East German Poster Database

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• 2:0 für Marika
  This poster is a graphic illustration of three different scenes. At center is a couple; he is holding her from behind. She is in a red dress with white polka dots, belted at the waist, with a sailor collar. He is in a blue jacket and white shirt. Both are smiling. In the upper left hand corner is a scene of two men, one older, one younger, sitting on the end of a dock. The older man is holding a fishing pole in the water, and has one hand to the side of his head. In the lower right hand corner is a scene of young men playing soccer. This film is Hungarian.
• Zirkusartisten
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a man on a highwire, designed to look like a collage, on a teal background. He is wearing a tuxedo, and holding an umbrella in one hand. He has blond hair and is wearing a blue and white striped hat with patterned patches. Below the wire are white line illustrations of the Eiffel Tower, London Bridge, the Taj Mahal, and the Kremlin. This film is Soviet.
• Zwischenfall in Benderath
  This poster is a black line drawing of a man's face on a white background. Half of his face is shaded in yellow. There are four other outlines of his face, in yellow, grey, blue, and maroon, placed around the poster. This film is East German.
• Das Traumschiff
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a boy and girl standing on the dock, at the bow of a large, white iron ship. The boy carries a satchel, the girl a backpack with a pillow on it. The ship is tied to a ballard, and there is a yellow anchor on the side. The background is dark blue, and there is a light blue silhouette of a tugboat behind the children. This film is East German.
• Die Zürcher Verlobung
  This poster is a monochromatic red and black print of a garden gnome on a red background. There are two grey illustrated shapes on his legs, an illustration of a rock next to him, and an illustration of a heart on his chest, which contains the black and white photographic portrait of a smiling young woman. This film is West German.
• 12 Minuten nach 12
  This poster consists of irregular illustrated black lines on an uneven purple rectangular background, which has a white border. There is a white "12" on the lower and upper half of the poster. In the upper half, the "1" contains a black and white photograph of a man in a suit, taking a card out a small case in his hand. In the lower half, there is a black and white photograph in the "2" of a man with has hands covering his mouth, looking upwards. This is a 1964 poster of a 1939 German film.
• Zar und Zimmermann
  This poster is an illustration of a large man in late 17th century Dutch costume, standing by a wooden post, with a finger pointing up in the air, mouth open in an "O." Behind him is a Dutch city street, with low pink and yellow brick row houses with brown tile roofs. Behind the houses are the masts of a tall ship flying imperial Russian flags. There is a line of men and women dancing in the street, in front of the houses. This film is East German.
• Zeit zu Leben
  This poster is a black and white photograph of a man and woman, facing one another, viewed from the chest up. She is wearing a bathing suit, and has one hand on his neck. He is looking up, and has a hand resting on his lip. There is a series of graphic colored dots running vertically through the middle of the poster. This film is East German.
• 12 Uhr Mittags kommt der Boß
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a black hand on a purple background. Superimposed on the hand is a monochromatic purple and black photograph of a hand, with the thumb near the pinkie of the black hand. Next to the hand is a photograph of an eye, looking upwards. It consists of black stripes, with shading providing the features of the eye. Above the eye is an illustration of a large diamond pendant, suspended from a link. This film is East German.
• Die zweite Liebe
  This poster is a black and white photograph of a young woman's face on a white background. She has dark hair, cut in a page boy. A green version of the same photo has been torn in half, and placed on either side of her face. This film is Hungarian.
• Wiesenstrasse 10
  This poster features a black and white still photo of Jean Gabin and a young man, seated in a ferris wheel car. At the top of the poster are three pairs of legs, standing by a bicycle on a red background. This film is a French and Italian coproduction.
• Wettlauf mit dem Tod
  This poster is a painting of a young blonde woman driving a team of two horses, which have their front legs off the ground. She is standing up, holding on the reins with one hand; her other hand is holding the reins abover her like a whip. Dust is flying, and on teh back of the carriage, two men wearing bandoliers are aiming rifles and an automatic machine gun. The ground is black, with a white and orange sky. This film is Soviet.
• Wenn du mich Liebst
  This poster is an illustration of a man with brown skin, wearing a white and blue striped shirt, looking at a woman who is standing in front of a body of water on yellow ground. She is also dark, with a blue dress, white shirt, and black fringed scarf over her shoulders. There are tall purple flowers at her side. The sky is purple with whtie clouds. This film is Romanian.
• Weg der Wahrheit
  This poster is an illustration of a woman, with dark hair, in a black cape, looking over her shoulder. The background is grey and tan. This film is Soviet.
• Wege und Schicksal
  This poster is a painting of a man in a white surgical gown. There are two women behind him, facing one another. One is in white, with a white hood over her hair; the other is in blue. There is a large circular object over their heads, and a light rectangular area behind them on the blue background. This film is Soviet.
• Weisses Blut
  This poster is an illustration of a woman with short blond hair in a white blouse leaning over a man in a white shirt who is looking directly upwards. The background is mottled red, with a black corner over her shoulder. This film is East German.
• War ich der Mörder
  This poster is an illustration of a man and woman, in overcoats, in London, at night, with Big Ben and the House of Parliament behind them. The poster is designed to look like the image is a torn photograph; there are two red areas with jagged edges above and below. This film is English.
• Waltzen für Millionen
  This poster is an illustration of a man in green pants and an orange jacket bending forward, blowing on a trumpet in a stadium lined with flags and people on a pink background. Just behind him is a woman in a white dress, belted at teh waist, with her hand to her ear, leaning over one leg. This image is repated, with her leaning to alternate sides, twice. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Der Weg zum Glück
  This poster is an illustration of a young woman, driving a blue convertible past trees with bright yellow foliage. She is blonde, with a beret, and a blue coat over a red polka dot shirt. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Warschauer Premiere
  This poster is a painting of a man in a formal frock coat sitting at a piano with sheet music in front of him. He wears small, wire rim glasses. In front of the piano is a woman with a bare neck and shoulders, wearing a pearl choker, earrings, and pearls intertwined through her dark hair, which is worn up. Behind them, in a burgundy, are tiers of people in opera boxes. The curtain is directly behind him, and there is a scene on stage from the opera Halka. There is a man in traditional peasant dress, holding an ax up in the air in front of a cabin and pine trees. This film is a 1938 Polish production; the collection holds the same poster, with this title painted over and given the new title of "Der Oper Halka."
• Das Wirtshaus im Spessart
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a young woman dressed as a young man, in green pants, a red and white shirt, and a green cap. She has a brace of pistols, and a pistol raised in her right hand. There is a black strap across her chest, with a purple buckle. She has a red kerchief around her neck, and is smiling. Her skin is orange. Behind her is a black line drawing of a dilapidated Central European farm house, with a double door falling off its hinges. There is a moon and birds flying over the roof, which has plants growing out of it. The background consists of tall, light purple tree trunks on a white background.
• Wenn die Tiefstrahler verlöschen
  This poster is a black and white drawing of two menin boxing trunks boxing, while a referee crouches down, observing the punch about to land. The boxer about to be hit has his arm stretched out, and his glove is just touching a very large sheaf of lira notes. The background is black and white. This film is Italian.
• Wenn alle Menschen der Welt…
  This poster is a painted and drawn illustration of a black man clutching onto an object in black, turbulent water on a white background. Over his left shoulder is a drawing of a large fishing vessel. There are white concentric circles drawn over it, radiating outwards toward the man. Along the top edge of the poster are vertical illustrations of the German, Swiss, Soviet, French, Polish, Norwegian, and American flags. This film is French.
• Weil du arm bist musst du früher sterben
  This poster has a large diagonal cross on a blue background. The cross is composed of three black and white stills from the film, which has a smaller yellow cross superimposed on it. At top is a woman standing next to a man who is holding a small boy in his arms. In the middle is a man with a stethoscope at the bedside of a woman. At bottom is the same man at the bedside of an older man who is clutching a handkerchief; he is holding a cup up to him. This film is West German.
• Was sagt meine Frau dazu?
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a couple standing arm in arm in front of a low, black and white drawing of a European city street, with shops, hotels, and stone towered houses in a row. She is an a low cut pink dress, with a pink and white striped handkerchief over her blond hair; he is in a blue suit, holding a brown satchel with travel stickers on it, and pointing his hand away from her. This film is a Polish and Czechoslovakian coproduction.