Weltbio Kino-Center

50sSNIPES on October 23, 2024 at 4:06 pm

The Weltbio Kino-Center opened in its current location in 1921 after relocating from a different theater building that opened as early as 1908. It originally housed 350 seats when it opened, but upgraded to 365 in 1930, and was doubled to 606 seats in 1937. Unfortunately the Weltbio suffered destruction by allied bombs during the final stages of World War II in 1945.

It was rebuilt and the theater reopened on March 17, 1949, and its equipment received a major upgrade in 1955. These 1955 upgrades include four-channel stereo magnetic sound system consisted of Möller anamorphic projectors, ISOO lenses, Klangfilm magnetic sound scanners, Klangfilm stereo preamplifier frame, KL VM 122 VS 008 with cassette amplifiers, Klangfilm main amplifier frame G and GS-20 models, a hall controller for the four channels, six effect loudspeakers and three Klangfilm Eurodyn loudspeaker combinations. It also received a little of a remodel that year which includes a Sonora plastic screen which allowed the projection of all normal, widescreen and CinemaScope films. The projection at the time featured two Klangfilm arc lamp rectifiers, remote-controlled with 75 amps of power, Bauer B8 projectors and 366mm mirrors.

It was twinned in the 1970s, and three more screens were added in 1981.