East German Poster Database

Items

• Karino der Champion
  This poster is a watercolor image of a jockey in yellow, white, and red on a large brown horse. They are on a green, and there is a border of green rectangles around the poster. The poster is damaged from creasing, which seems likely to have occurred during printing. This film is Polish. Box 3.
• Rückkehr aus der Hölle
  This poster is a watercolor image of a man's head and torso. In the background above his shoulders are folk images of flowers and plants. There is a border of black curlicues. From his shoulders down, there is a black and white photograph of a war scene, with a soldier being blown by cannon fire. This film is Romanian. Box 3.
• Rübezahl und die Köhlersfrau
  This poster is a watercolor image of a woman holding onto a large church bell. The woman is being covered by falling snow. She is flanked by evergreen trees on a moonlight night. The film is a Czechoslovakian and East German co-production. Box 3.
• Der Rote Reiter
  The dark beige poster features two riders, one on horseback and one a red bicycle. The figure on horseback is made from a patterned image. He appears to wear a Russian uniform. The bicyclist is an ink drawing of a rider in black, hunched over the handlebars. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Rübezahl un der Wilderer/Das häßliche junge Entlein/Der Märchenmantel
  This poster is a watercolor illustrating several traditional German fairy tales. Three golden rings float on a dark blue background, which has stars, flowers, shells, and other images. Within the top circle is an illustration for Rübezahl. The face of a gnome, wearing a soft green hat with a flower in it, peers angrily amongst the trees in a forest. A small figure runs away from him. The circle in the middle illustrates "The Ugly Duckling:" an awkward looking white duck with giant yellow eye and red feet stares at his reflection in a pond. There are cattails, and flowers, and a frog. The bottom circle illustrates "Der Märchenmantel:" a green overcoat holds a little bug with a crown in the pocket, and two imaginary creatures are within the coat. The poster is stained on the back, in the upper left hand side. This film is an East German and Czechoslovakian co-production. Box 3.
• Rübezahl und der Bärtigen Frauen
  This poster is a colored pencil illustration of a traditional German folk tale. The head of a long beard, gnome, wearing a green felt hat with a flower, is surrounded by ivy leaves. Below the ivy border are four women, each sporting a large beard and mustache. The background is beige. This film is an East German and Czechoslovakian co-production. Box 3.
• The Rose
  This poster is a large color photograph of a Bette Midler singing into a microphone on a stage. There are musicians and stage equipment visible in the background. The film is American. Box 3.
• Rückkehr aus der Wüste
  This poster shows two men, seated in the sand. The man on the left has short blonde hair, and wears jeans, sandals, an open button down shirt, and holds a canteen. He has one leg stretched out in front of him. The man next to him has on jeans, tennis sneakers, a long sleeved t-shirt, and has a balaclava around his head and face. He has a rucksack at his feet. This film is an East German and Algerian co-production. Box 3.
• Der Reiter auf dem goldenen Pferd
  This poster is an illustration of a witch over a cauldron. She has a green hue, long spindly fingers dangle over the steaming cauldron, and she wears a black cape. There is an indiscernible image reflected in the cauldron's surface. The background is black. This film is Soviet. Box 3.
• Briefe eines toten Mannes
  This poster is a beige, pixilated image surrounding the head of an older man, balding, with glasses, unshaven, with mustache, who appears to have dirt on his face. This film is Soviet. Box 3.
• Blutige Spur
  This poster features a black on orange illustration of a man wearing a hat, carrying a rifle, walking through tall grass. To the left are three black and white stills from the film. The title of the film is formed by white cut out letters. This poster is acidic, is stained, and has adhesive stickers on the back. The film's show times have been written in at the bottom. There is a small tear at the bottom right edge, and some nibbling along the left edge. This film is American. Box 3.
• Blauvogel
  This poster has a repeating pattern of purple knots running along either side, on a bright yellow background. The central image is a sepia toned still, showing a group of people dressed as Indians, standing in a hut or under a lean-to. The main figure is a young woman wearing a beaded halter top and leather pants. Next to her is a shirtless man with a large knife hanging from his neck. Next to him is a child wearing an Indian blanket. Seated in front of them is a figure wrapped in a blanket, with a feather sticking upright from the hair. This poster is highly acidic, and exhibits color changes along the right edge and center fold. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Das blaue Licht
  In this poster, a young man leans against a stone wall. He has chin length hair, and wears a tunic, leggings, and soft, folded over leather boots. He has a cloth bag hanging from his neck, which rests between his legs. In his outstretched hands, he holds a glowing blue crystalline orb. The poster has been bumped along the bottom edge, and has many creases. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Die Beunruhigung
  In this black and white image, a woman wearing a striped top crouches under a blanket. Next to her is a table with a champagne bottle and crystal glass on it. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Die Besteigung des Chimborazo
  The poster is composed of three still color images from the film on a tan background. In the top image, four figures ascend a snow covered, rocky mountain. In the next image, three white men on mules look on as heavily laden pack mules are led by men in native South American garb. In the bottom image, a team of men on horseback lead a group of natives with pack mules, framed against a backdrop of a mountain. This film is an East German and Ecuadoran co-production. Box 3.
• Die Beteiligten
  The poster consists of two color photographs. In the top scene, a young blonde man speaks with another man off to the side, while behind them there is a crowd of people in a living room with food laid out on the table. In the bottom photo, the same blonde man, wearing the same tan coat, speaks to a young woman with short reddish hair, wearing a blue turtleneck sweater and a grey wool cape. They are standing outside. This film is East German. Box 3.
• Oljas Abenteur mit dem Hausgeist
  The poster appears to be an close up image of a tree. The central focus is a knot, lit to show how the features of the knot seem to form a smiling face. The bark seems to form a ghostly shape. It is black and white. This film is Soviet. Box 3.
• Alexis Sorbas
  The poster is a large sepia toned image of Anthony Quinn as Zorba the Greek/Alexis Zorbas. He has his head cocked to the left, with his mouth wide open. He wears an open neck shirt, hands in front of him, holding something in his left hand. This poster is acidic. This film is an American and Greek co-production. Box 3.
• Lasst ihn sich doch Fürchten!
  This poster is a watercolor of three musical bars, painted to look like blue water. In the top bar, an upright piano with sheet music on it and flames coming out of the top floats along against a setting sun and green trees. In the middle bar, a man in a tuxedo, holding a director's baton in his outstretched hands, appears to be drowning. A musical note forms a red heart. Floating next to him is a man in a suit, with blood leaking out of a bullet hole. In the bottom bar, a blonde woman with a microphone floats along; next to her, musical notes form a lily pad and lily flower. This poster is acidic. This film is Czechoslovakian. Box 3.
• Die kleine Seejungfrau
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid." Against a purple sky with a large orange sun, is the profile of a young girl, with long reddish hair, wearing a wreath of water flowers. She leans over the horizon, which is formed by the reposing image of a young man, head and chest in profile as to form a cliffside. The water is blue and white, with large green flowered lily pads. This film is Czechoslovakian. Box 3.
• Coming Home
  This poster features a large black and white still image from the film of Jane Fonda and Jon Voigt, seated, laughing, and partaking of food and drink. There is a small image above the main image of Fonda and Bruce Dern, in an officer's dress uniform. The title of the poster has been written on the back in ball point pen. This film is American. Box 3.
• Cromwell
  The title of the film is predominant on this poster, marked out in three dimensional purple and pink lettering. Below the title, on a matching purple background, are several black and white stills from the film. Clockwise from top left: Alec Guinness, as Charles I, is seated, while Queen Henrietta stands next to him, arm round his shoulders; Richard Harris, as Oliver Cromwell, is on horseback, at the front of a regiment, flags and pikes visible in the background; Richard Harris holds a woman in his arms; Alec Guinness in cape, stands in front of a two men, one of whom holds an executioner's ax; Richard Harris grabs or throws the royal scepter. This film is English. Box 3.
• Brothers
  There are two still black and white images on a lavender and royal blue background. In the top image, a black woman with a large afro, wearing a prison uniform, carries a pile of clothes through a cell. Two guards stand near her. In the bottom image, a large, shirtless black man leans against a brick cell wall, holding the cell door, while speaking to a guard in a white uniform. This film is American. Box 3.
• Die Brücke im Dschungel
  This poster consists of several black and white still images from the film superimposed over a central image that is very dark, but seems to depict a man holding a torch, surrounded by a group of men. The superimposed images, beginning clockwise from top left: a woman holds a cup up to the face of a man in a hat and work clothes, who is slumped over; a group of men and women, with the women and a man in the front row kneeling, as though in supplication; a man holds his hat in his hands as he looks at the body of a dead child, laid out for burial a man holds the limp body of a child, while a man and a young girl turn away; two men talk to each other over a rough wooden table. This film is Mexican. Box 3.
• Der Brünette erscheint am Abend
  This poster has a pastel drawing of a blurred face with a single eye open and in focus. Below the face is an image of a man and a woman laughing. The text is placed diagonally in front of the face and accompanied by green, red, yellow, and white streaks of color. This poster is acidic, and there is a three inch long tear at the center left fold. There is an inch long tear at the bottom center fold. It is also beginning to tear at the center fold. This film is Polish. Box 3.