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Auction History Result 9k0554 BARAQUE NO. 1 French 23x32 1946 Yevoir art of people in WWII Gestapo prison, beyond rare! Date Sold 8/5/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1946 (from the first release of this movie in France) Vintage Theatrical Folded French "Affiche" Movie Poster (23x32; measures 23 1/4" x 31 1/2" [59 x 80 cm]) (Learn More) Baraque No. 1 (also released as "Barak 1"; literally translates to "Barracks No. 1") the 1945 E.G. de Meyst & Robert Lussac Belgian World War II (WWII) Germany Nazi Holocaust Jewish concentration camp melodrama (about a group of diverse prisoners who managed to survive at the most notorious concentration camp, and some of it was filmed at the actual camp!) starring Simone Poncin, Robert Lussac, Rene Herde, Jos Gevers, and Jet Naessens. Note that there were two versions of this film, a French-language and Flemish-language version. In the Flemish version, Simone Poncin was replaced with Jet Naessens. Also note that this is one of the earliest movies about World War II, and yet it is the second such movie made by this director in a three year period (see below)! Note that director E.G. de Meyst was a major early director (and one of the only successful Belgian directors ever), but he is completely forgotten today except by major film buffs. He made his first movie in Belgium in 1923 when he was 21 (financed by a loan from his mother!), and he went to Paris where he met Abel Gance, who saw his ability, but was most impressed by his use of mirrors to make it appear that there were many more people on screen then there actually were (Gance would use Meyst's technique in his masterpiece, Napoleon, in 1927). Meyst would return to Belgium and return to France, due to the difficulties of making movies in Belgium, which, unlike France had almost no film industry. In 1936 he made "Le Mort", which many consider his best movie, and he played the starring role! Starting in 1944 he made a trilogy of three prisoner-of-war films: "Soldats sans uniforme", "Baraques 1" in 1945 and "Forcats d'Honneur" in 1946. Original poster material from any of these three movies is virtually non-existent. He continued making some movies until 1962, and he then retired, and he passed away in 1989 at the age of 87, almost completely forgotten. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Yevoir (spelling?) Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare poster, which we have never auctioned before (and we have also never auctioned any other poster from this second movie in this trilogy). In 2017 and 2019, we auctioned two Belgian posters from the third movie in this trilogy, and in 2019, we auctioned a French poster from the first movie in the trilogy. This is an extremely rare and important poster about the Holocaust! 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: very good. The poster has tiny paper loss at the top crossfold and some creases along parts of the folds. It has a 4" stamp in the upper right background area and some very minor border wear. Learn More about condition grades 
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