East German Poster Database

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• Strassenlieder
  This poster is an illustration of three men playing instruments--a bass, guitar, and clarinet--in a town square. The bass player has a large patch on the back of his pants.The streets are cobblestone, and there are stone buildings around the square. They are next to a column, with a small, startled dog looking at them. Other musicians are visible, such as a horn and accordian players. The sky is blue above the rooftops. This film is Italian.
• Stechfliege
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a man with brown skin and black mustache, wearing a top hat, pulling a black and purple cape up around his face with a gloved hand. Over his shoulder, on the white background, is a woman in a lime green dress with a lace neckline and broad, floppy hat. This film is Soviet.
• Der schuß in Morgengrau
  This is a black and white still from the film of Eduard Cupák and Alena Vránová in a room with heavy, long drapes. He is tanding behind her, with his arms on her shoulders. She has her mouth open about to scream. There is a candelabra on the table, a bottle, and glasses. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Das siebente Jahr
  This poster is a black and white still photograph from the film featuring Jessy Rameik and Wolfgang Kieling. He is kissing her nostril. She has short blond hair, and is in a knit turtleneck and trench coat. He is in a white oxford shirt and glasses. This film is East German.
• Das siebente Jahr
  This poster is a black and white still photograph from the film featuring Jessy Rameik and Wolfgang Kieling standing in front of a building with tall windows and sheer white curtains. She wears a sleeveless dress with a pattern, and her blond, wavy hair is in a pony tail. He is wearing a turtleneck and black glasses. This film is East German.
• Das Scheusal
  This poster consists of a monochromatic black and yellow photograph of Ferenc Bessenyei seated at a table, pouring a clear liquid into a glass from a clear bottle. He is wearing a suit, and has a mustache. The background behind him is purple; four rectangles of a monochromatic blue and black photograph are on it, making it look like a window. The image is of a young woman, standing outside, in front of some low buildings; she looks trepidatious. This film is Hungarian.
• Der Schuss
  This poster is a mixed media illustration. It features a graphic illustration of a black bicorner hat on a white background. There is a hole in the center, around which is a red circle and three thin white circles. Below the hat is a bare black tree and three black birds. There is a sketchy drawing of a face under the hat, and dark grey clouds in the sky. This film is Polish.
• Smyk
  This poster is a black and white graphic illustration of Josef Vinklář. He is poised along the bottom of the poster, wearing a checked sport coat, with his arm raised up. He is holding a gun, with the butt end up in the air. There are white and yellow lights behind him on the black background, and there is an area of white around the gun in his hand. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Studenten Liebe
  This poster consists of three monochromatic photographs of Spela Rozin on a dark purple and white background. In the center is a yellow and black print of her looking straight on. She is in a cardigan with a white collared shirt under it. On the left she is in profile, in black and white, and is carrying books. On the right, in a green and black print, she is also in profile, barefoot, carrying shoes in each hand. This film is Yugoslavian.
• SOS Gletscherpilot
  This poster is composed of three separate color blocks. Horizontally, across the top, is a grey blue rectangle, within which is a drawing of a small plane with ski sleds instead of wheels. There are white highlights on the revolving propellor. On the left is a red, vertical rectangle, and on the right a light blue one, with a drawing of an icy mountain side. There are three black and white cut outs of characters along the bottom, all three of whom would seem to be looking up at the sky. The young man on teh left has his arms raised and his mouth open; there is a rope tied around his waist. In the middle is an older woman with a scarf over her head and a heavy overcoat, with her arms out to the side; at right is another young man, crouching down. This film is Swiss.
• Revue um Mitternacht
  This poster is an illustration, done in a painterly style, of a woman dancing. She has light hair, which is whipping around her head, and her white dress has a tight bodice and full skirt which is swinging around her body. She has her waist pulled in and back, as though she is undulating. The background is black, with small, irregular blocks and triangles of red, green, blue, yellow and pink all over. This film is East German.
• Romeo, Julia und die Finsternis
  This poster is a black and whitegraphic illustration of a young man and woman, standing in front of a brick wall. She has short black hair; he stands behind her, and there are black wavy lines across his face. They are visible only from the shoulder up, at the bottom left hand corner of the poster. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Romeo und Julia
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a young woman standing in front of a white column on a dark blue background. She has long, curly purple haira, d wears a white dress with low bodice and puffy sleeves, with teal and purple accents. There is a young man in black, reclining, looking up at her. His face is in black, with purple and teal highlights. This film is an English and Italian coproduction.
• Rahi
  This poster is an illustration of a young Indian woman, with a large basket on her back, held up by a cord around her forehead, crouching down on the ground. She has one hand to her head. She wears a blue, black and pink striped half shirt, with a scarf over her hair, and black bottoms. A man in green is standing over her, his arm pulled back with a whip in it. The background is a green hillside with many women with baskets on it. There is a blue and white sky. This film is Indian.
• Revolte im Dorf
  This poster features a curving line stretched across the poster horizontally. The title is above it; ladies undergarments are hanging off of it, like a laundry line. There is a scene of village men, on a river bank, standing in front of wooden wash basins, working on laundry. In the upper left corner is a group of smiling young village women. To the right is a small wooden house, with trees in the background. There is a yellow duck standing on top of the "D" in "Dorf." This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Reifender Sommer
  This poster is a black and white still photograph of Willy Kleinau and Gisela Uhlen on a yellow background.She is in a whirt and skirt, and has her arm around his neck. He is bending over, poised to pick her up, with one arm on her back, and the other under her legs. The bottom half of the poster is royal blue.This film is East German.
• Ratzek findet Anschluss
  This poster is a mixed media illustration, consisting mostly of a colored pencil illustration of three young people's faces--two men and woman-- in a line, looking into the blue sky, to a graphic of a man in a white baker's hat, and a white shirt with a purple pretzel on it, who is reclining, with his eyes shut, on a wooden platform with coils or bubbles coming off of it. There are white birds in the sky. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Rasselbande
  This poster is an illustration of a man with a red beard wearing a yellow and brown checked suit with matching driving cap. He is standing in front of a blue wooden fence. The fence is knotty, and there is a stick figure drawing near the crook of his elbow. He holds a ball on a string in one hand, and a purse in the other. There is a group of children crouched at his feet, looking up at him. This film is French.
• Robert Mayer der Arzt aus Heilbronn
  This poster is a drawing of the lead actors, Emil Stöhr and Gisela Uhlen, on a blue background. They are in grey; her pupils and eyelashes are in black, as is his hair. His skin is greyish brown; hers is white. He has his hand raised up, with wide eyes, as though surprised or scared. She is smiling. This film is East German.
• Der Richter von Zalamea
  This poster is a mixed media illustration. It features a black and white photograph of Hans Joachim Büttner as Pedro Crespo. He is wearing a heavy outer coat over a thick vest, which is over a white shirt that ties together. He is holding a wooden staff, which has a carved hand holding the first three fingers upright. There is a green hillside in the background, with one bare tree. A troop of soldiers carrying pikes is walking along the ridge. At front are two soldiers carrying glafs with swords on them. The sky is green, with white, streaky clouds. This film is East German.
• Der Richter bin Ich
  This poster is an illustration of a young woman in a nightgown, with a long braid of dark hair coming over one shoulder, from which her nightgown has slipped off, clutching money in her hands, which are at her chest, on a mint green background. A silhouette of a man is facing her, along the left side of the poster. This film is Finnish.
• Robin Hood und die Piraten
  This poster is a graphic illustration of the top halves of various weapons, such as pikes, halbards, and pitchforks, on a black and red patterned background. The pattern is composed of small, amorphous axes. The pattern is darker at the center. This film is Italian.
• Die Reise im Ballon
  This poster is a mixed media illustration of a hot air balloon. The balloon is a photograph of red quilted material, with white, curved, vertical stripes on the lower half. There are two people and a parrot in the balloon; one is a young boy with a telescope, pointing to something on the ground; the other is an older man, holding out a pair of bloomers. The parrot is standing atop its cage, which is on the side. There is a boy on a bicycle, holding onto the balloon by a line, floating in the air. The background is Paris, with a drawing of the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, heading out over the countryside, with a castle and a stag. There is a flock of cranes and clouds in the sky. This film is French.
• Der Richter
  This poster consists of color blocks and a photograph arranged clockwise around a black square. At top left is a green rectangle with the title; next is a yellow vertical rectangle with a monochromatic photograph of a man's head; then a black and white photograph cut out of José Suarez in a herringbone three piece suit; next is a horizontal fuchsia rectangle with a monochromatic photograph of Jacqueline Sassard's face; then a square black and white photograph of François Perier, with a black and white graphic bars over the image. This film is an Italian and Spanish coproduction.
• Roberto
  This poster is a black and white illustration of a young boy with curly dark hair, playing the accordion in front of a brick wall. The poster is red, and above him is a white drawing of the same boy, in a belted tunic, arms outstretched, with a conductor's wand in his right hand. This film is French.