East German Poster Database

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• Quartett preußisch: Eine Abendgesellschaft mit Kammermusik und Lektüre

  This poster is khaki with a black 18th century depiction of a man and woman in formal costume. The title is in gothic script at top with black text underneath. It advertises for the "Prussian Quartet", a "dinner party with chamber music and reading" by the Berliner String Quartet. Music by Haydn, Boccherini, and Mozart.

• 60 Jahre sowjetische Kinematografie

  This poster is an advertisement for sixty years of Soviet film. It features a sequence of black and white images of Lenin, seated, reading a newspaper. Starting at the top, only a bit of Lenin's head is visible; as the sequence moves downward, his head comes up, and the full image is revealed at the bottom. This poster is East German.

• Kampuchea sterben und auferstehn

  This poster is an illustration of the profile of the head and shoulders of a man. The profile is in red and purple. The background, which is superimposed on the profile, is a series of numbers, drawn to look like type. There is a large black arrow pointing to the back of the neck of the man. There is a red triangle in the upper right hand corner, and a purple triangle along the bottom. At the upper left side, the numbers begin to bleed into one another blur. This film is East German.

• Kagemusha

  This poster is a blurred and softened monochromatic grey blue image of a man dressed in an elaborate samurai outfit. He holds a paddle or mask in either hand, and is seated on a folding stool with his legs spread far apart. Around the central image on either side is an image of a samurai, without headdress, repeated. On the left side, the image faces left; on the right side, the image faces right. This film is Japanese.

• Strandwächter im Winter

  This poster is a drawn image of a man's silhouette inside of a very ornate frame. The white background behind the man is stamped with a red postmark. The man's head is less solid than the rest of his body. The film is Yugoslavian.

• Stern ohne Himmel

  This poster is a drawn image of a chain link fence. There is a hole in the shape of a person in profile from the waist up that has been cut in the fence. The film is West German.

• Tödliche Grenze

  This poster is split down the center by a horizontal yellow and white striped line. The image in the top half of the poster is of a cloaked figure against a white background. The bottom half of the poster has an upside down image of a figure bound in white cloth that is tied on with black ropes. The film is a French and Argentine coproduction.

• Leichensache Zernik

  This poster is a large black and white photograph of a young woman laying on her back with a man's hand grasped around her throat. The image is covered with a layer of white and black dots. The film is East German.

• In jenem Frühling

  This poster is a brown and black image of a man and a woman embracing tightly. The woman is cradling the man's head in her arms. The film is Polish.

• Die Verlobte

  This poster is a black and white photograph of a man. The photograph is split into vertical strips and are slightly rearranged. The film is East German.

• Die Russen kommen

  This poster is a drawn image of a man's head in black with white hands over the eyes. The rest of the poster is white. The title text is red. The film is East German.

• Auf Wiedersehen Kinder

  This poster has a light pink background. On the poster are black and white photographic representations of a child's hands with nails through the palm, as if the child were being crucified. The film is French.

• Kaiser, Könige und Soldaten

  This poster is black with silhouette images of German soldiers from the First World War marching in two rows. A battlefield map is shown on some of the figures. The film is a German documentary.

• Das Beil von Wandsbet/Nach dem Roman von Arnold Zweig/Mit Erwin Geschonneck, Käthe Braun, Willy A. Kleinau und anderen/Regie: Falk Harneck/Ein Speilfilm der DEFA.

  This poster is white with a black side profile of a man in a top hat. The man's neck turns into a hatchet blade that faces the bottom of the poster, which is red.