Khudozhestvenny is a Moscow cinema located on Arbatskaya Square (building 14). Opened in November 10, 1909. The oldest cinema in Moscow, one of the oldest in the world and one of the few operating cinemas with a hundred-year history.
The original name of the cinema was “Art Electric Theatre”, although according to the documents it was called the “Brocksch Cinematograph”.
Architectural style: neo-Greek style, early modern.
Project author: N. N. Blagoveshchensky, F. O. Shekhtel.
The first screening took place on November 11, 1909, it was the premiere of the film “Georgette”.
The reconstruction was planned to begin in 2010, then in 2011-2012, but due to the crisis, it began only in 2014. Since January 2014, it has been closed for restoration. Opened after restoration only on April 9, 2021.
Big Hall
Number of seats: 474
Screen distance: 6.2 m
Screen size: 12.1×6.65 m (image mirror 11.7×6.35)
Projection system type: 2K, 4K
Sound system format: dolby, dolby atmos
Films are shown in the following formats: 2D, 3D, Dolby Atmos, 35 mm film
Accessibility: wheelchair accessible
Small Hall
Number of seats: 46
Screen distance: 1.85 m
Screen size: 6.4×2.85 m (image mirror 6.1×2.55)
Projection system type: 2K, 4K
Cinema sound system format: dolby, dolby atmos
Films are shown in the following formats: 2D, 3D, Dolby Atmos, TK
Accessibility: in the Small Hall No. 2, screenings are regularly held with audio commentaries for guests with visual impairments and with extended subtitles for guests with hearing impairments.
Nearest attractions: Arbat street, New Arbat Avenue, Church of Simeon Stolpnik on Povarskaya, Vozdvizhenka Street, Gogol boulevard, Shakhovsky – Krause – Osipovsky’s mansion.
Nearest metro: Arbatskaya (Filyovskaya Line), Arbatskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line).
