1961–1989: Divided Berlin after the Construction of the Wall
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Titania-Palast, Gutsmuthstr. 27/28 (Steglitz/West Berlin), early 1960s
Photo: Harry Croner, source: Deutsche Kinemathek
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Kosmos, Karl-Marx-Allee 131a (Friedrichshain/East Berlin). The Kosmos movie theater opened in 1962 as part of the redesign of the Karl-Marx-Allee.
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek
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Kino International, Karl-Marx-Allee 33 (Friedrichshain/East Berlin), shown shortly before it opened on November 15, 1963 with the Soviet 70mm film ‘Optimistische Tragödie’ (directed by Samson Samsonov). It would become the theater that DEFA used to screen its movie premieres.
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek
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Filmkunst 66, Bleibtreustraße 12 (Charlottenburg/West Berlin), 1966
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Kino International, Karl-Marx-Allee 33 (Friedrichshain/East Berlin), 1967
Photo: Kurt Enz, source: Deutsche Kinemathek -
Zoo-Palast, Hardenbergstraße 29a–e (Charlottenburg/West Berlin), 1968. In the late 1960s the discreet interior design of the Zoo-Palast was confronted with film advertising in a Pop Art style.
Photo: Ludwig Bilder, source: Deutsche Kinemathek -
Zoo-Palast, Hardenbergstraße 29a–e (Charlottenburg/West Berlin), 1974. As the movie theater of the Berlin International Film Festival, the Zoo-Palast was the focus of international interest that summer.
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Kino International, Karl-Marx-Allee 33 (Friedrichshain/ East Berlin), 1976
Photo: Kurt Enz, source: Deutsche Kinemathek -
Kino International, Karl-Marx-Allee 33 (Friedrichshain/East Berlin), 1978
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek -
Astor, Kurfürstendamm 217 (Charlottenburg/West Berlin), 1978. Starting in 1977 the Astor was used as the venue for the Berlinale “Retrospektive”.
Source: Hans Helmut Prinzler -
Yorck Kino, Yorckstraße 86 (Kreuzberg/West Berlin), early 1980s
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek -
Sputnik Wedding, Reinickendorfer Straße 113 (West Berlin), early 1980s
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek -
Sputnik Wedding, Reinickendorfer Straße 113 (West Berlin), 1987
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek -
Kosmos, Karl-Marx-Allee 131a (Friedrichshain/East Berlin), 1980s
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek -
Filmtheater am Friedrichshain, Bötzowstr. 1–5 (East Berlin), 1980s
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Passage Kino, Karl-Marx-Straße 131–133 (Neukölln/West Berlin), 1989
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek
