Evgeniya from Moscow

About me I am passionate about people. People from all over the world. When they love life and its fluctuations. They are treasures of emotions and soul evolution. Why Moscow? From the first sight, Moscow seems small and obvious. But when you start some exploration its edges expand, unknown corners and motives appear and you become lost in its tastes and “smells”, buildin...

Feb 8, 2025

Illyuzion Moscow

Moscow lanes

""Illyuzion" Moscow is a budget cinema and a historical place. This is my favorite spot for watching Gosfilmofond and foreign moovies."

I like this budget cinema and at the same time a historical place – Illyuzion, for watching the best Gosfilmofond movies, Russian and foreign. Some of them are even accompanied by live instruments. Awesome! Along the way special movies for people with some disabilities (e.g. hearing loss) are demonstrated here.

Tickets are extremely cheap in comparison to prices of the rest of Moscow's cinemas. Just imagine – 100 RUR - daytime movies and 250 RUR - evening ones. It is in the center of Moscow not far from Kremlin. There are only 14 rows and a very cozy cinema hall. You may buy tickets online.

People (particularly cinematic art figures: film directors and actors) watched either forbidden foreign or Russian masterworks here...almost without censure. It was like labeled territory.

There is a museum of a well-known Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova in this skyscraper. Besides Russian comedy actress Faina Ranevskaya many talented and famous people lived here.

On the opposite side of the building is a tiny cozy park. When it is hot in summer locals escape to the trees' shade on its territory.

Cinema

About this spot

Kootel’nicheskaya naberezhnaya, 1/15

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200

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