Kino Sõprus is the oldest existing cinema in Estonia. The house was built in 1955. Its name is meaning "Friendship", an often used name of cinemas in former socialist countries.
The postcard is from Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum / Museum of Estonian Architecture. They have written the names of the architects on the postcard: Peeter Tarvas and August Volberg. The photo was taken by Karl Oras.
There are advertised two movies:
- on the right Бессонная ночь / Unetu öö / Sleeples Night (USSR, 1960)
- on the left Зимняя фантазия / Talvi Fantaasia / Winter fantasy (USSR, 1960).
The cinema had from beginning two halls. Today they have 210 seats plus 30 seats in the cinema bar in one hall.
I got this postcard via Postcrossing. Tänud, Marianne!
Red Star is the name of this cinema, a place for entertainment from 1952 till 1996 in Narva.
That's all I know about it.
Cinema Kosmos in Tallinn was opened on 10th march 1964 as the largest film theatre in the Baltics. There was one hall with 1015 seats,
and the area of the screen reached 240 square meters. In 1997 the Kosmos cinema was
entered in the register of protected landmarked buildings.
In December 2014, the Kosmos cinema reclaimed its title of the most
advanced screening hall in the Baltic States. During the renovation for
the construction of the new screen with the area of 300 square meters,
the building was extended by one storey into the ground. Nowadays Kosmos
IMAX has three screening halls. The largest, accommodating 322 viewers,
is called IMAX after the technology in use. Apart from the IMAX hall,
there are two smaller screening halls – LEM and KUBRICK, with 49 seats
each. Regular 2D and 3D movies are shown in the smaller halls.
The postcard is from 1971. It is noteworthy that there is written the name of the architect on it: I. (Ilmar) Laasi.
Just got another postcard showing cinema Kosmos in Tallinn. This postcard is from 1987.
