Set of 10 original vintage movie poster for releases of various films in the Soviet Union. 1. Hungarian drama film Kulonos Ismertetojel / A special sign, directed by Zoltan Varkonyi in 1955, featuring a black and white illustration of a man in a coat, hat, and gloves talking on the phone, while looking at a man in a long coat and hat walking on the street with a musical instrument case under his arm and a briefcase in the other hand. The plot of the movie is set in the Hungarian communist resistance during Second World War. Good condition, folds, creasing, tears, small paper losses, staining, on semi transparent paper. Country of issue: Russia, designer: D Krasnonevtsev, size (cm): 56x43, year of printing: 1955; 2. The Horse That Cried / At Great Cost, directed by Mark Donskoy in 1957 based on Mikhail Kotsyubinsky's novel, starring Vera Donskaya, Yuri Dedovich and others. The poster features an illustration of a lady in traditional Ukrainian clothing helping a wounded man, portraying the plot of the film - set in the 1830s, a young lady forced into marriage to a man, who is sought by the authorities. Good condition, folds, tears, creasing, staining. Country of issue: Russia, designer: A. Klementyev, size (cm): 65x42, year of printing: 1957; 3. The Sun Shines for All, a 1959 feature film directed by Konstantin Voinov, starring Valentin Zubkov, Liliya Aleshnikova, Tatyana Konyukhova, and Yevgeni Burenkov, featuring an illustration of a lady looking out the window at a man in a long coat walking with a stick. The story follows the life of Nikolay Savelyev. Following the announcement of the end of WWII, he dreams of returning home to his life as a history teacher. Unfortunately the SS unit is trying to break through to the West and he takes command of his unit as a captain. As a result of severe injury sustained in the battle, he loses his sight and is accompanied home by a nurse, trying to adapt to his new life. Good condition, folds, tears, staining, paper losses, pin holes. Country of issue: Russia, designer: Yakovlev, size (cm): 65x48, year of printing: 1959; 4. Colleagues, directed by Aleksey Sakharov in 1962, featuring an illustration of three men standing in front of the window looking away from the viewer with their arms around each other, with colourful inserts of the actors portraying these men, stylised writing above and below in title. Good condition, folds, staining, pin holes, tears, creasing. Country of issue: Russia, designer: M Hazanovsky, size (cm): 106x64, year of printing: 1963; 5.Uncle's Dream, directed by Konstantin Voinov in 1966, based on a homonymous novel by Fedor Dostoyevsky, featuring an illustration of ladies and gentlemen in elegant 19th century clothing set against yellow and blue background with ornate framing, telling the story of a profiteering mother trying to arrange a marriage of her daughter and an older gentleman. Good condition, folds, tears, small paper losses, pin holes, minor staining. Country of issue: Russia, designer: B. Rudin, size (cm): 55x79, year of printing: 1966; 6. Honore de Balzac's Error, directed by Timofei Levchuk in 1969, featuring an illustration of the actors portraying Honore de Balzac in a black suit and top hat holding a walking-stick, his wife Comtesse Evelina Ganskaya in an elegant dress looking up at a man, and an illustration of soldiers armed with bayonets, set over orange background, bold title with cast and credits surrounding the image. The film follows the life of Honore de Balzac, falling in love and marrying Polish landowner and subject of the Russian Empire, the widowed countess Evelina Ganskaya, what Victor Hugo considered to be the biggest mistake in Balzac's life. Good condition, folds, tears, staining, creasing. Country of issue: Russia, designer: B. Zelenskiy, size (cm): 57.5x41, year of printing: 1968; 7. Soldier Came Back from the Front, a 1972 feature film directed by Nikolay Gubenko, starring Mikhail Gluzskiy, Irina Miroshnichenko, and Nikolay Gubenko. The poster depicts a touching family reunion of a demobilized soldier hugging his father, and an image of a girl with a daisy wreath on her head in the background. Good condition, folds, foxing, tears, staining. Country of issue: Russia, designer: N. Chelishcheva, size (cm): 65x43, year of printing: 1971; 8. The Last Victim, directed by Pyotr Todorovskiy, based on Aleksandr Ostrovskiy play, starring Margarita Volodina, Oleg Strizhenov, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Leonid Kuravlyov, featuring an illustration of an elegantly dressed lady in a long pink dress, looking at the viewer with her arms crossed, with five men depicted below her, set over red background. The plot of the film follows the story of a wealthy widow falling in love with a handsome nobleman. Good condition, folds, creasing, tears. Country of issue: Russia, designer: A. Shamash, size (cm): 86x54, year of printing: 1976; 9.Lenin in Paris, directed by Sergei Yutkevich in 1981, starring Yuriy Kayurov as Vladimir Lenin, featuring an illustration in blue and white of a quaint Parisian street with houses on one side and Notre-Dame Cathedral across the river, with people walking along the embankment, bold red title, with credits in white over red background. Horizontal. Good condition, folds, creasing, tears. Country of issue: Russia, designer: M. Z., size (cm): 41x58, year of printing: 1981; 10. Gipsy camp, directed by Mito Varlamov and Grigoriy Lomidze in 1938, featuring an illustration of a young boy in green and yellow shirt and a bear cub. The plot of the film tells the story of Yasha Sheverdin and his friend Potap the bear cub amidst civil war running away from the White Guard and joining the Red Army. Poor condition, paper losses, folds, tears, staining, pin holes, creasing. Country of issue: Russia, designer: A. Lemeshchenko, size (cm): 89x54, year of printing: 1960
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