East German Poster Database

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• Vietname braucht unsere Hilfe heute so wie gestern!
  This poster shows a picture of a Vietnamese woman holding a child. IT says “Vietnam braucht unsere Hilfe heute so wie gestern” (Vietnam needs our help today just as they did yesterday). Oversize.
• Patience
  This poster is a color photograph of two Czechoslovakian playing cards tented together at their top edges another against a red background. This film is Czechoslovakian.
• Glück im Hinterhaus
  This poster is an illustration of a man in red, walking on infinite golden stairs. He is carrying a small suitcase in each hand. The background is yellow with brown speckles. This film is East German.
• Das Geheimnis
  This poster is an illustration in a monochromatic steel blue of the busts of three men, all in suits, hats, and sunglasses. Surrounding them on each side is the profile of a woman's face; there is a yellow and orange chain or cord going through her mouth. This film is Venezuelan.
• Ganz wie zu Hause
  This poster is a black and white illustration of an adult hand holding that of a child. There is an electrical cord wrapped around their hands, with a light bulb at the end. The background is speckled with black flecks. This film is Hungarian.
• Grünes Eis
  This poster features a monochromatic green print of Omar Sharif's face, viewed through the refracted light of a cut emerald. There is a bright white reflection on the corner of the stone, with red and green spots coming off of it. The background is black. This film is American.
• Die weiße Mafia
  This poster depicts a man in surgical scrubs, with black square glasses. His arms are twisted in front of him. There is a pink snake body wrapped around his arms and torso, reminiscent of the caduceus. The snake body terminates not with a head but with a hand, place over the man's surgical mask. The image is on a black background. This film is Italian.
• Wengler & Söhne Eine Legende
  This poster features a colorized photograph of a man as he buttons his trench coat. He has a three piece suit on underneath. The image is colored in such a way as to make the man seem like a statue, caught in this pose. This film is East German.
• Unser kurzes Leben
  This poster is a sepia toned photographic print of a man and woman in very close embrace. She has her hands on his chest, and her eyes closed. Only his chin is visible. There is an Illustrated blue dotted line border, which at the bottom of the poster forms a base for stacking blocks made from the same lines. This film is East German. The left edge is quite rumpled.
• Fata Morgana
  This poster consists of a monochromatic mauve photographic print of a man in a plaid jacket. While there is a collar to his shirt visible, the rest of the photograph has blended into the background of the poster. Instead there is a graphic illustration of a red heart, within which is a photographic portrait of a young woman. This film is Romanian.
• Der Durchbruch
  This poster is an illustration of a golden chain, which has open circles and links of parallel lines. It snakes from the top to the bottom of the poster, which has a black background. Going from left to right, there is a fist smashing through and breaking the chain at its center. Rather than an arm, however, it seems to come out of a series of increasingly larger waves. From the breaking point, and all around the wave-arm, are multi-colored jewels. The fist and waves are blue with white whitecaps. This film is Soviet.
• Countdown at Kusini
  This poster is an illustration of a stretch of railroad track, which narrows as it stretches off in the distance. In the foreground, two blue arms come out of the ground, on either side of the track. They hold a red and purple rifle. The background is light and dark grey. This film is a Nigerian and American co-production. There are several closed tears around the edges, and a diagonal crease along the top third.
• Chronik eines angekündigten Todes
  This poster is blue with a black and white portrait photograph of a face. It is highly pixilated, and a monochromatic blue, which is the same color as the background. The photograph is tilted to the left. There are streaks of pink and red over the photograph. The film is an Italian, French, and West German co-production.
• Die Sanduhr
  This poster is an airbrushed illustration of two hands. The woman's hand on top is closed, and looks like it is holding on to something, which it is about to release into the man's hand which lies below it, palm up. The nails of the woman's hand are painted red. The background of the poster is a variegated flecked light and dark green. The entire poster is dotted with various colors of paint spatter. This film is Soviet.
• Summerfield
  This poster is composed of illustrated red blobs on a pink background. The blobs have been shaped as such to suggest the form of a voluptuous woman in the negative space. With one blob suggesting flowing red hair, two others suggesting arms in movement, and a large blob suggesting a flowing red dress. This film is Australian.
• Krull
  This poster is a watercolor of an alien in a metallic suit, holding a gun that looks like a horn in both hands. The arms and hands are green and well muscled. The horn is shooting a rainbow colored, zigzagging ray. Across the chest of the figure is written, in bold red capitals, "KRULL." The chest armor extends upwards over the neck and head, an no face is visible, just a metallic horn at the back. The background of the poster is green and yellow. This film is English.
• Nach dem Beben
  This poster is an illustration of a heart made out of bricks, bright red on one side, and brown on the other. The heart is suspended between two walls. The background is grey and green with brown flecks. This film is Romanian.
• Kassensturz
  This poster is an illustration of a grey metal lock box with handles on the sides. There is a key in the lock, and lid is open. A large red coiled spring is coming out of the box. The illustration is on a white background. This film is Soviet.
• Der Mann von Mallorca
  This poster is of an illustrated white skull and crossbones on a black background. At the upward end of each bone is a gloved fist (on the left) and a gloved hand holding a pistol (on the right). The middle of the skull has been made to look like the front grill of a Mercedes, and the eye sockets are the front windshield. This film is Swedish. There is a tear in the upper right hand corner, and several rusty holes from pins or staples.
• Das Tor zum Himmel
  This poster has a white background. Arranged in a rouch diagonal from the upper left to bottom right are drawn images of four soldiers in heavy coats carrying submachine guns. The soldiers are Soviet and are green, red, and blue. The film is Soviet.
• Die Schauspielerin
  This poster is a drawn portrait of a man with peach-colored skin wearing a black hat and sunglasses. The man's face and the background are covered with a layer of black checkerboard patterns. The man's hands are pulling a white mask of a woman's face from in front of the man. The mask has been torn down the center. The film is East German.
• Schatten eines heissen Sommers
  This poster has a black border with a group of white geometric shapes gathered into a rectangular pattern in the center. There is a silhouette of a man holding a submachine gun in the center of the poster in from of the white pattern. The film is Czechoslovakian.
• Herbst Sonate
  This poster is a dark color photograph of the faces of a young woman and an older woman together. Both women have looks of concern on their faces, and the older woman has her hands raised to her mouth. The film is Swedish.
• Es lebe Mexiko que viva Mexiko
  This poster is white with a black drawn image of a man in a sombrero and a poncho. The man has a bandolier with rifle cartridges in it. He is holding a rifle in his right hand. A shadow obscures much of the man's face and body. The film is Soviet.
• Einbruch am Mittag
  This poster is blue-grey with a drawn image of a human skull composed of white blobs in the center. The white blobs are bordered in black with tinges of yellow. The film is Soviet.