In English below
Bemærk! Dette sted er meget besøgt, så vær diskret når du søger og logger og især ved genplacering af cachen. Tak.
Attention! This place is very crowded så please be discreet when searching and logging, and especially when replacing the cache. Thank you.
Københavns ældste biograf
Palads Teatret er hovedstadens ældste biograf og en ikonisk bygning i byen. Jeg har mange minder fra denne magiske bygning fra både barndom og ungdom. I de seneste år har der været snak om at rive Palads ned for at skabe plads til et højhusbyggeri. Personligt håber jeg aldrig at det sker.
Historien
Palads Teatret begyndte sine dage i 1912 i den gamle hovedbygning for Københavns Hovedbanegård, da denne flyttede til sin nuværende placering. I 1916 måtte bygningen dog lade livet for at give plads til udvidelsen af jernbaneområdet. Dette fik biografdirektør Sophus Madsen til at købe den nuværende grund på Axeltorv og hyre arkitekterne Andreas Clemmensen og Johan Nielsen, der tegnede den nuværende bygning i nybarok stil. Biografen blev taget i brug 25. januar 1918.
Bygningen var organiseret omkring en vestibule med en pragttrappe i italiensk renæssancestil. Trapperummet var midtpunktet i en bygning, hvor teatersalen optog den østlige ende og en restaurant den vestlige del.
Palads blev i 1929 indlemmet i Nordisk Film.
Palads Teatret havde været åben kontinuerligt med få undtagelser under Anden Verdenskrig og en ombygning i sommeren 1955, indtil 1978. I 1970'erne oplevede biograferne i København imidlertid en nedgang, og med kun fire daglige forestillinger og en belægningsprocent på 15, var en forandring nødvendig. Inspireret af Concorde Marignian-biografen i Paris besluttede man at erstatte den store sal med flere mindre sale. Renoveringen begyndte den 4. juni 1978, og allerede den 24. juni blev de første seks sale (7-12) åbnet. Den oprindelige biografsal, som havde 1519 pladser, blev opdelt i seks mindre sale – tre på balkonen og tre på gulvet – hvoraf den største (sal 1) havde 821 pladser. Den 1. september stod hele biografen færdigrenoveret med tolv sale klar til at vise film. Trods skepsis viste renoveringen sig at være en stor succes, og man valgte at udvide med yderligere fem sale i kælderen, som stod færdige 1. september året efter.
I 1989 blev hele bygningen malet af Poul Gernes, hvorved den fik den fremtoning, som man kender i dag. Samtidig blev det nederste forløb af den indvendige pragttrappe revet ned til fordel for skranker til billetsalg.
I dag har Palads Teatret 17 sale i alle størrelser fra en række helt små med kun omkring 50 pladser til sal 1 med plads til 547 mennesker.
In English
Copenhagen's oldest cinema
Palads Teatret is the capital's oldest cinema and an iconic building in the city. I have many memories of this magical building from both childhood and youth. In recent years, there has been talk of demolishing Palads to make room for a high-rise building. Personally, I hope that never happens.
The history
Palads Teatret began its days in 1912 in the old main building of Copenhagen Central Station, when it moved to its current location. In 1916, however, the building had to go to make way for the expansion of the railway area. This led cinema director Sophus Madsen to buy the current site on Axeltorv and hire the architects Andreas Clemmensen and Johan Nielsen, who designed the current building in neo-baroque style. The cinema was commissioned on 25 January 1918.
The building was organized around a vestibule with a magnificent staircase in the Italian Renaissance style. The stairwell was the centerpiece of a building, with the theater occupying the eastern end and a restaurant the western part.
Palads was incorporated into Nordisk Film in 1929.
Palads Teatret had been open continuously, with a few exceptions during the Second World War and a rebuild in the summer of 1955, until 1978. In the 1970s, however, cinemas in Copenhagen experienced a decline, and with only four daily performances and an occupancy rate of 15, a change was necessary . Inspired by the Concorde Marignian cinema in Paris, it was decided to replace the large hall with several smaller halls. The renovation began on 4 June 1978, and already on 24 June the first six halls (7-12) were opened. The original cinema hall, which had 1,519 seats, was divided into six smaller halls – three on the balcony and three on the floor – of which the largest (hall 1) had 821 seats. On 1 September, the entire cinema was fully renovated with twelve screens ready to show films. Despite skepticism, the renovation proved to be a great success, and it was decided to expand with five more halls in the basement, which were completed on 1 September the following year.
In 1989, the entire building was painted by Poul Gernes, giving it the look it has today. At the same time, the lower course of the interior grand staircase was demolished in favor of counters for ticket sales.
Today, Palads Teatret has 17 halls of all sizes, from a series of very small ones with only about 50 seats to hall 1 with room for 547 people.
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