Moviemento, Historic movie theater in Kreuzberg, Germany.
Moviemento is a movie theater on Kottbusser Damm in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin, with three screening rooms of different sizes. The rooms are relatively small, which puts the audience close to the screen.
Alfred Topp, a restaurateur, opened the cinema in 1907 as a Kinematographen-Theater on the first floor of the building at Kottbusser Damm 22, which he had built in 1905. It was later renamed Vitascope Theater, Odeon and Hohenstaufen-Lichtspiele (1930–1959). In the early 1980s André Rudolf took over the Tali cinema and converted it into a program cinema with three screens of 62, 67 and 103 seats. Since 1984 it has been called Moviemento.
The cinema focuses on independent films and works from around the world that rarely appear in mainstream venues. The audience tends to be people who seek out films they would not find elsewhere in the city.
The theater sits on Kottbusser Damm and is within walking distance of several bus stops and a nearby metro station. As the building dates from the early 20th century, access for people with limited mobility may be difficult.
Several original details from 1907 are still visible inside the building, including the historical bathroom facilities that have barely changed. These features give a sense of what early cinema spaces looked like before they were renovated or demolished.
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