East German Poster Database

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• Sie nannten ihn Amigo
  This poster is an illustration of the head and shoulders of a young man against a blue and grey striped background. There is a very wide black border around the entire image. The man's head is turned to the side and his skin is pink. He has on a black sweater over a pink collared shirt. His face is highlighted in white, as is his black hair and his shoulder. This film is East German.
• Seilergasse 8
  This poster is a mixed media illustration. There is a monochromatic yellow and black photograph of a man in a tweed overcoat and hat, standing in front of a wooden building. Behind him is a graphic of a black freighter ship at night. This film is East German.
• Silvesterpunsch
  This poster features a young blonde woman in a white costume, gloves, and tights, on figure skates, on a black background. She holds a glass of punch in one of her outstretched hands. There is a circle of snowflakes surrounding a compass dial beneath the title, which is festooned with confetti and streamers. There is a small man in white playing the trumpet, sitting on top of the "h" in the title. This film is East German.
• Schicksal am Lenkrad
  The top half of this poster is an image of a young man with a white cap and driving goggles on top of it; he wears a brown jacket buttoned to the top. At the bottom half are two men in the same clothing in a red convertible sports car, driving along a coastal road. There is blue sky with white clouds in the background. This film is Austrian.
• Sonnen in den Augen
  This poster consists of a red background, which has been "torn" to reveal two irregular, horizontal blue stripes, which divides the poster into thirds. Each third contains a black and whitepartial photograph of a young woman's head, from slightly different angles. This film is Italian.
• Spukschloß im Spessart
  This poster is illustrated by several images on a black background. Clockwise from top left is a white clock face, just about to reach the twelve; a blue woman in a dark blue peasant costume, holding a juge; the head and shoulders of a young woman with short brown hair, and a chartreuse polka dot shirt with a peter pan collar, looking frightened; the head and upper body of a pink skeleton, with a fleshed out face, wearing a hat with a large peacock feather. This film is West German.
• Schussfahrt nach San Remo
  The framing device of this poster resembles a yellow outline of a slice of bread on a bright blue background. Within the yellow outline is a man on a green bicycle. He wears a red unitard over a black long sleeve shirt, and a brown cap with goggles on it. Above his head is a row of flags, including the French tricolor. Behind him is a white starburst, within which one cyclist has crashed, and is being spoken to by an official; another cyclist is off his bike. There yellow outline is brown at the bottom half, with a blue sky above; along the horizon line are the faces of a man and woman; his is green. This film is a French and Italian coproduction.
• Ein Sommernachtstraum
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a woodland scene. There is a band of fairies with garlands of daisies with faces streaming off of them, and there is a large broken tree trunk which numerous characters are clustered around. Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairies, are holding hands. There is a small group of fairy boys with a white horse and one has a trumpet; and there are two couples laying together in front of the log. Floating above the scene are the heads of a man and woman, with elfin features, and berries and laurel leaves on their heads. There is a red curtain at the top and left side of the poster. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Die schöne Lurette
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a young woman with light brown, curly hair, under a white cap, wearing a blue and white striped dress with a white apron, and decollotage on the tight bodice. There is a black ribbon around her neck, secured with a medallion. She has her hand raised, poking at the chest of a silhouetted man carrying a large basket. There is a short, dumpy clown behind her, wearing a tall dunce's cap and a mask, and another figure, seen only from the back, in a tri-cornered hat. This film is East German.
• Sonntag am Wochentag
  This poster is an illustration of a white piano, placed facing vertically downward on a black background. The keyboard is separate along the bottom of the poster. There is an arm extending from the left hand side of the poster, which holds a single pink rose on a black stem, pinched between them and forefinger. There is a framed opening on the piano top, which holds a green rectangle with the film's title. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Spur des Falken
  This poster is an illustration of a man wearing only dark, fringed pants and a head band over his long hair, standing on top of a saloon with a rifle in his hand on a variegated red background. The saloon has a chimney, and the top half is brown stripes, like logs. Three dark faces obscure the front of the saloon beneath the sign; the one in the middle wears a cowboy hat, which covers the tops of the other two heads. The faces are dark grey, with white eyes and highlights. The saloon sits on a brown horizontal stripe. This film is East German.
• Strahlen aufe dem Eis
  A yellow spotlight beams down on the violet background of this poster. Within the yellow beam is a charcoal drawing of a young woman on white figure skates, one leg askew. Her tights are black; she wears a white jacket with black lapels decorated with a staff and musical notes. Her top hat and gloves match, and she is playing a saxaphone. There is a burgundy stripe that runs along the left side of the yellow beam, which becomes progressively larger with it. This film is Hungarian.
• Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a man in a black checked coat and deerstalker hat on a bright yellow background. He has a black meerschaum pipe in his mouth, and one hand is holding up a black magnifying glass. The handle of a white cane emerges from the right hand side of the poster, with a diagonal line coming off of it which passes across the eye of the man and ends in a blade which pierces the center of the magnifying glass. The man's face is in profile. This film is West German.
• Schloß Gripsholm
  This poster is mixed media illustration of a white sheet or blanket on a burgundy background. The sheet is flat, with irregular edges, and yellow flowers dotting it. Three sets of blue footprints are set at the bottom edge of the sheet, two small and one large between them. This film is West German.
• Serengeti darf nicht sterben
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a red elephant in profile on a green color field. There is a yellow sun above his back. The background is white, with a thick green border. This film is East German.
• Seine Hoheit-Genosse Prinz
  This is a graphic illustration of a man wearing black tie with a red and gold sash across his chest riding on a white hobby horse rocker. He has an extremely wide mustache, and there is a woman sitting on either side. On the left she is blond, wearing a tight, short red dress and red heels. On the right she is a in black fishnet body suit, holding a bottle of liquor. The man is wearing a gold and red crown. The background is peacock blue. This film is East German.
• Schüsse unterm Galgen
  This poster is an image of watercolor heart on a peacock blue background. There is a thin black rectangular border around the heart. The heart has been divided into four quadrants, like a heraldic device. Clockwise from top left: a man's face in green is horizontally placed atop a woman's white face, kissing, on a black background; a silhouetted rider on horseback in 18th century dress on red background; a portrait of a man with a white powdered wig on black; a revolver crossed with a short sword on chartreuse. This film is East German.
• Die Söhne der großen Bärin
  This poster is a graphic illustration of an elaborate Indian headress on a black background. The face consists of vague features in white, suggesting a long nose and high cheeks. The headdress is purple and red, with a large fan of white feathers behind it. This film is East German.
• Spiel mit dem Schicksal
  This poster is a black and white mixed media illustration. There is a black watercolor snake, slithering downward fro the top of the poster. In the bottom half, there is a framed device which is linear on the left and ornate curlicues on the right. Within the left hand side frame is a profile portrait of Laurence Olivier; on the right is a front view portrait of Simone Signoret. There is a Ben-day dot pattern behind both portraits, while the space between them is black. There is a black border around the poster. This film is English.
• Seine Majestät, Kollege König
  This poster is a mixed media illustration of a man riding a motorcycle on a bright red background. The motorcycle is a black watercolor illustration. The man is in purple, with white shirtsleeves and color. His head is very large, and his facial features small and close together. He has on a very large water color purple turban, with dark purple lines to indicate the puffy pleats, medallion, and feather. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Spur im Ozean
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a black figure, arms raised up at the elbow, a long stemmed yellow pipe held in the right hand, on a sea green background. Instead of a head on the figure, there is a thick stream of bubbles coming from the neck, surrounded by a large grey circular area. This film is Soviet.
• Sie tanzte nur einen Sommer
  This poster consists of the blurry black and white photograph of a young woman's smiling face, superimposed on a graphic thick black cross on a purplish blue background. This film is Swedish.
• Sprung ins Dunkel
  This poster is a charcoal drawing of a man, his form suggested only by the black outline of his shoulders and left arm. His face is defined, as is his wide brimmed hat. There is a set of two blocks of four white rectangles, which look like windows in the night. The man's body is white, as are the areas of the background not charcoaled in. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Der Staatsverbrecher
  This poster is a thickly painted outline of a man's head and shoulders on a dark grey brown background. The face is white, and the eyes are two blue images of the head of a man wearing a uniform cap. This film is Soviet.
• Schwarze Panther
  This poster is an illustration of a black cat, sitting on its haunches, on top of a black platform decorated with red, yellow, and blue triangles on a variegated red and pink background. Tne cat has its mouth open, and is showing large fangs. A small clown is stangin on top of the platform, holding a brass ring above its head. The clown is wearing a white outfit with red buttons and shoes. This film is East German.