East German Poster Database

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• Die Ungarn
  This poster appears to be a painting of a rowboat, standing on its transom in the middle of a flat field. Small farmhouses are visible in the background. The boat is black, the field is brown, the sky is dark blue. This film is Hungarian.
• Ein Unvergesslicher Mensch
  This pencil illustration is of an double headed eagle, as viewed from behind. Rather than the double eagle's head there is a head with two women's faces, mirror images of the other. There is a blue scope target over the head. The background and illustration are pocked, making it look like an image from a very old book. This film is North Korean. There is a closed tear, top center crease.
• Eine ungewöhnliche Seefahrt
  This poster is an illustration of a black tugboat on a deep green background. The boat is outlined in heavy black lines. There is a red Soviet star on the smokestack. The wheelhouse is white, as are a few other windows. This film is Soviet.
• Als Unku Edes Freundin war
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a boy and a girl riding a red bicycle. The girl, in a long red skirt and blue top, holds on to the boy's waist. He is in dark clothes and a driving cap. They are riding through city streets, with grey apartment buildings visible in the background. The sky is grey, yellow, and blue. This film is East German.
• Unternehmen Geigenkasten
  This poster is a black and white still image of two boys in a muddy field. One of them is in a cardboard box, holding a violin case. The other is leaning over next to the box. It is raining. This film is East German. There are losses in both left side corners.
• Unterwegs zu Lenin
  This poster is a black and white photograph of a young man's face, arm raised above his head, with a cap clenched in his fist. He is grinning. Behind him is a collage of a red and orange Soviet star. The background is white. This film is East German. It is highly acidic.
• Das Attentat von Sarajevo
  This poster is an illustration of the chest and lower half of the head of a man in a military uniform, with gold buttons and numerous medals. He holds a white gloved hand to his neck, and blood spills over it. The background of the poster is black. This film is a Yugoslavian and Czechoslovakian co-production.
• Ulzana
  This poster features a still color image from the film. It is of an American Indian, with long black hair and a brown headband, holding a rifle with both hands. The background is blurred and indistinguishable. This film is East German. This poster is acidic.
• Die Unschuld
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a skull. There are cut flowers, mainly purple tulips and white lilies, placed in all of the open orifices of the skull. The background is black. This film is an Italian and French co-production.
• Das wilde Kind
  This poster is a sepia toned photomontage forming the head of a young boy. There are shards of broken glass at the perimeter; and a child's mouth, eyes, and a dirty and possibly diseased cheek. There is a mop of tangled brown hair covering the forehead and the right half of his face. This film is French. The poster is linen backed. It has areas of loss and creasing.
• Wolz
  This poster features an illustration of a man in a heavy overcoat and driving cap, looking over his shoulder. In the background is a portrait of a man and a woman, seated together. He holds a spray of flowers. The image is brown on white. This film is East German. This poster has been poorly mounted onto brown linen. The adhesive is lifting off, and the poster is wrinkling and warping.
• Wolz
  This poster features an illustration of a woman with bobbed hair. There are two men in the background. The image is brown on white. This film is East German.
• Wie Zar Peter seinen Mohren verheiratete
  This poster features an illustration of a woman's profile in silhouette. She has a three masted schooner on her head, with full sails. The background is light blue, with a scattering of pink roses on it. This film is Soviet.
• Wie poeten ihre illusionen verlieren
  This poster is an illustration of an anatomical chart. The body has been divided into even sections. The top is normal, with an anatomy book open by it; the next section is celestial, with a heart with an arrow through it, and a movie projector; the next section depicts the musculature, with lines and letters running to different muscles; the figure holds a skull in a gloved hand, and the skull is smoking from the side of the cranium and wearing glasses; the other hand holds a scalpel. The next section has a flower growing into the groin, and a naked woman running towards it; The next section has exposed bone, and then lined sheets and a pencil; there are also gold coins; the other leg is wrapped in a bandage, with a mallet poised to strike the knee; at the feet there is a package with a bow on it, and a femur sticking out, and an orange. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Wassilissa die Schöne
  This poster is an illustration of a prince and princess on horseback. They are both in elaborate costumes; hers is green from head to toe, with the exception of a small gold crown and rope of blue jewels. His is a gaily patterned blue tunic with matching fur trimmed hat; he has decorative tights and boots. The horse is prancing in front of twin pine trees, which have purplish brown trunks. Large plants like thistles are on the ground. The background is yellow. This film is Soviet.
• Witwen
  This poster is an illustration of young birch trees, in a line, growing smaller in the distance. They are very bare, with just a few green leaves. There is a pink circle around the base of the trunks; each tree casts a shadow. The poster has a blue and pink background. This film is Soviet.
• Wie die Alten sungen…
  This poster is a color still of an older man, standing next to a young woman. She has her head on his chest; both are smiling. There are numerous white male and female symbols on the poster, as well as red lines. There is a red and yellow illustrated border. This film is East German.
• Wind in der Tasche
  This poster is a pink and purple print of a young man on a motorcycle. Another young man stands next to him, but only his head is visible. It is on a dark blue background. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Wo andere schweigen
  This poster is a color photograph at top of a man speaking to an old woman; he has his right arm about her. She is in dark clothes, and has white hair swept up into a bun. He has brown hair and a mustache. Below this and to the right is a smaller black and white photograph of Clara Zetkin; she has long white hair, blowing back in the wind. This film is East German.
• Waterloo
  This poster is a line drawing of Napoleon, seated. His jacket is colored in such a way as to look like a map, with green land mass and blue sea; one of his medals forms a compass rose. His hands are red; the red continues up his coat sleeve, ending in splatter. His bicorn hat is black with shades of green on the slope; there is a tricolor cockade on the side. This film is a Soviet and Italian co-production. This poster is acidic, with visible acid burn. There was also a printing or production error, which has resulted in the upper half, center of the poster being folded in on itself.
• ein überflüssiges Leben
  This poster features four men's profiles in thick black lines, each in one quadrant of the poster. This film is Romanian.
• Weggehen und wiederkommen
  This poster is a black and white photograph, designed to look like a negative, of a man standing in the street holding a briefcase or suitcase. His clothes and boots look far too big for him. There are white scratches on the image, as well as pencil marks and scratches. This film is French.
• Die weiße Mafia
  This poster depicts a man in surgical scrubs, with black square glasses. His arms are twisted in front of him. There is a pink snake body wrapped around his arms and torso, reminiscent of the caduceus. The snake body terminates not with a head but with a hand, place over the man's surgical mask. The image is on a black background. This film is Italian.
• Weinlese
  This poster features a charcoal drawing of a man in a leather vest and hat, his arms around a young boy in a t-shirt. The man's white shirt, the boy's t-shirt and hair, and highlights are white chalk. The boy looks up at the man, who is looking down at him. The boy wears glasses, which have red and white streaks on the lenses, and project red and white streaks in an identical size and shape just beyond them. The man is outlined in red on the right side of the image. The background is sea green. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Der Wütende Mann
  This poster is a pastel drawing of a man's face. The features are mostly black, but the right eye is swollen shut, and is purple, blue, and green. The left eye is painted white, with a green iris; the white highlight in the pupil radiates a white starburst out past his face in all directions. There are also some red sketch lines along his nose and mouth. The background is a deep steel blue. This film is a French and Canadian co-production.