East German Poster Database

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• Siegfried: Richard Wagner- Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg Maxim Gorki

  This poster is black with a collage of images in upper left corner, including a dragon, a man wearing a leopard skin and carrying a club, and an old woman in red with exaggerated reptilian eye superimposed. The word "Siegfried" is superimposed in yellow, with "ngen" letters in gray caps at the bottom. The poster is possibly only half or quarter of the original. The remaining text is in white at the bottom right. This poster advertises for one of Wagner's operas involving Siegfried... possibly the Death of Siegfried or Siegfried's Idyll.

• Moritz Tassow: Komödie von Peter Hacks, Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg Maxim Gorki

  This poster is black at the top with gold and brown uneven horizontal stripes at bottom representing sand or some other landscape. A black silhouetted figure lies on his back in the middle of the sandy landscape looking up at a red and orange shooting star. The text is in white at the top left. This poster advertises for the comedy "Moritz Tassow" from Peter Hacks.

• 15 Runden Gut gegen Böse in- Happy End: Komödie von Dorothy Lane- Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg

  This poster's background is yellow and depicts a man in a black hat smoking a cigarette holding a woman with orange hair and purple hat in a black bra. The man is wearing purple boxing gloves and appears to have a black eye while the woman is wearing green eyeshadow. The text is surrounding the figures and in black at the top. This poster advertises for "Happy End", which is "15 rounds of good vs. evil" and is a comedy from Dorothy Lane.

• Adolf Nowaczynki: Der große Friedrich- Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg Maxim Gorki, DDR-Erstaufführung

  This poster is white featuring a black border with gray diagonal stripes at the left and top. It depicts a cursive "F" in gray outlined in black intertwined with an orange snake and a black crown floating above. The text is in black handwritten script at bottom with the premiere text sitting vertical at the top left corner. This poster advertises for the premiere of Adolf Nowaczynki's "Frederick the Great".

• La Bohéme/Puccini Giacosa Illica/An den Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg

  Poster depicts a window divided into six panes but centered on right three. Female eye is visible through top right pane with lips barely visible center right. The rest of her face is obscured. Poster has black border with title in white top and bottom. Advertises for a performance of "La Bohéme".

• Ausnahmsweise: Komödie von Juri Winogradow, Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg-Theater für Junge Zuschauer- DDR-Erstauffühurung

  This poster is white with a cartoon depiction of a Soviet soldier with blonde pigtails protruding from either side of his head fastened at the base by red hearts. Their right leg is lifted up displaying a red high-heeled shoe. This poster advertises for comedy performance titled "Exceptionally", from Juri Winogradow, and was the play's premiere in the DDR.

• Die Aula: Von Hermann Kant- Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg Maxim Gorki

  This poster is white with a partial depiction at the bottom left of an individual standing on the steps of a classic architectural building. This depiction is grayscaled, and cut to form a triangle pointing toward center of poster. The depiction is darker at center and becomes progressively lighter toward outer segments. This depiction is counterbalanced by a red triangle at right pointing toward it and overlapping at tip. The image becomes more orange toward center. The text is in black at the top left. It advertises for a play titled "The Auditorium", based on the novel by Hermann Kant.

• Anna Karenina: Schauspiel nach Tolstoi von M. Rostschin- DDR-Erstaufführung, Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg

  This poster is beige and printed in grayscale. It depicts a woman carrying an umbrella under her arm, faceless except for her eyes. Below the title at the top right is a portrait of Tolstoy. The remaining text is in the lower right corner. This poster advertises for a performance of "Anna Karenina" from M. Rostschin and was the play's premiere in the DDR.

• Die Perlenfischer- Georges Bizet, Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg »Maxim Gorki«

  This poster is black with white island-style etched visual in center of three free-falling individuals and various tropical flora/fauna. The is some color around the bottom right corner. The text is in white below. It advertises for the opera "The Pearl Fishers" by Georges Bizet. This was the opera's premiere in the DDR.