Title: Direction Berlin
Author: Waldemar Swierzy
Item description:
Notes: Poster of very small A5 format. Waldemar Swierzy was the author in 1965 of two basic posters for this film in A1 format which also indicates a high probability of his authorship of the offered poster. Double-sided printing!
Note: catalogs of the social life documents departments of Polish academic libraries qualify this type of ephemeral print unequivocally as posters virtually regardless of dimensions (popularly, though incorrectly, this type of object is referred to as mini- posters, flyers or even window stickers).
Polish film 1969; war film.
Directed by: Jerzy Passendorfer. Screenplay: Jerzy Passendorfer and Wojciech Żukrowski. Music: Adam Walaciński. Cinematography: Kazimierz Konrad. Costumes: Jolanta Komorowska, Jadwiga Rutkiewicz-Mikulska. Set design: Adam T. Nowakowski.
Actors: Wojciech Siemion, Krzysztof Chamiec, Jan Bielawski.
About the author: Waldemar Swierzy (9.09.1931 Katowice - 27.11.2013 Warsaw) outstanding applied graphic designer (publishing graphics) and one of the most outstanding (and prolific - more than 1500 posters) Polish poster designers, also works in the field of exhibitions and, in the last years of his life, easel painting. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Cracow, Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice (later Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Katowice), graduating in 1952 in the studio of Professor Józef Mroszczak. Since 1965 he has been teaching at the State Higher School of Fine Arts (PWSSP, then Academy of Fine Arts, now University of Arts) in Poznań as head of the Graphic Design Studio, while from 1995-2001 he led the poster studio at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Warsaw, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań and Warsaw, honorary doctorate at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Cracow. He has also lectured in Mexico and Berlin, and has been a long-time collaborator with the following publishing houses: Artistic and Graphic Publishing House (WAG), Centrala Wynajmu Filmów (CWF), Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza (KAW), Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy (PIW), Wydawnictwo Handlu Zagranicznego (WHZ), and Polish and German theaters. Very numerous exhibitions and awards including: T. Trepkowski Award 1956; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Grand Prix Versailles 1959; 1st Prize São Paulo Biennale 1969; Silver Medal 4th (1972) and Gold Medal 6th (1976) International Poster Biennale Warsaw; Gold Medal 2nd International Poster Biennale Lahti 1977; many awards Polish Poster Biennale (All-Poland Poster Biennale) Katowice: 1st Prize 1st OBP 1965, 1st Prize 4th. OBP 1971, 1st Prize 6. BPP 1975, 2nd Prize 7. BPP 1977, 2nd Prize 12. BPP 1987, 1st Prize and Gold Medal 13. BPP 1989, Silver Medal 14. BPP 1995, Silver Medal 16. BPP 1999, Gold Medal 23. BPP 2013; 12 Awards of the Year for the Best Poster of Warsaw; 1st Prize Film Poster Competition of the weekly "Hollywood Reporter" Los Angeles 1975 and 1985; member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).
Additional information:
Condition:
Item in very nice condition.
Grading of state of preservation:
- perfect condition: (6) no defects, no signs of use, like new
- very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
- nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
- quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
- more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), quite insignificant, not very significant defects
- at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
- good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
- less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
- more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
- at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), quite poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
- Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct
The evaluation of the state of preservation and some other elements of the description have some subjectivity, but we make them with our best knowledge and the greatest possible reliability, if in doubt, please refer to the scan of the object or contact us.
