Zdeněk Ziegler’s mesmerising abstract poster design for ’70s Canadian crime drama.

• title: Breaking Point | Jediná šance | Canada, 1976
• director: Bob Clark
• with: Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos

poster design: Zdeněk Ziegler, 1979

Poster is folded into quarters. Gentle crease on edges and folds. Slightly stained across the folds at the back with bit of pink marker writing overleaping above the middle fold. Poster is in large A1 format (82.5 x 58 cm). Very nice condition.

Movie posters in our collection were promotional materials. Posters used on display in the cinemas across the former Czechoslovakia. They bear signs of their age.

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Zdeněk Ziegler is a legendary Czech graphic designer, typographer and book illustrator. He studied Architecture at Technical University in Prague and designed movie posters since 1963. Zdeněk Ziegler took part in many prestigious international poster exhibitions and his work was also presented in several solo exhibitions. He is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and the Association of Czech Graphic Designers Typo &. During his career Zdeněk Ziegler won several movie poster awards. His poster for Electra Glide in Blue got him Golden Hugo at the IFF Chicago.

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abstract posters designed in Czechoslovakia.

Or explore fascinating collection of

1970s posters available in our poster archive.

 

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