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The Thief, Dmitry Moor

A grin, a jemmy and a hand in the dark.

What

Dmitry Moor's bill for "The Thief", a cinema drama in four acts, made before 1917.

Why

Moor became one of the leading Soviet poster artists; before the revolution he drew bills like this one for the cinema.

Notice

The raised hand and the light from a door do the work of a whole scene.

“A master's first cinema”

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 24x36" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Film
Vor (1916)
Country / studio
Russian Empire
Designer
Dmitry Moor
Format
Other
Poster published
Russian Empire film bill, 1916
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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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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