Atrium Kino
Margit korut 55,
Budapest
1027
Margit korut 55,
Budapest
1027
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Well, “Kino” is the German name for “cinema” or “movie theater” or “filmszinhaz” or “mozi,” who even knows why this theater was re-christened as such?
I used to go there from the early 1960s through the late 1980s, during all of this time is was called “Majus 1 Filmszinhaz,” May 1st being the International Day of Labor and a national holiday in most countries of the world. No idea who re-named it into “Atrium Kino” and when, let alone why.
It was one of the first ones in the capital, and certainly the first one on the Buda side, that showed CinemaScope widescreen movies. Remember seeing Disney’s 1953 “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” here in glorious 2.55:1 aspect ratio CinemaScope, wow!!
Too bad it is now closed, alas it’s just a reflection of the current sad state of the country as a whole.
Passed it last week and regret to report it seems to have closed, but probably not too long ago, as it remains in good condition. It might be just temporary. It is also not listed in the Budapest cinema listings.
A sign on the building might have been a “for sale” sign, but unfortunately I know no Hungarian, so I could not translate it or it might have been related to the apartments upstairs. Hunting through books in a Budapest bookshop, I came across a photo of the Atrium when new, this was dated 1933, rather earlier than is suggested above.