East German Poster Database

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• Glück im Hinterhaus
  This poster is an illustration of a man in red, walking on infinite golden stairs. He is carrying a small suitcase in each hand. The background is yellow with brown speckles. This film is East German.
• Die Garage
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a giant yellow padlock. The keyhole is in the shape of an automobile. It is floating above the ground; the clouds in the blue sky are shaped liked automobiles. This film is Soviet.
• Der gestiefelte Kater
  This poster is a black illustration on a red background of a cat's head. He wears a bow tie, and wide brimmed hat. This film is Japanese. This poster is brittle, and there is nibbling along the right edge, and holes at crease merges.
• Das große Fest
  This poster is a painting of a tow bear and mouse, each holding a paintbrush. The bear also has a bucket. They stand in front of a white curtain on a rod, and on top of a red and blue decorated box. This film is East German.
• Die grosse Aktion
  This poster is a red watercolor of a man's face. He has pink cheeks, and grey smudges on the cheeks and chin. He wears glasses, and one of the lenses has black lines across it, which has some sort of creature within. On top of his head are antenna towers, and there is the silhouette of two tiny men. One is wearing army infantry gear and holding a rifle; the other one has a hose attached to a small tank. This film is French.
• Die grossen Attraktionen
  This poster is an illustration of a circus cannon, standing upright. It blows out a cloud of smoke, and a wealth of multicolored stars and confetti. The cannon is green, red, and white, with yellow stars on it. This film is Soviet.
• Ein Gefühl von Schuld
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of the top half of a woman in a blue uniform, which consists of a cap and blazer. She has long brown hair, and no facial features, except for red lips holding a cigarette. The smoke coming out forms the shape of a ring, a heart, and a star. The background is red. This film is Hungarian.
• Ein Gentleman im wilden Westen
  This poster is an illustration of an anthropomorphized donkey. It is all in red, and wears a cowboy hat, and has human legs, dressed in patched pants and cowboy boots with spurs and a hole in the bottom. He is surrounded by a dust cloud, which has a revolver, a short sword, a stirrup, and a bicycle in it. This film is Italian.
• Das Geheimnis der Berghölle
  This poster is a colored pencil sketch of a young boy, standing over a pool of water, looking down at his reflection. He is holding a glowing orb up in his right hand. The background is a sketch of blue and lavender. This film is Soviet. This poster is acidic, with visible foxing.
• Die gestohlene Schlacht
  This poster is an illustration of a man in an 18th century blue and red military uniform, bending down. His hand is gigantic, and his thumb is stopping up a tiny cannon, which has another man in military uniform riding on its barrel, brandishing a sword at the giant man. This film is East German.
• Das gelebte Land
  This poster is a pencil drawing of a man's portrait. There is an overall red wash to the poster. He wears a three piece suit with a carnation in the button hole. He has a mustache, and half of his face is white, with a green złoty drawn on to it. The other half of his face is decorated in a floral pattern. This film is Polish. This poster is acidic, with visible foxing.
• Der Gegenzug
  This poster is a photograph of a battleship on the water. The photograph has been manipulated and colorized. There is an illustrated sonar grid over the poster. This film is Soviet.
• Der geheimnisvolle Mönch
  This poster is of an Orthodox Russian church, with an Orthodox priest standing in front of it. The outline is formed of thick, black watercolor lines. The priest is painted purple and blue, and the doorway behind him is red. This film is Soviet. This poster is acidic, with visible foxing.
• Der Graf von Monte Christo
  This poster features a central monochromatic red portrait of a man with short, curly hair, wearing a dark coat with a ribbon at the neck. Surrounding this is an drawn, three dimensional compass rose. The background is a mottled grey and yellow, with small wooden sailing ships on it. This film is English.
• Gorillas im Nebel
  This poster is a color photograph of a mother and baby gorilla in foliage. There is an inset photograph, bordered in red, of Sigourney Weaver. This film is American.
• Das Geheimnis
  This poster is a black graphic illustration on a bright orange background of the profile of a man's head. It is formed from individual bricks, and rather than an ear, there is a brickwork tunnel. This film is French.
• Grenzhund Ali
  This poster is a monochromatic cream print of a German shepherd, tongue hanging out. There is an illustration grey calendar grid superimposed on the entire poster, with monitor waves labeled a and b on it. This film is Soviet.
• Grau Adler
  This poster is an extreme close up of the right side of an Indian man's face. He wears paint over his eyes and nose, and there is a white feather visible at the back of his head. This film is American.
• Grand Prix
  This poster is a stylized illustration of a man in a black race car. He is wearing a green racing uniform and helmet, and grips an orange steering wheel. There is another racer in red behind him, whose face is actually a grinning skull. The background is yellow behind the drivers. This film is American.
• Good Morning Babilonia
  This poster is a photomontage of the four lead characters--Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Desiree Becker, and Greta Scacchi. The women's outfits have been colored pink and yellow. There is a monochromatic blue print behind them, which has been torn in two. It is stairwell, with an elaborate tile arch and columns. This film is an Italian, French, and American co-production.
• Goodbye & Amen
  This poster is a black and white drawing of a figure in a space suit. There is a target or viewfinder grid over the image. This film is Italian.
• Goldsucher in der Arktis
  This poster is an illustration of the face of a man. It is formed from lines that are veined and shaded, like a topographic map. There is a red dotted line around the outline of the face. The background is light grey. This film is Soviet.
• Der Goldschatz
  This poster is a black and white graphic illustration of the silhouette of a group of men on horseback, riding through a stand of tall trees. They have on uniforms, and carry halberds. In the background, between the trees, is another group of riders, surrounding a wagon. The wagon has a color illustration of a group of treasure within. This film is Romanian.
• Goldfieber
  This poster is a painting of a giant gold nugget, the size of an asteroid, hovering over a scene of a hydroplane as it is about to crash into a mountain lake. This film is a Canadian and American co-production.
• Das goldene Vlies
  The poster has an overall design of black Ben-day dots on a white background. There is an illustration of four hands grouped together; one is a woman's, with red painted fingernails. The woman's hand is wrapped around a sheep's horns; the men's have coins in them. This film is Soviet.