Zvyozdnyy Cinema, Cinema at Vernadsky Avenue, Moscow, Russia.
Zvyozdnyy Cinema is a movie theater on Vernadsky Avenue featuring a glass-enclosed ground floor that houses the lobby and ticket counters. The building contained multiple screening rooms with integrated cafes and bars for guests.
The cinema was constructed between 1971 and 1974 by architects Georgy Chaltykyan and Vladimir Scher. It operated as a movie theater for about 40 years before closing in 2023.
During the 1980s, the cinema hosted film festivals for young directors and screened The Yellow Submarine film in April 1975, marking its only official showing in the USSR.
The building sits on Vernadsky Avenue and is easily accessible from the street. It has been transformed into a shopping center, so the cinema space is no longer available for film screenings.
The cinema screened Yellow Submarine in 1975, the only officially authorized showing of this film in the Soviet Union. It also hosted film festivals for young directors during the 1980s.
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