Алатау (кинотеатр, Алма-Ата)

The Alatau Cinema Theater is a former cinema in Almaty with 592 seats. The soundtrack of films was carried out in Mono / Dolby-A / Dolby-SR / Dolby Digital / Surround EX / SDDS formats, providing 8-channel digital sound. The total power of acoustic systems is 14,000 watts. The equipment was intended for the rental of first category films and premiere cinema halls. History Was built in 1960. The main entrance to the building is recessed under a carport between the side risalits. The canopy is supported by four round pillars and a beam along it with transverse tapering consoles. Showcases are placed on risalits with blind ends. The rectangular windows on the walls with embroidered seams of plate cladding have a different size. The exit zone from the auditorium is made in the form of galleries with seven square pillars connected with a wall in the upper third of the height by narrow beams, the two-part end of which cantilever goes out on the front faces of the pillars. originally contained 780 seats. There were meetings with prominent figures of cinema and theater. Together with the Propaganda Bureau of Soviet Cinematography, the club “Young Friend of Cinema” was organized, as well as clubs of patriotic, legal and atheistic education. Since 1980, "Alatau" - the cinema of the highest category. In 1980, it was visited by 890,900 spectators. In 1993, by the decision of the head of the city administration Nurkadilov No. 316 dated 02.08.1993, the Alatau cinema, along with the Arman cinema, was transferred to the company “General Film Festival of Kazakhkinofest”. A year later, the Directorate gets into debt and takes out a loan at Kazkommertsbank for a certain percentage of shares. The first loan does not return and for the remaining stake Kazakhkinofest again takes a loan in the same bank. After a certain time, both cinemas for debts are transferred to Kazkommertsbank.