East German Poster Database

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• Krach in Chiozza / eine Komodie von Carlo Goldoni / Regie: Strassburger ; Hering; Buhne: Heidenreich / Volksbuhne.

  This poster shows a drawing of three women in long dresses walking along briskly. They appear to be agitated. The title is in red letters across the top. The name of the venue is in bright green letters across the bottom. The poster has a dark green frame.

• Himmelfahrt zur Erde: frei nach Antonows Erzählung „Der zerrissene Rubel”: von Armin Stolper- Uraufführung

  This poster is beige with a red inner border and red-orange outer border. It features a cartoon depiction at top of man sitting on a wheeled cart holding the reigns attached to winged tanks and cracking a whip. The title below is in the colors of the border with remaining text in black script. This poster advertises for "Sky-ride to Earth", based on the story from Sergej Antonow, from Armin Stolper.

• Olle Henry

  This poster is a graphic illustration of a pair of men's legs in slouchy grey pants and wing tops. A woman's leg, in black stocking and high heels, is wrapped around his legs. Just visible at the top of the poster is a brown briefcase with metal corners. The background is tan, with black splotches. There is a red squiggly line around the legs. This film is East German.

• Neun Monate

  This poster is a graphic illustration of a woman with short dark hair and dark skin, wearing jeans, a brown belt, and a blue tank top, curled up within an egg shape on a sandy brown background. This film is Hungarian.

• Das goldene Vlies

  The poster has an overall design of black Ben-day dots on a white background. There is an illustration of four hands grouped together; one is a woman's, with red painted fingernails. The woman's hand is wrapped around a sheep's horns; the men's have coins in them. This film is Soviet.

• Gesucht wird: Johnny

  This poster is an illustration of six wooden handled knives stuck into the brown background. This film is Romanian.

• Sonderbehandlung

  This poster is an illustration of an ambulance. The form of the ambulance is made from black netting or barbed wire. The netting is knotted into a red cross on a white circle. The entire vehicle is occupied by large, clear, beer-shaped bottles, with varying amounts of green and purple liquid in them. The background of the poster is white. This film is Yugoslavian.

• Die Spur des Vielfraßes

  This poster is a pen and ink drawing of two heads, as seen from above. The head coming from the top of the poster has black wisps of hair coming down. The head coming from the bottom of the poster has short black hair. There is also a brown man's hand and forearm under the head. The background of the poster is off-white. This film is Soviet.

• Kanku

  This poster is a somewhat blurry blown up image of the top of the head of an Indian woman. It is a monochromatic brown photograph. A veil is visible, as well as the part of the hair and dark eyes, looking upwards. A large orange dot has been placed in the center of her forehead. This film is Indian. There are tears along all the edges, except the top.

• Komodianten Emil

  This poster is an illustration of a pair of black dress shoes with white spats on a wooden floor. The shoes have heavy laces, and the end of the lace of the shoe on the right is "lit" on the end to look like a cigarette, and a puff of smoke drifts away from it. There are brightly colored pink, red and blue highlights on the shoes and spats. This film is East German.

• Der kleine Staatsanwalt

  The background of this poster is of tan quadrille graph paper. There is a pen and ink illustration of a man in a jurist's robe; his body is the form of a giant balloon, with no legs. He holds a book in his left hand. He has tiny, wire rimmed glasses, and the lenses are opaque white. This film is West German.

• Khan Asparuch. Die Chronik des grossen Krieges. 3. Teil

  This poster is a white line drawing of a man in medieval armor. He has on a helmet with chain mail around it, and there is a feather in the helmet. He has a beard and mustache. His armor is plated, and some of it is yellow, and greenish gold. The background is black. This film is Bulgarian.

• Khan Asparuch. Spur des Todes. 2. Teil

  This poster is a white line drawing of a man in medieval armor. He wears a visored helmet, and there is a blue tunic thrown over his shoulder. He holds a yellowish green shield to his chest, which has a star and circle pattern. A broadsword is raised in his right hand. His eyes are red, as is his hand. The background is black. This film is Bulgarian.

• Khan Asparuch. Die Byzantinische Geisel. 1. Teil

  This poster is a white line drawing of a man's boot in the stirrup, against the belly of a horse. The boot laces, and has some areas of red and pink on it. There is some yellow highlighting on the stirrup. The background is black. The film is Bulgarian.

• Mit Dir und ohne Dich

  This poster is a monochromatic yellow photograph of a woman's face and neck. At center, we see the center of her face; two photographs on either side reveal another "slice" of the total image. The film is Soviet.

• Moskau glaubt den Tränen nicht

  This poster is an illustration of a woman's hair as seen from the rear, with a wreath of white flowers circling it, and a man's hands catching it up at the back. Her hair is auburn, and the flowers have touches of pink and yellow along with the greenery. The man's hand's are in outline only, with white and pinkish highlights on the fingernails. The background is brown. This film is Soviet. The poster has a small closed tear along the left hand side, near the center. The right edges is creased near the bottom.

• Der Mordfall Marcus-Nelson

  The poster is a photographic image of a young black man, with a close cropped afro, huddling in a dark winter coat, which is buttoned. He has on sweat pants and sneakers. The background is white, which fades into brush strokes at the bottom of the poster, where we see the ground and the boy's feet. This film is American.

• Mondscheinbogen

  This poster is an illustration of a figure in a white space suit; the color fades out toward the top of the suit. The figure wears a harness, to which is attached two lamps on either shoulder, which are on. The figure has his left hand to his head. There is a bright yellow splash of light at the center of the figure, which consists of paint droplets, and radiates outward. There are touches of green and blue on the space suit. To the left of the figure's shoulder, there are five small blocks in blue green that have the head and shoulders of a figure within. There are various colored lines and intersections across the image. The image is on a black background. This film is Soviet.

• Trini

  This poster is yellow with a drawn image of a large straw hat with a red ribbon around it. The hat is lying upside down and has several large bullet holes in it. The film is East German.

• Die schwarze Stadt 1. Teil

  This poster is a drawn image of a gnarled treen on a white background and a blue sky. There are silhouettes of three men with firearms in the upper left corner. The film is Hungarian.

• Der Schatz des Grafen Chamare

  This poster is white with a large black and white drawing of a skeleton wearing a large black cloak. The skeletonis wearing a priest's collar and carrying a crucifix in its right hand. The skeleton's eye sockets are filled with blood. The film is Czechoslovakian.

• Hilde, das Dienstmädchen

  This poster is a color portrait photograph of a young woman's face. The woman has a look of concern, and part of her forehead is obscured by shadow. The image is framed at the top and left edges in white with a larger black border. The film is East German.

• Elfenreigen

  This poster is yellow with a drawn image of a man carrying a green-framed painting of a nude woman. The woman's head is missing, but the man's head is visible in its place above the frame. The woman's left arm is extended from the painting and is holding the right edge of the frame. The film is Bulgarian.

• Die letzten Sommertage

  This poster is a drawn image of a large red ladybug walking over a detailed set of architectural drawings. The drawings are on graph paper and are mostly obscured by the ladybug. The film is Romanian.

• Die Liebhaber Meiner Mutter

  This poster is pink with a black and white photograph of two small children in the center. The photograph is shaped like a bottle and is surrounded by black blots. The film is Polish.