East German Poster Database

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• Cousin und Cousine
  This poster is an illustration of a white bed, with a white bolster, floating on a deep blue background. The bedding is rumpled. There is a man's blue and white tie on the right side of the bolster, and a woman's straw hat with a pink ribbon on the left. This film is French.
• Countdown
  This poster is a black and white photograph of a man with short black hair, wearing a jacket with a zippered front. The image is designed to look like it is printed on glass, which has been smashed, leaving only the area of his face unbroken. This film is Hungarian.
• Cop
  This poster is a monochromatic, upside down photograph of a woman's body, in black lingerie consisting of bra, panties, and garter. The image is printed in light blue, with pixels of irregular saturation and size. Superimposed on the image are yellow, three dimensional question marks in rows of five across the image. There are four bright red splatters across the poster, centering on the woman's nipples and crotch. This film is American.
• Copernicus
  This poster is a black and white photograph of Copernicus' drawing of the solar system. It is several concentric circles, labeled with the names of the planets in Latin script. On the left of the circle is a photograph of the head of a man with bobbed blonde hair and bangs, who resembles the bust of Copernicus. At the bottom is a photograph of men on horseback, in armor, carrying halberds and white flags with crosses on them. The background is beige. This film is Polish.
• Die Csárdásfürstin
  This poster is a line illustration of the neck and head of a woman wearing an extremely large red hat. She has red lips, corner lifted in a smirk, and a purple mask or covering over her blue eyes. Her head is turned slightly to her right, so that eye is the profile of very long blue lashes. Upon the hat are three figures. On the left is a woman, whose red gown is shaped by the wide rim of the hat. She has puffy light hair, and green eyes. Next to her is a man in a tuxedo and top hat. On the right is a man with red hair, and red mustache and beard. His suit is green, blue and red, and also becomes part of the brim of the hat. The image is on a white background. This film is Hungarian.
• Concorde Affaire
  This poster is a black and white dot matrix graphic illustration of a scuba diver, hovering over a landing strip or road. The scuba diver has on a mask and fins, and air bubbles are represented by a white negative space in the dot matrix. The road has a dotted line with an arrow at the end of it; it becomes more narrow as it nears the horizon line. The sky is composed entirely of a pattern of black polka dots, which become more dense and square as they go up the poster. There is a yellow border. This film is Italian. The upper left edge is creased.
• Cabaret
  This poster features a colored pencil drawing of the bust of Liza Minnelli in the role of Sally Bowles. The bust is three dimensional, and looks like a theater prop. The clavicle is a separate piece that wraps around her neckline. The front of her face, just below the lips and along the jaw line, is cut out to reveal a rounded face and jaw underneath, which makes the rest of the head seem like a mask. The bust has a thick red outline, and is on a black background. There are three gold stars on either side of the bust. This film is American. This poster is brittle and acidic, with tears and chipping along the edges.
• Café express
  This poster is a photograph of Nino Manfredi in a red and blue plaid jacket and white collarless with a black beret, standing inside an old train car. The window behind him is wet. There is an object draped in green at his left. This film is Italian.
• Camille Claudel
  This poster is a close-up of Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu as they are about to kiss. She wears her hair up in a bun, his is close cropped, but with full beard and mustache. This film is French.
• Camorra
  This poster is a photograph printed in a monochromatic dark pink. There is a young woman, in profile, wearing a white tank top. She has dark features. Behind her left shoulder the face of an older woman is just visible. This film is Italian.
• Carmen
  This poster consists of a colorized image of Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes-Johnson, in their Carmen roles and costumes. He has his left arm around her, and is in motion. She wears a mauve dress, and has her left arm raised. The background is beige. This film is a French and Italian co-production.
• Carmen
  This poster is a photograph of a woman in a dancer's leotard, skirt, leg warmers, and shoes. She is lunging forward, with her right hand on her hip. A long scarf is tied around her neck. The poster has been printed in shades of red and orange, and there are scratches across the image. This film is Spanish.
• Casanova auf Gepackten Koffern
  This poster is an extreme close up of the backside of a pair of Levi's blue jeans, focusing on the right butt cheek. There is a yellow stub in the pocket, with a red line through it and a silver heart. It says "Beograd 357km." This film is Yugoslavian.
• Caseys Schatten der Champion
  This poster is a pixilated black and white image of Walter Matthau dressed as a cowboy. He holds a cowboy hat at his side, and a little boy holds his left hand, looking up at him. There is a horse to his right. This film is American.
• Caspar David Friedrich Grenzen der Zeit
  This poster is a color painting by Caspar David Friedrich of a group of people in dresses and coats at the seashore. There are five ships with sails in the background. The painting, which is actually on a postcard, is superimposed on a photograph of white sea ice. The background of the poster is white. The film is West German. There are pin holes in the corners.
• Cat Ballou
  This poster is a graphic illustration of the purple silhouette of a woman in a cowboy hat. She holds two revolvers, which have been foreshortened and appear extremely large as the barrels point up and out at the viewer. The only feature on the silhouette are bright red lips and white teeth. The background of the poster is bright red. This film is American.
• Der Chef
  The poster is a pastel illustration of a pair of grey green eyes. They have dark brows, in between which there is a spider's web. The spider's web has a few white dew drops along it. The background of the poster is a dark fleshy orange color. This film is a French and Italian co-production.
• Die Chance
  This poster is a black and white illustration photograph of a white t-shirt laying on a tiled floor. The floor is wet, and there is rain or a spray of water coming down on it. The title of the film is written across the front of the v-neck, which as stripes along the sides. From the "C" there is a pool of dark liquid, which flows into a floor drain next to it. This film is Polish.
• Chauffeure in Ketten
  This film is a very blurry black and white image of a soldier in a steel pot helmet, holding a pistol. In front of him is visible a raised hand, which appears to be in handcuffs. This film is a Yugoslavian and Soviet co-production.
• Chiffriert an chef-Ausfall Nr. 5
  This poster is an illustration of the number 5. The five is formed from three dimensional tubes, and has a white highlight along the curves. Dimensionality is added by the charcoal highlights on tan background. At either end of the five, there are three tubes, one yellow, one red, one blue coming out. They are bundled together and a black cord is tied around them. A the bottom, the red the curves downward, and a drawn red arrow is next to it. "Ausfall Nr. 5" is written over and over again in the background. This film is East German.
• China Town
  This poster is an extreme close-up black and white photograph of a metal pipe. The opening is illustrated black, with blue just at the bottom. A red stream drips out of the end of the pipe, and there is a red, irregular pool, interspersed with the photograph, a the bottom of the poster. The film is American.
• Chingachgook
  This poster is an illustration of an American Indian. He is depicted shirtless, with white pants and a decorated, fringed white apron. He holds a rifle across his midsection. He has long black hair, and a necklace of bear claws. The background is white with a red border. This film is East German. This poster is brittle and highly acidic, with visible acid burn. Most edges are chipped, there are tears at all edge folds, and there is old, yellowed cellophane tape along the entire center vertical fold.
• Chirurgen
  This poster is an illustration of a man in white surgical scrubs, wearing a hair net. His right arm is raised to his chest. The image is blurred. There is a drawn grid over the image, and a black border at left and top that provides depth to the image. The background is speckled tan. This film is Bulgarian.
• Christus kam nur bis Eboli
  This poster features a black and white photograph printed onto the red background. The man on the left is wearing a bishop's cloak and mitered hat, and is leaning on a walking stick. The man on the right has on an overcoat. They are standing in a field of rubble, outside the town walls of a crumbling Southern Italian town. This film is an Italian and French co-production.
• Chronik eines angekündigten Todes
  This poster is blue with a black and white portrait photograph of a face. It is highly pixilated, and a monochromatic blue, which is the same color as the background. The photograph is tilted to the left. There are streaks of pink and red over the photograph. The film is an Italian, French, and West German co-production.