08/15 Original German Movie Poster
- ca 1950s
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23 x 33 inches ~ (58 x 83 cm)$145
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $115 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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The title 08/15, refers to the model of rifle carried by most German soldiers during World War II.
First released in 1954 and released in the U.S. in 1957, Paul May’s German pre-WWII life of German soldiers melodrama ("Here are the 'krauts'... and their women... who tried to conquer the world..."; "The Story of Men, Brutes and Harlots!"; "..of men, brutes and harlots... the saga of German militarism... a film of power and sex!"; "Barracks Rowdyism!"; "Spiced with Passion"; "Lesson in Brutality"; "Farce of Marriage!"; "March of Torture!"; "The Sergeant's wife... easy prey for the whole camp!"; starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Helen Vita, Paul Bosiger, Emmerich Schrenk, and Eva Ingeborg Scholz.
This was the first of three movies directed by Paul May, adapted from the best-selling novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst. This concerned the life of common soldiers in the German army just prior to World War II, and how they interacted with the officers, most of whom came from a very different background than the common soldiers. The second dealt with the soldiers during World War II and included battle scenes. The third part dealt with the soldiers returning home after World War II, and showed occupying American troops, portraying them as inferior to the Germans in every way, with a single Jewish American officer shown as a stereotypical unscrupulous person. The three parts were
