Palác Sevastopol, Functionalist cultural monument in Old Town, Czech Republic
Palác Sevastopol is a 1930s functionalist building that combines residential apartments with a cinema. The structure displays clean lines and geometric forms typical of the architectural style of that era.
The architects Bohumír Kozák and Antonín Černý designed the palace in 1936–1938 for the Italian insurers Moldavia Generali and Assicurazioni Generali. It replaced the Česká průmyslová banka building of 1897–1898, whose façade was decorated by Viktor Oliva. The cinema in the basement opened on 9 September 1938 with the film Hraběnka Walewská, starring Greta Garbo.
The cinema opened on 9 September 1938 with the film Hraběnka Walewská, starring Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer. Its name changed with the political tides: Na Příkopě in 1938, UFA–Viktoria in 1941, Sevastopol in 1945, Cinema Broadway in 1996. Since 2001 the former cinema hall has housed Divadlo Broadway.
The building sits between Celetná street and Na Příkopě and can be accessed through the Broadway Passage. This central location makes it easy to visit alongside other nearby attractions.
The cinema in the two-storey basement opened on 9 September 1938 with the film "The Great Waltz" (Hraběnka Walewská) starring Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer. It promised upholstered seats, air conditioning, its own newsreel Broadway aktualita and equipment for the hard of hearing. The hall now belongs to Divadlo Broadway, which opened there in 2001.
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