Subject: East German DDR Communist Cinema Poster - 'Oliver!
Year Of Issue: 1971
Country: East Germany

Height: 570 mm / 22.4"
Width or Diameter: 405 mm / 15.9"

Notes: A rare original vintage 1971 East German cinema poster for the 1968 musical film 'Oliver!'.

The poster was designed for the East German market, via Progress Film-Verleih, the country's sole film distributor during the communist era. Rather than paying for the expensive rights to international posters, Progress commissioned artists to create entirely new posters and allowed broad artistic freedom (and usually great artistic licence when depicting the film's contents).

As such, these unique film posters of the DDR period are incrasingly collected.

These poster were folded from manufacture as standard.

Condition Report: Generally in good condition. It has been stored flat for some time, so the original folds are lessened. There are pinholes, some tears to the edges of the poster, and a small corner missing. See photos for details.