Berlin's famed Cold War-era cinema to reopen doors Berlin's historic Zoo Palast cinema re-opens Thursday after a major renovation to restore the sparkle to the former Cold War-era theatre, once the star-studded cultural boast of the city. The Zoo Palast, which owes its name to a nearby city-centre zoological garden, was built in the mid-1950s out of the ashes of a silent movie theatre. The UFA film production company, a leading maker of German ...
Nov. 27, 2013 - AFP via Yahoo! News