1946–1949: The Postwar Period

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  • Taunus-Lichtspiele, Köpenicker Str. 30a (Berlin-Kreuzberg), 1945
    Source: Deutsche Kinemathek

  • Richard-Oswald-Lichtspiele, Kantstraße 163 (Charlottenburg/West Berlin), 1947/48. The director Richard Oswald bought the Prinzeß-Theater on Kantstraße in 1919 and it operated as the Richard-Oswald-Lichtspiele until 1926. The building was located close to Viktoria-Luise-Platz (today Breitscheidplatz) and was destroyed during an air raid on 23 November 1943.
    Photo: Gerd Oswald, source: Deutsche Kinemathek

  • Ufa-Palast am Zoo, Hardenbergstraße 29a-e (Charlottenburg/West Berlin), 1947/48. Like the surrounding structures, the building of the Weimar Republic’s most prominent premiere cinema was destroyed during an air raid on 23 November 1943. It was replaced by the Zoo-Palast in the mid-1960s.
    Photo: Gerd Oswald, source: Deutsche Kinemathek

  • Capitol am Zoo, Budapester Str. 42–44 (Charlottenburg/West Berlin). On November 23, 1943, the building of the Capitol am Zoo was destroyed during an air raid alongside the vis-à-vis located Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche. The ruin was demolished in the early 1950s.
    Photo: Gerd Oswald, source: Deutsche Kinemathek

  • Gloria-Palast, Kurfürstendamm 10 (Charlottenburg/West Berlin), 1947/48. The Romance style building on the corner of the former Viktoria-Luise-Platz burned down to its foundation after an air raid on 23 November 1943. The photographer added the inscription “Closed for 1000 years”. In 1953 the Gloria-Palast reopened in a new building facing the Kurfürstendamm.
    Photo: Gerd Oswald, source: Deutsche Kinemathek

  • Die Kurbel, Giesebrechtstraße 4 (Berlin-Charlottenburg), during the postwar period
    Source: Deutsche Kinemathek

  • Delphi Filmpalast am Zoo, Kantstraße 12a (Charlottenburg/West Berlin), 1949. The structure was first used as a movie theater after the war-damaged Delphi-Palais was rebuilt.
    Source: Deutsche Kinemathek