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Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich, 1918
A general's face looms over a gun.
What
Hans Rudi Erdt's 1918 colour lithograph for part one of the Neuester Film release Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich, The Great Battle in France, from the Rehse-Archiv at the Library of Congress.
Why
The Library's catalogue reads the face behind the gun as General Paul von Hindenburg and measures the sheet at 142 x 94 cm.
Notice
The foot lists the Berlin houses showing it, from "KAMMERLICHTSPIELE" and "TAUENTZIEN-PALAST" to "U.T. WEINBERGSWEG".
“The war, in four Berlin cinemas”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich (1918)
- Country / studio
- Germany
- Designer
- Hans Rudi Erdt
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- German film placard, colour lithograph, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs (LCCN 2004665857)
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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