East German Poster Database

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• Chronik der Jahre der Glut
  This poster is a colorized photographic montage of various eyes set into deeply carved windows or gun emplacements in an uneven orange plaster or rock wall. This film is Algerian.
• Circus Renz
  This poster is designed to look like an old time advertisement. The central image is an illustration of a man on a horse. He's wearing a tuxedo and riding boots. There are disembodied hands on both sides of the poster, pointing at the image. There are curlicue designs at the top corners of the poster, and a Greek key pattern at the bottom corners. The "Circus" text is printed to look like its been wheat pasted. The "Renz" text is large letters with a circus type. The black text is on a bright fuchsia background. This film Is East German. There is visible acid burn on the poster.
• Con Amore
  This poster is a colored pencil drawing of two disembodied women's hands, lightly holding one another. There are large raindrops falling around, but not underneath the hands. The background is mauve. This film is Polish.
• Coming Home
  This poster is a black and white image of Jane Fonda and Jon Voigt. Voigt is in a wheelchair, and Fonda is sitting in his lap. She has her right arm around his shoulders, and her left hand to her chin. The edges are blurred into a white background. This film is American.
• Coming Out
  This poster has a black and white photograph of a young man, shirtless, looking in a mirror. He has short hair, and wears pants with a belt. There is a large red polka dot overlay, so it is nearly impossible to distinguish the image. This film is East German, and the DDR's only gay film.
• Coming Out
  This poster has a black and white photograph of two young men, naked. The man on the right has his left hand on the other man's face. He wears a metal wrist watch. Both men have short dark hair. On the right of the poster, there is a film strip that has three views of the two young men, clothed, and separate. The text of the poster is placed on color blocks meant to look like torn paper in light and dark pink. This film is East German, and the DDR's only gay film.
• Sie kämpften für die Heimat
  This poster is a black and white photographic image of soldiers marching across a field. Some wear puttees, and peaked caps, some steel pot helmets. They carry rifles and grenade launchers across their shoulders. A blurry peasant woman in white watches them pass. The background of the poster is red, and it has the logo for the fourth festival of Soviet Film in the DDR at the bottom center. There is visible acid burn along the folds. This film is Soviet.
• Die Säule des Trajan
  This poster is a white illustration of a Roman soldier, holding up a red shield. The center of the shield has a yellow circle, in which is a monochromatic blue image of a woman's face. The background of the poster is the same blue. This film is a Romanian and West German co-production. This poster is acidic, with visible acid burn, and foxing.
• Suse, liebe Suse
  This poster is an illustration of a woman in a winter scene. She has on a puffy white jacket, leggings, and white snow boots. There is a red climbing helmet with a leather buckle, which is hung on her rest. She has her left arm raised to her head, shielding her eyes. Her blond hair streams out to the left. She has on a scarf which is red, yellow and green stripes. There is a circle of snowballs around her, smaller at the bottom, becoming gradually larger at the top. The shading of white and greenish grey make it seem like blowing snow. This film is East German. There is a hole in the lower right hand corner, and visible acid burn along the fold lines.
• Der Sieg
  This poster features a black and white photograph in the shape of an outstretched arm. The thumb is actually the shape of a dove's head, and fingers form the tail feathers. The two men at the top of the image are in uniform. Below them are two older men, one in a business suit, the other in a more casual outfit, with a camera around his neck. The background of the poster is maroon. This film is a Soviet and East German co-production. There are tears along the center vertical crease.
• Susanne und der Zauberring
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a girl standing on a yellow hill with purple tulips on it. Above her head is a garland of pink and orange flowers. There are butterflies around her in purple, pink, and yellow, and a yellow bumble bee directly over her head. She has brown hair, and wears a blue top and red skirt. She has a large red ring on her left ring finger. The background is white. This film is East German. There is acid burn visible on the front of the poster.
• Der Scout
  This poster is a watercolor of a man's head. He has long dark hair, and wears a dark brimmed hat, which casts most of his face in shadow. He is surrounded by horses, visible only from the neck up. The horse on his right is blue, with a thick black mane. The horse on the left is brown with a white mane. The horses behind them are smaller with swathes of blue and brown across them. There is an orange sun over his right shoulder. The poster has a white background. The film is an East German and Mongolian co-production.
• Serafino
  This poster is an illustration of a woman sitting on the side of a red, wrought iron bed. Her legs dangle down over the side; one red sock or stocking remains on. She wears a blue negligee, and has long black hair, pulled back. Underneath the bed is a man, laying on his stomach, legs kicked up in the air. He is looking at the foot, smiling, and has his arm raised to tickle it. The background of the poster is white. This film is an Italian and French co-production. There is visible acid burn on the front.
• Ein Sonntag im Oktober
  This poster features a pencil sketch stone arch, with a wooden door. There is a red wash along the right side of the arch, and a red and green stripe. There are red splotches around the arch, which looks like blood. In the upper right hand corner there is a black circle with the date October 15, 1944 written in it, with an arrow drawn from the door. The arrow continues down past the sketch to a photograph below. It is a black and white image of a WWII airplane, with a hakenkreuz on the tail wing. Two German soldiers and two men are removing a body from the back of a vehicle; one man stands on it, and it has been covered with an Oriental carpet. This film is Hungarian.
• Ein seltsamer Zweikampf
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a man's head, done in a thick black line. Above the nose, where his left eye should be, there is another face, set within the head, and sharing the brow and hair line. At the neck, one half is in red. The background of the poster is a dark olive green. This poster is acidic and brittle, and there are closed tears at each center edge crease. There are some small chips along the right edge. This film is Bulgarian.
• Sendboten der Ewigkeit
  This poster features a black and white cut out of a classical portrait of a woman. She faces the left of the poster, with her eyes cast down. Her hair is wrapped up in a scarf, and her dress is cut straight above the bodice. The background of the poster are undulating stripes of red, fuchsia, white, and orange, which are superimposed over blurred, pixilated images of soldiers on horseback, running, and standing. This film is Soviet. The poster is acidic, and acid burn is visible on the front.
• Das Süsse Wort Freiheit
  This poster is an illustration of a red fist raised up through the bars of a prison cell window. There are illustrated black bars, which at one point go through the fist, and come out green on the other side. The background of the poster is largely black, and has been shaded to perhaps resemble the face of a man with black hair and a mustache. This film is Soviet. The poster is acidic.
• Sintflut. Zweiter Teil
  This poster has a black and white cameo portrait of a man in a tunic, belted at the waist. He has short hair and a mustache. The area over his left shoulder is illustrated with red and black stripes. The curclicued frame around the portrait is illustrated in white. The cameo is on a black background. This film is Polish. This poster is acidic.
• Sintflut. Erster Teil
  This poster has a black and white cameo portrait of a seated blonde woman in a fur coat and hat. There is an illustrated green and black striped table in front of her. The curclicued frame around the portrait is illustrated in white. The cameo is on a black background. This film is Polish. This poster is acidic.
• Prince Sign O the Times
  This poster is a close up of Prince. He is wearing a yellow shirt and black velvet gloves. He has his arms crossed in front of his chest, and his right arm is raised up to his chest. The glove on this hand has a large mirrored heart attached to it. He has a braid in his hair with some beads and ribbons in it. This film is American.
• Die Squaw Tschapajews
  This poster is a color still of three children, two boys and a girl. The boys appear to be fighting, and the girl has her hands on their arms, trying to break them apart. The boy on the left wears a sheepskin vest, and a feathered headband and headdress down the back. The boy on the right wears an old Red Army military ushanka, with the ear flaps worn up. He has on a leather bomber jacket and a brown leather belt around it. The girl has long blond pigtails, and a striped shirt. They're standing in front of a brick wall, outside. This film is East German. This poster is acidic, and there is foxing on the back.
• Der Seewolf
  This poster is an oil crayon sketch of an aerial view of the bow of a ship. The ship is anchored in a blue sea with white highlights. Intertwined with the bow, the water, and the rigging is the top half of a man, in a white shirt. He has red hair and beard, and seems to be a part of the ship, like a living figurehead. The background of the poster is light red, with a drawn, thick black border. This film is Romanian. This poster is acidic, and there is loss at the right lower corner. Closed tears are either present or beginning at all center edge creases.
• Sechse kommen durch die Welt
  This illustrated poster features a black and blue carriage with a crown on the door. There are four figures within the carriage. One looks out the back, and is shooting a rifle over the rear wheel. In the middle window, there is a woman with red hair, pink hat, and a black mustache. Next to her is a man in black, with a red kerchief knotted at his neck. He has an arm over his head, with a small gray hand coming out the sleeve. In the front window, a pair of crossed legs dangles out. They were pink pants and white and orange shoes. There is a person with long red hair wearing a long grey tunic and blue pants standing on top of the carriage, playing the violin. The carriage is pulled by a man in grey. The poster has a red background. This film is East German.
• Sonjas Rapport
  This illustrated poster is the black silhouette of a woman, from the shoulders up. She has short curly hair, and wears headphones, which have a short antenna stick up from each earphone. The cord trails down across her front, and is grey with white highlights. The bottom part of her face is given a light flesh color below the eyes, and her lips are glossy red. In the background is a desert landscape of brown hills and orange, yellow, and blue sky. This film is East German. The poster is highly acidic.
• Sein Auftrag Hieß: MORD
  This poster is a monochromatic pink, pixilated photomontage of three chess pawns. On top of each piece is the bust of a man in uniform, facing right. The bust on the far right is tipping off the pawn base. This film is Hungarian.