Karim I & II Movie Theater
15 Emad el-Deen,
Cairo
15 Emad el-Deen,
Cairo
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such a valuable photo!!It confirms the fact that the cinema opened in the early 40s(the movie shown was produced in 1940).Its façade changed several times since then.It is still operating as a duplex with the addition of another auditorium around the corner. A pic will be uploaded soon
Current seating is 480 seats in the main hall and 110 seats in the second hall.
The cinema must have opened in the forties and it was called FEMINA showing among other greek films for the then thriving greek community in Egypt.In the sixties it changed ownership as well as its name into cinema CAPITOL showing first run movies.It soon became a second run cinema with a double bill program and an ill fame as well.In the eighties it was bought by the famous egyptian movie director Youssef Shahin becoming again a first run theatre.It only shows now egyptian movies
“Karim” in Arabic means, “Generous.” Oftentimes this is also given as a man’s name.