Cinema the Czech Paradise [Jičín]
type: Item
label: Biograf Český ráj @cs
label: Cinema the Czech Paradise
description: Theatre building in Jičín, Czech Republic
EUTA building identifier: 352
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Czech Republic
City: Jičín
GPS: Point(15.3515 50.4346)
Wikidata source: Q45898676
opening date: 1923-12-16T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: 17. Listopadu 47, 506 01 Jičín
Web: biograf
architect: Kazimír Hemerka
architect: František Holeček
Importance: Local importance
Building relation: freestanding building
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: stage preserved
Preservation state: Disused
building purpose: movie theater
Theatre space character: theatre premises
closure date: 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 603
Javorin theatres and theatre halls ID, II. vol: 156
Theatres by Javorin (1949) id: 79
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Carthalia ID: 247
Note: Cinema and theatre, built 1923 by Kazimír Hemerka and František Holeček. Opened 16 Dec 1923 as Biograf Český ráj (Cinema Czech Paradise). 1940 renamed Mrňákovo Divadlo after Josef Mrňák, a chairman of the local theatre association. Rebuilding in the 1950s. Renamed Kino Svět (Cinema World). 1994 again renamed Biograf Český ráj.