East German Poster Database

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• Unsterblicher Mozart
  This poster is navy and yellow text only, on a pink background. The pink looks like a curtain, with fringed yellow tassels at the bottom, and a yellow curlicue along the top. This film is Austrian.
• Unsere weg trennen sich
  The background of this poster is the face of a woman in mint and seafoam green. There is a man in a brown and black suit in the foreground. This film is Yugoslavian.
• Unternehmen Planquadrat 45
  This poster is a close up painting of a woman's face. She has short black hair, and her face is shadowed, half dark grey, and half light grey with yellow highlights. Her top is blue, and she is glancing backwards. The background is light green with tall tree trunks, and an orange and yellow glow in one corner. There is a sillhouette of a man, walking towards her, which casts a shadow. This film is Soviet.
• Unter den Tausend Lanternen
  This poster is a pink, dark blue, and black painting of a couple's heads. She is reclining against a pillow, with tightly curled bangs. He is leaning in towards her. This film is West German.
• Unternehmen Xarifa
  This potster is a comic book style illustration of a blond woman in a yellow bathing suit, leaning up against a the rigging of a boat, laughing. In the background is a three masted, iron hulled white schooner with the name "Xarifa." It is headed straight for her. This film is West German.
• Die Toten bleiben jung
  This poster has a monochromatic black and red photograph of a young man's face in the lower right hand corner. He has light hair, lots of freckles, and is wearing a military uniform. The poster is divided diagonally, with the upper triangle being bright red with credits and title. This film is East German.
• Das Testament des Aga
  This poster is a drawn and graphic illustration of two men, each with scimitars, at close proximity. The man on the left is shirtless, with a grey chest, a dark, pointed beard, and red pantaloons tucked into black heeled boots. There is an orange cap on his head, with a black winding decoration, and a crescent moon on the top. His scimitar is pointed at the other man's leg. The sceond man has an orange top, and black tight pants tucked into black heeled boots. His scimitar is pointed at the first man's hat. The background is white, with a black border, curved at the corners, within a red frame. This film is Hungarian.
• Tom Sawyers Abendteuer
  This poster is an illustration of an American paddlewheel steamboat. The boat has a black hull with light orange decks, and twin black smoke stacks. Grey smoke clouds are coming out of them. There are small figures standing on the bow of the ship, with a flag flying. The water is teal blue with black waves, and low bushes on either side. A grey and pink bird is flying over the boat. There is a large, yellow and brown ten gallon hat floating above the boat, and there is a revolver, facing upwards, on either side of the hat. This film is a Romanian and French coproduction.
• Die Treue der Eva
  This poster is a drawing of a large, black apple on a red background. There are red highlights and streaks showing through the black. The apple has white teeth in an open mouth, in profile. A woman in a tight, short dress with her breasts popping out is sitting in the mouth. This film is Hungarian.
• Trawler auf fremden Kurs
  This poster is a soft pastel portrait of the silhouette of a trawler on the water at night. Two blurry red and white running lights cast a reflection on the grey water. There is a black gridmark over the illustration, like through a view finder. The background behind the grey oval is white. This film is Soviet.
• Taigatruppe
  This poster is a black painting on a red painted background of a young woman driving a car. She has a white flower at her bangs. Four young men appear to be leaning on the roof of the car, from behind. This film is Soviet.
• Der Tod des Arztes
  This poster is a black and white still photograph of an older man, with white hair, sitting ain a wicker rocking chair with a padded seat and back. He is wearing a light suit. The background is a dark green graphic illustration of foliage on white. This film is Hungarian.
• Der Teufel und die 10 Gebote
  This poster is a painting of a devil, formed by filling in the negative space. He has black features, and grey limbs. He is jumping, with arms out to the side and legs up. The sides of the poster are numbered, on the left, 1-5, and on the right, 6-10. Three numbers have been replaced by blue (left) and red (right) ovals with black and white still images from the film. There is a black irregular border framing the white background. This film is a French and Italian coproduction.
• Thérèse Raquin
  This poster has illustrations of the actors Simone Signoret (in coral) and Raf Vallone (in blue) on a black background. Only their heads are shown. Above them is an illustration of the eyes and nose of another character. This film is a French and Italian coproduction.
• Temple des Satans. 1. Teil
  This poster consists of a charcoal drawing of a man's head, floating above a city skyline at night. He is grimacing. The grey buildings have soft, blurry edges and lines, with yellow and white lights in the windows. This film is East German.
• La Traviata
  This poster is a painting of a woman in a red dress, holding a champagne flute aloft in her right hand, in the center of a crowd of seated men. Her dark hair is worn up, with a jewel on the side. The background is dark blue and purple. This film is Italian.
• Der Tod am Silbersee
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of two men in silhouette, on a black rocky outcropping. One man is at the top of the cliff, and the other man is hanging onto it, with his legs dangling. In the valley snowscape below, there is a line of black men with walking sticks and packs. The background shows white mountains with blue shadows, and a blue sky with a patch of orange. This film is Soviet.
• Der Tigerbändigerin
  This poster is an illustration of a white tiger on a yellow background. The tiger is reclining on his back, and holding a telephone receiver to his ear, upside down. His mouth is open, with his teeth showing. The telephone is knocked over. There is a woman in a blue dress, white shirt, and pink head scarf, who is looking at the tiger, and has lost hold of her dust broom. This film is Soviet.
• Turbulenter Sommer
  This poster is an illustration of the profile of a young man. He is shirtless, with a chain around his neck, and smiling. He has black hair, and wears a yellow hat with a black band and visor that is turned up at the back. Sitting in the center of his hat is a girl with long blond hair, streaming away from her, wearing a white bikini with trim of tiny red hearts. She is kicking one leg up in the air. The background is teal green, with a border of small red hearts. This film is Yugoslavian.
• Der Teufelskreis
  This poster is an illustration of a man in a grey pinstripe suit with white shirt and red tie, leaning on a brown dais with one hand, while he gesticulates with the other. Behind him, in the dark background, the Reichstag is burning. With orange and red flames and smoke billowing into the night sky. 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.
• Thomas Müntzer
  This poster is an illustration of a man in a red tunic. He has short black hair, and his dark red facial features are designed to look like the lines of a woodcut. On the red background behind him are the tops of weapons, like halberds and maces. This film is East German.
• Die tolle Lola
  This black and whtie poster is designed to look like an article in a film magazine. It features a large picture of Herta Staal, dressed in an evening gown and long white gloves, waving. The "headline" is the film's title, and the copy the film's credits. This film is West German.
• Der Teufel schlägt sein Weib
  This poster is white with a drawn image of a bird in the center. The bird has a red circle with a green center in place of a head. A black magnifying glass has taken the place of the bird's body. The bird has blue wings and yellow feet. The film is Hungarian.
• Tamango
  This poster has a monochromatic black and red photograph of Dorothy Dandridge at top right, next to a blue color block with the title in it. Below this is a black and white illustration of a black man, in chains and shackles, seen from the back, facing an older white man in a short trench coat. THe background is red on one side, and yellow on the other. This film is French.