Schauburg Cinerama Kino
Marienstrasse 16,
Karlsruhe
76137
Marienstrasse 16,
Karlsruhe
76137
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Schauburg Cinerama Theatre (Official)
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Architects: Fritz Scholer
Functions: Movies (Film Festivals), Movies (First Run), Movies (Foreign), Movies (Independent), Movies (Revival)
Styles: Art Deco
Previous Names: Schauburg Kino
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
4972.135.0000
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News About This Theater
- Mar 4, 2009 — 5th Todd A0 festival st the Schauburg Cinema
Originally on this site was the Apollo Variety Theatre. It became the 600-seat Schauburg Kino in 1929. It was destroyed by bombing during World War II.
A new replacement cinema was built and opened in 1949 as the 1,000-seat Schauburg Kino. It is currently the oldest operating cinema in Karlsruhe, re-opened as the Schauburg Cinerama Theatre in September 1968 with "2001: A Space Odyssey". The new curved screen, which was 17 metres wide, was installed in front of the original proscenium opening, and the projection booth was relocated from the rear balcony, to a new booth installed in the rear orchestra level.
Today, the main Cinerama Theatre has 350-seats and screens first run movies, and has special 70mm events. There is also screen named ‘Cinema’ which I believe is located in the former balcony and has 160-seats, and a small 61-seat screen named ‘Bambi’.
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Ken Roe
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The facade and entrance of the Schauburg, photographed in August 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/16807917@N00/207905056/
Photographed at night in June 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/16807917@N00/159895996/
Christina Gaus has kindly written further details on this cinema which I have reproduced below (with some minor alterations to the text to correct the grammar translation from German to English):
“The original Schauburg Cinema opened in 1929 in the auditorium of the former Apollo Variety Theatre with a seating capacity of 600 seats. This building was destroyed completely during WW2.
The replacement Schauburg was built in 1949 seating 1000 patrons, the architect is unknown at present.
At some point the cinema was tripled, seating is provided for 350, 160 and 61. The main screen is equipped with a curved 17m x 7m Cinerama screen and is the only cinema in the County of Baden-Wurttemberg able to show the Todd-AO format.
Programmed as an Art House cinema, it has received many awards for ‘Outstanding Programme Schedules’. Since 2005 the cinema holds the annual Todd AO - 70mm - Festival.”
https://www.schauburg.de/