Filmtheater am Friedrichshain, Movie theater in Prenzlauer Berg, Germany.
Filmtheater am Friedrichshain is a cinema in Berlin-Pankow housed in a building with a classical facade and five screening rooms. The auditoriums feature 4K laser projection and varying seating capacities, ranging from 98 to 323 seats per room.
The building opened in 1925 as Olympia with 1200 seats and an orchestra pit. It was renamed UFA-Theater Friedrichshain in the 1930s before later becoming a program cinema with a different purpose.
The cinema's name refers to the adjacent Volkspark Friedrichshain, and its address on Bötzowstraße places it in the Bötzowviertel. The building, a listed neoclassical structure from 1924/25, still operates as a cinema. Its facade bears the red lettering "FILMTHEATER AM FRIEDRICHSHAIN", and a nearby sign reads "Bösebrücke".
The cinema sits at Bötzowstraße 1-5 and is accessible via bus line 200 and tram lines M4 and M10. Bicycle parking is available for those arriving by bike.
The building opened in February 1925 as the Olympia-Filmtheater, designed by architect Otto Werner on the grounds of the Actien-Brauerei Friedrichshain. Its 1,200-seat hall had the orchestra pit typical of the silent-film era. After 1945 it served as a premiere venue, including for Ehe im Schatten (1947) and Die Brücke (1949).
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