East German Poster Database

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• Der Clou/Ein amerikanischer Kriminalfilm mit Paul Newman Robert Redford Robert Shaw Harold Gould Charles Durning u.a./Drehbuch: David S. Ward/Kamera: Robert Surtees
  Poster depicts a tuxedo hanging via wooden hanger to the "C" in the title. The left glove is holding the jacket while the right hangs loosely. Blood is seeping through from a bullethole in the chest. Poster advertises for a film titled "The Kicker" starring Paul Newman.
• Es war einmal in Amerika/Ein Spielfilm aus den USA von Sergio Leone/Mit Robert deNiro James Woods Elizabeth McGovern Joe Pesci Burt Young u.a. Musik: Ennio Morricone
  Poster depicts a shadowed figure in dark hat and trench coat with a pistol on left. Brooklyn Bridge and the Flatiron Building in background and green car with individuals shooting from the windows in foreground. Poster advertises for the film "Once Upon a Time in America" starring Robert de Niro.
• Abenteuer in Marienstadt/Der erste Polnische Farbfilm/Regie: Leonard Buczkowski Ÿ Drehbuch: Ludwik Starski Ÿ Mit Lidia Korsack, Tadeusz Schmidt, Adam Mikolajewski U.A. Herstellung: Spielfilmproduktion Lodz Ÿ Verlieh: Progress Film-Vertrieb GMBH
  Poster depicts a man and woman dancing on a tiled street at night with street lamps, tres, and buildings behind. Title of film in red and blue-gray at bottom, with subtext in black. Poster advertises for a color film titled "Adventures in Marienstadt". Poster is promoted as the first Polish color film.
• Die Entscheidung von Büchara/Ein Farbiger Abenteuerlicher Film as dem Orient/Mit E Samoilow, W. Krasnopolski, R. Makagonowa und N. Ataullajewa Ÿ Regie: W. Kreps Ÿ Ein Mosfilm in VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb
  Poster depicts a woman in braids and eastern dress looking to the right with a man in turban and similar eastern dress seeming to hold on to her waist and look up at her. A third man stares at them both in anger from an archway. Title in blue script at bottom with brown subtext. Poster advertises for a color film titled "The Decision of Buchara".
• Der blaüe Strohhut/mit Margot HielscherŸGisela SchmidtingŸMady RahlŸKarl SchönböckŸGüstav KnüthŸHübert v. Meyerinck Regie: Viktor ToürjanskyŸVerlieh: Progress Flim-Vertrieb G.M.B.H.
  Poster is indigo with white border. Depicts a woman in a blue hat with flowers and lace looking through the handle of a pair of scissors. White music staff swirl around. Three scenes from the movie depicted in small cartoon. Text in script near bottom. Poster advertises for a movie titled "The Blue Straw Hat".
• Ein chinesicher Farbfilm/Zwei tugendhafte Frauen/In den Hauptrollen: Gu Yan, Fu Yiwei u. a. Regie: Huang Jianzhong
  Poster is red with black border. Depicts angularly stylized Asian woman dressed in pink with a whiskered heart on her robe and a shadow behind of a traditionally dressed Asian woman. Title in black on pink and yellow backgrounds. Poster advertises for a Chinese film titled "The Virtuous Woman", starring Gu Yan and Fu Yiwei and directed by Huang Jianzhong. Produced by Progress Film Vertrieb.
• Der erste Start/Regie: Leonard Buczkowski mit Anna Rosiak Janusz Jaron Wladyslaw Walter Leopald Nowak Bohdan Niewinkowski Stanislaw Mikulkski/Ein Film der Film-Polski im Verleih der Progress Film-Vertrieb G.M.B.H.
  Poster depicts a plane flying low overhead in a blue sky with four young men running underneat dressed similarly in gray-brown oufits. Poster advertises for a film title "The First Start" directed by Leonard Buczkowski and produced by Progress Film Vertrieb.
• Vittorio de Sica in Der Arzt und der Hexenmeister/mit Marcello MastroianniŸMarisa MerliniŸŸLorella De LucaŸGabriella Pallotta Regie: Mario Monicelli/Ein italienischer Film in Verleih des VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb
  Poster is composed in 1950s pop style. Depicts an Italian town with a woman staring out the window of a building and a doctor and "witch doctor" in foreground. Poster advertises for an Italian film titled "The Doctor and the Witch Doctor [lit. Witch Master]".
• Kreis-Kinder-und-Jugendspartakiade
  Poster is yellow, black and white and in a pointillist style. Image shows a young girl holding up a medallion. Advertises for the “Kreis-Kinder-und-Jugendspartakiade” a “Children and Youth” sports competition.
• XI. Kinder- Und Jugendspartakiade der DDR
  Poster shows two young girls in some kind of athletic uniform (probably either gymnastics or ice skating) holding medallions. The poster advertises for the 11th Kinder- Und Judgendspartakiade der DDR, a “Children and Youth” sports competition.
• Spielen, Bauen, Konstruieren... mit Spielwaren aus der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.
  Poster is an advertisement for the East German toy industry (Spielwarenindustrie). The poster is black with white letters and a cartoon of a large yellow teddy bear. Oversize.
• Centrum / Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch!
  Poster is an advertisement for the East German department store “Centrum”. The poster is white with green and black letters and a large multicolored, abstract drawing of a butterfly. The caption reads “Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch!” (We look forward to seeing you). Oversize.
• Der Allesdrescher: Fortschritt E 514
  Poster is an advertisement for a new combine (i.e. mechanical threshing machine). It shows an illustration of the machine on a tan foreground with a blue sky in the background. Oversize.
• Bequemer reisen Schlafwagen!
  Poster has a blue background and a red and green train. The poster is an advertisement for new and improved sleeper trains. Oversize.
• 11. Festival des politischen Liedes
  Poster shows a red bird holding a red flag circling a blue planet or moon. Poster advertises the Festival des politischen Liedes (Festival of political song). It is sponsored by the FDJ. Oversize.
• An ardent appeal goes around the world from Berlin
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English except for the text on the poster images. This is the last poster of the series. On the last day of the festival, Angela Davis reads an appeal to the crowd. Pictures show Davis surrounded by officials and delegates as well as the vast crowd that has gathered there.
• Thank you, Soviet soldiers
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English. Pictures show onlookers at night viewing a statue which is a memorial for Soviet soldiers. Box 5.
• Unbreakable friendship
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English except for the text on the poster images which contains some Russian. This poster is about the relationship between the DDR and the Soviet Union. Pictures show Russians and Germans participating in the festival together. Box 5.
• Young people from capitalist countries...
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English. Pictures show foreign visitors getting tours of work sites in the DDR. Box 5.
• Answer to many questions
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English except for the text on the poster images. The main picture shows a large group of young people in blue shirts carrying signs with the symbol of the festival, a globe that looks like a flower with red, green, yellow, and blue petals. Box 5.
• Women and girls
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. There is no text, and is a continuation of the previous poster. Pictures are of young women from around the world who participated in the festival. Box 5.
• For the rights of women and girls
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English except for the text on the poster images. This poster is about the support of women's rights by Socialist movements. Pictures show women marching and waving to the crowd. Box 5.
• The tribunal
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. “An international tribunal against imperialism and its crimes, against its profoundly anti-human nature, is held in the evening of the seventh day of the festival.” Pictures show participants in this 7th day tribunal, cheering and raising their fists, including Angela Davis.
• Day and night - political songs
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English except for the text on the poster images. This poster is about political music at the festival. Pictures show groups of musicians and vocalists as well as a seated audience clapping and cheering. Box 5.
• Peace
  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. No text except for the text on the poster images. Pictures show marchers from Australia and South Africa carrying signs in English as well as marchers from China. Box 5.