Union theater kurfürstendamm [Berlin]
type: Item
description: Theatre building in Berlin, Germany, opened 1913
description: bouwwerk in Berlijn, Duitsland @nl
alternative label: Union theater kurfürstendamm
EEConde: Berlin 80
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
City: Berlin
opening date: 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
Country: Germany
Address: Kurfürstendamm 26
closure date: 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Postal Code: 10719
Wikidata source: Q1414402
city section: Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Importance: Local importance
Preservation state: extinct building
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Carthalia ID: 1656
Note: Cinema, built 1912-1913 as Union-Palast by Nentwich and Simon. The complex included a 850-seat cinema and a concert café. Opened with Max Reinhardt's movie Die Insel der Seligen. 1924 renamed UFA-Palast, later UFA-Theater. 1945 renovated and renamed Haus Wien (also known as Filmbühne Wien). 1953 exterior and interior rebuilding. 1979-1983 conversion into seven smaller cinema halls. Closed 26 Apr 2000. Subsequently used as an art gallery and (since 2013) as a retail store.