Movie poster with astonishing artwork by Josef Vyleťal.

• title: The Sea Pirate | Surcouf, l’eroe dei sette mari | Tygr sedmi moří | Italy, 1966
• director: Sergio Bergonzelli
• with: Gérard Barray, Antonella Lualdi, Terence Morgan

 

poster design: Josef Vyleťal, 1968

Poster is folded into eights. Edges straightened with scissors. Slightly creased on folds. Movie poster is in large A1 size (55 x 81.5 cm). Excellent 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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Josef Vyleťal (1940 – 1989) – Czech painter, graphic artist and film or theatre set designer. He studied architecture at the Technical University in Bratislava and at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. In between 1964 – 1979 he created 115 movie posters. His major influences were surrealism and paintings by North Renaissance old masters. He was married to fine artist and award winning poster designer Olga Poláčková-Vyleťalová.

Award Winning Posters:

• 1979 – 2nd prize The Hollywood Reporter Magazine, Silver Hugo at the International Film Festival in Chicago (Beauty and the Beast)

 

Discover excellent collection of

surreal movie posters made in Czechoslovakia.

Or see other fascinating posters designed for

Italian movies in our poster archive.

 

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