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Berlin Wintergarten theatre
	July 1940
Location	Berlin, Germany
Type	Theatre
Construction
Opened	1887
Demolished	June 1944

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The Berlin Wintergarten theatre was a large variety theatre in Berlin-Mitte.^[1]

It opened in 1887 and was destroyed by bombs in June 1944.^[2]

The name was taken on by a theatre in Potsdamer Strasse in 1992.

The Skladanowsky brothers showcased the first short movie presentation ever at the theatre in 1895, making it the first movie theater in history. But it was a multi-use variety theatre, not a true kino. As Erwin Panofsky recalls, in about 1905 "there was only one obscure and faintly disreputable kino in the whole city of Berlin, bearing, for some unfathomable reason, the English name of 'The Meeting Room'".^[3]

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52°30′08″N 13°21′52″E / 52.50222°N 13.36444°E / 52.50222; 13.36444

References

^ Berlin.de
^ Getty Images
^ Panofsky,E, "Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures", 1934

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[1] Berlin.de

[2] Getty Images

[3] Panofsky,E, "Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures", 1934

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 The name was taken on by a theatre in Potsdamer Strasse in 1992.
-The [[Max Skladanowsky|Skladanowsky brothers]] showcased the first short movie presentation ever at the theatre in 1895, making it the first [[movie theater]] in history. But it was a multi-use variety theatre, not a true kino.  According to Erwin Panofsky ("Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures") in about 1905 "there was only one obscure and faintly disreputable [i]kino[/i] in the whole city of Berlin, bearing, for some unfathomable reason, the English name of 'The Meeting Room'".
+The [[Max Skladanowsky|Skladanowsky brothers]] showcased the first short movie presentation ever at the theatre in 1895, making it the first [[movie theater]] in history. But it was a multi-use variety theatre, not a true kino.  As Erwin Panofsky recalls, in about 1905 "there was only one obscure and faintly disreputable ''kino'' in the whole city of Berlin, bearing, for some unfathomable reason, the English name of 'The Meeting Room'".<ref>Panofsky,E, "Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures", 1934</ref>
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