Zoo Palast, Berlin, Germany
N 52° 30.365 E 013° 20.052
33U E 386940 N 5818632
The Zoo Palast shows its first movie in 1915 in Berlin.
Waymark Code: WMRBFT
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date Posted: 06/04/2016
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The Zoo Palast is a cinema in the heart of western Berlin in the district of Charlottenburg. The cinema in the Hardenbergstraße was operated until 29 December 2010 by the UCI. The operation was reopened and rebuilt on November 27, 2013.
At the same location previously focused on the exhibition halls at the zoo, where Berlin's first six-day race was held 1909th there a movie theater was then built in the 1915 films were shown already and the original "Palace Theater am Zoo" was called. 1925 Palace Theatre was taken over and rebuilt at the Zoo of the UFA. A majority of German film works experienced here its premiere, z. B. Metropolis in 1927. The theater had its own orchestra, a ballet and a personal cinema organ. In the era of National Socialism, the Palace Theater should be extensively remodeled to plans by Albert Speer at the zoo; However, these conversions took place never.
During World War II, the Palace Theatre at the zoo was almost completely destroyed in an air raid in 1943 and 1955, finally demolished. Today's Zoo Palast was built 1956/1957 by the architect Paul Schwebes, Hans Schoszberger and Gerhard Fritsche. Originally decreed the Zoo Palast on only two halls (Hall I 1070 seats and Hall II with 550 seats - Today Cinema 4). the Zoo Palast was expanded to last nine rooms with a total of 2758 seats through numerous renovations and expansions in the 1970s and 1980s. The first two halls were obtained here in their capacity. The most striking feature of the Zoo Palast is the slightly curved outward, clad in bright yellow ceramic tiles facade, was attached to the always large publicity film, which was painted for this purpose manually. The facade is now a protected monument.
From 1957 to 1999, the Zoo Palast was the main competition of the Berlinale cinema. Then found the Zoo Palast only occasional premieres.
From the beginning (1957) until the early 1990s, the theater of Max Knapp was operated, after a brief period of Hans-Joachim Flebbe. From 1994 to 2011, the palace zoo for UCI belonged. 2004 Cinema 1 was equipped with a digital movie projector.
Source: German Wikipedia (translated)
Number of Screen(s): 7
Web site: [Web Link]
Year Theater Opened: Not listed
Ticket Price (local currency): Not Listed
Matinee Price (local currency): Not Listed
Concessions Available: Not Listed
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