Smadar Cinema

4 Lloyd George Street,
Jerusalem

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Functions: Movies (Foreign), Movies (Independent)

Previous Names: Orient Cinema

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 97202.561.8168

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Smadar Cinema

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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Ken Roe
Ken Roe on April 14, 2008 at 3:39 pm

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/

Rani
Rani on April 15, 2008 at 4:37 am

Seating capacity for the Smadar Cinema is 261.

Sarah B
Sarah B on October 1, 2023 at 6:32 am

D’yikes: https://www.timesofisrael.com/doors-may-close-on-german-colonys-95-year-cinema-lev-smadar/amp/

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