East German Poster Database

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• Amphitryon: Komödie in 3 Akten von Armin Stolper- Landes Theater Halle

  This poster is red with an off-white vertical segment depicting Zeus in purple with a red toga about to fall through a hole in the floor of the sky toward earth, where more purple inhabitants point upward in anticipation. The text is in black script at the top and bottom. This poster advertises for the comedy "Amphitryon".

• Dreidamia- Oper von Georg Friedrich Händel

  This poster is red with ancient Greek painting at bottom in red and black showing two individuals facing each other and surrounded by multiple geometric designs. The poster advertises for "Deidamia", an opera by Georg Friedrich Händel, to be performed at the Landestheater Halle.

• Operation Silberfuchs

  This poster is a graphic illustration of an amorphous white hand pointing an orange gun at two raised white amorphous hands on a black background. This film is Soviet.

• Die nackte Wahrheit

  This poster is a graphic and collage combination. There is a graphic illustration of a giant head, that is formed by a large grey form in the center, with concentric, head shaped circles around it in blue, green, and pink. There is a cut paper black mustache and eye glasses on the head. Beneath the head are four limbs, hanging downward. The background is black. This film is English.

• Die Nacht ist..zum stehlen da

  This poster is an illustration of a woman's silhouetted face, in profile. She has an elaborate hairstyle, the curls and whirls of which hold the faces of a man with a sly grin. There is a doorway through the hair, and on top of it there are several figures with their hands raised, and one with a gun. The background is white. This film is Italian.

• Die drei Musketiere

  This poster is a collage forming the face of a musketeer. There are two separate pieces for the mustache, and a patch of goatee beneath a white and red mouth. The eyes are two different color photographs of eyes, one a man, one a woman's. the man's eye is closed, and has torn black paper for the eye socket and lashes. The woman's eye is open, and has concentric rings of purple, red and white around it. Two large black torn paper areas at the bottom of the poster suggest clothing, and there is a white hand coming up between them. The background, which forms the face, is grey. This film is a French and Italian co-production. The poster is acidic, and brittle. It is discolored along the left edge, and there are tears and chipping along the right edge in particular. There is a hole in the center of the mouth.

• Die Csárdásfürstin

  This poster is a line illustration of the neck and head of a woman wearing an extremely large red hat. She has red lips, corner lifted in a smirk, and a purple mask or covering over her blue eyes. Her head is turned slightly to her right, so that eye is the profile of very long blue lashes. Upon the hat are three figures. On the left is a woman, whose red gown is shaped by the wide rim of the hat. She has puffy light hair, and green eyes. Next to her is a man in a tuxedo and top hat. On the right is a man with red hair, and red mustache and beard. His suit is green, blue and red, and also becomes part of the brim of the hat. The image is on a white background. This film is Hungarian.

• Serafino

  This poster is an illustration of a woman sitting on the side of a red, wrought iron bed. Her legs dangle down over the side; one red sock or stocking remains on. She wears a blue negligee, and has long black hair, pulled back. Underneath the bed is a man, laying on his stomach, legs kicked up in the air. He is looking at the foot, smiling, and has his arm raised to tickle it. The background of the poster is white. This film is an Italian and French co-production. There is visible acid burn on the front.

• Suche den Wind

  This poster is a sketch of the head of a brown horse. It seems to be running into the wind, which streams across its face and flattens its ears back. The background is a splotchy watercolor of blues, grays, and greens. This film is Soviet.

• Kleine Ursache-große Wirkung

  This poster is an illustration of two intertwined figures, presumably a man and a woman, as there are two pairs of unshod legs visible, up to the knee. One pair is darker and larger, the other is pink and smaller. At the top, the figures merge into a large head with yellow bull horns. The head has dark pink eyes, curly hair and mustache, and looks angry. The midsection has a red blanket or cloth covering it. The background is white; they are standing on green grass. This film is Bulgarian.

• Die Jericho Meile

  This poster is black and white illustrated stripes like a prison uniform. The stripes have been alternated to form the profile of a man's head, in extremis. This film is American.

• Der Meuchel Mörder

  This poster is a watercolor of the silhouette of a man's head and shoulders as seen from behind. The head is divided in half diagonally from upper right to bottom left by a zigzag line or staircase. The background is an olive green wash. The film is Italian.

• Stefan Diestelmann

  This is a poster for the actor and singer Stefan Diestelmann. It is a film strip series of black and white photographs of Diestelmann, with shoulder length brown hair, beard and mustache. He is holding an acoustic guitar. The poster is East German. Box 3.

• Stefan Diestelmann

  This is a poster for the actor and singer Stefan Diestelmann. It is a close-up black and white photograph of Diestelmann, with shoulder length brown hair, beard and mustache. He is holding an acoustic guitar.