Theater im Delphi Berlin

The Theater im Delphi is an extraordinary venue in Berlin with a fascinating history behind it. Originally built in 1929 as a silent movie theater, the building was forgotten for a long time until it was brought back to life in 2012 by artist duo Nikolaus Schneider and Brina Stinehelfer. Today, the theater not only serves as a cinema, but also as a venue for theater, dance, opera, concerts, performances and many hybrid projects. It offers artists from Berlin's independent scene space for experimentation and new forms of artistic expression.

The building, designed by architect Julius Krost, opened its doors as Berlin's last silent movie theater and offered space for 870 viewers. In the 1920s and 1930s, it experienced the heyday of cinema and was closely associated with the burgeoning film industry in Berlin-Weißensee, an area known as "Little Hollywood" due to its numerous film production facilities. The Delphi even survived the Great Depression of 1929, but was forced to close in 1959 and fell into a deep sleep.

In the decades that followed, the building was used for a wide variety of purposes, from a vegetable store to a stamp store. It was not until 2012 that Stinehelfer and Schneider began to revive the building as a cultural venue. When the building was up for sale in 2016, they worked with the Swiss Edith Maryon Foundation to ensure its preservation and development as a public cultural venue under the management of Per Aspera e. V. The interior of the building is now largely preserved in its original state and exudes the charm of times gone by. The Delphi became particularly famous as the setting for the legendary nightclub Moka Efti in the television series Babylon Berlin.