East German Poster Database

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• Mein sündhafter Mann
  This poster has an overall black and white dot matrix pattern, that is denser at the bottom and becomes less opaque as it goes upwards. The illustration is of a mans legs, wearing black shoes, white socks, and black pants. At the thigh, there is a large orange bird's wing. Extending from the wing is a blue bird's tail, with a single peacock feather stuck in it. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Märchen vom tapferen Recken
  This poster is a watercolor of a Mongolian or Hun on horseback. He wears a traditional folk costume of red and blue tunic, with a blue pointed hat. He has a green bow around his shoulders, and a red quiver on his back. In his outstretched right hand, he holds a golden box with a sun on it. The horse's bridle is red and blue, and the saddle is red and green. The horse is grey, with a dark grey mane and tail, with streaks of red in it. The background is a brown and grey wash. This film is Mongolian.
• Die Mädchen vom Wilkohof
  This black and white poster is a series of four square photonegatives of the bust, in profile, of a young girl. Within the hair and face is the ghostly image of a bare tree. In the last image, the profile faces to the right; the rest are to the left. She wears a checked top and a necklace. This film is Polish.
• Das Mädchen vom See
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of the stern of a red rowboat, white oars pushed out to the oarlocks, at rest on a calm, dark blue see. Two pairs of feet, one large, one small, are resting on the transom. The stern is reflected in the water, as is the small pair of feet and the oars. The sky is bright blue. This film is Czechoslovakian. There is creasing along both vertical edges of the poster, which has resulted in small tears, and discoloration along the upper right hand side.
• Mein Name ist Nobody
  This poster is an illustration of the top half of a rodeo clown, being placed by two disembodied hands on top of a drum. The head and arms of the clown are backwards on the body. The clown wears a cowboy hat, a brown vest, pink shirt, and orange boxing gloves. He has blue hair, eyebrows, and sideburns. The drum is ivory and brown and has red cords on it. The background is a burnt orange, with white stars near each of the boxing gloves. This film is a French and West German co-production.
• Meine Liebe
  This poster is an impressionistic watercolor of a red poppy, whose petals are falling off. The poppy is against a pink and lavender wash background, with a large white and yellow sun behind the flower. This film is a Soviet and Turkish co-production.
• Meine Liebe-Elektra
  This poster is a black and white photograph of a cluster of melting candles, the light of which is reflected in water. Two eyes have been painted at the surface level. They are pink and yellow, with pink and brown irises and large black pupils. The "whites" of the eyes are green. The image is on a black background. This film is Hungarian. There is a small closed tear along the bottom edge.
• Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt
  This poster is a paper cut out collage on a bright red background. The composition consists of three, interlocking white faces in profile, placed horizontally. The top and the bottom face are women's, and the middle is a man. There is a woman's hand at the top and bottom of the man's head. There are small cutouts of a star, a heart, a purple heart, and a red heart with a lightning bold pointing into it. This film is East German.
• Mein blauer Vogel fliegt
  This illustrated poster has a background of faint blue and grey stripes, like a concentration camp prisoner's uniform. In the sky, a white glider plane has is striated by the stripes. There is a clump of yellow green ground and low trees beneath the plan. This film is East German. There are two small closed tears along the lower right hand edge.
• Max und 7 1/2 Jungen
  This poster is a colored pencil illustration of a series of images of children on a gold background. Starting at the top: an old man with white hair and a beige sweater, wearing a beret; a rural village sign; a blonde boy sitting at a table, with a red mug in his hand; two boys fighting outside, with a smoking factory chimney in the background; a boy with a cast and a girl in clogs lean against a tree; a boy shovels coal into a fireplace; two boys and a girl are speaking on the village road. This film is East German.
• Die Marquise von O…
  This poster is a simple pink line drawing of the form of a naked woman. The drawing is made of one continuous line, and starts by forming long wavy hair, the upper arms, a breast, hips, bottom. At the bottom, the line continues upward into her body, forming the neck of a swan. The swan has been given a separate black head and red beak. The neck of the swan also looks like a penis. The line continues back down to form the curvature of her bottom, and continues upward to form her hips, breast, upper arm, and finishes with another flourish of long wavy hair. The drawing is on a dark blue background. This film is a West German and French co-production.
• Marktfrau und Poet
  This poster is on a tan background. There is an illustrated diagonal dashed line running from the lower left to upper right, bisecting the poster. On the upper half is an illustration of the bust of a woman wearing a pink kerchief tied under her chin, and a blue striped top. On the bottom half is the bust of a man, wearing an ushanka and a green collared jacket. He has a brown beard and mustache. There is a white dotted line in the lower right hand corner. This film is Soviet.
• Marathon in Herbst
  This poster is a watercolor of the sole of a large pink foot, outlined thickly in black. The sole has two breasts on it, and a black dash in the middle, like a belly button. The toes are five circles. It is on a white background. This film is Soviet.
• Der Mann von Mallorca
  This poster is of an illustrated white skull and crossbones on a black background. At the upward end of each bone is a gloved fist (on the left) and a gloved hand holding a pistol (on the right). The middle of the skull has been made to look like the front grill of a Mercedes, and the eye sockets are the front windshield. This film is Swedish. There is a tear in the upper right hand corner, and several rusty holes from pins or staples.
• Der Mann vom Kapuziner-Boulevard
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a man's head, wearing Old Western wear. He has on a brown brimmed hat, and there is a woman's head and exposed breast on it. Two pistols are crossed beneath the man's chin, and the smoke coming from them form curlicues that look like tickertape. The painting is within a sepia toned cameo wash, on a white background. This film is Soviet.
• Der Mann mit der eisernen Maske
  This poster is an illustration of an iron mask. It has an opening for the eyes and the mouth, but bolts ensure that the mask cannot be removed. A spider dangles above the mask. It is dark olive green, and has a fleur-de-lis on its back. The poster is dark grey. This film is English. There is a small tear just above the middle fold, on the left.
• Der Mann mit dem Ring im Ohr
  There is a black silhouette of a cowboy on this poster. He wears a hat and has a ring in his right ear. Behind him is a fiery white, orange, red and black sky. There are flecks of those same colors across the head of the man, and the title. This film is East German.
• Der Mann im Lodenmantel
  This poster is an illustration of a room with a grey wooden floor and grey walls. The door has two loden green panels, and the bottom panel becomes the bottom edge of a coat and a pair of men's lace up shoes as it reaches the floor. There is a mail slot in the bottom panel of the door. This film is Romanian.
• Mann, bleib auf dem Teppich
  This poster is a pastel illustration of an upright cat on a cornflower blue background. The cat wears a yellow and purple striped tie, and has a toothbrush in a chest pocket. A red heart forms his nose, and his eyes are two blue marbles. This film is Soviet.
• Mann, bist du Klasse!
  This poster consists of a collage on a bright red-orange background. The central figure is the trunk of a man, with green briefs on, and the director's name tattooed on the left bicep. There is another cut out that says "a touch of class" and to the left of the male figure is a cut out of a woman in a yellow bikini. Her arms and the top of her head have been cut off. The title of the film has been incorporated into the collage, as well as the production information. This film is an American and English co-production.
• Der Mann auf dem Dach
  In this painted poster there are a series of concentric open rectangles, forming a long tunnel. Within the first rectangle stands a black figure holding a rifle; he casts a shadow forward, as he is lit from behind. The entire poster is variegated blues, purples, and blacks. This film is Swedish. The lower right hand corner has been folded back.
• Der Mann am Telefon
  The poster is a black and white image of a man in an overcoat and hat holding a telephone to his ear. Visible behind him is a plant and a cartoon sign. Large white splashes , like snow, are scattered around the poster. This film is Czechoslovakian. There is a small tear along the top edge, on the right.
• Der Krieg im Bohnenfeld
  This poster is an illustration of the black shadow of a cowboy, against a desert landscape of tan, yellow, orange and red. There is a green strip in the foreground. The shadow is formed from splashes of paint. This film is American.
• Mikrophonprobe
  This poster is a very simple line drawing of a woman's upper body, wearing a suit jacket, and with a bag slung over the right shoulder. A mass of curly hair is formed from squiggly colored pencil lines. The face is a black and white photograph, which has been torn apart and pieced back together. This film is Romanian.
• Macaroni
  This poster consists of a dot matrix image of Jack Lemmon and Marcello Mastroianni heads pressed together, singing. Lemmon wears a suit, Mastroianni a tuxedo. The image is on a dark brown background. The title of the film has been formed from illustrated macaroni, and macaroni is placed about the poster. There are also three triangles of red, yellow, and pink on the poster. This film is Italian.