![Film listings from three cinemas, which re-opened after World War II: the Apollo, the Bałtyk [Baltic], and the Rialto; Song of the Plains was screened at the Rialto, 1945, collection of the Polish National Library.](/uploads/repository/kalendarium/repertuar-trzech-kin-1945.jpg)
The Rialto cinema resumed its regular activity on Friday 25 August 1944. Two days later, Rzeczpospolita wrote:
As they were fleeing Lublin, the Germans sought to inflict both economic and cultural damage on the city. Their vandalism did not spare Lublin’s cinema theatres. The largest and most beautiful, Corso, as a matter of course reserved only for Germans during the occupation, was destroyed. All the projectors were removed from the Apollo cinema, and the screening room was much damaged due to military activity. The projection equipment was also removed from the Rialto cinema. It appeared there would be quite some time before Lublin’s cinemas would begin to function normally.
The reopening repertoire included the pre-war Polish comedy Robert and Bertrand (dir. Mieczysław Krawicz, 1938), starring Adolf Dymsza and Eugeniusz Bodo in the title roles. The first screening started at 2 pm.
