Frankfurter Filmtheater - Eine Geschichte in Bildern - DVD

Did you know that where today the Hugendubel sells its books once stood one of Frankfurt's most magnificent cinemas? That where the Gibson Club is now located, movies were shown for many years? That next to Karstadt in Schäfergasse, where sportswear is sold today, was home to the Royal, a film theatre that won a technical Oscar? Or that on Willy-Brandt-Platz, where today the cow laughs and Turkish specialities can be enjoyed, the latest cinema films still invited people to escape reality until a few years ago? Or that Kaiserstraße was the birthplace of Frankfurt's cinema culture? But it is not only in the past 15 years that Frankfurt's cinema landscape has changed drastically. Since its beginnings, it has always been subject to constant change.

This traces Frankfurter Filmtheater, a history in pictures, in just under 23 minutes in a very watchable way. Most of the pictures could already be seen in the excellent catalogue of the 1995 exhibition Lebende Bilder einer Stadt (Living Pictures of a City), which goes into much more detail on this subject (the book is a must for all Frankfurt cinema lovers!). Nevertheless, this short documentary with its condensed information content and numerous photos is a highly informative excursion through Frankfurt's cinema history that is well worth seeing. Like the exhibition Filmtheater, in the course of which this DVD is published, this film contribution is not intended to be tinged with nostalgic melancholy, but simply to trace the state of constant change to which the cinema landscape in general is subject.

Of course, for many a viewer who can still remember some of the old cinemas, it is probably hard to prevent a little melancholy from arising at the sight of the pictures. But first and foremost, Frankfurter Filmtheater is a piece of Frankfurt's cultural history worth seeing, a perfect complement to a visit to the exhibition in the Film Museum and a must for anyone with a general interest in the history of movie theaters. The DVD is available in the museum shop or online at: <link http: www.shop-filmmuseum.de _blank>Http://www.shop-filmmuseum.de/

An article by Frankfurt-Tipp