Cinema dei Piccoli

Rome, Italy

Viale Pineta 15

, Rome 00197 Italy

(map)

+39.06.855.3485

Status:	Open
Screens:	Single Screen
Style:	Rustic

Function:	Movies (Family), Movies (Film Festivals)
Seats:	63
Chain:	Independent

Architect:	Unknown
Firm:	Unknown

A small cinema showing recent movies suitable for children (the name translates as "Kids' Cinema"). It was originally opened in 1934 as the Cinema Topolino (named after Mickey Mouse) and was built by Alfredo Annibali.

It is located in a magical setting of Rome's Villa Borghese park amid the pine trees, and you might expect to see Bambi milling about the ticket window area.

Originally the cinema used a bed sheet as a screen and a Pathe-Baby 9.5mm projector. It was restored in 1991 and now has air conditioning, stereo sound and can now screen films on two Veronese projectors or a single 16mm Bauer projector.

The Cinema dei Piccoli is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

Contributed by Gerald A. DeLuca

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Here's a recent photo:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/italiangerry/Cinemas/CinemaDeiPiccoli-RomaIT.jpg

posted by Gerald A. DeLuca on Mar 31, 2005 at 4:04pm

The Cinema dei Piccoli is in the Guinness record book as being the "Smallest Purpose-Built Cinema in Operation". This cinema has 63 seats and its original name was Topolino Cinema. This comes from the Guinness website:

"The Cinema dei Piccoli was built by Alfredo Annibali (Italy) in 1934 in the park of Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy and today covers an area of 71.52 m² (769.83 ft²). Originally called the Topolino Cinema (after Mickey Mouse), the cinema used a Path-Baby 9.5 mm movie projector, bed sheets for the screen and played 78's for background music. Restored in 1991, the cinema has 63 seats, a 5 x 2.5 m (16.4 x 8,2 ft) screen, stereo sound and air-conditioning".

This is a link to the Guinness website.

posted by Lost Memory on Dec 28, 2006 at 2:43pm

Photographed in March 2006;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyknight2006/179025988/
In March 2008:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alasdairnicol/2340705607/
In February 2009:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bekra/3317888292/

posted by KenRoe on Apr 24, 2009 at 4:34pm

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