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Salammbô
Carthage rebuilt in plaster and silk for a French super-production.
What
A French affiche of 1925 for Pierre Marodon's Salammbô, adapted from Flaubert's novel of mercenary revolt in ancient Carthage.
Why
The mid-1920s were the high tide of the European super-production, when French and Franco-German capital tried to out-build Hollywood on ancient-world spectacle. Flaubert's archaeological prose gave that ambition a respectable literary cover.
Notice
The design assembles the cast as a frieze rather than isolating one face — the picture is being sold on ensemble and scale, not on a single name.
“Flaubert's Carthage, rebuilt in a French studio and sold by the acre.”
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
- Salammbô (1925), dir. Pierre Marodon
- Country / studio
- France
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- French affiche, 1925
- 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.
From The French Screen
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The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
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