European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Frankfurt museum records lights camera action by de Reavis staff writer. Only dinosaurs attract More visitors a pm a than the film museum in Frankfurt a a Germany. A we counted 250,000 visitors last year. Only the sync Kunberg museum of natural history had More a said museum spokeswoman Claudia Dillmann. The natural history museum has a popular collection of reconstructed dinosaurs. I the biggest draw at the film museum is its exhibits. They include the permanent exhibit consisting of historic film projectors hands on models of Early mechanical inventions that make pictures move and a panoramic scene viewed through a window in Peep show fashion among other film related objects. In addition the museum has changing exhibits dedicated to the work of a director actor or actress film studio or film techniques. The converted Villa on the Sach Senhausen Side of the main River in Frankfurt Germany also contains a movie House and to meet peo pie connected with filmmaking. A a there Are Only two film museums in Germany a the other is in Potsdam a but Disseldorf and. Berlin Are planning museums. A the Frankfurt museum grew out of the City s communal Cinema which was located inside the historic museum founded in 1971," Dillmann said a the communal Cinema was modelled on the cinematheque in Paris. Its goal was to show films that be shown or that would be. Given Short runs by local theatris Beca Iise they weren to commercial enough.�?T,. The idea was so popular that the City a cultural affairs official Hilmar to Loffman it needed a larger House and moved them to their. Present site in 1984. V a a our most popular exhibit was the muppet show a Dillmann said. A Jim Henson was Here to meet the press and talk about his Art. In fact All our exhibits on animated comics Are great sue 0 ceases because kids flock Here by the unfortunately the. Museum is bursting at its scams. The exhibition rooms arc few and narrow hardly Ideal for the mass of material the museum could exhibit. On the average the museum shows three films a Day. The films arc often shown in the original language with subtitles or Are dubbed into Ger Man. A a a a a a a. A a a a a a a we started our a breakfast with a directory program two years ago with Federico Fellini and its been quite a Success Quot Dillmann said. A the program includes a discussion and then a film is shown.�?T�?T. A a a. A a. A a a a. A. A Dillmann said English language Tours of the museum can be arranged with Advance notice. The museum will hold its 17th International children a film festival from sept. 3 to 13,a the festival will show new films in a combination of Competition and film fair a Dillmann said. A top prize is the Lucas which is decided by. A mixed jury of children and . The film museum is located at Schau Mankai 41 along the main Riv r at the Corner of Schwei Zer Strassl and is open tuesday through sunday 10 . To 5 and on wednesday from 10 . To 8 . The museum is closed on monday. Admission is free. The Cinema runs films on weekdays at 5 30 ., 8 . And 10 . And weekends starting at 3 30 . Admission is 6.50 Marks or 5 Marks for students. For information Call 06921238830, you have a shot at seeing this Supe Tarvo 35mm movie camera from 1952 at the Frankfurt film museum open tuesday through sunday. A amps Michael at rpm june 16, 1991 sunday j a
