THE ERNST GALLERY: VINTAGE HUNGARIAN FILM POSTERS (1912-1945)

[brude]

I was reading a very interesting MoPo discussion today regarding the pros and cons of linen backing and, while looking at the poster in question, I followed the link to this remarkable gallery of some of the most stunning posters ever created.  Check this out but wear a bib so you don't drool all over your keyboard...

http://www.ernstgaleria.hu/plakatok_konyv.html

[oldposterho]

 [**jaw drops**]   

Thanks for that link.

--Peter

[brude]

Your welcome, Peter.  They produced some tremendous posters back in the day, didn't they?

[MoviePosterBid.com]

actually I think the burled cherry wood entrance to the downtown gallery is great
http://www.ernstgaleria.hu/galeria.html

[holiday]

I was reading a very interesting MoPo discussion today regarding the pros and cons of linen backing and, while looking at the poster in question, I followed the link to this remarkable gallery of some of the most stunning posters ever created.  Check this out but wear a bib so you don't drool all over your keyboard...

http://www.ernstgaleria.hu/plakatok_konyv.html

not an easy book to track down, but I did find it...  nice stuff, thanks for the link

[kovacs01]

Awesome site Brude!

They produced some tremendous posters recently as well........just look at Thierry's star wars posters and the CE3K one he is after.  I have this apocalypse now.


The Hungarian poster for The Godfather is without a doubt the best poster for the title, and it isn't even close.  Bear witness:


And there are others that I have seen (and probably dozens I haven't) I will let you discover for yourself.  I can only imagine what a Hungarian Terminator or ET looks like.  I am serious in saying, though, that even finding digital images for Hungarian posters is as hard as tracking down many of the posters in the unicorns thread.  Finding the actual posters??  I don't think needle in a haystack begins to describe it.  A couple of us have tried in vain to source these without success.  I even called a Hungarian childhood friend who lives in Budapest to no avail.

[brude]

Impressive. 
Before this internet thing, I had no idea of the scope of international movie poster art and the variations on a theme. So much of this is new to me. Every day is a discovery and feeds my poster mania.
If I post a link that you all frequently travel, tell me so I can avoid newbie embarrassment.
That Apocalypse Now used to be your avatar, right?

[Zorba]

That Godfather is awesome!..I have seen the Apocalypse Now before but its equally sweet.

Brude keep posting those links for the rest of us    

[eatbrie]

[holiday]

Showoff!

[erik1925]

Just a little  to this thread and site again.

With 16 pages of film posters specifically, (with other genres and types, too).

http://www.ernstgaleria.hu/english/posters1.html

Hungarian poster for Cleopatra (1934)