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La Chute de la maison Usher
A cursed house dissolves into shadow and drifting veils.
What
The 1928 affiche for Jean Epstein's dreamlike adaptation of Poe.
Why
Its slow-motion decay and superimpositions made it a touchstone of cinematic impressionism.
Notice
The gothic mood and spectral typography evoking the film's collapsing manor.
“The doomed house sinks”
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 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- La Chute de la maison Usher (1928), dir. Jean Epstein
- Country / studio
- France · Films Jean Epstein
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- French affiche, lithograph, 1928
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Conservation note
Print produced from an AI-enhanced upscale (≈2.4×) of the surviving archival scan (original 511×720px). The upscale raises resolution only — the design is unaltered, and the paper’s folds and age are the artifact’s own.
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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