East German Poster Database

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• Der Feenprinz
  This poster is an illustration of the story of the fairy prince. A boy wearing orange patterned overalls and a white puffy blouse floats above a lake surrounded by green trees and bushes. He wears an orange crown and has little orange wings. There is a dark blue night sky with stars and moon. This film is Hungarian. Box 3.
• Fallada-Letztes Capital
  This poster is a series of sequential stills, presented in black and pink. The sequence illustrates a man pointing a shotgun at a woman outside. She rushes him, they struggle, and she shoots him then walks away. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Freibeuter der Meere
  This poster is a monochromatic red wash illustration of a large bird of prey in flight. Its beak is open, and its talons are extended. There is a small hole in the center of the poster from folding, and there is a stain in the lower right hand quadrant. There are small pin holes throughout the poster. This film is Italian. Box 3.
• Der gestiefelte Kater reist um die Welt
  In this poster, a cartoon cat is at sea, behind the wheel of a wooden vessel. He wears a little suit and top hat. Leaning out of the right side of the boat is an hippo, wearing a yellow coat, pink bow tie, and little hat. Below the boat are black and white stills from the cartoon. This film is Japanese. Box 3.
• Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns
  The poster is a close up image of a young girl with brown hair, who has a rat on her shoulder. The rat has an earring dangling from its ear, and some of his fur has been highlighted with white pencil. Her hand is on her shoulder, supporting the rat, and she wears a green embroidered dress. Superimposed on the photograph is an illustrated archway formed of neon green wavy lines that look like greenery. There is a black hole in the poster, which seems to be from a very dark pencil. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Der Große Angeber
  This poster is of two still images from the film. At the top, a woman carrying a baby pulls a large baby stroller away from a three wheeled European lorry. They are in a town square, with cobblestone streets and a monument visible. In the bottom image, Yves Montand and a woman with long red hair and green eyes are viewed through a car window. This poster is acidic, and there are adhesive stickers on the back. This film is a French and Italian co-production. Box 3.
• Gute Tauben kehren immer züruck
  This poster is a close-up photograph of a broken crystal stemmed glass. There are fragments and liquid on the surface. This film is Czechoslovakian. Box 3.
• Hello, Dolly!
  This poster is a red and white drawing of Dolly on a bright yellow background. Dolly wears a full skirted dress with a tight bodice, which has a decorative folk pattern on it. She wears a very large brimmed, feathered hat. From her right arm hangs a bag with a heart on it, and white cards with red hearts on it drop from both her hands. This poster is acidic. This film is American. Box 3.
• Herr Tau in den Wolken
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a man holding a black umbrella over his head. Red cherries fall from the umbrella. He is wearing a suit, vest, cravat, and bowler hat, and stands on a hill with blue tulips. There is a rainbow arching over the entire poster. This film is a Czechoslovakian, West German co-production. Box 3.
• Die himmelblaue Katze
  This poster is a colored pencil illustration of a sky blue cat, in a golden bird cage. There is a decorated stage curtain in purple above the cat, and the background is a blue sky with moon, stars, and green and pink trees or plants. This film is Czechoslovakian. Box 3.
• Hostess
  This poster is text only, announcing the film. It is neon green on a black background. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Kalamität
  This poster is an illustration of a comical marionette. He has long brown hair, and wears a blue uniform and cap. His arms and legs are crisscrossed and pinned to the body, so that when a string is pulled that runs the length of the marionette, they move back and forth. It is on a white background. There is some creasing along the top edge. This film is Czechoslovakian. Box 3.
• Holter-Polter-Abend
  This poster is an illustration of a boy and a girl, flying through the air. He is in green, and holds a yellow umbrella. She is in blue, and sits on a broom. They float through an orange and pink cloudy sky, over a blue body of water. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Das goldene Vlies
  This poster has an overall large dot matrix pattern, which increases in size as it goes down the poster. Beneath this layer is a color photograph of a man with longish brown hair. The photograph's edge have been feathered out, so that the image forms the shape of the African continent. This film is Soviet. Box 3.
• Geschenke der Telefon
  This poster is a large black and white photograph of a man leaning out a window or over a railing. He is pointing a Zenith camera with a large telephoto lens out onto the street, which is blurry. There are a series of red rectangles bordering the poster. This poster is highly acidic, and there is some nibbling along the bottom edge. This film is Soviet. Box 3.
• Die Tänzerin
  This poster consists of two collage elements on a variegated yellow background. At the top of the poster is a large orange circle or sun. Below this is a marbled column, with a statue of a winged Nike Athena atop, holding a crown or wreath aloft in her right hand, and a torch in her left. This film is a Japanese and West German co-production. Box 3.
• Der Zug nach Hollywood
  In this poster there is an upright image of Marilyn Monroe on a pink background. It casts a shadow. The central image is a movie ticket, which is illustrated to look like both a film strip and a razor blade. A heart is inserted into the middle of the blade, and the tip of the heart has left a red crayon streak. Below that is the title of the film. The poster is on a variegated gray background. This film is Polish. Box 3.
• Oh, Karol!
  This poster is a cartoon panel on a light yellow background. In the large panel, a young man with black hair, shirtless, sits up in bed. There is a yellow circle around his head. To the right of his head is another yellow circle, with the head of a woman in it. Below the panel are three more yellow circles, each with the head of a woman in it. This film is Polish. Box 3.
• SM Der Ehrengast/Klinkerfritz/Rotkäppchen
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of Little Red Riding Hood. There are red and gold curtains, which are open. To the right is the wolf, tongue out, wearing grandma's night cap. To the left is Little Red Riding Hood, holding a bundle of flowers. The wolf is under a blue and white cover pane. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Sahara
  On a bright yellow background is the silhouette of a camel. The camel's body has been replaced by a Land Rover, carrying three people with luggage on the roof. The camel casts a shadow and leaves tracks in the sand. This is a Spanish film. Box 3.
• Der Letzte Weg
  The poster is designed with the photographic element of the face of a bearded man wearing a scarf and top hat in the center. The remainder of the poster is a pastel abstract, which extends into the photographic element. The man stands before a graveyard, marked with basic crosses. Directly behind him is a large tombstone. It is a winter scene, and snow falls. The tombstone has a torn red piece of paper on it. This film is Soviet. Box 3.
• Winter im Tal der Muminken
  This poster is an illustration of a winter scene. A figure in a robe stands facing a large bonfire, which is surrounded by packs of wolves/dogs and trees. In the foreground, a boy in a red-striped shirt and blue cap smiles at a creature that is perhaps a dog, or possibly a baby hippo. This film is Polish. Box 3.
• Gobseck
  This poster is a black and white drawing on a bright yellow background. It depicts a man with bushy eyebrows and sideburns, in a black suit and black hat. Gold coins are running from the top left to bottom right of the poster. This film is a Soviet and French co-production. Box 3.
• Ein kurzer Film Über die Liebe
  This poster is a black background, with a thin, black and white photographic stripe running down the middle. It is blurred close up of a man's face. There are bright red slivers that are pointing into the photograph. This film is Polish. Box 3.
• Didi auf vollen Touren
  This poster depicts a man in jeans and a plaid shirt laying across the hood of a yellow and orange truck. There is a Pegasus hood ornament, and a sticker of a four leaf clover in the truck window. The truck is parked outside, in front of an old wooden barn. This film is West German. Box 3.