East German Poster Database

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• Dora meldet…
  This poster is a graphic image of a traditional mountain hat, with the ribbon on it formed by the pink background of the poster. There is a white cross on the ribbon. The top of the hat has patches of blue, green, and white, making it look like snow covered mountains above a field and lake. The back of the hat has the shape of a rifle extending directly upwards from it. This film is Hungarian.
• Drost
  This poster features an illustration of an older man, created out of negative space in the dark army green background. Only the right half of his face is visible. He is bald, and the corners of his mouth turn down. At the bottom are four black and white stills; left to right: two men laying down on their stomachs in a field, wearing WWII German officers uniforms, one holding binoculars; a man in a WWII German officer's uniform; a young man, seated, in a long sleeve top that zips at the neck; a middle aged man in a driving cap, plaid shirt, sweater and coat. This film is East German.
• Dornröschen
  This poster is an illustration of a black spinning wheel. There is a skin of red thread upon it, the uncoiled end of which wraps around the wheel. The background is a yellow watercolor, with imprints of a rose in white. There is a red garland of roses hanging vertical from the "D" and a red rose has been used in place of the umlaut. This film is East German.
• Die Dritte Haut
  This poster is text only. The title is in black, on a white triangle which is placed at a diagonal on a red field. The red is bisected by the white, forming two red triangles of the same size. The bottom of the poster is black. This film is East German.
• Ein Dorf in der Großstadt
  This poster's image is a circular graphic of a man and a woman in a rowboat on a pond. The colors are light green, orange, brown, and white. Each figure has an oar, and the trees on the shore are reflected in the water. The image is on a light yellow background. This film is Chinese.
• Dominik der Wunderelefant
  This poster is a an illustration of a giant white elephant. He holds a round orange sign in his trunk, curled up to the side of his face, with the title of the film on it. Two tiny birds stand on top of the sign. On the elephant's right is a small boy in a yellow shirt, who holds a sting that is tied to the elephant. He has a white dotted thought bubble next to him with a red heart in it. They stand in front of a village on the green, with a small church and a few low buildings in the background. A chimney sends up puffs of smoke that get bigger as they go over the elephant's ear, then they diminish. There is a border that begins at the village horizon line, which is small white dots that increase in size, eventually becoming clouds. As they curve around to the bottom of the poster, they end in a tiny white elephant, running. This film is Polish. The poster has visible acid burn.
• Drei Männer und ein Baby
  This poster is an illustration of a baby carriage. It is blue, with a white lace coverlet. There is a baby in a pink top with a yellow flower on it standing up in the carriage, and there are three pairs of men's legs hanging over the side. One of them is straight up in the air. The carriage is on a background of green and blue, and seems to be in motion. This film is French.
• Der Durchbruch
  This poster is an illustration of a golden chain, which has open circles and links of parallel lines. It snakes from the top to the bottom of the poster, which has a black background. Going from left to right, there is a fist smashing through and breaking the chain at its center. Rather than an arm, however, it seems to come out of a series of increasingly larger waves. From the breaking point, and all around the wave-arm, are multi-colored jewels. The fist and waves are blue with white whitecaps. This film is Soviet.
• Disco-Story
  This poster is a multicolored photographic montage. The central feature is of a man in a disco suit, with his head thrown back. He has short dark hair and glasses. His head and neck are orange, his wide collared shirt is yellow, and his suit is blue and purple. Images of dancing women are visible behind him. The background is neon pink, with black and blue at the top. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Das dritte Gesicht
  This poster utilizes photographic images of Roman coins to form the outline of a man's face, in profile. The coins are a monochromatic light tan. At the neck, there are three red diagonal slashes. The poster has a black background. This film is Bulgarian.
• Drei Stunden aufenthalt
  This poster is a brown line drawing of a man's face on a tan background. Instead of eyes, he has two rectangular picture frames or window frames. The frame on the left has a bouquet of colored flowers in it; the frame on the right has a drawing of a man in a suit. This film is Soviet.
• 30 Jungfrauen und Pythagoras
  This poster is a watercolor of a young woman, naked from the waist up. She has long blond hair, and there is a white funnel in the top of her head. The funnel has scraps of graph paper with the Pythagorean theorem on the them in blue and red. She has two eyes, but a water droplet where her nose should be. Two more drops lead to a whirlpool just below her breasts. The background is a variegated purple, blue, and white. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Die drei Musketiere
  This poster is a collage forming the face of a musketeer. There are two separate pieces for the mustache, and a patch of goatee beneath a white and red mouth. The eyes are two different color photographs of eyes, one a man, one a woman's. the man's eye is closed, and has torn black paper for the eye socket and lashes. The woman's eye is open, and has concentric rings of purple, red and white around it. Two large black torn paper areas at the bottom of the poster suggest clothing, and there is a white hand coming up between them. The background, which forms the face, is grey. This film is a French and Italian co-production. The poster is acidic, and brittle. It is discolored along the left edge, and there are tears and chipping along the right edge in particular. There is a hole in the center of the mouth.
• Das Ding im Schloss
  This poster is a drawing of a poster stand, with a tripod base. It has a wide ledge, upon which are several posters. The poster on top is of a woman's smile. The left half has rolled up, to reveal a matching man's smile underneath. The background of the poster is a floral toile on olive green. This film is East German.
• Dieses obskure Objekt der Begierde
  This poster is an illustration of a bird, with the body of a woman from the chest up. She has naked breasts, and long brown hair, which flows over her wing. Standing in standing on a green table. There is a tiny man in front of her, who wears a black overcoat, pants, and hat. He is holding a sheaf of papers in his left hand. The background of the poster is brown. This film is a French and Spanish co-production.
• Der Detektiv
  This poster is an illustration of two men, running. The large man in the foreground is titled on a diagonal, and is all in black. There is light blue shading along the right edges. The man in the background is the vague shape of a man, with no features visible. The background is a dark blue-grey. This film is Soviet.
• Den Drachen Töten
  This poster is a painting of a mannequin form, wearing a black jacket, white shirt, and red tie. The mannequin is yellow, and there is a pin at the top of the neck. The head has popped off, and it is humanoid, with reptilian features. The head is yellow, with a green chin, wide red grimace, red eyes, green stripes, and green and red head frills. There is a red curtain behind the mannequin form. The background is white. The film is a Soviet and West German co-production.
• Drei Männer müssen sterben
  This poster is an illustration of a man's face, tilted to the side. The face is dark blue, with some green and white highlights. He wears a pair of wire rimmed glasses, and his teeth are showing. He seems to float, as blue sky is visible just behind his ear lobe. This film is French.
• Drei Männer müssen sterben
  This poster is a black illustration of the profile of a man's face. At the chin, a hand forms, and the nostril becomes a finger in the trigger of a revolver. The barrel of the gun comes out from the bridge of the nose, and the thumb comes out from the ear lobe. He wears a brimmed hat. The image is on a pink background, with a black border. This film is French. The poster has been cut off at the bottom, and the border removed and pasted along the cut edge.
• Dschungelziet
  This poster is a photographic negative of a rough rope and bamboo bridge through a jungle gorge. There is a white silhouette of a figure holding a rifle delineated in the middle of the poster. This film is an East German and Vietnamese co-production.
• Deckname Kamelie
  This poster is a black and white photomontage of a woman's head. It is pixilated, and overlaid upon itself several times. She wears cat glasses, and has black hair cut short or worn up, and Asian features. The images are on a white background. This film is North Korean.
• Darf ich Petruschka zu dir sagen?
  This poster is an illustration of two dancer's legs. The leg pointing left is a woman's, with a white leotard and pink ballet shoe. The leg pointing right is a man's, with blue and green harlequin hose, a red stocking, and green slipper. The white leg crosses in front of the blue and green leg. The legs are on a white background. This film is East German.
• Darf ich nicht zur Schule gehen?
  This poster is a colored pencil illustration on a white background. It features a young boy, with Asiatic features, carrying a brown satchel over his arm. He wears a blue pants, and a blue sweater over a white shirt with a wide collar. He stands in front of the giant, three dimensional letters "A, B and C." There is blue sketch shading around the letters. This film is Soviet.
• Danke, es geht
  This poster is a black and white photomontage of a man in profile, against a brick wall. The images bleed into one another. This film is Hungarian.
• Daniel. Rekonstruktion eines Justizmordes
  This poster is an illustration of an electric chair. It is wooden, with leather straps, and electrical cords running at the top and bottom. There are red painted streaks behind it. There are black and white photographs of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on each side. This film is American. There is a rip in the top left corner.