Whatever’s in the water in Poland, I’d like to drink it. Because Polish movie poster artists have quite a knack for spinning film art into something completely unique. It’s as evident anywhere as it is with posters for the films of Ingmar Bergman, whose work was ripe for artistic interpretation and visual license. The beauty of these posters is that they’re intriguing even if you’re unfamiliar with Bergman or Polish art. And they’re a visual treat if you’re familiar with either. Here are ten Polish movie posters for Ingmar Bergman films.
Some still come bearing watermarks, which will tell you where you can purchase these if you’re interested.
Persona (1966)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Silence (1963)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
The Serpent’s Egg (1977)
Secrets of Women (1952)
From the Life of Marionettes (1980)
I’m so proud of my country right now.
BTW, Mike Mills put 2 polish posters into his film ‘The Beginners’. He’s a big fan of Polish School of Poster.
It’s a weirdly impressive tradition. I remember seeing this article a few years ago and being fascinated while also wondering what the hell was going on:
http://www.cracked.com/article_16990_lost-in-translation-20-baffling-foreign-movie-posters.html
I couldn’t agree more. Fascinating and disturbing at the same time.
Brilliant art work…Thanks for posting.
Brilliant Art work here in these posters……Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed them!
Those are diabolical!!!
I’m still trying to figure out what the mustache dude has to do with The Silence. I’m sure there WAS a mustache dude but I barely remember him.
Really interesting…although Poland really dropped the ball on the Jos A. Bank clearance sale.
Ha… I assume you got a Jos A. Bank ad at the bottom? Too bad the name isn’t Joseph A. Bankski.
Great post! I love seeing old movie posters…even better when they’re from one of my favorite directors! Good work
Do you ever visit the IMP Awards site? TONS of great posters there:
http://www.impawards.com/
This is great! I’ve never seen this site before – thanks!
Say what you will about the tenets of Marxism and Leninism, but it resulted in some of the greatest movie posters of all time.
Right? I love the original artwork for all the great Soviet silents in particular. The colors!!
I haven’t seen too many, but the Potemkin poster is awesome.
I laughed at the Lebowski reference.
There are thousands of great Polish film posters on mrposter.com site.
Worth a visit!
Love these. The Persona one is excellent. Thanks for putting these together!
I think the Persona one is my favorite. It’s the only one I might actually buy.
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