East German Poster Database

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• Frau Luna/Metropol

  Poster is black with depiction of an anthropomorphic crescent moon at center right facing left in yellow. Opposite is a human face in crescent shape mirroring the moon, with yellow dots connecting and forming a circle. Face is repeated three times back. First face has a red mustache, second white, third black. Title at top in white italics, theater information at bottom in green. Advertises for "Miss Luna" (Miss Moon).

• Die lustige Witwe- Metropol

  This poster is black and depicts a woman in profile facing left with a large white feathered hat. The title is in white serif type at the top with theater information at bottom in green. This poster advertises for "The Merry Widow" by Franz Lehár.

• Die keusche Susanne- Metropol

  This poster is white with a painting of a woman wearing all red with red hair holding a black stick. Her arm appears to have been severed. A large black seal superimposed over her, like a shield, featuring white Gothic script around the circumference giving the name of the performance. The theater information is at bottom in black caps. This poster advertises for "The Chaste Susanne" by Jean Gilbert.

• In Frisco ist der Teufel los- Metropol

  This poster is black with a pink anchor in the center whose top forms a heart. This heart has been shot through with an arrow, and a coin rests in its center. The title is at top in white with theater information below in white. This poster advertises for the musical "The Devil is in San Francsico".

• Für 5 Groschen Urlaub/Metropol

  This poster is blue and depicts a red and white lifesaver in center with a cupid sitting inside of it. The title is in white at the top with theater information in white at the bottom (number "5" in title is white with red dots). This poster advertises for a performance of "Vacation for Five Pennies".

• Annie get your gun, Schieß los, ANNIE!: Musik und Gesanstexte von Irving Berlin, Buch von Herbert und Dorothy Fields, Deutsch von Robert Gilbert- Metropol

  This poster is black with multicolored text at the top spelling "Annie". The remainder of the title is in white italics underneath, with the theater information at bottom in aqua. The center depicts two shell casings on a white platform, though the one on the right looks like lipstick. This poster advertises for the musical "Annie, Get your Gun", with music and lyrics from Irving Berlin based on the book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields and German translation by Robert Gilbert.

• Pariser Leben- Metropol

  This poster is black with a cartoon depiction in center of a man in a tuxedo and top hat, whose eyes resemble a woman's chest. The title is at top in white script, with the theater information below in gray. This poster advertises for the opera "Parisian Life" by Jacques Offenbach.

• Casanova- Ein Musical von Helmut Bez und Jürgen Degenhardt, Musik: Gerd Natschinski; Uraufführung

  This poster is black with a black and white depiction of a white powdered wig on a stand with divots for eyes made to vaguely resemble a human face. The title is at the top and subtext on either side of the wig stand in sepia script. The theater information is below in yellow block text. This poster advertises for the musical "Casanova".

• Kindervarieté- Friedrichstadtpalast Sommer 1976…

  This poster is white with a green outer border and a black inner border. There is a black script title at the top. It depicts cartoon boy in a shirt with blue and white horizontal stripes, green hair resembling grass, and a yellow and red tulip (respectively) growing out of his head. The theater and date information is at the bottom in black on green. This poster advertises for a "Children's Varieté".

• Ferdinand im Reich der Töne: Kinder-revue- Friedrichstadtpalast im Theater der Freundschaft

  This poster is white with red and black script. It depicts a clown pulling apart music staffs to look through them. The clown is wearing orange and yellow horizontally striped shirt with a blue gingham jacket. The theater information is at the bottom in black on green. This poster advertises for "Ferdinand in the Kingdom of the Tones".

• Ferdinand sucht den Regenbogen: Kinder-Revue- Friedrichstadtpalast im Theater der Freundschaft

  This poster is black with a white script text written as if on a chalkboard. It depicts a clown child looking up with rainbow hair parted in center. The theater's information is at the bottom in black on green. This poster advertises for children's revue titled "Ferdinand Seeks the Rainbow".

• Ferdinand wird Vater?: Kinder-revue- Friedrichstadtpalast

  This poster is black with a white script text written as if on a chalkboard. It depicts a child with a green pacifier, red clown nose, and clown-like orange hair. This poster advertises for "Ferdinand is my Father?" a children's revue. The theater's name features at bottom in yellow on red.

• Kinder-varieté Ferdinand rettet die Sonne 16.5. bis 15.6. 1979- Friedrichstadtpalast

  This poster is white with a yellow border. It depicts an anthropomorphized sun with clown features behind a blue gingham cloud, drawn in a childlike manner. The text is in blue underneath with theater name on bottom border in red. This poster advertises for the children's performance "Ferdinand Rides the Sun" from May 16th through June 15th 1979.

• Wie hätten Sie's denn gern?- Friedrichstadtpalast im Metropol-Theater

  This poster is black with a cartoon depiction of a burlesque dancer with green hair wearing blue boots, pink bikini top and fishnet body stocking with wind-up key in her back. A speech bubble includes the performance title, "How would you like it?", with the remaining text at the bottom in black on green.

• Die Unschuldigen mit den Schmutzigen Händen/Ein französischer Kriminalfilm mit Romy Schneider Rod Steiger und Paolo Giusti u.a./Buch und Regie: Claude Chabrol/KameraŸJean Rabier Musik: Pierre Jansen

  Poster is blue and depicts on hand (presumably male) clutching another hand with red manicured nails (presumably female). Title in blue on yellow background made to appear like shredded pieces of paper. Poster advertises for a French film titled "The Innocent with Dirty Hands", based on the book by and directed by Claude Chabron and starring Romy Schneider.