{"title":"Banners","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"1960s-german-hand-painted-cinema-banner-deutschland-deine-sternchen","title":"1960s German Hand Painted Cinema Banner - Deutschland - deine Sternchen","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHand painted cinema banner from 1960s Germany. Painted by a West German firm known as FPV (Film-Plakate-Verleih).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThese were made for small independent theatres showing low‑budget films, nudist documentaries and other fringe titles of the era. They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. 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You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. These banners weren’t trying to be subtle. They were trying to stop people in the street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEven though they were disposable, the painters followed the same visual instincts seen in German advertising of the period. Strong diagonals, high contrast, limited palettes and typography that feels hand built rather than typeset. The influence of mid‑century German poster designers is there, but filtered through speed, necessity and the practical reality of painting on linen overnight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe result is a piece of design that sits somewhere between commercial signage and outsider art. Temporary by intention, but visually confident. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDer Rebell von Java is the German release of a 1953 American film called Fair Wind to Java. The film was directed by Joseph Kane and stars Fred MacMurray and Vera Ralston. Filmed in California it is set in the Dutch East Indies at the end of the nineteenth century, a captain of an American ship is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. However he’s not the only one and there’s also a nearby volcano about to erupt…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. These banners weren’t trying to be subtle. They were trying to stop people in the street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEven though they were disposable, the painters followed the same visual instincts seen in German advertising of the period. Strong diagonals, high contrast, limited palettes and typography that feels hand built rather than typeset. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eNackt ünd Verdammt is the German release of the 1965 Japanese film Sunpu Den, directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa and Isao Tamagawa. In English the film title translates to Story of a Prostitute. It is about a woman who goes to the Manchurian Front in China during the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. These banners weren’t trying to be subtle. They were trying to stop people in the street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEven though they were disposable, the painters followed the same visual instincts seen in German advertising of the period. Strong diagonals, high contrast, limited palettes and typography that feels hand built rather than typeset. The influence of mid‑century German poster designers is there, but filtered through speed, necessity and the practical reality of painting on linen overnight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe result is a piece of design that sits somewhere between commercial signage and outsider art. Temporary by intention, but visually confident. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eGraf Porno und Seine Mädchen is a 1969 adult film directed by Günter Hendel starring Doris Arden, Rinaldo Talamonti and Marianne Manthey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. These banners weren’t trying to be subtle. They were trying to stop people in the street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEven though they were disposable, the painters followed the same visual instincts seen in German advertising of the period. Strong diagonals, high contrast, limited palettes and typography that feels hand built rather than typeset. The influence of mid‑century German poster designers is there, but filtered through speed, necessity and the practical reality of painting on linen overnight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe result is a piece of design that sits somewhere between commercial signage and outsider art. Temporary by intention, but visually confident. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe Fox, symbol of the male, is a 1967 Canadian film based on the novella of the same name by D.H. Lawrence, this poster was for the German release. The film was directed by Mark Rydell and starred Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood and Keir Dullea. The film was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, of which it won one, and was the fifth most popular film on general release in Britain in 1968.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. These banners weren’t trying to be subtle. They were trying to stop people in the street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEven though they were disposable, the painters followed the same visual instincts seen in German advertising of the period. Strong diagonals, high contrast, limited palettes and typography that feels hand built rather than typeset. The influence of mid‑century German poster designers is there, but filtered through speed, necessity and the practical reality of painting on linen overnight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe result is a piece of design that sits somewhere between commercial signage and outsider art. Temporary by intention, but visually confident. A fragment of a vanished advertising tradition that rarely survived long enough to be collected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePainted on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA genuine example of 1960s German Kino Plakate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"viki.knott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57183934349692,"sku":"GB105","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7295\/1736\/files\/DSC03357.jpg?v=1784732291"},{"product_id":"1960s-german-hand-painted-cinema-banner-kaufliche-madchen","title":"1960s German Hand Painted Cinema Banner - käufliche mädchen","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHand painted cinema banner from 1960s Germany. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJunge Haut is a 1965 Italian romance film called Un Amore directed by Gianni Vernuccio and starring Agnès Spaak, Rossano Brazil and Gérard Blain, it is based on the novella A Love Affair by Dino Buzzati.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eZieh dich aus, Puppe (Take Off Your Clothes, Doll) is a 1968 West German comedy drama directed by Ákos Ráthonyi and starring Anne Syring, Astrid Frank and Christiane Rücker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eRoulette der Liebe is a Swedish film from 1965 called Kärlek 65 (Love 65) directed and written by Bo Widerberg and starring Keve Hjelm, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz and Inger Taube.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. 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A fragment of a vanished advertising tradition that rarely survived long enough to be collected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePainted on linen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA genuine example of 1960s German Kino Plakate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"viki.knott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57184016466300,"sku":"GB110","price":380.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7295\/1736\/files\/DSC03317.jpg?v=1784805362"},{"product_id":"1960s-german-hand-painted-cinema-banner-die-holle-von-macao","title":"1960s German Hand Painted Cinema Banner - Die Hölle von Macao","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHand painted cinema banner from 1960s Germany.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThese were made for small independent theatres showing low‑budget films, nudist documentaries and other fringe titles of the era. They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDie Hölle von Macao (Hell to Macao) is a 1967 crime film called The Pekingese Medallion (also known as The Corrupt Ones), the film was a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany although it was in English. It was directed by James Hill and starred Elke Sommer, Robert Stark, Nancy Kwan and Werner Peters. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSie will’s Wissen is the German release title for the 1968 Swedish film Jag är nyfiken - blå (I Am Curious (Blue)), directed by Vigot Sjörman and starring Lena Nyman and Börje Ahlstedt. It is a companion film to I Am Curious (Yellow), the films were named after the colours of the Swedish flag.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. 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Painted by a West German firm known as FPV (Film-Plakate-Verleih).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThese were made for small independent theatres showing low‑budget films, nudist documentaries and other fringe titles of the era. They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Swedish Girl is a 1965 West German comedy directed by Kurt Wilhelm and starring Paul Hubschmid, Letitia Roman and Thomas Frisch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEva (subtitled The Way to Love) is a 1968 West German film directed by Herbert Ballmann and starring Renate Larsen, Ulrike Teichmann and Arnold Marquis. The film has been described as an educational sex film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMädchen in nordischer Nacht is a 1957 Swedish crime film called Blondin i fara (Blonde in Bondage) was directed by Robert Brandt and starring Mark Miller, Lars Ekborg and Anita Thallaug. In the US it was released as a double feature with The Flesh is Weak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. These banners weren’t trying to be subtle. They were trying to stop people in the street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEven though they were disposable, the painters followed the same visual instincts seen in German advertising of the period. Strong diagonals, high contrast, limited palettes and typography that feels hand built rather than typeset. The influence of mid‑century German poster designers is there, but filtered through speed, necessity and the practical reality of painting on linen overnight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe result is a piece of design that sits somewhere between commercial signage and outsider art. Temporary by intention, but visually confident. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDie Liebesquelle, in English The Fountain of Love, is a 1966 Austrian comedy directed by Ernst Hofbauer and starring Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Sieghardt Rupp, Eddi Arent and Ann Smyrner. Much of the film was shot in Bulgaria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. These banners weren’t trying to be subtle. They were trying to stop people in the street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEven though they were disposable, the painters followed the same visual instincts seen in German advertising of the period. Strong diagonals, high contrast, limited palettes and typography that feels hand built rather than typeset. The influence of mid‑century German poster designers is there, but filtered through speed, necessity and the practical reality of painting on linen overnight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe result is a piece of design that sits somewhere between commercial signage and outsider art. Temporary by intention, but visually confident. 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Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. You see it in the confident blocks of colour, the heavy lettering, the stripped‑back figures and the direct composition. These banners weren’t trying to be subtle. They were trying to stop people in the street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eEven though they were disposable, the painters followed the same visual instincts seen in German advertising of the period. Strong diagonals, high contrast, limited palettes and typography that feels hand built rather than typeset. The influence of mid‑century German poster designers is there, but filtered through speed, necessity and the practical reality of painting on linen overnight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe result is a piece of design that sits somewhere between commercial signage and outsider art. 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They were painted quickly on linen, hung outside the cinema for a short run, then washed off or painted over for the next film. Most disappeared within a week. This one survived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFever auf der Haut is the West German release of the 1966 Dutch film De Dans van de Reiner (The Dance of the Heron) directed by Fons Rademakers and starring Gunnel Lindblom, Jean Desailly and Van Doude. The film is based on the play of the same name by Hugo Claus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe design language belongs to a very specific moment in German graphic culture. Postwar commercial art was shifting away from ornate illustration and moving toward bold shapes, flat colour and simplified silhouettes. Painters working on cinema façades borrowed from poster design, signwriting and the emerging European modernist style. 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