The cinema dates back to the years before the Second World War, when the town still bore its East Prussian name, Lötzen, which Polish-speaking residents adapted to Łuczany. The auditorium is apparently the only part of the original cinema still standing. After the war, the cinema was rebuilt thanks to the efforts of Simonowicz, an electromechanical technician who had arrived from Białystok. It reopened in 1946 under the name Wanda Cinema, named after the woman he loved. By then, the town had officially become Giżycko. In the 1960s, the cinema underwent a major modernisation. A two-storey foyer was added to the front of the existing building, designed in the style of post-war modernism, with an entirely glazed front wall. A neon sign displaying the cinema’s new name, FALA — Polish for ‘wave’ — was installed high up on the left-hand side of the façade. The right-hand side was decorated with a ceramic mosaic, which also covered the columns at the front and other architectural details. The refurbished cinema continued operating under its new name. In the 1970s, garages were added to the rear of the building. The final screening took place in 2009. The deteriorating building was saved from demolition thanks to the efforts of the regional heritage conservation authorities. There are now plans to restore and repurpose it as Giżycko’s Centre of Generations. An architectural practice in Pabianice is drawing up plans to adapt the former cinema for its new role.