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Homunculus, Speck's Palace Theater
Zurich billed the German serial for its own cinema.
What
Albert Hoppler's 1917 Zurich poster for Homunculus at Speck's Palace Theater in the Kaspar Escher-Haus.
Why
Homunculus was the wartime German serial about a man made in a laboratory; neutral Switzerland showed it while Europe fought.
Notice
Printed by Wolfensberger, Zurich's great poster printer.
“A made man, shown in a free city.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Homunculus (1916)
- Country / studio
- Germany
- Designer
- Albert Hoppler
- Printer / stone
- Wolfensberger, Zurich
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- Swiss cinema poster, 1917
- Source
- Basel Poster Collection
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.
