Berlin Wintergarten theatre
 July 1940 | |
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| Location | Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Type | Theatre |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1887 |
| Demolished | June 1944 |
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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References
- ^ Berlin.de
- ^ Getty Images
- ^ Panofsky,E, "Style and Medium in the Motion Pictures", Transition, 26, (1937)
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