East German Poster Database

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• Ware für Katalonien
  This poster is a black and white photographic montage on a black background. It features a large image of the end of a camera lens, which is reflecting a four light window. In the foreground are two men, one is in a suit, smoking a cigarette, with a sheaf of money in his hands. He is looking slyly at the other man, whi is in a white undershirt, with an unbuttoned shirt on one shoulder. This film is East German.
• Die weisse Spange
  This poster is an illustration of a man, from the shoulders up, in a black suit with a black and white striped bowtie leaning against the corner of a red brick wall. His eyes are open, but they are whites only. The suit and his body are done in a sketch style. The brick wall ends, and there is a black vertical rectangle along it. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Die widerspenstige Katharina
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a man in a black top with blue patterened sleeves and black gloves carrying a woman in a pink dress over his shoulder. Her long, curly black hair trails down after her. He is smiling. The background is white. This film is a French and Spanish coproduction.
• Wenn der Weiße Flieder wieder blüht
  This poster is an illustration of two women in green, head and shoulders only, surrounded by white flowers. There is a smiling man behind them in a dark blue suit, with his arms raised at the elbow. To the right is a black line illustration of a couple dancing, with a series of dancing girls in costumes dancing behind them . The background is white and blue. This film is West German.
• Der Weltmeister
  This poster is a colored pencil illustration of two light haired men grappling. The man in the red singlet is just about to take down the man in the blue singlet. They are on a brown mat. A young woman's head floats over them. A man stands near them, with a yellow stub in his hand, cheering them on. There is a seated audience that is subtly drawn in to the blue background, around the ring. This film is Soviet.
• Die Welt soll blühen
  This poster is an illustration of the Russian botanist Ivan Mitschurin and his wife, stangind in front of blooms of white and pink flowers. He is in a brown suit and hat; she is in a red coat with a fur color, and red hat with netting. This film is Soviet.
• Waldmärchen
  This poster is an illustration of a bears in a forest. A mother bear is on the ground, looking up at three cubs climbing on a downed tree trunk. Light is streaming through the treetops. This film is Soviet.
• Was ihr wollt
  This poster is an illustration of three characters in Shakespearean costume standing in a line on a background which is pink on the left and blue on the right. The man on the left wears a pink and red cape over a white tunic, pants, and Elizabethean collar. he has a sword at his side, and blue and yelllow knee pads. Next to him is a woman, dressed as a man, in a similar outfit, but in blue. She holds a rose in one hand, and a rolled scroll in the other. Next to her is a blond woman in a pink and yellow gown, with a trailing white cap on her head. This film is Soviet.
• Das Wunder des Malachias
  The background of this poster is a black and purple illustration of a blurry street scene. Superimposed on the image in white is a child's face. This film is West German.
• Warum lügt Mister Smith?
  This poster is an illustration of a couple. The man is holding her hand, and her head is resting on his chest. In the background is a city skyline at night, with yellow lights in the black skyscrapers. The Statue of Liberty is placed diagonally across the skyline. The original title is painted over with purple paint, and the new title painted on in yellow. This film is more commonly known as "The Russian Question", and was released in 1948.
• Das weiße Zimmer
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a large black eye on a red background. The pupil is a drawing of a young woman's face. This film is Romanian.
• Der Weihnachtsmann heisst Willi
  This poster is a painting of a thin Santa Claus, running. He is wearing blue pants, and looking over his shoulder. There are characters above and below him, inlcuding a cowboy with two guns, a wolf, a clown with a telescope, and three children. This film is East German.
• Wer erschoss Salvatore?
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a woman running towards a man holding a rifle. They are both grey. There are three graphic targets near them. At top are three green and purple mountains outlined in very thick black lines. There is a yellow sky with a large orange sun behind them. This film is Italian.
• Der wundersame Kaftan
  This poster features a green Turkish flag in the lower right hand corner of the yellow background. There is a black painting of a horse's head, laying upside down, with it's mouth open; a man's head, his arm raised with a sword horizontally over the images, and a woman's face, partially covered by the flag. This film is Hungarian.
• Wir fahren in die Stadt
  This poster is a monochromatic black and yellow photograph of Geraldine Chaplin holding the hand of a little boy. Both of them have turned to look back. There are a few cut outs of white grey, and brown clouds on the yellow background. This film is Italian.
• Wir Wunderfinder
  This poster is designed to look like a newspaper, with the title as headline and the film synopsis as copy. Five still black and white photos from the film are in the columns. Superimposed on the page are two flat red silhouettes of men hanging from strings like puppets. The fat one on the left is reaching out his hand to cut the string of the other man. This film is West German.
• Weisse Wölfe
  This poster is a color still from the film of four men on horseback, with a waterfall in the background. Three of them are dressed as Indians, with one cowboy in the back. The background of the poster is blue. This film is East German.
• Weisse Wölfe
  This poster is a color still from the film of three men standing in a tavern, underneath a set of wooden stairs. Two are dressed as cowboys, in leather, hats, and bandanas; one is in a suit, and is holding out his waistcoat at the chest with both hands. A blue wagon wheel has been drawn into the upper left hand corner of the photograph. The background of the poster is blue. This film is East German.
• Wie hieratet man einen König?
  This poster is a color still from the film. It is an image of a man dressed as a king, holding a chalice to the lips of a blond woman wearing a golden crown with a cherry stuck on the top. This film is East German.
• Wo ist der General?
  This poster is a black line illustration on a white background of a young man's head. He has blond hair, and one blue eye is open. His face is smudged, and he has an olive green shirt on. Standing on top of his head is a woman in a military uniform skirt and belted tunic, daintily holding a rifle. Her head is not visible. This film is Polish.
• Wie hieratet man einen König?
  This poster is an illustration of a young woman in a blue dress, who is barefoot. A young man, in a white shirt with puffy sleeves, red pants, brown boots, and a sword at his side, has taken her hand, and is pointing at her with the other. They are superimposed on a brown and tan background of medieval patterns, columns, and arches. This film is East German.
• Ein Wiegenleid
  This poster is a black and white drawing of a young woman's face and shoulders. She is wearing a tank top, and her head is turned to look over her shoulder. The background is green, with a curving path behind her, lined with tall thin trees. There is a streaky, watercolor blue sky, with white and yellow clouds. This film is Soviet.
• Verräter im Netz
  This poster is an illustration of a chartreuse spiral, with red dotted lines radiating from the center. At the center is a in irregular blue square, with a drawing, in black, of a man with a gun. A large red rectangle in the middle of the poster is a drawing of three men; the man in the middle is lighting a cigarette. A red rectangle at the top is a drawing of two men. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Verführung auf sizilianich
  This poster is a black and white illustration of a woman on a lilac background. Her top is a black, undefined element, with white skin and black hair. Her eyes are closed. This film is an Italian and French coproduction.
• Verbrechen in der Mädchenschule/Tod auf dem Gipfel/Wie badet eine Frau?
  This poster is a graphic black outline of a man's head, in profile, on a dark green background. There is a magnifying glass in front of his eye, which is in front of a pink lipstick. There ia white dotted line drawn from the top of the lipstick to the side of his head, where it makes a number of triangular zig zags before the arrow end points to the black bowler hat, on which there is an image of a woman, slumped over, with a man pointing a gun at her head. This film is Czechoslovakian.