East German Poster Database

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• Campanella und der Kommandeur / Michail Schatrow / Maxim Gorki Theater

  Black and orange poster advertising Michail Schatrow's play “Campanella und der Kommandeur”. Box 5.

• Nachtasyl- Maxim Gorki Theater

  This poster is white and black with the play's title “Nachtasyl” written with shadows. The play is Maxim Gorki's “Depths”, to be performed at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin

• Kap der Unruhe / Alfred Matusche / Regie: Winkelgrund / Maxim Gorki Theater.

  Poster is in landscape format. In the foreground is a small figure who's looking over a landscape of fields and trees. A row of red and white striped poles mark a road that leads to a modern city with skyscrapers. The city lights make the sky bright yellow even at night. The text is arranged in gray letters on a black frame that surrounds the painting.

• Kasimir und Karoline / Odon von Horvath / Maxim Gorki Theater.

  The main feature of this colorful poster is a woman in a red dress holding a beer mug who seems to be suspended in the air. On the right hand side is a man with a mustache wearing a blue suit who is reading a unicycle. Underneath the woman is a huge pair of scissors that are cutting through a painting of an idyllic landscape of palm trees and a lake with mountains and a huge red setting sun in the background. On the left a woman's hand reaches into the picture holding an ice cream cone.

• Kleinburger / Maxim Gorki / Maxim Gorki Theater.

  This poster shows a black and white photograph of a middle-aged couple at the end of the 19th century. The woman is seated and is wearing a gray dress with a high collar; the man is standing behind her and is wearing a dark suit with a watch chain. The photo is super-imposed on a brick wall. The title is in large white letters across the bottom.

• Die lange Ankunft des Alois Fingerlein / Rainer Kerndl / Maxim Gorki Theater / Urauffuhrung.

  The top part of the poster features a large gray suitcase with a brown handle. A label with the playwright's name is stuck to it. The text is in black at the bottom of the poster. The background ismostly beige with some pale yellow and pink.

• Die Letzten / Maxim Gorki / Maxim Gorki Theater

  A black and white portrait of five men and one woman dominates this poster. The characters depicted are middle-aged or older, very well dressed in elaborate uniforms and belong to the upper class. The portrait has a gold frame and is contrasted with a bright pink background. The title is in white cursive script along the bottom of the poster; the venue is in black letters underneath.

• Lügen haben lange Beine: Neapolititanische Volkskomodie von Eduardo de Filippo- Maxim Gorki Theater, Das kleine Theater unter den Linden

  This poster has a bright pink background. The title of the play is in white letters in the center of the poster, otherwise the text is in black. The top and bottom thirds of the poster each show a pair of women's legs that are black on a pink background and a pair of pink men's legs against a black background. This poster advertises for "Lies have long legs" by Eduardo de Filippo.

• Maxim Gorki Theater/Urauffuhrung Rainer Kerndl/Wann kommt Erlicher?

  Poster is olive green with the title repeated in white forming a pyramid. Remaining text in red at top and left. Advertises for "When is the Honesty Coming?" from Rainer Kerndl. Play's premiere.

• DDR-Erstaufführung/Maxim Gorki Theater/Gelman WIR, DIE ENDESUNTERZEICHNENDEN

  Poster is navy with chalk handwritten text around outside. Inside depicts what appears to be a bus window in blue, with reflections of two children at right causing mischief and an older man at left looking out. Paper balls appear to be flying out and a heart with "Alla" inscribed in center has been formed on window. Advertises for "We, the Undersigned" from Alexander Gelman. DDR premiere.

• Maxim Gorki Theater/Studiobühne/Athol Fugard/Der Weg nach Mekka/DDR-Erstaufführung/Regie: Rolf Winkelgrund

  Poster depicts a room with a window in center looking out on sky. Room is in yellow-orange gradient, with white figures on the floor of Orient theme (i.e., camel, owl, pyramid, etc.) Text in black at top and bottom. Advertises for the DDR Premiere of "The Way to Mecca" from Athol Fugard, directed by Rold Winkelgrund.

• Maria Magdalena von Franz Xaver Kroetz/Maxim Gorki Theater

  Poster features traditional portrait of Mary Magdalene looking upward with hand on her chest. Fingernails have been painted red. Title on yellow banner across top left corner in black text with theater information at bottom in white. Advertisese for play titled "Maria Magdalene" from Franz Xaver Kroetz.

• Die Übergangsgesellschaft/Volker Braun/Maxim Gorki Theater ž Regie: Thomas Langhoff ž Bühnenbild: Pieter Hein

  Poster is abstract depiction in black and gold, with blue stars and white star outlines superimposed. Gray border, thickest at bottom with black text. Advertises for a performance of "The Transitional Society" directed by Thomas Langhoff.

• Moliere/Die geleherten Frauen/Maxim Gorki Theater

  Poster features blue-scale depiction of a nude woman with curly hair inside a dress hoop, with a similar structure (empty) in foreground and a morterboard floating above it. Text in black script at top and vertical at left. Advertises for the play "Moliere: The Learned Woman".

• Peter Hacks/Die Fische/Maxim Gorki Theater

  Poster depicts a (mostly) black and white photo compilation of a fish, in the loosest sense of the term. Front features a human eye, some kind of animl tongue, and green and orange "nose". Black lines point to key features of the "fish" labeling them with letters as in a textbook. Below poster is divided vertically into purple and olive segments, the former with white script the latter with black type. Advertises for a performance of Peter Hack's "The Fish".

• Der Campiello/Komödie von Carlo Goldoni/Maxim Gorki Theater/Regie: Hartwig Albiro

  Poster is light green and depicts grotesque painting of a woman in yellow outlined in black, with a hand held behind her ear and her mouth open with tongue sticking out. Advertises for the comedy "The Campiello" from Carlo Goldoni.

• Maxim Gorki Theater Barbaren von Maxim Gorki

  Poster background is watercolor pastels, divided in center between blue/white (sky) and gray/pink (land). A black outlined railroad track disappears into the horizon line, with the gray front of an anthropomorphized train featuring large circular hole in center. Train appears to be loaded with trash on top. Shadow of a person in front of the train where the track breaks off. Title in black at top and bottom. Advertises for the play "Barbarians" from Maxim Gorki.

• Friedrich Schiller/Die Räuber/Maxim Gorki Theater

  Poster is a black and white portrait of an unamed man in partial profile, looking left. Man is whearing dark clothes with a white collar. Text below in light brown and orange. Advertises for Friedrich Schiller's "The Robbers".

• Dale Wasserman nach dem Roman von Ken Kesey Regie: Rolf Winkelgrund …einer Flog über das Kuckucksnest

  Poster is black and divided into 2 x 3 grid. Each grid has a line outline of a head in profile, except for middle right, where the profile is flipped and colored with blue gradient. Text in gray and white script overlapping. Advertises for a performance of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", directed by Dale Wasserman and performed at the Maxim Gorki Theater.

• Einsame Menschen Gerhart Hauptmann

  Poster is white with black text. Background is comprised of squiggly black lines, some of which are colored in in primary colors. Poster advertises for a play titled "Lonely People" by Gerhart Hauptmann.

• Lustspiel von Rudi Strahl Uraufführung Er ist Wieder Da

  Poster features a cartoon portrait of Karl Marx sticking his tongue out with closed eyes in center. Background is light olive with diagonal beige stripes towards bottom right corner. Title in black and red advertises for a comedy titled "He's back again". Performance's premier.