East German Poster Database

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• La Bohème
  This poster is a painting of a man and a woman walking, their arms about each other. He is in plaid trousers, an oversize button down coat, and a very long scarf, which is draped across his front and down around her shoulders. She is in a blue shirt, and a dark green, full skirt. There is a city building in the background, against a grey blue sky. This film is Swiss.
• Der Bäckerbursche von Venedig
  This poster is an illustration of three figures in courtly costume. There is a white sword that starts at the top of the poster. The figure of the man and the woman are framed by the hilt of the sword; at the center is a young man. He wears a puffy sleeved striped tunic, belted, and pants that end at the knees with a ruffle. He has short slouch boots. He is framed within the sword portion of the poster. The man and the woman have on matching costumes, and each holds a mask in front of their face. The background is dark green. This film is an Italian and French co-production.
• Bewährung
  This poster is a mixed media illustration of a man's face on a background of yellow and blue stripes on a white background radiating from behind it. The man's face is a black and white photograph. He is young and blond, with wire rimmed glasses. His hair and glasses are wet, and the image includes his neck, which shows a white shirt and dark tie. Behind him is a black and white graphic of two men's faces, in profile, one on either side of his head. This film is Soviet.
• Boccaccio 70
  This poster is a stylized pencil black and red pencil drawing of a woman with long hair. She has no face, save lips, and two perfect circle for breasts. Her figure or dress is quite regular, and then tulips out at the waist to form a bell shape. Her hands are in long gloves, and she holds a 100 note in her left hand, while her right hand is raised and she is holding an oversized apple. The background is a sketchy black on gray. This film is Italian.
• Backfisch mit Anna Prucnal
  This poster is a comic illustration of a couple sitting in the back of a small green car, like a Lada. There is a black and white stripe along the windows of the car, like a road barricade. The woman is wearing a white playing card with a pink heart on it, and a white veil. The man is in a purple suit, and his hand, extended outside of the car, is holding a large hypodermic needle. The car is being driven by a man in a blue outfit, whose legs extend beneath the car such that he is walking on the ground, and the car is riding in the air, above several very pointed grey rocks. The background is white. This film is Polish.
• Bitterer Honig
  This poster is a photomontage. The background is a man's face, in profile, in a violet and dark purple print. Superimposed on his cheek is the face, in a yellow and black print, of a teenaged Rita Tushingham, with her hands to their face, grimacing. Her hair is printed in violet and black. There is a black area of the poster behind the violet face. This film is English.
• Bitterer Honig
  This poster is a photomontage. The background is a man's face, in profile, in a violet and dark purple print. Superimposed on his cheek is the face, in a yellow and black print, of a teenaged Rita Tushingham, with her hands to their face, grimacing. Her hair is printed in violet and black. There is a black area of the poster behind the violet face. This film is English.
• Das Beil von Wandsbek
  This poster is a black and white watercolor illustration of the actor Erwin Geschonneck. He is in profile, wearing a suit, with a building behind him; only the windows are detailed. There is a large red outline of an axe extending from the bottom of the poster, over his face, which cuts a swath of color out of the poster, leaving a blank whtie space. This film is East German.
• Bis zum Nächsten Frühling
  The top half of this poster is an illustration of a young woman with black hair, wearing a green sundress. There is a black outline of a branch with leaves behind her on the green background. She is standing next to a red sign on a black tripod with the title of the film in it. There is a thick black line below her. In the bottom half, on a dark blue background, stands a young man, seen from the back, with blonde hair, wearing a red sweater and tan pants, standing in front of a yellow railing. This film is Soviet.
• Bei uns in Mechov
  This poster is a mixed media illustration. A house is outlined in thick black crayon; a village scene is drawn around it, with a church steeple, and low red roofs. Within the house are two black and white photographs; one of a man in a night shirt on a black background, standing, with his palm held upright; the other, of a man in pajamas, kneeling in bed, reaching out to a woman who is seated in a chair next to the night table on a red background. Beneath the house are two black and white cut out photographs, which form the image of a man kicking at a barking dog. There is a graphic of a yellow road sign announcing the town of Mechov; a bird is perched on the sign, chirping. Theare are blue clouds in the sky above the village. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Begegnung mit einem Spion
  This poster is a mixed media illustration of a large eye on a watercolor dark green background. The eye is outlined in black, with a black shape around it, like a Rorshach blot. Instead of an iris, there is a black and white photograph of a man's head. He is wearing a driving cap, and his eyes are looking to his right. This film is Polish.
• Die blonde Hexe
  This poster is a black and white film still of Nicole Courcel, wearing a shirt off the shoulder, leaning against a wooden beam. Her hand is on the wood, and she is looking over her shoulder. This film is French.
• Die Buntkarierten
  This poster is a black and white photomontage of Werner Hinz and Camilla Spira. Their photos have been cut out, and are placed against a shadowed, blurry, crosshatched background. Hinz is in a suit; Spira is an rought tweed coat. This film is East German.
• Abenteuer im Roten Meer
  This poster is a painting of an underwater scene. A large grey shark swims above a man in a wetsuit and fins who holds a film camera to his face with both hands. Bubbles are coming off of his face and fins. The camera and the shark are pointed at a dark cave, with red, yellow and green coral. There is a school of small blue fish beneath him. This film is West German.
• An der Endstation
  This poster consists of six monochromatic photographic prints, four in pink at the top, two in blue at the bottom, on a white background. The photographs are images of the film's actors. There is a yellow graphic outline of a tram car superimposed on the two left most pink rectangular prints. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Agatha, laß das Morden sein!
  This poster is a mixed media illustration. A black and white photograph of a woman's face is surrounded by a black graphic resembling a coat pulled up across the lower half of her face. Her hair is composed of another black photographic element. The background is white. This film is West German.
• Alarm in Zirküs
  This poster is an illustration of an older man in a dark suit, with close cropped hair and mustache, holding his hand over the mouth of a young man who is leaning back against him, his eyes nearly closed. In the background, a herd of horses is galloping into the darkness through a brightly lit tunnel. This film is East German.
• Attentat im Morgengrauen
  This poster is a drawing of a man's face, in crosshatched red lines on a black background. In the black background, at the top, a train is steaming across a train trestle. It is dark blue behind the train. This film is Hungarian.
• Auf der Alm da gibt's koa Sünd
  This poster is a comic illustration of a fat blond man in a traditional Tyrolean suit and hat, with a flash camera, carrying a ladder away from a window. The shutters, with hearts carved into the wood, are open, and a woman is helping a man inside, as his legs dangle in the air. Around the side of the building, a couple in Tyrolean costume are kissing. There is a tower with an onion dome and a rooster weather vane beneath a crescent moon. This film is Austrian.
• Auf den Dächern von Budapest
  This poster is an illustration of three young men. Each has short dark hair, and a grey face. The man on the left is in a dark suit with a white shirt and tie; he is looking to his left, at the other two. The man in the abck has on a red sweater, with his hands in his pants pockets. The man on the right appears to lean on something; he is in dark clothing. The blue background forms a city skyline at the top of the poster, with a seafoam green sky above. This film is Hungarian.
• Ach, du fröliche...
  This poster is a mixed media illustration. It features three black and white photographs, each of an actor from the film. There is a young man from the shoulders up, in a suit; a young woman, in a turtleneck and dark pencil skirt, reaching down to take off her pumps; and an older man in a brimmed hat, overcoat, and knit scarf. The background is white, with a series of thin yellow stripes running vertically down in a repeated pattern. There is also a red crayon drawing of an elaborate mantel, shrine or stove, which the woman seems to be leaning on while taking off her shoes. This film is East German.
• Abseits von den Wegen (Wildmarksommer)
  This poster consists of a large black and white still from the film. It is a man on skis, in winter clothing, with a fur sack, leaning against his ski poles over a dead reindeer. There are three monochromatic yellow and black stills in the upper right hand corner of the poster. This film is Swedish.
• Alaska Füchse
  This poster is a blue graphic illustration of death's head, with fox's ears. There is an American Air Force symbol on the forehead, consisting of a star within a circle, with two bars on either side. There is a small red jet below and to the left of the skull, on a white background. This film is East German.
• Adresse unbekannt
  This poster is an illustraiton of a young woman with black hair, wearing a blue and red checked top, cradling a baby wearing a blue outfit. She has a brown leather strap over her shoulder. The background, in blue, black, and grey, is a night time street scene, with the Eiffel Tower and the river Seine behind her. Lights are reflecting on the water, and there is an overpass to her right, with a subway train rounding a bend, and a men looking out of the window of a black car with its headlights on. This film is French.
• Alwin der Letzte
  This poster is a mixed media illustration of a farmer, stading on top of a hay pile in the middle of a green field, with blue sky behind him and a white rooster and a large rat at his feet. Within the pink farmer's head is a black and white photograph of the face of Gerhard Bienert. He is wearing a blue jacket, red and white striped shirt, and purple trousers tucked into black boots. There is a pitchfork in the hay. He is holding a brown rooster in one arm; in the other arm he is cradling a baby. Within the baby's head is a black and white photograph of the face of Paul Henker, in a uniform kepi. This film is East German.