East German Poster Database

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• "Nina, Nina, tam Kartina…": Werner Buhss- Kleist Theater
  This poster is black with a cartoon depiction of a humpty-dumpty style individual holding a hammer and sickle, with a star pinned to the lapel. The background is black and red. This poster advertises for "Nina, Nina, tam Kartina" from Werner Buhss.
• Das Sogenannte Privatleben- Konstantin Simonow, Volksbühnen
  This poster is white with black text. The text reads "The War is not in the past. Whether you like it or not, the War is now current in every life. In the cowardice of one, in the bravery of others, in the apathy of still others." This poster advertises for "The So-Called Life" from Konstantin Simonow.
• Gimpler Deutsch- Uraufführung, Volker Braun- Berliner Ensemble
  This poster is white with black text of varying size. This poster advertises for a collection of performances from Volker Braun and was the premiere in the GDR.
• Tanz Theater- Die 7 Todsünden Weill/Brecht- Die Hochzeit Strawinsky DDR-Erstaufführung
  This poster is a black and white repeated photographic portrait of a woman facing left with her hair pulled back. The text is at top, bottom and center right in white. This poster advertises for "The 7 Deadly Sins" from Weill and and Brecht and "The Marriage" from Stravinsky. Performances' premiere in the DDR.
• Hans Werner Henze/Vindine Ballett Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
  Poster is pink with abstract depiction of a woman [?] surrounded by red and black lines. Appears to be charcoal. Text at top in lilac and red. Advertises for the ballet "Vindine" from Hans Werner Henze.
• Überle Gungen zu Felksd./Von Claus Hammel Regie: Ulf Keyn
  Poster is a large black and portrait of an unmaned man with mustache and beard. Text at top and bottom in red and white. Advertises for "Survival Conditions of Feliks D." from Claus Hammel, directed by Ulf Keyn.
• Alexander Chmelik/Bühnen der Stadt Magdeburg Theater für junge Zuschauer/Und Sie bewegt sich/Doch?
  Poster is white with depiction of a man wearing a pair of dragon wings, with shooting star and ringed planet in background. Text at top and bottom in black. Advertises for "And you're moving, right?" from Alexander Chmelik.
• Ein Märchen mit Musik nach den Brüdern Grimm von Peter Ensikat u. Rainer Lischka/Das Tapfere Schneiderlen/Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  Poster is light gree with depiction of a queen and king, two troll-like men, a boar, unicorn, and a man wearing a sash that reads "Baptism of a Trick". Along top border is a "7=" followed by a row of seven identical flies. Text at bottom in black. Advertises for the "fairy-tale with music based on te story from the Brother's Grimm". Performance is "The Brave Little Tailor" from Peter Ensikat and Rainer Lischka.
• Moliere/Tartuffe/Komödie/Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  Poster is orange with black/orange/white speckeled depiction of a clasped hands with ruffled white cuffs and wreath below. Text in black at top. Advertises for Moliere's comedy "Tartuffe".
• Das Tierhäuschen/Bobrowski Marschak Fehmel/Theater der Fruendschaft
  Poster is white with black and white etched depiction of a group of men inside what appears to be a zoo setting, some climbing, some hanging from bars, etc. Text below in black and red. Advertises for "The Little Zoo" from Bobrowski Marschak and Fehmel.
• P.A. Caron de Beaumarchais/Der tolle Tag/Regie: Helmut Straßburger Ernstgeorg Hering/Die Hochzeit des Figaro/Theater im Palast/Ausstattung: Gunter Kaiser Musik: Horst Behrsing/Theater im Palast
  Poster is red with depiction of a two spurred boots paritally obscure by a white splatter and rooster head above. Text in black on white top and bottom, with title in black script on white splatter in center. Advertises for "The Great Day" from P.A. Caron de Beaumarchais, based on "The Marriage of Figaro". Directed by Helmut Straßburger.
• Komische Oper Berllin
  Poster is red with a white inner border and a black outer border. Depicts a torso of a mermaid, surrounded by sun, flying fish, clouds, etc. on red. Text in black at top. Note: the poster is bottom 2 of 2 with PA-0741 1 of 2.
• Undine/Ballett
  Poster is red with white inner border and black outer border. Depicts a mer,aid tail from top center to middle, with various sea creatures surrounding. Advertises for the ballet "Undine". Note: poster is bottom 1 of 2 with PA-0742 2 of 2.
• Anna Elisabeth Wiede/Das Untier von Samarkand/Theater der Freundschaft
  Poster is white with depiction of a woman in red kneeling in front of a large shadowy figure which is also kneeling facing her. Text in black script top left and bottom. Advertises for "The Monster from Samarkand", from Anna Elisabeth Wiede.
• Die un-entschuldigte Nacht/Musikalisches Lustspiel von Andor Koloszvári Musik von Paul Gyöngy/Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  Poster is green with depiction of an male in a bowtie whose body forms a car at bottom, with a little girl hiding inside his jacket. Title at top in green and white on blue, with remaining text at bottom black on yellow. Advertise for "The Unexcused Night".
• Zwei Stücke/Über Leben/Der Krieg hat kein weibliches Gesicht/Swetlana Alexijewitsch/Still Life/Emily Mann/Theater im Palast
  Poster is white with black text. Main title underlined in red. Red dot bottom left. Advertises for two pieces with a "Survival" theme: "War has no female face", from Swetlana Alexijewitsch, and "Still Life" from Emily Mann.
• Komödie von V.B./Weitersagen/Die Übergangsgesellschaft/Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar/Volker Braun
  Poster is white with depiction of cube in center with silhouettes of body parts pressed flat against sides in blue, white, yellow, gray and green. Text above and below in black and red. Advertises for "The Transitional Society".
• Richard Wagner/Tannhäuser/Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  Poster background is an abstract depiction of trees in blue and gray with text in gray at bottom. Advertises for Wagner's Opera Tannhäuser.
• Landesbühnen Sachesen/Carlo Gozzi Turandot
  Poster is black with white line drawing in oriental style of a woman in traditional eastern costume, floating above a man who has knelt to embrace her in similar costume. Text at top in white in varying fonts. Advertises for "Turandot" from Carlo Gozzi.
• Teufelskarl/von Elifius Paffrath/Theater der Freundschaft Zentrales Kinder- und Jugendtheater
  Poster is white with red border. Black line sketch of a cannon in center decorated with a crown and red flower. Title at top in black with text at bottom. Advertises for "Devil's Karl", possibly play on words from Teufelskerl (dare devil). Performance from Elifius Paffrath.
• Transit Europa/Passage/von Volker Braun nach Motiven von Anna Seghers/Ein Kammerspiel in drei Akten von Christoph Hein/Bühnen der Stadt Nordhausen
  Poster is black with small depiction in center of what appears to be a shattered mirror, with Europe depicted in red on blue. Text at top and bottom in white. Advertises for "Europe Transit Passage", from Volker Braun.
• Richard Wagner/Tristan und Isolde/Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  Poster is black with blue-gray etched close-up depiction of a flower with a skull in the center. Title and playwright at bottom. Advertises for Wagner's opera "Tristan and Isolde".
• Terzett/Musical von Helmut Bez und Jürgen Degenhardt Musik von Gerd Natschinski Regie: Wolfgang Weit ž Musikalsiche Leitung: Gerd Natschinski/ - Uraufführung - Leipziger Theater Musikalische Komödie
  Poster is white with stylized orange image of two nude women embracing a nude man. Title at top in blue outlined in red, with red text beneath. Advertises for the musical comedy "Terzet", from Helmut Bez and Jürgen Degenhardt.
• Oper von Eugen d'Albert/Teifland/Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  Poster is what appears to be close-up colored pencil depiction of two individuals, one female one male, with a background of green/white/yellow/green layers visible behind between them. Text in white center bottom. Advertises for "Lowland", an opera from Eugen d'Albert.
• Theater im Bewegung '88/Internationale Tage der Pantomime in den Kammerspielen 3.-11. Dezember '88/Deutsches Theater Berliner Festtage
  Poster is a 5 x 7 grid of black and white photographs of white-gloved hands on black backrounds in the midst of different gestures. Title imposed in yellow script center bottom, with remaining text in yellow and white lowercase with bottom right grid square. Advertises for "Theater of Movement", an International Day of Pantomime.