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Who Is to Blame? Kharitonov 1917
Mikhail Kalmanson's sheet for a Kharitonov drama.
What
A chromolithograph by Mikhail Kalmanson for the 1917 Kharitonov studio film "Who Is to Blame?".
Why
Kalmanson drew dozens of Moscow film posters in 1917, the year the empire fell.
Notice
The question in the title hangs over the whole sheet.
“A drama for a year of upheaval”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Kto vinovat? (1917)
- Country / studio
- Russia · D. I. Kharitonov
- Designer
- Mikhail Kalmanson
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- Russian film poster, chromolithograph, 1917
- 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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