Filmpalast am ZKM IMAX

Karlsruhe · GermanyConfirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 67/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 317 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 5 November 2026.

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Brauerstrasse 40, Karlsruhe, 76135 · Open in maps ↗

IQ 67

Excellent large-format presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX GT Dual Laser
Screen: 21.3 m × 15.8 m (337 m²)
Screen shape: 1.35:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: Not published
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2000
Operator

Why IQ 67

Screen size17/38

317 m² of lit picture · full marks at 700 m² · 2 independent sources

Projection32/36

IMAX GT Dual Laser · 2 independent sources

Full 1.43 frame18/18

1.43:1 · the widest frame this room can show

Sound0/8

no sound specification published

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21.0 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20.0 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3Filmpalast am ZKM · 21.3×15.8 m · picture 317 m², 6% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12 m wide, height not published

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

3 double-decker buses fit on this screen (1 across × 3 up · 337 m² total)

What you actually see

Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters

The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists

dark

Screen: 337 m²
Picture: 317 m²
Screen used: 94%

0.9 m of this screen's height — 6% of it — stays dark for an IMAX 1.43 showing.

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX

Leonberg · 32 mi away

You'd get 142% more screen.

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•Where to next

All of Germany

Elsewhere in Germany

Where this comes from

Confirmed ×2

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions: confirmed by 2 sources
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

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