Kino International
Kino International stands on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin, a three-storey cinema built between 1961 and 1963. It combines a reinforced-concrete frame, light sandstone façades, and broad glass surfaces facing the street. Fourteen relief sculptures line the side façades.
Josef Kaiser designed the building after winning an architectural competition, while Heinz Aust directed its construction. Inclined seating and studio-like acoustics shape the 555-seat auditorium. Until 1989, the cinema served as the principal premiere venue for DEFA film productions in East Germany. Renovation followed in 1990, when the building also received heritage protection.
Since 1990, the building has hosted Berlinale events alongside film premieres. Dolby Stereo arrived during the 1980s, placing the auditorium among the GDR’s early cinemas with that technology. Hand-painted film posters decorate the exterior, while the Mongay series has shown queer films there since 1997.
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