East German Poster Database

Items

• Kamouraska
  This poster is an illustration of a woman's figure, wearing Victorian dress. She wears an oversize green bonnet, which conceals any face. The neck and bodice are exposed. The blue and brown coat is oversize, with ruffle sleeves and collar. The waist is extremely nipped in, and the sleeved balloon out below the ruffles. There is a cameo worn at the bodice, which is a large white skull in a gold fitting. The background of the poster is deep pink and dark blue. This film is a Canadian and French co-production. This poster is acidic, and has an inch long closed tear at the bottom middle edge, along with several small tears at the right edge.
• Kalkulierte Liebe
  This film is a central illustration of a winged woman with flowing brown hair, wearing jeans and a t-shirt. There is a wide ribbon of greenery with flowers in it around her. The poster has a black background. There is a white line drawing on either side of the woman, which is the outline of a man's head. On the left the head is pointing downward; on the right, upward. This film is Yugoslavian. There is a closed tear at the bottom middle edge, and several small closed tears along the right hand edge.
• Kagemusha
  This poster is a blurred and softened monochromatic grey blue image of a man dressed in an elaborate samurai outfit. He holds a paddle or mask in either hand, and is seated on a folding stool with his legs spread far apart. Around the central image on either side is an image of a samurai, without headdress, repeated. On the left side, the image faces left; on the right side, the image faces right. This film is Japanese.
• 7. Kinderfilmwoche der DDR 4.-10. Februar 1977 im Bezirk Gera
  This poster is a series of small individual illustrations for children, such as a jack in the box, a flower, an elephant, a bird in an airplane, a stopwatch, a butterfly, and a girl in an apple. This poster is East German. The vertical edges have been crushed.
• Kinder in der DDR/Sommer filmtage
  This poster is a blank for filling in children's film program information. There is an illustrated blue border, and sunshine made to look like a girl's face, with a smile, red hair, and a blue bow. This poster is East German.
• Komodianten Emil
  This poster is an illustration of a pair of black dress shoes with white spats on a wooden floor. The shoes have heavy laces, and the end of the lace of the shoe on the right is "lit" on the end to look like a cigarette, and a puff of smoke drifts away from it. There are brightly colored pink, red and blue highlights on the shoes and spats. This film is East German.
• Kotschubej
  This poster is an extremely pixilated image of a man in a Soviet winter uniform hat. He has his right arm raised, and he is holding a pistol. His eyes are squinting shut, and his mouth is open in a cry. There is a large red "K" superimposed over the entire image. This film is Soviet.
• Die Kolonie
  This poster is made up of rows of blurry black and white head shots of all different types and races of men and women. This film is East German.
• Klavier in der Luft
  This poster is a black line drawing of an orange piano being hoisted up in the air. A small purple bird stands on the piano. On either side of the piano are people looking out of their windows at it. There is an arrow at the end of a dashed line drawn from the center of the poster, pointing up to the piano. This film is Hungarian.
• Die Kreuzritter
  This poster is an illustration of a black cross on a red and white background. At the bottom of the cross, it goes from black to red to white, and becomes the blade of a dagger. The red sprays across the field of white, like blood. This film is Polish.
• Johann Strauß der ungekrönte König
  This poster is composed of two color images from the film. In the top image, people are waltzing in a palace ballroom. In the bottom image, there is a conductor, wearing a tuxedo. Visible behind him are people in formal dress, seated. This film is East German.
• Ein Jahr aus Wochentagen
  This poster is a photograph of a pile of daily calendar pages which have been removed. Some of the pages have black and white photographs on them. This film is Bulgarian.
• Jim Hawkins wundersame Abenteuer (Die Schatzinsel)
  This poster is an illustration of an island scene. There is a ship, with sails flying, at the back of the island. There are small groups of men dotted about the island; some have spyglasses, some have rifles, some have axes. They are dressed like pirates. Jim Hawkins is visible hiding behind a hillock with Ben Gunn and a sea bird. There is a man in a small rowboat in the water, and a skeleton is visible on the cliff above him. This film is Soviet. This poster is acidic, and there is a closed tear at the bottom center edge.
• Jirka läßt die Puppen tanzen
  This poster is an illustration of a rooster, standing upright, wearing a man's blue suit. He right wing looks like a hand, and is pointing downward. He has a red basket over his left wrist/wing. There are a group of chickens around him. They are standing in a green field. There is a blue sky, with white puffy clouds shaped like chickens. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Die Jagd nach dem Brautschatz
  This poster is a black illustration of the profile of a man's face. His brow, eye, and hair are formed by the repeated image of figure galloping on horseback. The background is dark yellow. This film is Romanian. The poster is acidic, and there is visible acid burn and discoloration.
• Johannes Kepler
  This poster has black line drawings of two astronomical models, between which is a cross with a long shaft, placed diagonally. At center of the upper model is a red orb. At center of the lower model is a color still from the film, of one man grasping another man by his collar. The poster has a dark purple background. This film is East German. This poster is acidic, and there is an area of nibbling in loss at the right middle edge.
• Johann Sebastian Bachs vergebliche Reise in den Ruhm
  This poster is a black, white and grey drawings of a man in eighteenth century garb (three cornered hat, big buckle shoes), hopping off of a floor made out of three dimensional rhomboids. This film is East German. There is a closed tear in the top left corner, and at the left middle.
• Jeder gibt, was er kann
  This poster is a faded black and white photograph of a woman in a light t-shirt and jeans. She has curly dark hair. Her shoulders are out and back, and her hands are at the side of her breasts. She is standing in front of a picture of acrobats. There are four red check marks near the filmography. This film is Yugoslavian.
• Jene Jahre in Hollywood
  This poster is a black and white illustration of Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. The illustration is upright on a pink, blue, green and yellow background, and casts a shadow on the pink. There is a shadow of a woman in the left foreground. To the right of the image is a man, hand's at his side, looking at his shadow. This film is American.
• Jakub
  This poster is an illustration of a boy wearing a red and purple striped short robe, socks, and sneakers. He wears a newspaper hat on his head, and a handkerchief is tied around his face. In his right hand he holds a rag, in his left a paintbrush. There is white paint on the robe. He is outlined in white and a streaky blue painted outline. The background of the poster is blue grey. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Jakob der Lügner
  This poster is an illustration of a deep brown picture frame. Within the frame is a man with heavy brows, whose hands are held up to his face, cupped around his mouth. Three bubbles float above his head; they look like marbles, with swirls of green, blue, yellow and brown. This film is East German.
• Die Jagd nach der Handschrift
  This poster is a painting of a man with black curly hair, a thin mustache, and pursed lips, looking sharply to his left. He wears a puffy white shirt with a long collar. He holds a sword upright in his right hand. There are splotches of black on his shirt and by his hair. The background of the poster is light green. This film is Romanian.
• Die Jung Frauen Brücke
  The drawing of the title is the main feature of this poster. It has been done in an ink wash. The "A" in "Frauen" has been shaded on the underside to resemble a bridge or tunnel. Between the arch of the legs of the "A" is the Yugoslavian tri-color in red, white and blue, with a red star in the middle. This film is Yugoslavian.
• Julia und die Geister
  This poster is a colored pencil illustration of a woman in a white sleeveless top. On her shoulders and coming out behind her in red are a bull and a woman in a bikini; the faces of several women, with flowing hair, and at the top, a man with flowing beard, in a cap, with his arms out, holding onto wings across his shoulders. The background is dark blue with some black streaks. This film is an Italian and French co-production. The poster is scratched, and there are holes in the corners.
• Julia
  This poster is a photomontage of a woman laying in a hospital bed, with her head bandaged. The image has been torn, so that a lightning bolt shaped photograph runs through it. This image is in a sepia tone, and is a close-up of a woman's face, her mouth and eyes open wide in terror. This film is American.