Kinoklub

In the location's words:

On May 6, 1975, the Czechoslovakian film " ... and I greet the swallows" by Jaromil Jireš was the first film to be shown at the KINOKLUB on Hirschlachufer. Since then, it has been the address for sophisticated and interesting cinema in the state capital of Thuringia.

What is now the city's oldest cinema was founded as one of the first club cinemas in the GDR with the intention of offering audiences special films beyond the "mainstream" in a smaller, more exclusive setting. In addition, a visitors' advisory board was established, which actively supported the cinema program and in some cases also supervised entire film series. In contrast to the "big" cinemas (of which there were four in the district capital with its 220,000 inhabitants at the time), the Kinoklub had more freedom in terms of programming and access to a larger selection of films.