Select 1920s Soviet Film Posters

Offered here is a selection of posters for early Soviet silent films including contributions by Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Babel, Maxim Gorky and Vsevolod Pudovkin.

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Wandering Stars

Bluzhdayushchiye zvezdy (Russian version)

Mandrivni Zori (Ukrainian version).

Dlugach, M. Wandering Stars. Bluzhdayushchiye zvezdy (Russian Version). 1928. Backed on Japanese paper with minor restoration at upper margins. All-Ukrainian Photography and Motion Picture Administration. Odessa. Tirage, 15,000. 42 3/8 x 27 7/8".

Finogenov, A. Wandering Stars. Mandrivni zori (Ukrainian version). 1926. Unrestored with scattered reinforced minor tears and folds with small paper losses at upper corners. All-Ukrainian Photography and Motion Picture Administration. Odesa. Tirage, 8,000. 42 1/2 x 28 3/8".

Based on the novel by Sholem Aleichem with the screen play by Isaac Babel.

From the shtetl Holeneshti, Reizel, the cantor's daughter with dreams of becoming a singer, and Leibel, the son of a well-off merchant and budding performer, plan to run off together over their families' reservations. Through a series of mishaps, they join and then are separated by competing Yiddish theater troupes. They spend the next years traveling, performing and gaining fame under their new names, Rosa Spivak and Leo Rafelesco, never forgetting the other but somehow unable to reconnect. That is until the story ends with their reunion in New York City.

Offered as a pair.

Mother. Mat'.



Borisov, G. Mother. Mat'. 1926. Backed on Japanese paper with minor staining at lower margin. Kinopechat. Moscow. Tirage, 10,000. 28 3/8 x 39".

From the novel by Maxim Gorky; director, Vsevolod Pudovkin. Set in Tsarist Russia against the backdrop of a looming workers' factory strike. Pavel hides a cache of a weapons of a rebel band supporting the strike in his parents' home, which is silently observed by his mother, Pelageya. Pavel's father joins the strike breakers for the promise of liquor but is killed during the strike by one of the rebels. Pavel is accused of taking part in the strike and in an attempt to save him, Pelageya reveals the hidden weapons leading to Pavel's long prison sentence. The rebels launch a prison break joined by Pelageya to free Pavel and others. Pavel is freed and is reunited with Pelageya but is shot dead during their embrace. Pelageya takes up the rebel's banner but is trampled by the Tsarist forces. The film ends with a montage of Soviet progress under Pelageya's flag.

The Three Million Trial. Protsess o Trekh Millionakh.

Designer not stated. The Three Million Trial. Protsess o Trekh Millionakh. 1926. Backed on Japanese paper. Kinopechat. Moscow. Tirage, 10,000. 42 x 28 1/8".

Comedy based on the Italian play by Umberto Notari, The Three Thieves, with the screen play and direction by Yakov Protazanov. The story begins with the three thieves--Tapioca, a common burglar; Cascarellia, a sophisticated crook and a banker. The banker sells his mansion for three million over the weekend but has no safe place to keep the cash until the bank opens on Monday. Tapioca and Cascarellia, who turn out to be old acquaintances, independently break into the mansion to the other's surprise. Cascarellia steals the money but Tapioca is arrested for the theft. At Tapioca's trial, Cascarellia intervenes to save him by throwing counterfeit money in the air. In the scramble for those bills, Tapioca escapes with Cascarellia after which, Cascarellia shares the stolen money with Tapioca.

We have a large inventory of important 1920s-30s Russian/Soviet posters and graphic newspapers. Please contact us for details.