Jaroslav Fišer’s mesmerising poster design for ’70s Soviet action comedy drama.

• title: White Sun of the Desert | Beloe solntse pustyni | Bílé slunce pouště | Soviet Union, 1970
• director: Vladimir Motyl
• with: Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Pavel Luspekayev, Spartak Mishulin

poster design: Jaroslav Fišer, 1971

Poster is in A3 format (41.5 x 28.9 cm). Soft fold across the middle. Occasional slight crease and few micro cracks on edges. Folds in some corners. Registration misalignment, extra black horizontal lines visible across bottom part. Bit of writing and soft stain at the back. 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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Jaroslav Fišer studied at the Technical University in Prague and at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague. In between 1959 – 1987 he designed 104 movie posters. His movie poster The Apple Game (Věra Chytilová) won him a Silver Hugo at Film Festival in Chicago, USA.

You can read article about Jaroslav Fišer’s collaboration with Czech director Věra Chytilová in our poster blog.

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