Pongrácz Erzsébet: The Cinemas of Budapest - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1998)

ema, Rezső Rottenberg and his partner, moved their establishment to üllői út, where it opened under the name Savoy as one of the finest and most modern cinemas of Budapest. The 400-seat cinema was called Ságvári Picture House immediately after the war, though it has had its present name since nationalisation. Due to the construction of the metro, it was closed from 1970 to the mid-eighties. Although reconstruction reduced it in size, it reopened with improved facilities as a member of the ART Chain. Its afternoon matinees and evening shows feature quality art films. The cinema houses occasional exhibitions and a bookshop, too.

CiRKO-GeJZIR (1994)

3 Lőrinc pap tér, district VIII

The 1990s has been a twilight period for small cinemas the world over. Thus it is all the more remarkable that a number of young people in Budapest joined efforts to establish this curiously named little, 50-seat cinema operating in conjunction with the Másképp (Otherwise) Foundation.

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