Monday, April 9, 2018

Camouflage 1977 dir: Krzysztof Zannusi Polish poster

Camouflage (1977) - (dir: Krzysztof Zannusi) Polish poster

This is a 23" x 33" Polish poster designed by Franciszek Starowieyski to promote the 1977 film Camouflage AKA Barwy ochronne written and directed by Krzysztof Zannusi and starring Piotr Garlicki as Jarolaw Kruszynski. Plot summary: At a university summer linguistics camp there is ideological conflict between two professors over what views are allowed to be expressed in student papers. Tensions escalate when jury prizes and recommendations are awarded.

Cast and crew: Krzysztof Zanussi, Franciszek Starowieyski, Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul, Mariusz Dmochowski, Wojciech Alaborski, Mieczyslaw Banasik, Krystyna Bigelmajer, Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska, Alfred Freudenheim, Marian Glinka, Anna Grzeszczak, Iwona Sloczyska, Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska, Lech emfazy Stefanski, Marek Wojciechowski



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Vanishing Point 1971 Barry Newman Polish poster

Vanishing Point (1971) - (Barry Newman) Polish poster

This is a 23" x 33" Polish poster designed by Andrzej Bertrandt to promote the 1971 Richard C. Sarafian film Vanishing Point written by Guillermo Cain and Malcolm Hart and starring Barry Newman as Kowalski. Plot summary: Kowalski is a former professional road racer of legendary stature working for a car delivery service who gets a job delivering a supercharged 1970 Dodge Challenger (five of which were used making the film) from Colorado to San Francisco. He takes a bet how fast he can make the delivery, which gets him into trouble with the highway patrol in three states. This is a cult car movie with big doses of two essential ingredients: property destruction and defiance of the law.

Cast and crew: Richard C. Sarafian, Andrzej Bertrandt, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Malcolm Hart, Berry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Victoria Medlin, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Timothy Scott, Gilda Texter, Anthony James, Arthur Malet, Karl Swenson, Severn Darden, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, Lee Weaver, Jerry Reed, Big Mama Thornton, Kim Carnes, Cherie Foster



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Saturday, April 7, 2018

The Illumination 1973 dir: Krzysztof Zanussi Polish poster

The Illumination (1973) - (dir: Krzysztof Zanussi) Polish poster

This is a 31.5" x 22.5" Polish poster designed by Franciszek Starowieyski for the 1973 film The Illumination written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi and starring Stanislaw Latallo as Franciszek Retman. Plot summary: This is a cinematic meditation following the life of a brilliant physicist and his quest for the meaning of life through family life, laboratory work, philosophy, the university and a monastery. The title comes from a concept developed by St. Augustine, who held that a pure heart is a prerequisite for illumination.

Cast and crew: Krzysztof Zanussi, Franciszek Starowieyski, Stanislaw Latallo, Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska, Malgorzata Pritulak, Malgorzata Pritulak, Jan Skotnicki, Edward Zebrowski, Wlodzimierz Zonn, Bogdan Mielnik, Wladyslaw Turski, Lukasz Turski, Jadwiga Colonna-Walewskia, K. Ernst, Irena Horecka, J. Illasiewicz, J. Klamerus



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Hyena Sun 1977 Mahmoud Moursy Polish poster

Hyena Sun (1977) - (Mahmoud Moursy) Polish poster

This is a 22" x 31" Polish poster designed by Wiktor Górka for the 1977 film The Hyena Sun written and directed by Ridha Behi and starring Mahmoud Moursy as Lamine. Plot summary: The traditional fishing culture in a Tunisian village is disrupted when a German construction company builds a beach resort there and most of the fishermen become construction workers. When the construction ends few of the fishermen are able to rebuild their former way of life.

Cast and crew: Ridha Behi, Wiktor Górka, Salah Benmoussa, Hélène Catzaras, El Ghazi, Tewfik Guiga, Habachi, Mohamed Jalali, Doghmi Larbi, Mohammed Mehdi, Mourad Methkal, Mahmoud Moursy, El Omari, Aicha Rachidi, Ahmed Snoussi, Moustapha Zaari





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To Live on Love 1973 Vlasta Knezovic Polish poster

To Live on Love (1973) - (Vlasta Knezovic) Polish poster

This is a 22.5" x 32.25" Polish poster designed by Mieczysław Wasilewski for the 1973 film To Live on Love AKA Živjeti od ljubavi written and directed by Kresmir Golik and starring Vlasta Knezovic as Minja. Plot summary: Minja and Davor [Rade Serbedzija] are a couple struggling to meet expenses while Davor is a student. Minja moves to a rural area where she teaches elementary school to provide an income.

Cast and crew: Mieczysław Wasilewski, Kresmir Golik, Vlasta Knezovic, Rade Serbedzija, Boris Dvornik, Franjo Majetic, Alenka Rancic, Veronika Kovacic, Zvonko Lepetic, Mate Ergovic, Mia Oremovic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Marija Aleksic, Vjera Zagar-Nardelli, Edo Perocevic, Mirjana Bohanec, Hermina Pipinic





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Dirty Money 1975 Alain Delon Polish poster

Flic Story (1975) - (Alain Delon) Polish poster

This is a 22" x 32" Polish poster designed by Andrej Klimowski for the 1975 Jacques Deray film Flic Story AKA Dirty Money based on the autobiography of Roger Borniche, screenplay by Alphonse Boudard and Jacques Deray and starring Alain Delon as Roger Borniche. Plot summary: The film tells the true story of the three-year hunt beginning in 1947 for escaped criminal Emile Buisson [Jean-Louis Trintignant] by Detective Borniche.

Cast and crew: Jacques Deray, Andrzej Klimowski, Roger Borniche, Alphonse Boudard, Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger, Maurice Biraud, André Pousse, Mario David, Paul Crauchet, Denise Manuel, Marco Perrin, Henri Guybet, Maurice Barrier, Françoise Dorner, William Sabatier, Adolfo Lastretti



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Friday, April 6, 2018

Danton 1983 Gérard Depardieu Polish poster

Danton (1983) - (Gérard Depardieu) Polish poster

This is a 27" x 39" Polish poster designed by Andrzej Pagowski for the 1983 Andrzej Wajda French/Polish/German film Danton based on the 1929 play The Danton Case by Stanisława Przybyszewska, screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière and starring Gérard Depardieu as Georges Danton. Plot summary: In 1794 with the French revolution at its peak there is an intractable dispute between two old friends, revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre [Wojciech Pszoniak] and newspaper publisher Georges Danton, who is trying to use his considerable public influence to put a stop to the violence of The Terror. In a political trial, a reluctant Robespierre eventually has Danton declared an enemy of the state and sent to the guillotine.

Cast and crew: Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Pagowski, Jean-Claude Carrière, Stanisława Przybyszewska (1929 Play The Danton Case), Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche, Patrice Chéreau, Ammanuelle Debever, Krzysztof Globisz, Ronald Guttman, Gérard Hardy, Tadeusz Huk, Stéphane Jobert, Marian Kociniak, Marek Kondrat, Boguslaw Linda, Alain Macé



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