Marmorhaus

The Marmorhaus (English: Marble House) was a cinema that used to be located on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. Opened in 1913, it takes its name from a large marble façade. Designed by the architect Hugo Pál, the walls of the foyer and auditorium were decorated by the expressionist artist Cesar Klein.^[1]

Marmorhaus in 2008, when it was a Zara store.

During the silent era it was a common venue for premieres of new films. These included The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,^[2] Johannes Goth,^[3] The Woman in Heaven,^[4] The Head of Janus,^[5] Genuine,^[6] Four Around a Woman,^[7] Wandering Souls,^[8] and The Haunted Castle.^[9]

A view of the cinema in 1957.

Owned by the giant UFA company for many years, it was later developed into a multiplex.

In 2001 the cinema closed, and the property was sold to the Spanish retailer Zara, which remodeled it as a store. It has since been converted to a MUJI store.^[10]