This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $195 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.
Paul May German pre-World War II (WWII) life-of-soldiers-in-the-German-Army melodrama ("Here are the 'krauts'... and their women... who tried to conquer the world...ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ; "Spiced with Passion"; "Lesson in Brutality"; "Farce of Marriage!"; "March of Torture!"; "The Sergeant's wife... easy prey for the whole camp!"; "From the international best selling novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst")
Starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Helen Vita, Paul Bosiger, Emmerich Schrenk, and Eva Ingeborg Scholz.
Extremely rare.
This was the first in a series of three movies directed by Paul May. This first 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 part dealt with 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, and it is notable that there is a single Jewish American officer shown as a stereotypical unscrupulous person not to be trusted. Adapted from the best-selling novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst, and the title refers to the model of rifle carried by most German soldiers during World War II.
Only this first part was released in the U.S. as the second and third parts include anti-Semitic portrayals..
Director Paul May; Writers Hans Hellmut Kirst, Claus Hardt, Paul May; Starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Helen Vita, Paul BÃÂÃÂÃÂösiger.
Please note folded as original, may have slight tears in folds, small losses in borders etc. See photo.