{"id":1677,"date":"2019-12-20T12:16:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T12:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atmintiesvietos.azuolynobiblioteka.lt\/palces\/movie-theatre-senasis-trestas-the-old-trust\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:47:27","slug":"movie-theatre-senasis-trestas-the-old-trust","status":"publish","type":"palces","link":"https:\/\/atmintiesvietos.azuolynobiblioteka.lt\/en\/palces\/movie-theatre-senasis-trestas-the-old-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie theatre “Senasis trestas” [The Old Trust]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elena:<\/strong> “While drinking my morning tea, I read an article<\/a> about the old Kaunas movie theatres:” It’s incredible, but today in Kaunas, out of almost 40 old movie theatres, only one had survived and is still operating. The rest became ghosts or a place where other activities are being developed. ” As I\u2018ve read those words, an old story came to my mind. I couldn’t wait to finish reading and find out what was that small and cozy movie theatre; I was lucky enough to go there once (when I came back, after a while, I didn’t find the movie theatre there – there was a court instead).
Apparently, the theatre was demolished in 2006, and the court got established here due to its strategically convenient location. Definitely, A. Mickevi\u010diaus Street is in the very heart of the city, and all the important institutions are easily accessible: on the other side of the road – Kaunas interrogation isolator, next to it: Kaunas University of Medicine, where I have studied as well.
I remember while looking through a window in a pharmacology laboratory, you could observe isolator\u2018s post office operations: through a slatted window of the third floor, a rolled paper note tied to a string \u2013 slowly moving down, until it finally reaches the window of the second floor. Someone\u2019s hand grabs the note and a few minutes later – ties the answer, pulls the string for a few times, and the message starts traveling up. All-day long: up and down, up and down…
And that story about the movie theatre goes like this.
Back in 2006, \u201cVilnius Ghetto\u201c was released. Since the movie was created by a Lithuanian film studio, and I am really interested in this historical topic, I\u2018ve decided to go. As I\u2018ve read in a poster – the film had to be screened in a movie theatre near the university – it so convenient going there after the lecture.
I remember it was warm and green. An evening. I took a bus going down the Parodos hill road, got off on K\u0119stu\u010dio Street, turned to Mickevi\u010diaus Street, as I\u2018ve passed the interrogation isolator – went inside the university. So silent in there. The lecture was canceled.
I\u2018ve crossed the road, bought a ticket, and entered a small, cozy auditorium. It was empty – I could sit wherever I wanted. I chose to sit in the middle of the sixth row. I remember thinking, that I\u2019d never watched a movie being the only visitor in an empty movie theatre. I was ready to enjoy the moment, while a guy came in unexpectedly, a moment later – a girl. That \u2018s OK, I thought, they should sit in the last row. They stood next to the entrance. The guy viewed over the auditorium, a moment after \u2013 he did hurry to take a seat … next to me … in an empty auditorium. I was so surprised, I didn\u2019t say anything, I just smiled with my eyes, while looking at the screen. The girl approached and quietly sat next to him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSenasis trestas\u201d [The Old Trust] is the name of that movie theatre. Where court hearings are being held today; once three strangers watched a serious movie there, seated in an old-fashioned chair, in an empty auditorium, next to each other. \u201d(2020)<\/p>\n

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