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Wilhelmsstraße 2A, 34117 Kassel
The Capitol on Wilhelmsstraße in Kassel traces its origins to 1929, when the Stuttgart-based Palast-Lichtspiele AG opened a grand picture palace on this site. Destroyed in the firestorms of 1943 and rebuilt in 1952 with twelve hundred seats in architect Paul Bode's Streamline Deco style, the Capitol has witnessed the full arc of twentieth-century German cinema history. Today it operates as a seven-screen Cineplex in the city famous for the documenta contemporary art exhibition, held every five years. For a city whose cultural identity is built on the avant-garde, the Capitol provides the essential complement: a place where popular storytelling meets the everyday audience.