Memories of 70mm in Stockholm |
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| Written by: Björn Nordin, Stockholm July 18, 2025 | Date: 01.01.2026 |
 Here
is my list of 70mm cinemas in Stockholm. I hope you find it useful. Don't
hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions, I'm just happy to make a
small contribution. I was born in 1954 and ever since I saw
"Windjammer"
at the
Vinterpalatset
CINERAMA cinema in the late 50s, I've been hooked on big screens and 70mm.
I give examples of some of the movies I have seen in 70mm at these cinemas and what the premises are used for today: Vinterpalatset (CINERAMA) Windjammer, South Sea Adventure (3-strip), It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World, The Hallelujah Trail, Airport, Ice Station Zebra, 2001, The Wild Bunch, Kelly’s Heroes, Where Eagles Dare, Earthquake…. • Go to Vinterpalatset A Story of Magnificence, Proud and Mourned Demolished. Rigoletto The Longest Day, Patton (D150), Batman, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 2001, Murder at the Orient Express (2017), The Hateful Eight, Lawrence of Arabia, Dune: Part Two • Go to 7OMM Kommer Tillbaka till Stockholm! • Go to The Adventures of Hateful 8 at Rigoletto! Open. In 2024, after a screening of Dune: Part Two, I had the opportunity to visit the projection booth. I know a girl who work as manager at Rigoletto and next the door Saga cinema. Digital and 70mm, two Philips DP70. Sergel My Fair Lady, Those Magnificent Men… Silent Running, 2010, 2001, Aliens, ET, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Open, part of Filmstaden Sergel as Sergel 1, digital only. Skandia/LOOK Gone With The Wind, Paint Your Wagon, That’s Entertainment, 2001. With their new projectors; Lawrence of Arabia (May 2025). Open, as Skandia, was named LOOK between 1968 – 1991, digital and 70mm, now operated by Stockholm Film Festival. Sweden’s most beautiful cinema!. Saga Winning, McKenna's Gold, Hurricane, Apocalypse Now, (open, digital only). China The Fall of the Roman Empire. Open as a theatre, it was originally built as a combination of cinema and theatre in 1928. Ricardo Spartacus. Sound of Music. Open as Folkoperan – a Opera house. Festival Where Eagles Dare, Ben Hur, Capricorn One. Now an office. Palladium Pansarslaget/Liberation (Sovjet WWII), Grand Prix, Staying Alive, Zulu, Le Mans, Brainstorm, Poltergeist (with the subwoofer speakers from Vinterpalatset, where they were used for Earthquake). How the West Was Won (70 mm). Open/closed, was a casino until spring 2025. Astoria Mutiny on the Bounty, Lawrence of Arabia, Marooned, Amadeus, Dersu Ursala, Close Encounter of…, Valmont, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Now a restuarant. Roxy/Kamras palatset The Wild Bunch, The Guns for San Sebastian. (now a training facility). Victor West Side Story, El Cid, Cleopatra, Apocalypse Now, The Wiz, Oppenheimer and many many more. Open, digital and 70mm, Cinematheque in Stockholm, at the Filmhouse. |
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 Rival
cinema sometimes in 1990. Picture: Thomas HauerslevRiviera Doctor Zhivago, It’s a Mad, Mad… Now an office. Nya Ritz Exodus, The Sand Pebbles. Was a conferene facility, now without tenant, spring 2025, Nya Ritz was the first cinema in Stockholm to show 70mm. Todd-AO, 1958. Royal Castle Ceep, The Wild Rovers. Now a restuarant. Rival (70 mm?) Around the Word in 80 Days, The Great Race. I saw these movies in the 60s/early 70s, I'm only 80% sure Rival had 70mm projectors. Open, mostly music and stand-up comedy. Closed as cinema in 2003, Last film shown – one digital show only – was the 2008 world premiere of Mamma Mia, the four ABBA members and the cast was present. The theatre is owned by Benny Andersson of ABBA. |
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