The Friedrichstadt-Palast, also shortened to Palast Berlin, is a revue theatre in the Berlin district of Mitte. The term Friedrichstadt-Palast refers both to the building as well as the institution and its ensemble. The present building is distinct from its predecessor, the Old Friedrichstadt-Palast, which was located near Schiffbauerdamm and demolished in 1985. To distinguish it from its aforementioned predecessor, the building is also commonly known as Neuer Friedrichstadt-Palast (New Friedrichstadt-Palast).
The theatre in 2011
View of the old Friedrichstadt-Palast (right), next to the river Spree, ca 1964.
Inauguration ceremony of the FDJ ("Freie Deutsche Jugend", the GDR's official youth movement) at Alter Friedrichstadt-Palast in 1947.
Closing speech at the German Women's Congress for Peace in March 1947.
Max Reinhardt was an Austrian-born theatre and film director, intendant, and theatrical producer. With his radically innovative and avante garde stage productions, Reinhardt is regarded as one of the most prominent stage directors of the early 20th century.
Reinhardt in 1911, photograph by Nicola Perscheid
Bust in front of the Deutsches Theater Berlin
Max Reinhardt is filmed in his garden, 1930.
Max Reinhardt signing a contract with the US film producer Curtis Melnitz in Berlin, 1930