East German Poster Database

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• Vom ich zum wir/Einmal hin und zurück/Es spielen: Brigitte Krause, Else Maybrid, Heinz Draehn, Edgar Harter, Gert Kießling, Klaus Bergatt a. G./Musikalische Leitung: Jochen Wiemer. Regie: Otto Stark, NPJ

  The poster shows a man holding a sign with six images of his face. On the right side behind the hill is another man walking the opposite direction. The title translates to "From me to us / Once there and back" director is Otto Stark

• Immer rin in die jute Stube!/Geöffnet jeden Sonnabend u. Sonntag

  Poster depicts a man on a roof with his head stuck in a chimney. A ball and chain hangs over the ede, and a cat sits to the right. Background is white with blue "cloud" shapes. Title in white block and black script at top, with remaining text in black script at boto. Advertises for "Always in the Jute Parlor" (difficult to translate), open every Sunday and Sunday evening.

• Berlin-Weltstadt mit Theater

  Poster depicts a mousetrap with a pink ticket set as bait. Set inside white circle with purple border. Background is green with a thorny red flower at each corner. Title in white block text with green shadowing. Advertises for "Berlin-World City with Theater".

• Eine kleine Nachtboutique/Das Wochenend-Nachtprogramm mit anschließendem Tanz im Berliner Kabarett am Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

  Poster is green with black decorative oval frame printed on top. Within is hot pink oval, with black-and-white photographic portrait of a woman superimposed at top. Photo has been decorated with purple hat cut out and flowers. At bottom is photograph of an eye looking through an ornate gold key hole. Text in black at center. Advertises for "A Little Night Boutique", a "weekend night program" with dancing.

• An mut sparet nicht trotz Mühe

  Poster is white with depiction of a man on a tight rope, seemingly propelled by a contraption on his back, with ankle tied by rope to something not visible within depiction. Holds onto a bar attached to a net underneath. Depiction against red background. Title at top in black. Advertises for "Don't Skimp on Courage Despite Trouble".

• Knigge '77/Pardon, wir kritisieren!/Das Berliner Kabarett am Bahnhof Friedrichstraße und in der Degnenstraße

  Poster depicts a man in red suit with purple pants who has just been punched by a mechanical boxing glove and is falling toward right. Purple background. Text Title below in orange 3d with remaining text below in black script. Advertises for "Pardon, We're Criticizing".

• So wahr mir Spott helfe/Das Berliner Kabarett die Distel auf Bahnhof Friedrichstraße und in der Deguerstraße

  Poster is white with black border. Depicts a hand showing three fingers (middle, index and thumb, with index in a knot) rising out of a tuxedo. Title in black surrounding. Advertises for "So Help Me Mockery".

• Danke! Weiterlachen

  Poster is yellow and depicts cartoon of two men in identical outfits embracing each other with shared speech bubble rising above and title inside. "Danke" in red with "weiterlachen" beneath in black. Advertises for "Thank you! Keep Laughing".

• Das ist bei uns so Sitte!/Es spielen: Hanner Donner Hannelone Eree Heidrun Preißer a.G. Helmut Hellmann Kare-Heinz Oppel Michael Scholz a.G. Lothar Toreekin/Musikal Leitung: Helmut Pleischke Regie: Winfried Freudenreich a.G.

  Poster depicts cartoon man urinating against a wall (possibly Berlin Wall) wearing purple outfit with a cigarette in his mouth. Two children are hand-drawn on the wall in front of him. Text and title handwritten in black on wall above and to right. Advertises for "This is our Tradition", directed by Winfried Freudenreich and starring Hanna Donner.

• Für - und Widersprüche

  Poster depicts a man's legs in mid wide-stride with tools hanging from his belt and a tape measurer in a pocket on his fore leg. Hand-drawn ruler creates border at bottom. Background is blue-yellow-orange gradient. Title in hand-written black text at top left. Advertises for "For - and Contradictions".