Imperial-era venue hosted some of the first screenings of Battleship Potemkin in 1926
While many cinemas around the world are shut and face difficulties in the coronavirus pandemic, one is bucking the trend: Moscow’s Khudozhestvenny, a storied venue that hosted some of the first showings of Battleship Potemkin in 1926 and had Leo Tolstoy among in its audience.
After a seven-year renovation, the imperial-era cinema, which first opened in 1909, is a testament to the refined tastes of urban Russian cinema buffs, though its grand opening last month came at an inauspicious moment for the film industry.
