About
The Illusion has always stood out from other cinemas for its atmosphere, its audience and its repertoire. Since it opened in 1966, many masterpieces of world cinema could be seen only at the Illusion. The place is steeped in tradition: the Illusion is the only cinema where live music still plays in the foyer between screenings.
As a cinema of the State Film Fund of Russia, the Illusion keeps its philosophy unchanged: it introduces audiences to the best of Russian and foreign cinema, as well as to contemporary festival and audience films. The cinema regularly hosts screenings from film prints, silent films with live music, world classics in the original language, premieres and special screenings, and Russian and international film festivals.
The Illusion's principle has always been, and remains, quality cinema.
Photos of the Illusion cinema
Halls of the Illusion cinema
Grand Hall
seats
Small Hall
seat
VIP-1
VIP-2
Intimate halls with 4 sofas each (2 seats per sofa) equipped with a waiter call button from the restaurant
Discounts
Discounts apply to tickets from the cinema's repertoire for the Grand and Small Halls of the Illusion cinema. Discounted tickets are not available for premieres, pre-premieres and special screenings, on public holidays or in the VIP halls.
On Monday to Thursday before 18:00 there is a discount for preschool children, schoolchildren and students for screenings in the Grand Hall. Discounted tickets are also available to people with disabilities and conscripts. The discounted prices offered by the cinema are available only upon presentation of the relevant documents. Children up to and including 3 years old enter free of charge on one seat with an adult.
The cinema runs the Pushkin Card programme.
Accessibility information
The main and service entrances to the cinema are equipped with ramps for visitors with limited mobility. Please note that the number of wheelchair spaces in the Grand Hall is limited. The Illusion also has the equipment needed for subtitling and audio description of films.
Additional services
The Illusion cinema offers a private screening of any film from the current repertoire on individual request.
We are glad to hear from our guests
You can write to us at illuzion@gff-rf.ru or fill in the feedback form