East German Poster Database

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• Salz der Erde
  This poster is an illustration of a woman, from the shoulders up. She wears a blue cardigan with a red button at the top. She has a dark complexion, with her black hair pulled back. She has a stern face with full red lips, and she looks off to her right. In the background is a wash line with clothes on it, and a low house with a corrugated metal roof. The sky is green and white. This film is American.
• Salto Mortale
  This poster is a monochromatic black and green illustration of a woman lion tamer and lion. She is in jodhpurs, tall boots, gloves, and low cut blouse, with a whip in her hand. The lion is raised and snarling. This film is West German.
• Rom 11 Uhr
  This poster is an illustration of a man and woman kissing. Both have dark hair. In the background is a black outline drawing of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. There is a crowd of women running along the street. This film is Italian.
• 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.
• Moulin Rouge
  This poster is illustrated in the art nouveau style. It depicts a can can dancer on stage, with her skirts raised; a crowd is silhouetted in grey in the background. In the foreground is Toulouse-Lautrec in black tie and top hat, holding a blank sketch pad and drawing pencil. This film is English.
• Morgen ist es zu Spät
  This poster is an illustration of a young boy and girl, leaning up against a brick wall. He wears a yellow shirt with a collar and grey shorts, and is leaning over to kiss the girl's head. She has on a grey skirt and blue sweater, with a red ribbon in black hair. Her leg is bent to brace against the wall. The film information is written to look as though it is part of the graffiti on the wall. This film is Italian.
• Dem Morgen entgegen
  This poster is an illustration of a man in protest. He wears a typical worker's outfit, with the jacket hung over his shoulders. His right hand is clenched in a fist, and his mouth is open as though yelling. It is a brown and yellow print on an olive drab background. In the foreground are three policemen, in a brown print, with bayoneted rifles pointed up at the man. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Menchsen der Steppe
  This poster is a black and red watercolor of an Asian man on horseback, which is running through grasslands. There are many men on horseback in the background. He is dressed in a flowing scarf and robe, with an ornate breastplate. There is a whip or sword in his right hand. This film is Chinese.
• Die Mädchen vom Spanischen Platz
  This poster is an illustration of three young women standing side by side. They are dark complected. In the background is a tourist scene of the Spanish steps in Rome. This film is Italian.
• Ludwig von Beethoven
  This poster features a black and white line drawing of a bust of Beethoven on a black background in the upper right side. There is a jagged division between the two halves of the poster. The lower half is a line drawing in sepia of a late 18th century middle European crowd scene. There is a man being pulled in an open wagon, surrounded by soldiers and officers with pikes and long guns. This film is East German.
• Leuchtfeuer
  This poster is a black and white image of a man standing in front of a woman. His short dark, curly hair is wet, and he wears a heavy overcoat, buttoned up, and a cable knit scarf around his neck. The woman has almond shaped eyes, and wears her hair up. The background of the poster is dark purple, with two light paths, one from the bottom, one from the right, which form various color blocks across the poster. This film is an East German and Swedish co-production.
• Kleider machen Leute
  This poster is an illustration of an animated suit of clothing, consisting of a yellow frock coat, waistcoat, red and white checkered pants, and a white top hat. On either side are two men, similarly attired, bowing to the suit. There is a needle and white thread twirling around the men and the image. There is a yellow tape measure curling around the border. The background is blue with tiny white stars. This film is German.
• Kinder von Hiroshima
  This poster is an illustration of an Asian woman in a chartreuse kimono. She has her hands over a young boy in pink, who has buried his face in her skirts. There is a red "X" across them. She looks up at the sky, through which a black bomber is flying. This film is Japanese.
• Heimatland
  This poster is an illustration of a young man and woman in traditional Slovak dress, in the mountains. He has lifted her up over his head by the waist, and they are both smiling. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Das Haus in Montevideo
  This poster is an illustration of a tall pink brick house with a green tile roof. There is a stork on top of the roof, and smoke coming out of the chimney. Every window of the house has a child in it. There is a couple in front of the house, kissing. On the left is a couple, walking. He has a walking stick behind him, and has his arm on her shoulder. He has wavy blond hair, a large mustache, and a pince-nez on a cord. He wears a yellow blazer, red bow tie, and brown pants. She has curly blond hair and glasses, and wears a green polka dot dress. There is a basket over her arm, and she is knitting red and white striped socks. This film is East German.
• Guten Tage, Elefant!
  This poster is an illustration of an elephant in a small round cage with a brick base. There is a line of people in front of the cage, all greeting the elephant hello. The background is yellow.
• Die Geschichte des Mister Pickwick
  This poster is an illustration of a stout man in a green frock coat and yellow tight trousers and waistcoat. He wears a black hat and bow tie, and small round glasses at the end of his nose. He carries a case in one hand, and a box in the other. This film is English.
• Der Geliebte einer Königin
  This poster is a charcoal illustration of a woman in a black veil, leaning over the body of a man who appears to be dead, laying on the floor. There is an illustrated royal seal over her left shoulder. This film is French.
• Die Fünf aus der Barskastrasse
  This poster consists of a small black and white film still of a woman and man, in close embrace. She has her hands on his face, as he turns it away. There are green, yellow, and purple accents around the poster. This film is Polish.
• Die Ferien des Monsieur Hulot
  This poster is a seaside illustration, with a small sailboat on white waves. In the foreground there is a shapely young blond woman in a pink and white striped bathing cabin, with a towel over her arm. Outside the cabin is a man in a yellow blazer and white top, trousers, and cap, smoking a pipe, with a hand raised to his forehead and head perched forward as though he is looking out on the water. This film is French.
• Der blaue Engel
  This poster is an illustration of a stage that is framed by a pink patterned curtain at the top, with a black bow at either corner. The illustration features a blackboard on an easel, with a white chalk drawing of a professorial looking man, with small round glasses, a goatee, and mustache. The names of the actors and production team are written on the chalkboard. In the background is a blue sky with pink clouds. The easel is on a wooden floor; there is a uniform cap hanging on a peg on the easel. On the floor is a bottle of champagne with a pink rose in it, a filled champagne glass, a mirror, a garter, open face powder and brush, two books, and a stack of booklets which are scripts. Note that this film features the actor, director, and cabarettist Kurt Gerron, murdered in Auschwitz in October 1944. This film is German.
• Die Bäcker von Valorogue
  This poster is an illustration of a man, seated backwards on a red café chair, wearing a traditional white baker's uniform. Behind him is a line illustration of a European town square. This film is a French and Italian co-production.
• Die Abendteuer der drei Musketiere
  This poster is an illustration of four men, all dressed in the traditional musketeer ensemble, with their swords raised. There is a cameo portrait at the bottom of the poster of a young woman with blond hair. This film is French.
• Glücksspieler
  This poster is a black and white photograph of a man and woman. He holds her head in his hand. There is a black figure behind them; all of the images are stretched. The background is pink, which partly colors the images. This film is Polish.
• Die Glücksritter
  This poster is purple with a round drawing of Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd with a laurel wreath around it. The roundel they are in is actually an orange. There are oranges of various sizes all over the background. This film is American.