (around 1915) with the abbreviation UT and the words Lichtspiele underneath
  192. ^ Reichenberger Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1911, III. Part, p. 704. "← Liegnitzer Strasse →, No. 78 go. To Liegnitzer Strasse 30/31, 79.80 New building by Ms. Justice Councilor Zeidler from Charlottenburg" (In the 1910 address book still construction sites for Ms. Justice Councilor Zeidler from Treptow The year of the address books in the year of issue, the house was probably completed in 1910 and moved into in 1911.).
  193. ^ Reichenbacher Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1914, Part III., P. 731. “79.80: s. a. Kottbusser Ufer 8, E: Mrs. Zeidler; Universum Theater, plus 28 rental units and commercial users ”.
  194. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1937, part II, p. 365. "Schibelski Georg, (cinema owner), Südende, Doellestraße 72.74" (1936 under the keyword cinema in the commercial section: Schibelski, Georg based in Charlottenburg, Suarezstraße 52 and Universum Theater Reichenberger Straße 79/80 GmbH in SO 36).
  195. ↑ Motion picture theater . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1938, Part II, p. 371. “Schibalski, Maria from Suarezstrasse 52 (Charlottenburg) and Universum Theater, Reichenberger Strasse 79/80, Schumann” (in 1939 the Universum Theater is no longer in the address book).
  196. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 94, with seating plan 1929.
  197. ^ Wrangelstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1970, Part III., P. 945. "Owner of No. 11 is the innkeeper Carl-Friedrich Walter and among the 21 tenants:" Urania ", CFWalter, Saalbesitzer".
  198. [1]
  199. Friedrichstrasse 10 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1907, Part III., P. 227. “New building by Kaufmann C. Eisert from Spichernstrasse 4”.
  200. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 91 with seating plan from 1906
  201. Friedrichstrasse 10 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1908, Part III., P. 233. “Owner: Kaufmann C. Eisert, User: Fernbach & Heidenfeld Zelluloidwaren, Vitascope Theater-Betriebsges. mbH, “(1909 additional commercial users were added.).
  202. ^ Deutsche Vitascope GmbH . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910. “The building is owned by Friedrichstrasse 10 Real Estate Company (Weinmeisterstrasse 9). Used by Deutsche Vitascope GmbH, Edison Society for Talking Machines, Fernbach & Heidenfeld (cellulose goods), National Phonograph Comp.mbH and others ”.
  203. Friedrichstrasse 10 . In: Berlin address book , 1915, III. Part, p. 254. "Deutsche Edison Kinematophon-Ges.mbH, Edison Society for Talking Machines, Films Distribution M. Reinhardt, L. Scholz Vitascope-Theater, and others".
  204. ^ Rex movie . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1919, Part III., P. 245 (1920 is among others the Vitascope Theater, on the other hand Rex-Film, Rex-Film-Vertriebsgesellschaft Spitz & L. Pick, Rirc Film Werner & Co.) .
  205. Friedrichstrasse 10 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1933, Part IV, p. 247. “The owner of number 10 is National-Film AG. The seat in the house are: The Buchgemeinde VerlagsGes.mbH, National Film Theater GmbH, National-Film-Verleih-u.-Vertriebs-AG, Roxy-Lichtspiel Theater GmbH, "Tolirag" Ton- und Lichtbild Reklame AG "(1937 are next other trades: Today's program magazine for Fil and Theater GmbH, Hammer Tonfilm Filmverleih, L. Imperiali Filmvertreter, F. Kersten-Jäger Filmentregnung, National-Film-Theater GmbH, Schloßpark Steglitz Lichtspiele GmbH, "Tam" -Lichtspieltheater am Moritzplatz GmbH // In the address book 1939 Part I, p. 709: From 1939 the office building is owned by H. Frommhagen, who has his residence here and is based with his "Verlag und Versand H. Friedrich Frommhagen" Herzog-Film house, Kersten-Jäger film renewal, the National Film Theater, Roxy-Lichtspieltheater Lemke, Röder & Co., Titania-Palast-Ges. Hugo Lemke resident. Nordland-Film and the Reichsfilmkammer department film archive were in the house.) .
  206. Apartment building & commercial area "Industriepalast"
  207. cf. the research for 1928 on Kino Wiki
  208. ^ Wiener Strasse . In: Berlin address book , 1913, III. Teil, p. 936. “Owner: Kaufmann E. Kunze, Schuhwaren; 20 Tenants and Hasselbach, E. Lichtspiele ”(1915: E. Haselbach, cinema owner. The innkeeper is no longer registered.).
  209. to allekinos.com: Situation Report
  210. Pictures on allekinos.com : Exterior view of the former Wiener Lichtspiele around 1975 and 1980
  211. ^ Wiener Lichtspiele, 1912–1960, Wiener Straße 34: 1984 as the club "Bronx"
  212. compare the entry in the cinema address book 1920 by Fanny Lewin: Research in the cinema Wiki . However, the information from the Berlin address book suggests that the cinema in the empty restaurant did not open until 1911.
  213. Wrangelstrasse 9 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1912, Part III., P. 965. “Owner: Rentiere E. Docke; the two cinema owners A. John and M. Brand are resident among the 20 tenants. ”(In 1909 the innkeeper P. Lange was named among the 20 tenants. In 1911 the innkeeper is no longer registered, the cinema owner is not yet registered.).
  214. Straube Plan II 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. and plan of Berlin 4231 with the Soldner coordinates 26616/19690 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histomapberlin.de
  215. Internet site for the cinema with a picture of the interior.
  216. Riehmers Hofgarten with courtyards and front gardens, built between 1881 and 1899 by Wilhelm Ferdinand August Riehmer
  217. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 96
  218. ↑ The managing director was Erich Thorner until 1958, then Harri Kapahnke.
  219. kinokompendium.de: Yorck and New Yorck
  220. Hänsel, Schmitt: Cinema architecture in Berlin 1895–1995 . Page 96
  221. Cinema website with interior view
  222. kinokompendium.de: with exterior view, foyer and both halls