Thousands of Czech Movie Posters 1930-1989

March 12, 2018 4:40 PM

Over 20,000 posters, all originals, no reprints. Also books, magazines, exhibitions, and other stuff.
posted by MovableBookLady (6 comments total)

I’m not letting this sit with no comments! These are really cool!
posted by kerf at 9:16 PM on March 12, 2018

A few years ago I was in Prague and went by the retail location. I grabbed four posters from the discount bin for about 100 czk (then about $5) each. I really loved just flipping through them.
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 9:42 PM on March 12, 2018 [1 favorite]

Thanks, kerf. I thought so, too.
posted by MovableBookLady at 9:42 PM on March 12, 2018

Well I was going to spend my money on food, but I guess that’s no longer an option.
posted by skyscraper at 10:00 PM on March 12, 2018 [1 favorite]

This is great. Really great.
posted by brundlefly at 12:33 AM on March 13, 2018

What a treasury this is: thanks MovableBookLady. I knew that communist-era Polish poster art was often very cool, so I was interested to see it mentioned here that "Film posters by Polish graphic designers and artists inspired the rise of the Czech poster school in the end of the 50’s". The site even features a specific subsection with 281 Polish Posters for Czechoslovak Movies!
posted by misteraitch at 7:02 AM on March 13, 2018