Eva Lichtspiele

Eva Lichtspiele is a cinema in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany. It was founded in 1913 as Roland Lichtspiele and was one of the first cinemas in Wilmersdorf; it is now among the oldest cinemas in Berlin. After a renovation, it was renamed Eva Lichtspiele in 1921 after the wife of the then operator. Around the same time a violinist was employed to accompany the films; by 1925 a full orchestra played in the cinema, and in the early 1930s the cinema converted to sound film. A major renovation in 1957 still shapes the interior and facade of the cinema, for example through the lettering and the cloud curtain in the auditorium. The seating was replaced in 1992 with cinema seats for 250 visitors, and in 2011 the cinema converted to digital technology. The current programme is a mixture of first-run films and second-run films with a focus on children's films. The cinema is known among other things for its event series Der alte deutsche Film (The Old German Film), which has been running for several decades. Here German films from the 1920s to the 1940s are shown with coffee and cake and a historical introduction. As part of the Berlinale goes Kiez series, films of the Berlinale were also shown at Eva Lichtspiele in 2010 and 2011, including in the retrospective with Die Ehe der Maria Braun in 2010. The cinema presents itself on its website as "Ihr Kiezkino in Wilmersdorf" (your neighbourhood cinema in Wilmersdorf) and lists current titles such as Staatsschutz, Vaterland, Kalter Hund, Minions & Monster, Spaziergang nach Syrakus, and Tatort: Das Mädchen von Gegenüber (1977), alongside classic German films and local history programmes.

Eva Lichtspiele is a cinema in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. It was founded in 1913 as Roland Lichtspiele and was one of the first cinemas in Wilmersdorf; it is now among the oldest cinemas in Berlin. After a renovation, it was renamed Eva Lichtspiele in 1921 after the wife of the then operator. Around the same time a violinist was employed to accompany the films. In 1925 a full orchestra played in the cinema, and in the early 1930s the cinema converted to sound film. A major renovation in 1957 still shapes the interior and facade of the cinema, for example through the lettering and the cloud curtain in the auditorium. The seating was replaced in 1992 with cinema seats for 250 visitors, and in 2011 the cinema converted to digital technology. The current programme is a mixture of first-run films and second-run films with a focus on children's films. The cinema is known among other things for its event series Der alte deutsche Film, which has been running for several decades. Here German films from the 1920s to the 1940s are shown with coffee and cake and a historical introduction. As part of the Berlinale goes Kiez series, films of the Berlinale were also shown at Eva Lichtspiele in 2010 and 2011, including in the retrospective with Die Ehe der Maria Braun in 2010.

• 2011

  Converted to digital technology; also participated in Berlinale goes Kiez.

• 2010

  Participated in Berlinale goes Kiez, screening Die Ehe der Maria Braun in the retrospective.

• 1992

  Seating replaced with cinema seats for 250 visitors.

• 1957

  Major renovation that still shapes the interior and facade.

• 1930

  Converted to sound film in the early 1930s.

• 1925

  A full orchestra played in the cinema.

• 1921

  Renamed Eva Lichtspiele after the wife of the then operator following a renovation.

• 1913

  Founded as Roland Lichtspiele, one of the first cinemas in Wilmersdorf.

Neighbourhood cinema (Kiezkino) in Wilmersdorf with a focus on children's films and classic German cinema.

• Der alte deutsche Film

  Event series running for several decades, showing German films from the 1920s to the 1940s with coffee and cake and a historical introduction.

• Children's film programmes

  A focus of the current programme.

• Berlinale goes Kiez

  Screenings of Berlinale films in 2010 and 2011.

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2. 2Eva Lichtspielewikidata.org
3. 3Eva Lichtspielede.wikipedia.org