Rigoletto, Movie theater in Norrmalm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Rigoletto is a movie theater in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm, housed in a late 1930s building in the Swedish Grace style, with geometric motifs and clean lines across its facade and interiors. The cinema is still in operation today and has kept its original function and historic interior.
The building was designed by architect Rolf Engströmer and opened on March 17, 1939. It is one of the few Stockholm cinemas from that generation that has remained in operation in its original form to this day.
The name Rigoletto comes from Giuseppe Verdi's opera, which is an unusual choice for a cinema in Sweden. Inside, the design still reflects the spirit of the grand cinema culture of the 1930s and 1940s, when going to the movies was a social event.
The cinema sits in the central Norrmalm district and is easy to reach on foot or by public transit. Anyone wanting to see the interior should simply attend a screening, as the building is only accessible during opening hours.
Rolf Engströmer worked on the interior design of the passenger ship MS Kungsholm before building this cinema, and that experience carried over into the interiors. Certain details in the paneling and layout feel more like a ship's cabin than a typical movie house.
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