Metropole is a historic multipurpose building complex in Jakarta, Indonesia. At present Metropole is the oldest surviving movie theater in Jakarta. One of its main tenants is the 21 Cineplex group, which operates the Metropole XXI movie theater in the complex's main building. As a historic cinema, it has screened films during the first Indonesian Film Festival (1955) and the 16th Asia Pacific Film Festival (1970). Metropole was listed as an architectural heritage site by the governor in 1993. Other tenants including a Starbucks coffeehouse chain, a bakery and an upscale Indonesian restaurant on the second floor. Location Metropole Cinema is located near the junction of Jalan Diponegoro, Pegangsaan Timur, and Jalan Proklamasi, in the posh residential area of Menteng, Central Jakarta. The building is close to the railway crossing connecting Manggarai Station to Cikini Station (now elevated railway). Metropole is composed of three main buildings. The main building houses a movie theater owned by the 21 Cineplex group. The theater once used a large space with an audience capacity of around 1,000 including a balcony seats, but it has since been renovated and divided into four separate theaters holding fewer than 170 persons each. Two additional buildings are attached to the rear of the structure, with one being used as one of the cineplex and performance space, and the other housing offices and a supermarket, and later changed to a sanitary fittings manufacturer showroom. The three buildings are located on an 11,800-m² plot of land and housed a total of 12 tenants. History The architect of Metropole Cinema was Liauw Goan Seng, but was often mistaken to be Johannes Martinus Groenewegen, which is actually the architect of other cinema in Jakarta, Menteng Cinema (1950), which was demolished in 1988 in the area where the Menteng Huis shopping complex stands now. Metropole was constructed in 1932 and given the name in Dutch. Megaria primarily screened films released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The first movie shown during its opening in April 1951 was Annie Get Your Gun starring Betty Hutton. Early 1950s saw the resurgence of Indonesian film industry. The Metropole played a key role in boosting local film industry in competing with cinemas who generally preferred Hollywood films. In 1954, Usmar Ismail's film, Krisis, was shown in the Metropole and was a great success that it played for four weeks. It was one of the theaters that screened films during the first