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Auction History Result 4d0222 WAY OF LIFE Russian 29x36 1920s great art of jester playing fiddle for dancing girl, rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Russian Movie Poster (measures 28 1/2" x 35 1/2" [72 x 90 cm]) (Learn More) Way of Life (literal translation of the Russian title), the 1920s Russian poster for a German or Austrian film starring Lucy Doraine and Alphons Fryland. Doraine & Fryland starred in 5 films in 1921 and 1923 (four were directed by Michael Curtiz who was married to Doraine, and who was still "Mihaly Kertesz"!), but we are unsure which of those five films this poster is promoting. We have seen two Russian posters for the film and they have wildly different art which does not help us to determine the movie. If anyone knows more about this poster or the movie it is promoting, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this Russian poster! It is one of a remarkable collection of 35 Russian posters we are currently offering (a very few are from non-Russian countries that were once somewhat part of Russia). These are among the most rare Russian posters there are, from the early 1920s through 1946. Not only have we only auctioned one of the 19 before (the other 18 we have NEVER auctioned), but in all our years of auctioning, we have only auctioned a couple of dozen Russian posters from the 1920s, and a slightly larger amount from the 1930s, and a slightly larger amount from between 1940 and 1946! Nineteen of these posters are from movies, and there are also circus posters, war posters, and others. The one common denominator to all these posters is that they have really interesting images, always completely different from those of non-Russian posters for the same movies or subjects. Just like posters from Europe, posters from Russia from World War II and before are extremely rare, surely because of the lack of paper during World War II, which caused them to recycle almost all old paper, but Russian posters are even more rare, because so few posters made it out of Russia after World War II, due to the Cold War. This is a wonderful opportunity to obtain these incredibly rare and striking Russian posters, and many of them might not be offered again for sale or at auction for many years! Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has separation along portions of the center horizontal fold and vertical foldline and there are several tears of varying lengths around the edges. Many of the tears or other defects as described above have been repaired with several pieces of tape from the back. It has extra creases and some scuff marks scattered throughout and a few other defects that can be clearly seen in our super-sized image. After proper restoration the poster will display well, but bear in mind the poster's condition and the cost of restoration before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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