East German Poster Database

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• Sonntag auf brennender Erde
  This poster is an illustration from the vantage point of looking up from the bottom of a wooden shaft at the blue sky. The shaft is square, and lined with wooden boards. There is a rope, which has been cut, hanging down the shaft from a tripod at the top. This film is Romanian.
• Der Spatz von Paris
  This poster has a central black and white photograph of the head of singer Edith Piaf. She faces to her right, with her held tilted upward. The image has been framed by a colorized photograph of a crumbling masonry wall or arch; she is seen through an open window. The background behind Piaf is pink. The sides of the wall are vertical, then at the top, they are diagonal, and then horizontal across the top. The image has been colorized in light to dark pink. The background behind the wall is purple. This film is French.
• Ein spotbilliger Junge
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a section of red brick wall. A white heart with an arrow through it is chalked on the brick. On top of it are four monetary notes in a 100 denomination; this is covered by a triangular trowel with a wooden handle. It is on a white background. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Der Sieg
  This poster is text only. The title is in large burgundy letters on a beige background. The remaining text is in black. This film is Soviet.
• Ein Sonntagskind, das manchmal spinnt
  This poster is an illustration of a rucksack, flying through the air, with a fish coming out the side. It is against a blue sky, and blurry green earth below. This film is East German.
• Solaris
  This poster is a photomontage. On the left hand side is a color photograph of someone's face. The features are dark, and most of the image is black. The image on the right is the sun rising over the earth, as scene from space. There are atmospheric clouds covering the planet. This film is Soviet.
• Eine Sommersgeschichte
  This poster is an airbrush illustration of a stone plinth. The plinth is cracked, and corner has fallen off and broken. Lying in front of the plinth is a cracked bust of a man, lying on its side. The background is dark green, flecked with yellow. There is a painted white border around all sides, except the bottom. This film is Romanian.
• Sonntagseltern
  This poster is an illustration of a wooden diorama, which is open at the front and top. The wood grain is exposed. Within the diorama is a scene of a round table set with bread and coffee pot and cups. There is a tablecloth, and three wooden ladder back chairs. The rug is green and white striped, and a window behind the table has lace curtains, drapes, and a valance. The walls are pinkish beige. The diorama casts a shadow along the bottom and to the left, as though suspended. The background of the poster is grey. This film is Hungarian.
• Spiegelbilder
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of the bust of a young woman, in profile, facing right. She has short brown hair, and wears a green top. She overlaps a black silhouette of herself, which faces to the left. There is a red border with a white background. This film is Hungarian.
• Der Sohn wird Erwachsen
  This poster is a black line drawing of a house of cards on a neon pink background. The cards are held together by grey metal hinges. This film is Soviet. The poster has faded towards the bottom.
• Sklavin der Liebe
  This poster is a watercolor portrait of a woman, shoulders bared, clothing falling off her or pulled around her. She has short curly hair, green eyes, with long lashes, and red lips, slightly parted. The portrait has been torn, to look as though another person has been removed from the image. Small pieces of the torn part remain on the black background. The portrait has a gold and black painted frame. This film is Soviet.
• Der Soldat und der Elefant
  This poster is a watercolor of a soldier wearing a steel pot helmet, with a rifle over his left shoulder, and a flower in his right hand, riding on top of an elephant. The background is of low yellow hillocks with red, blue, purple, and blue flowers. The sky is pink, yellow, and beige. There is a painted red and black border. This film is Soviet.
• Sandakan Haus No 8
  This poster is a pencil drawing of a nude woman, lying on her side, from the top of her thighs to the top of her breasts. Next to the vertical title text is a colorized photograph of the head of an Asian man or woman. The face is pink, and the background is burgundy. The background of the poster is white. This film is Japanese.
• Salut L' Artiste
  This poster is an illustration of a red mannequin form, of the style that has a claw foot base, swivel, and is torso only. The torso, in this case, is heart shaped, with a dotted blue line through the center. On top of the form is a yellow boater with a black ribbon. The form is outlined in dark blue and light blue. The background of the poster is dark blue with a red border. In each corner are black squares with a wide dark blue border around them in the open field. This film is a French and Italian co-production.
• Santa Esperanza
  This poster utilized pointillism to achieve the image. Black dots of varying size and density form the head and neck of a man, with his mouth open. There is a large black rectangle over his eyes. Around the rectangle are regular lines with numerical markings, suggesting some sort of biometric measurement. The poster has a bright yellow background. This film is Soviet.
• Shag, die Hundepfeife
  This poster is a subtle pastel illustration of the form of a body laying face down in the snow. Using the only teal, grey, and black shading, along with white negative space, the artist suggests a body with arms spread out over the head, and legs akimbo, heels up in the air. This film is Japanese.
• Serpico
  This poster features a black drawing of a mousetrap. The portion of the trap above the spring is black, with the outline of an imperial eagle formed in the white negative space. The poster has an irregular drawn black border, which at the top looks to be dripping down. The background of the poster is white. This film is American.
• September
  This poster is a black and white photograph of two racing helmets. The helmets have visors, and a series of black and white checks from the visor to the back. The checks of the helmet in the background have illustrated orange checks superimposed on them. The entire poster has a black and white check pattern, like a racing flag, and the letters in the title of the film have been placed within large white checks in the pattern. This film is Romanian.
• Sei still, Jérôme, Mama arbeitet
  This poster is a black and white image of the freckled face of either a boy or young woman, who looks like they are wiping a tear from their cheek with their left hand. There are two illustrated arrows, one blue, one ochre, pointing away from the person's right eye. This film is a French and Soviet co-production.
• Sonderbehandlung
  This poster is an illustration of an ambulance. The form of the ambulance is made from black netting or barbed wire. The netting is knotted into a red cross on a white circle. The entire vehicle is occupied by large, clear, beer-shaped bottles, with varying amounts of green and purple liquid in them. The background of the poster is white. This film is Yugoslavian.
• Sommergäste
  This poster is a color drawing of the elongated figures of men and women in period dress. The drawing has been torn into narrow vertical strips, leaving ragged white space in between. Only one figure is intact, that of a woman wearing a long purple dress and net gloves, with bobbed dark hair. The background of the poster is white, with a black border. This film is West German.
• Sinbad und das Auge des Tigers
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a man standing, arms akimbo. The entire poster is mint green, and he is outlined in black, with a grey and black wash. He wears a broad belt, with a curved dagger at his side. The belt secures a vest. At his upper sleeves, and across his chest, are full color images of mythological creatures like a minotaur, a walrus with bloody tusks, an iceberg, a minaret, a fanged, leaping bob cat, a monkey, a pyramid, and a sloop upon the sea. This film is English.
• Sinbads gefährliche Abenteuer
  This poster is an illustration of weapons and objects, one atop the other. On the top is a flintlock pistol, with a decorative green ad yellow handle in the shape of a bird. Next is a scimitar, with a matching decorative handle of a mythical creature, and a green and red eye on the hilt. The blade is blue, yellow, and white, and there is blood on the end. Beneath that is a yellow skull, with celestial navigation drawings on it. Beneath that is a spiked brown club. Beneath that is an arrow, with pink and blue quill feathers. Beneath that is a brown ship's wheel. On the left of the wheel is a pink figure, sitting in the lotus position, with a saffron robe across its shoulder. There are rapid black sketch lines throughout the images, which are on a white background. This film is English. The lower right corner has been torn off.
• XIX. Sommerfilmtage in der DDR. 27. Juni-10. Juli 1980
  This poster is an advertisement for a number of films being shown during the 19th annual Summer Film Days. There are stills from seven films from various European countries. The stills are on a white background, with an ochre border, which has a yellow and orange sunshine at the top right. This poster is East German.
• XX. Sommerfilmtage in der DDR. 12.-18. Juni 1981
  This poster is an advertisement for a number of films being shown during the 20th annual Summer Film Days. There are stills from eight films from various European countries. The stills are on a peacock blue background, which has a yellow and orange sunshine at the top. This poster is East German.