East German Poster Database

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• Der Graf von Monte Christo. I. Teil
  This poster is an illustration of a man in a black coat and top hat. His head is tilted to the side, and he has a small mustache. The very tip of a black walking stick with a yellow top is visible at his shoulder. The background is dark green, with an island with a ruin on it. A small boat sails towards it. The green of the background, along with yellow, is ues to highlight the man's face, ear, and top hat. This film is French.
• Die Geschichten des Mister Pickwick
  This poster is an illustration of a stout man in a green frock coat and yellow tight trousers and waistcoat. He wears a black hat and bow tie, and small round glasses at the end of his nose. He carries a case in one hand, and a box in the other. This film is English.
• Die Grosse blaue Strasse
  This poster is a graphic illustration of the head and shoulders of Yves Montand. His shoulders are orange; his neck and half his face are fuchsia, and there are fuchsia highlights in his black hair. There is a shore scene behind him, with small black boats with white sails on a blue sea. The low mountains behind him are blue with red streaks. The sky is yellow with white clouds, and white and blue birds flying through the air. This film is an Italian and French coproduction.
• Geheimnis des Blut
  This poster is a black and white photograph of a man in a white lab coat, cinched at the waist with a buttoned band, standing next to a microscope. He is holding something in his left hand, and is talking to a smiling woman in a coat with white lapels with rick rack trim, and a hat with a net veil completely covering her face. The background is dark red. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Das große Fest
  This poster is a painting of a tow bear and mouse, each holding a paintbrush. The bear also has a bucket. They stand in front of a white curtain on a rod, and on top of a red and blue decorated box. This film is East German.
• Goldener Farn
  This poster is designed to look like an ink blot test, with each half the mirror image of the other. A golden yellow fern frond divides the poster vertically. On either side are areas of purple, blue, and green ink. At the top is a pair of black eyes with white highlights. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Grosse und kleine Gauner
  This poster is a graphic illustration on a bright pink background of two me in black. The man at the top is striding across the poster carrying a giant white goose over his shoulder, with a white scarf in the other hand. He has on white gloves. He wears a top hat, with think black classes, and a walrus mustache. The man at the bottom is seated on a black scale. He is in a black suit, with a small mustache and hair parted down the middle. There are weights on the other pan of the scale, and it is tipped against him. This film is Polish.
• Der Gejagte
  This poster is a graphic illustration of two men. The man in the top half is young, with long blond hair. He is lunging forward, with a long saber in his left hand. He wears a tan caot, ochre vest, red pants, and grey, thigh high boots. At the bottom, facing right, is an old man with long white hair beneath a three cornered, grey hat. He is holding a long saber in his right hand, and is lunging forward with it. His clothing is all grey, and consists of a long coat and breeches. THere are white pilgrim buckles on hs shoes, and his shirt has a white ruffled cuff. The background is white. This film is French.
• Geheimauftrag Kanton
  This poster is a watercolor painting of a Chinese street scene. There is a white building with tiered, terra cotta roofs, and a large archway through the center. Sketch figures in blue populate the street, along with rickshaws and buildings with stepped, terra cotta roofs. On the left side of the poster is a close up of man's face, looking behind him at the scene. His face is in purple and ochre, and he has short dark hair. This film is Chinese.
• Die gefangene Schar
  This poster is an aerial illustration of six men in red, in a rough circle. They are surrounded by vertical black rectangles of increasing size. There is a black square outline that joins the rectangles near their tops, forming a fence. The background is white. This film is Bulgarian.
• Das Geheimnis der Puderdose
  This poster is an illustration of an open, mirrored compact. The bottom has a large pink powder pool, with a white and black line surrounding it. The top half has a black and white still photograph from the film within of two boys and a girl with a hand held movie camera in a leather case. The case is open, and the cover has dropped forward. The background of the poster is a streaky dark green, with white showing through. At the bottom of the poster is a silhouette of a pistol, and a hand with the fingers spread wide. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Gräfin Cosel
  This poster is a painted portrait of a woman in a white dress, sitting in an armchair. She has black hair, worn up, and the dress is low cut with a tight bodice and lace trim. The background is dark green. The portrait is contained within a gold and orange curclicued frame. Beneath the painting are two crossed black swords. The background is dark green. This film is Polish.
• Das Gesetz der Väter
  This poster is an ink wash drawing of two men in traditional Caucasian outfits fighting. Each has a short sword and small shield, and wears a tunic with a geometric pattern bib and edges and high boots, also with a geometric pattern. One is facing the the viewer, the other's back is turned. Above their swords is a hot pink oval with a black and white photographic portrait of a smiling woman in a heavily patterned robe and hat. This film is Soviet.
• Geprüft: Keine Minen
  This poster features a black and white photograph of two men in a long, brick tunnel. There are bare light bulbs every few feet. The men are sweaty and dirty, and the one in a military uniform is slumped back, with his head up, and mouth open. The other man has his arm braced against some sort of weapon or equipment, and is looking at the slumped man. The top half of the poster is a Warholesque painting of teal, yellow, red, and purple flowers on an orange background. This film is a Soviet and Yugoslavian coproduction.
• Der goldene Zahn
  This poster is a drawing of a man's hand, which is open and straining to clench. There is another man's hand tightly gripping his wrist, and a pistol has dropped from his open hand. The background is dark blue. This film is Bulgarian.
• Geisterland der Südsee
  This poster is a close up photograph of a man in a Polynesian feathered headress, printed on a leaf green background. He has a quill through his nostrils, and a disk hanging from it. Some of the feathers have a red or yellow overlay. This film is West German.
• Die grossen Familien
  This poster is a graphic illustration of a man in a tuxedo shirt and black bow tie. His lapels are folded back into the black background, and are grey. There is one blue and one purple ribbon coming from around his shoulders, leading to a Maltese cross in teh center of his chest. There is a red splotch under the black cross. In his white gloved right hand he holds a top hat. Atop his head is a tiny purple crown with a cross at the top of it. His other hand is at his side. This film is French.
• Die Grille
  This poster is a pastel illustration of a woman in a blue ruffled dress with a ribbon around her neck and in her red gold hair. She is carrying a red parasol. The background is white. This film is Soviet.
• Guten Tag, Herr Doktor!
  This poster is divided into three irregular color blocks of white, blue and red. The top half of the poster is dominated by a monochromatic yellow and black print of a couple kissing. She is in the white block; he is half in the white and half in the blue. Along the right hand side of the poster is a black and white image of an older man in an overcoat and hat. He has an eyebrow raised, and his left arm is extended and raised, holding a blue card with the film's credits. This film is French.
• Giovanna
  This poster is an illustration of a blonde woman in a tight pink and white striped strapless dress, which buttons down the front, and has a little bow at the bodice and hips. She is dark orange. She stands with her right hand on her hip, head tilted up, with eyes closed, as she strokes her hair with her other hand. The background is white, and there are numerous sets of brown and red men's legs at the top of the poster. This film is an Italian and French coproduction.
• Guiseppe Verdi
  This poster is an illustrated portrait of a couple. It looks like a colorized black and white photograph. He has on a black tuxedo jacket with an orange waistcoat and white shirt, with white bow tie and ruffled cuff. She has heer head to his chest, and is wearing a black dress. The background of the portrait is orange. The portrait has a white border, and a gilded frame. At the bottom is a director's musical stand, with a bough of laurel leaves coming from both sides. The background of the poster is dark blue at the top, becoming lighter towards the bottom. There are two bars of music across the dark blue portion. This film is Italian.
• Das Geschlecht der Falken
  This poster is an illustration of a sword, handle downward, in the shape of falcon's head. The hilt is black; as the sword ascends, if turns into orange flames, which waft through a golden crown. The crown has four points, which are flowers with a blue stone in the center. The headband of the crown has blue oval stones set within raised rondels. The background is red. This film is Romanian.
• Galante Fest
  This poster is a pen and ink drawing of a cherub, with overly large, rounded muscles. He wears a black tricorner hat with large red pom poms along the top ridge. There is a red and white circular emblem in the center. He has a sash across his chest in red, white and blue, and he holds a sword behind his back by pushing it with his right elbow; it extends down to a pill of cannon bills at his feet. This film is a Romanian and French coproduction.
• Galapagos Traum Inseln im Pazifik
  This poster is an illustration of a two iguanas. They are black and white, and grey circles are drawn on for scales, and a grey squiggle is their spine ridge. They form a circle, facing each other, with mouths open, over an irregular red blob. The background is painted blue green waves. This film is West German.
• Der Geldschrankknacker
  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a sandy haired man in a mustard striped shirt, black tied with purple swirls, purple striped pants, suspenders, and puprle checked driving cap. He has a pink face and hands, and is holding his coat spread out to the side. Within the coat are dozens of pockets, each holding black or red skeleton keys. There is a blue and white parakeet perched on the edge of the coat; one is flying towards him. Directly behind the coat is the purple head of an English bobby. The background is black. This film is English.