East German Poster Database

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• Hans Werner Henze/Vindine Ballett Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt

  Poster is pink with abstract depiction of a woman [?] surrounded by red and black lines. Appears to be charcoal. Text at top in lilac and red. Advertises for the ballet "Vindine" from Hans Werner Henze.

• Das Tierhäuschen/Bobrowski Marschak Fehmel/Theater der Fruendschaft

  Poster is white with black and white etched depiction of a group of men inside what appears to be a zoo setting, some climbing, some hanging from bars, etc. Text below in black and red. Advertises for "The Little Zoo" from Bobrowski Marschak and Fehmel.

• Giuseppe Verdi/La Travata/Deustche Staatsoper Berlin

  Poster is white with black line drawing of a woman who appears to be looking out of a window with curtains on either side. Text at top and bottom in black handwriting. Advertises for the opera "La Traviata" from Giuseppe Verdi.

• Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam DDR-Erstaufführung der Bühnenfassung von Osvald Tooming/Die Sieben Brüder nach A. Kivi

  Poster is black and white abstract depiction of a group of men, presumably seven brothers, in an agricultural setting, what appears to be a field with treeline in background. Text in black at top. Advertises for "The Seven Brothers" from A. Kivi.

• An mut sparet nicht trotz Mühe

  Poster is white with depiction of a man on a tight rope, seemingly propelled by a contraption on his back, with ankle tied by rope to something not visible within depiction. Holds onto a bar attached to a net underneath. Depiction against red background. Title at top in black. Advertises for "Don't Skimp on Courage Despite Trouble".

• Haarspaltereien- Sommer-Sonder-Programm, Geschichten um Frisuren und Friseure…geflochten, gekräuselt, gestylt von Berliner Friseurmeistern Mitgliedern des Kabaretts „Die Reizzwecken“ Frank Liehr, Moderation; Diskothek Siegfried Kürschner am Frisuren-Computer

  This poster is white with a cartoon of a barber in black and white, except for skin, which is in pink, who has just shaved the head of a client. The title is at the top in pink caps, with the remaining text underneath at the left and right, and bottom left and right in black. this poster advertises for "Splitting Hairs: Stories of Hairdressers" from Berlin Master Hairdressers.

• Maß für Maß/Komödie von Shakespeare/Hans-Otto Theater Potsdam

  Poster is textured yellow background with "Maß" written in white type in center and "Maß für" painted over in red. Behind is a black grid with various scribbled and illegible black text. Remaining text below in black type. Advertises for a performance fo Shakespeare's comedy "Measure for Measure".

• Puccini/Manon Lescaut

  Poster is a photograph of a metal sculpture right hand with a ring on index finger, set in sand with various objects surrounding, including a pearl strand, orchid, peacock feather, etc. Text at bottom. Advertises for Manon Lescaut's opera "Puccini".

• Der Liebes-Trank: Komische Oper von Gaetano Donizetti, Hans-Otto-Theater, Potsdam

  This poster is purple with a white chalice decorated with a purple jagged line across top signifying a full glass and a red heart underneath. The text is in white at the top with the theater in white at the bottom. This poster advertises for comic opera "The Love Drink" from Gaetano Donizetti.

• DDR-Erstaufführung- Der Todeskampf eines Selig Entschlafenen- Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam

  This poster is off-white (potentially due to age) with black text. It depicts an angry black bull at the bottom with a sword stuck in his back and a torn red piece of cloth hanging off of his right horn. This poster advertises for the DDR premiere of "The Death Struggle of a Peaceful Death".

• Untern Linden, Untern Linden- Revue in der Oper: Friedrichstadtpalast in der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is black with an abstract depiction of a woman wearing a Musketeer-style hat and jester-style belled sleeves and pants. The outfit is composed of stripes in red, white, blue, yellow, orange and green, with a female's face in the pants. The text is in white at the top and bottom of the poster. This poster advertises for an opera revue around the song "Untern Linden, Untern Linden" by Marlene Dietrich.

• Stefan Schütz: Der Hahn- Neue Szene- Leipziger Schauspiel

  This poster features black and white depiction of two males; the one on the right has his right arm raised, the one on the left has his right arm bent toward head, which is obscured by a bird and covered in red. His left leg has become a bird's foot. The text is in black at the top, bottom, and left. This poster advertises for Stefan Schütz's "The Hen", directed by D. Kunze.

• Tanztheater- Gestalten und Klänge- Komische Oper Berlin

  This poster is brown with a depiction in center of an optical-illusion composed of multi-colored cubes. The text is in white at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for "Characters and Sounds", being a dance theater piece.

• Amphitryon: Komödie von Peter Hacks

  This poster is green with a shell-like mirror image in the center done in black like a blockprint. The text is in the negative space between the shell, and above and below the shell in black. This poster advertises for a performance of "Amphitryon" from Peter Hacks, directed by Friedo Solter and lists the actors and their parts at bottom. Finally, the border of the poster is in red.

• Abraxas: Werner Egk, Ballett

  This poster is white with an abstract black sketch in the bottom center. The sketch is circular, and prominently features individual eyes (detached from faces), along with nude figures and letters, all crossed by two white lines with a teardrop at the intersection. The title is in black at the top with black border around poster. It advertises for the ballet performance of "Abraxas", from Werner Egk.

• Revue um Mitternacht

  This poster is an illustration, done in a painterly style, of a woman dancing. She has light hair, which is whipping around her head, and her white dress has a tight bodice and full skirt which is swinging around her body. She has her waist pulled in and back, as though she is undulating. The background is black, with small, irregular blocks and triangles of red, green, blue, yellow and pink all over. This film is East German.

• Der betrogene Betrüger

  This poster is a watercolor illustration of a man laying on a green chaise lounge, with a heavy red curtain with a large tassel behind him. He is dressed in a red robe with a lacy shirt and a head covering. There is a young woman sitting on the side of the bed, in a yellow floral patterened dress, with matching head piece and long white veil. Behind them is a scene of Venice, with a gondola, a buoy, and San Marco visible in the background. This is a 1955 East German poster for the 1941 French film.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Fifi die Feder

  This poster is a mixed media composition. There is a splotchy ink shape that forms two wings at the top; at the bottom, it is an amorphous blob, shaped vaguely like a horse head. Between the wings is a pink face. The blob has two clock faces on either side, one round, one square, with Roman numerals. At the top of the blob is a yellow sunburst with a drawing of a woman's face within. This film is French.