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Stuart Webbs: Das Rattenloch
Germany's own detective goes down into the rat hole, on a sheet the size of a book page.
What
A small German film advertisement of 1921, measuring 29.5 by 21.5 centimetres, designed by Ludwig Hohlwein for an instalment of the long-running Stuart Webbs detective series.
Why
The Stuart Webbs films were Germany's home-grown answer to the imported detective serials and ran for years. That a designer of Hohlwein's commercial standing took work at this modest scale shows how much care the trade put into even its small-format paper.
Notice
At barely larger than a sheet of writing paper this is a handbill or programme piece rather than a street placard, and Hohlwein has adjusted, tightening the composition for the hand rather than the hoarding.
“A master poster artist, working small.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Das Rattenloch (1921)
- Country / studio
- Germany
- Designer
- Ludwig Hohlwein
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- German film advertisement, small format, 29.5 by 21.5 cm, 1921
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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