Dietrich Theater Neu-Ulm

Marlene-Dietrich-Straße 11, 89231 Neu-Ulm

The Dietrich Theater in Neu-Ulm, opened in 1993 on the street that bears Marlene Dietrich's name, established itself as the largest multiplex cinema in Swabia. Sitting just across the Danube from Ulm's Gothic Muenster -- the tallest church tower in the world -- Neu-Ulm provides the Bavarian counterpoint to its Wuerttembergian twin city. The Dietrich's name evokes the glamour and defiance of Germany's most legendary film star, a woman who embodied both Hollywood spectacle and European sophistication. Together with the Mephisto and Obscura across the river, it forms part of an unusually rich cinema landscape for a metropolitan area of this size.