Sõprus
Sõprus ('Friendship') is a cinema in Tallinn, Estonia.[1]
The venue was built in 1955 and it was designed from 1952- 1952 by Peeter Tarvas, August Volberg, Ilmar Laas; first draft by Friedrich Wendach; interior was designed by Maia Laul. It the beginning, the building's had two halls: so-called red hall and white hall, each having 396 seats. Since 1995, only one hall is used by the cinema. By 2004, the hall had 282 seats.[1][2][3]
It is apart of Europa Cinemas, a network of movie theatres with the goal of distributing films from different countries across Europe, but also providing financial support for the venues.[4]
History
The cinema was built on the site of buildings destroyed in the 1944 March bombings of Tallinn.[2]
Originally, it was going to be named Spartacus or Leningrad, but due to the improved relations between China and the Soviet Union, it was named Sõprus (friendship).[2]
References
- 1 2 Tallinna entsüklopeedia [Encyclopedia of Tallinn]. Volume I (A-M) (in Estonian). Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastuse AS. 2004. p. 198.
- 1 2 3 "Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum". www.arhitektuurimuuseum.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ "Sõprusest". kinosoprus.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ "General Presentation". Europa Cinema. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
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