Capitol Bernburg, Movie theater in Bernburg, Germany

Capitol Bernburg is a 1927 Art Deco cinema set back in the courtyard at Auguststraße 14, so its brick facade with pillars, pilasters and brick friezes is hidden from the street. The auditorium holds just under 1,000 seats, and the Visionsbar added in 1987 is separated from the hall by a wide glass pane.

The Capitol opened on 14 November 1927 with 560 guests, built to a design by Friedrich Bunse for cinema operator Ottomar Tschakert. Tschakert had run the Weltspiegel since 1908 and the Cinephon since 1911; refused permission to demolish houses on Auguststraße, he placed the new cinema in the courtyard behind them. After 1945 the Tschakert family, like all cinema owners in Saxony-Anhalt, was expropriated.

The cinema's name and its festival role connect it to the GDR era: the Capitol became one of the festival theatres of East Germany, run by the Halle district film directorate. The Visionsbar, installed during the 1985–1987 renovation, is separated from the auditorium by a wide glass pane and is designated a smoking area.

The cinema sits in a courtyard behind Auguststraße 12 and 14, so its decorated facade is not visible from the street; look for the passage between the buildings. Inside, the Visionsbar is set apart from the main hall by a wide glass pane and is designated as a smoking area.

The cinema opened on 14 November 1927 before 560 guests, who first saw a film shot during the building work about the Capitol's own construction, then Der Meister von Nürnberg. A twelve-piece house orchestra under Kapellmeister Mann played along. The orchestra pit was removed in 1960, so the hall now works without it.