Burg Kino

Burg Kino is a cinema in Vienna, Austria, located at Opernring 19, 1010 Vienna. According to its official website, it was founded in 1912 and is described as one of the oldest cinemas worldwide still in operation. Since the silent film era it has shown works by major directors, and it was one of the first cinemas in Austria to convert from silent to sound film. Its program line has long specialized in screening foreign films in their original version.

The BURG KINO in Vienna was founded in 1912 and is described by its official website as one of the oldest cinemas worldwide still in operation. Ever since the silent film era, it has shown the chief works of important directors such as C. Chaplin, B. Keaton, F. Lang, F.W. Murnau and S. Eisenstein, and it was one of the first cinemas in Austria to implement the change from silent to sound film. Against the political background of the 1930s, screenings were sometimes more than mere entertainment; the premiere of the film Battleship Potemkin led to heckling from National Socialists and even arrests. Since this period, specialization on screening (foreign) films in their original version has been part of the cinema's program line. In the years before the outbreak of the World War this focus led to increasing difficulties and was ultimately put an end to as the cinema was "Aryanized". The tradition of specializing in original versions was continued after the war and the restitution of the cinema to the original owners, reaching a temporary peak with the premiere of the film La Strada, which helped the soon-to-be media mogul Leo Kirch lay the foundation for his later business empire. During the 1950s, 60s and 70s, the Burg Kino was the only cinema in the German-speaking regions (with the exception of Switzerland) showing films in their original version on a regular basis. A large part of the films offered were Austrian exclusive screenings and releases of quality films which, usually due to financial considerations, had not been synchronized.

Specialization on screening (foreign) films in their original version.

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