East German Poster Database

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• Die Erschaffung der Welt: Ballet von N.D. Kasatkina/W.J. Wassiljow
  This poster is blue with text printed in black on darker blue background. A partial orange border is on the left and bottom. The poster depicts two white silhouettes, male and female (presumably Adam and Eve), with the shadow of the woman falling on the ground as a sort of werewolf. The poster advertises a ballet titled "The Creation of the World" by N.D. Kassatkina and W.J. Wassiljow, with music by A.P. Petrow. The ballet to be performed at the Theater der Stadt Cottbus.
• Ein Yankee an König Arturs' Hof
  The poster is beige with black text and black line drawing depicting a conglomeration of scenes from the play "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Prominent in the depiction are King Arthur seated on his throne, a bishop, the head of the Statue of Liberty, and two cannons pointing left. The play was written by Claus Hammel, directed by Hans Anselm Perten, with equipment by Falk von Wangelin. Performed in Volkstheater Rostock.
• Hans Werner Henze: El Cimarrón
  This poster is black with a red border on all sides but top, which has a white border. The text in white and red. This poster advertises for a a composition by the German composer Hans Werner Henze. It is subtitled "The autobiography of the runaway slave Esteban Montejo", and is based around the autobiographical passages recounted by Montejo to Miguel Barnet in 1963. The score is a recital for four musicians, consisting of a baritone who portrays El Cimarron, a guitarist, a flutist and a percussionist. The poster states this is the concert's performance's premier in the DDR.
• Oper nach Heinrich von Kleist: DDR-Erstaufführung von Jan Cikker- Städtische Bühnen Erfurt
  This poster is black with white text. Most of text at top is of the title of play in large text in center vertical and broken in manner of a building toppled by an earthquake. The poster advertises for an opera titled "The Earthquake in Chile" based on a novella written by Heinrich von Kleist and adapted for the stage by Jan Cikker. Sponsored by the Städtische Bühnen Erfurt, this performance was the opera's premier in the DDR.
• Eugen Onegin: Lyrische Szenen in drei Akten von Peter Tschaikowski nach Alexander Puschkin Das Meininger Theater
  This poster is brown and yellow with a high contrast grain, featuring the corner of a table with a candlestick recently put out (smoking) and a crumpled handwritten letter. What appears to be a dead rose is visible underneath the paper. The poster advertises for Eugen Onegin, and opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer and his brother Modest. Based on the novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin.
• Paul Dessau: Einstein- Oper in drei Akten
  This poster is black and white. It features a silhouette of an unidentified individual with hand-sketched sheet music, ink well, knife, and writing behind. the poster advertises for a three act opera by Paul Dessau titled Einstein, to be performed at the German National Theater in Weimar.
• Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar- Slawomir Mrozek: Emigranten
  This poster is a muddled yellow, black and white. It features abstract art like that of a woodblock print, of two individuals sitting back to back and looking over their shoulders at each other on a shared table with a dog between them. The poster advertises for a play by Slawomir Mrozek titled The Émigrés, to be performed at the German National Theater in Weimar.
• Benjamin Britten: Ein Sommernachtstraum
  This poster is blue with a silhouetted, anthropomorphized bush in center. A crescent moon is shown behind the bush to give the illusion of horns. The poster advertises for an opera adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten, to be performed at the Leipzig Opera House.
• Deutsche Volkslieder
  This poster is white with a purple and black border and black text. The title in script reads "German Folksongs" with subtitle advertising of singing by actors from the German Theaters.
• A.P. Tschechow Drei Schwestern: Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
  This poster is brown with a green border. The center bottom features three pieces of lace, with black and white abstract portraits of three women superimposed on the largest piece. The poster advertises for play by Russain dramatist Anton Pavlovich Chekhov titled "Three Sisters", to be performed at the German National Theater in Weimar.
• Maxim Gorki Theater: Ein Gespräch im Hause STEIN über den abwesen
  This poster has a purple base and a red border, featuring the torso of a marble cherubim outlined in center, seemingly thrown into the air. The poster advertises for a monodrama by Peter Hacks, roughly translated "A conversation in the Stein's home over the absent Mr. von Goethe". This play was to be performed in the Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin.
• Der General und die Kurtisane
  This poster is done in a woodblock print style. Half of the courtesan's face is seen on the right side of the poster and half of the general's face is seen in profile on the left side of the poster. Text is featured in the center of the poster. This film is Chinese.
• Wilde Betten
  This poster has an orange background and a drawn image of a close up profile of a woman's face. Men's suit pants and shoes are being pushed into her mouth by her own hand which features long red nails. This film is an Italian / Spanish coproduction.
• Ein Aufstand alter Männer
  The poster features a black and white close up of a man's face. The man's shirt is red as is a scar under his right eye. Other colors present are green, purple, and yellow. This film is American.
• Was du willst nicht?
  In the center of this poster is a drawing of Barbra Streisand wearing a purple and black leotard and red boxing gloves. This film is American.
• Vater Sergej
  This poster is mostly black with some white revealing a man's face and a large chain-link pattern in the upper left hand corner. This film is Soviet. Oversize.
• Das Herz spielt mit
  This poster features a drawing of four women playing basketball. The backboard is in the shape of a heart. In the bottom right hand corner is a couple holding hands and looking out towards the viewer. This film is Chinese. Oversize.
• Hart am Wind
  This poster has a blue background. In the center is a drawing of the wheel from a ship. Inside of the wheel is a color sill image from the film of a couple looking at each other. Above the wheel is a drawing of multiple lines moving diagonally across the poster with flags attached to them. At the top is a white flag with a red heart in its center. This film is East German. Oversize.
• Die Grosse Wende
  This poster features a drawing of a close up of a man's face. The man's left eye is encircled by the outline of a clock. Colors featured on this poster are green and yellow. This film is Soviet. Oversize.
• Der große Versuchung
  This poster is divided by a vertical diagonal line. On the left side of the diagonal is a blue-green outline of two people in underwater suits working on a pipe. On the right side of the diagonal is the close up drawing of a woman's face. She has brown hair and an orange shirt. This film is Bulgarian. Oversize.
• Ganze Kerle
  This mulit-colored poster features a drawing of a man holding up a lantern in the foreground and a party of dancing couples in the background. This film is Czechoslovakian. Oversize.
• Laurel & Hardy im Flegelalter
  This poster has a green background. In the center is a drawing of Laurel and Hardy in black suits, bowler hats, and green and black ties. This film is American. Oversize.
• Flagen auf den Türmen
  This poster features a drawing in yellow and black of two men and a boy seen in profile. Above the heads of the trio are two triangular red flags. This film is Soviet. Oversize.
• Freundinnen
  This poster has a blue background, and features three film stills from the movie. Two of the stills are placed inside of a folded heart shape. On the left side of the heart is a still of a man smoking, and on the right side are two women. The women are divided by a drawn rose stem. Inside of the rose itself is the third image from the film of a women looking up at a man. This film is Soviet. Oversize.
• Kabale und Liebe
  This paster has a pink background. Along the bottom is a repeated drawing of a marching man in uniform. In the center of the poster is a black and white drawing of two gloved hands ripping a piece of paper that has a couple's silhouettes on it. This film is West German. Oversize.