Address: Karl-Marx-Allee 33, 10178 Berlin
Reopening: 26 February 2026
Year of construction: 1961–1963
Original architecture: Josef Kaiser
Heritage status: Individual and ensemble monument since 1990
Client: Yorck Kino GmbH
Architecture (refurbishment): Dickmann Richter Architekten, Berlin
Architectural team: Daniel Dickmann, Helen Hart, Elena Herwarth von Bittenfeld,
Chiara Alten, Julia Gerhards
Construction period: July 2024 – February 2026 (18 months)
Gross floor area: approx. 6,381 m²
Seats in the auditorium: 506
Funding bodies: Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media;
German Class Lottery Foundation Berlin; Federal–State Pro
gramme “Liveable Centres and Districts”; Berlin State Office for
Heritage Conservation; German Foundation for Monument Pro
tection; German Federal Film Board
Photography: Daniel Horn