Smadar Cinema
4 Lloyd George Street,
Jerusalem
4 Lloyd George Street,
Jerusalem
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Additional Info
Functions: Movies (Foreign), Movies (Independent)
Previous Names: Orient Cinema
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
97202.561.8168
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News About This Theater
- Sep 4, 2009 — Smadar possibly to be owned by movie-goers
- Aug 19, 2009 — Israel's aspiring 'film capital' is losing its movie theaters
- Apr 14, 2008 — Smadar turns 80
Opened in April 1928, it was built and operated by a German architect and is located in the German Colony district of Jerusalem. It served the British army until 1935 when it became a commercial cinema, re-named Orient Cinema.
The German owner handed it over the Jewish operators in late 1935, due to a ban by the Nazis, on Germans operating Jewish businesses.
It was renovated in 1993 and is now part of the Lev Cinema chain.
It has a bar/cafe adjoining, and food/drinks can be taken into the cinema.
Contributed by
Ken Roe
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An exterior photograph of the Smadar Cinema from June 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/eran/570623618/
Auditorium view from November 2006:
http://flickr.com/photos/orenel/301154894/
Seating capacity for the Smadar Cinema is 261.
D’yikes: https://www.timesofisrael.com/doors-may-close-on-german-colonys-95-year-cinema-lev-smadar/amp/