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A Life for a Life, Zhitkov 1916
For every tear, a drop of blood.
What
Pyotr Zhitkov's poster for Yevgeni Bauer's 1916 drama, 125 by 91 cm, printed by the Russian Society of Printing and Publishing.
Why
Bauer's film was one of the grandest Russian productions of its day, and its poster is one of the largest sheets in this group.
Notice
The line beneath the title reads "for every tear, a drop of blood".
“The grand style of the last imperial cinema”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Zhizn za zhizn (1916), dir. Yevgeni Bauer
- Country / studio
- Russian Empire · A. Khanzhonkov & Co.
- Designer
- Pyotr Zhitkov
- Printer / stone
- Russian Society of Printing and Publishing, Moscow
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- Russian Empire film poster, chromolithograph, 1916
- 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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