Radio City Cinema

Radio City Cinema features a curved facade with large glass panels, a spiral staircase, and a two-story structure built with steel, glass, and marble materials.

The cinema opened its doors on September 18, 1958, with the presentation of the French-Italian film Les Bijoutiers du Claire de Lune, featuring Brigitte Bardot.

During the Pahlavi II period, the cinema became a central meeting point for Tehran's intellectuals, youth, and upper-class citizens attending film screenings.

The main cinema hall contains a fourteen-and-a-half-meter-wide screen, marble flooring, and red velvet seats arranged for maximum viewing comfort.

In 1965, viewers released pigeons inside the cinema during a screening of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, creating an unexpected parallel with the film.

Location: District 6

Inception: September 18, 1958

Architects: Heydar Ghiai

Official opening: September 18, 1958

Architectural style: Pahlavi architecture, Googie

Floors above the ground: 2

Made from material: steel, glass, marble

GPS coordinates: 35.70811,51.40683

Latest update: March 15, 2025 20:51