East German Poster Database

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• Seid bereit, eure Hoheit!
  This poster is an illustration of a child wearing a white suit and turban, with a black turtleneck and red kerchief. There is a border around the child in three concentric lines of red, orange, and yellow. These same lines form around the film's title. There are two curly yellow branches on either side of the child, also outlined in the same manner. The poster has a heavy illustrated border of red and burgundy lines. This film is Soviet.
• 26 Tage aus dem Leben Dostojewskis
  This poster is a pen and ink illustration of a curved wall sconce, with a light candle in it. The candle's flame is being blown to the right. The background is speckled grey and black. This film is Soviet.
• Der 6. Juli
  This poster is an illustration of a tear off calendar page, showing the date of the sixth of July. At the bottom of the calendar page, there is an outline of the profile of Lenin. The negative space is filled with the burgundy background of the poster. There is a mauve border. This film is Soviet.
• Der Sechste
  This poster is an illustration of a man's leg, shod in a tall, slouchy boot. It stands on a black and green hill. In the background are the silhouettes of three men on horseback, in what seems to be Eastern clothing. One has lost his hat, and is holding a revolver in his outstretched left arm. The rider to the right has lost a rifle. The background of the poster is white. This film is Soviet.
• Summerfield
  This poster is composed of illustrated red blobs on a pink background. The blobs have been shaped as such to suggest the form of a voluptuous woman in the negative space. With one blob suggesting flowing red hair, two others suggesting arms in movement, and a large blob suggesting a flowing red dress. This film is Australian.
• Suse, liebe Suse
  This poster is a vague pastel of a woman's face, in black. There are some sketchy green, blue, and yellow lines and blobs behind her head, perhaps a field of flowers. This film is East German.
• Sweet Charity
  This poster is a pencil drawing of a couple in Central Park. The woman, in a shift, sits on the arch of a bridge. The man stands next to her, wearing a suit. A little river flows under the bridge. There are trees, flowers and birds surrounding them. In the background is a New York City skyline. The drawing is on a bright yellow background. This film is American. This poster is acidic, and there are small tears at all of the edge creases.
• Der Sprung des Jaguars
  This poster is a color photomontage. At the center is a young girl, with a tile wall behind her. She is surrounded by photographs of nighttime scenes of neon lights and billboards. This film is Yugoslavian.
• Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod
  This poster is an illustration of a figure in a black top and hat. Rather than a face, there is a hand, horizontal, holding a pink harmonica that looks like a mouth and teeth. The background is a yellow wash. This film is Italian.
• Der Spiegel des großen Magus
  This poster is a black and white sketch of a stepped brick tower. There is a bright white full moon above the tower, which is shining at the foot of the tower. The image is on a deep red background, which has black crackle lines around the tower. This film is East German.
• Spiele für Schulkinder
  This poster is a very blurred, pixilated, black and white photograph of a figure leaning up against a wall. The image is torn in two, and two illustrated orange tabs span the top and the bottom of the image. It is on a black background. This film is Soviet. There is an inch long closed tear at the upper right hand crease, and a small area of loss in the upper left hand corner.
• Spur nach HongKong
  This poster features a blow up of a man's face in a dot-matrix like pattern, which bleeds out into the shape of jigsaw puzzle pieces. It is predominantly yellow and black, with a bold red stripe offsetting the film title. This film is Chinese. This poster is acidic.
• Die Spur führt zum Silbersee
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a comical chubby man riding a grey donkey. He holds a shotgun in his left hand, and is dressed in Old West garb. There is another rider next to him in a blue uniform. They are at full gallop. To the right of the chubby rider is the head of an Indian, with his hair in braided pigtails and two feathers at the back of his head. The background of the poster is white. This film is East German.
• Salut, Maria!
  This poster is a monochromatic pink image of the film's star, Ada Rogowzewa. This film is Soviet. This poster is highly acidic, with acid burn visible at all folds. There are tears at all the edge creases, many of them several inches long. There is adhesive tape on the back holding one section of the poster together.
• Sonnenblumen
  This poster features a black and white photograph of the head and shoulders of Sophia Loren. She is surrounded by illustrated yellow sunflowers. This film is an Italian and French co-production. This poster is highly acidic, with acid burn visible at all folds. There are tears at all the edge creases.
• Der Karrierist
  This poster is a black and white pen and ink illustration of a green snake slithering up a crumbling staircase. This film is Cuban.
• Käthe Kollwitz
  This poster consists of a sepia toned portrait of the artist Käthe Kollwitz. Surrounding the image are various self portraits of Kollwitz at several different ages. Most are in charcoal. This film is East German.
• Kindheit
  This poster is a color photograph of a family group standing outside a caravan. There is a horse munching hay, and a heavy line from the caravan upon which a canvas curtain is hung. The young man in the foreground is seated in the hay. This film is East German.
• Die Nacht von San Lorenzo
  This poster is a bright green painted cross floating on a dark blue, eyeball filled sky. This film is Italian. There are dirty black smudges in the lower left hand corner.
• Komm mit ins Kino!
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a man in a blue suit reclining in a theater seat. He is "riding" a theater ticket, with rainbow colored film strip wings. He is in outer space, with a small blue earth visible in the background, along with a slivered moon, a shooting star, and lots of white celestial specks. The background is black. This poster is East German. This poster is backed on stiff linen.
• Der Kurschatten
  This poster is a collage of a man and a woman embracing. The heads are black and white photographs of the two lead actors. Their clothing is illustrated. He wears a chartreuse jacket and blue polka dot tie. She wears a purple top, and the sleeve is across his shoulder. The background is dark blue purple, and there are yellow stars across the poster. This film is Soviet.
• Der Kurschatten
  This poster is a collage of a man and a woman embracing. The heads are black and white photographs of the two lead actors. Their clothing is illustrated. He wears a chartreuse jacket and blue polka dot tie. She wears a purple top, and the sleeve is across his shoulder. The background is dark blue purple, and there are yellow stars across the poster. This film is Soviet.
• Krull
  This poster is a watercolor of an alien in a metallic suit, holding a gun that looks like a horn in both hands. The arms and hands are green and well muscled. The horn is shooting a rainbow colored, zigzagging ray. Across the chest of the figure is written, in bold red capitals, "KRULL." The chest armor extends upwards over the neck and head, an no face is visible, just a metallic horn at the back. The background of the poster is green and yellow. This film is English.
• Kampf der Titanen
  This poster is a brutish painting of the severed head of Medusa. The head is green, with a bloody neck, and red eyes, and gaping, fanged mouth. The head is wreathed in writhing green snakes, red tongues flickering. The head is held by a grey hand, extending from the top of the poster. The background is a black night sky, with white starbursts. This film is American.
• Komm in das Tal der Weintrauben
  This poster is a painting of a grape vine, twined around a stake. The stake has been painted white, with incremental markings in red and black. The background is orange and blue. This film is Soviet.