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Soll und Haben des Kriegsjahres 1917, 1918
Two crowns over the year's accounts.
What
Hans Rudi Erdt's 1918 colour lithograph for the film Soll und Haben des Kriegsjahres 1917, Debit and Credit of the War Year 1917, from the Rehse-Archiv at the Library of Congress.
Why
The Union-Theater named at its foot were the cinemas of Projektions-AG Union, one of the most important German film companies of the late Empire and the studio where Lubitsch began.
Notice
SOLL and HABEN are drawn in white hatched capitals on a black panel, with 1917 in red and "IN DEN UNION/THEATERN" along the foot.
“A war year, totted up”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Soll und Haben des Kriegsjahres 1917 (1918)
- Country / studio
- Germany · Projektions-AG Union
- Designer
- Hans Rudi Erdt
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- German film placard, colour lithograph, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs (LCCN 2004665860)
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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