The most beautiful posters in the history of cinema have been named. The most famous war posters
Bill Murray on the poster for the film Lost in Translation
(2003)
No one can disrupt the change of seasons, when at first everything is born, then grows, and then fades away. The course of life is beyond the control of even two monks living in a floating hut on a lake surrounded by mountains. A masterpiece when viewed appears to be visual perfection. The poster matches it: a laconic image made in a recognizable Asian style.
Poster for the film “Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring Again”
(2008)
The film develops in parallel, without ever intersecting, several stories with heroes of different generations and different fields of activity. There is only one thing in common: they all turn out to be subordinate to the interests of the criminal community.
Movie poster "Gomorrah"
(2008)
A theater director in a creative crisis is trying to figure out his life and the women around him. Finally, deciding that his life is not worth wasting, he decides to stage an “important and sincere play”, for this purpose erecting a real living model of New York in an abandoned warehouse. The poster shows how the leading actor seems to “enter” the poster with his own face.
Poster for the film "New York, New York"
(year 2009)
Sam's contract is coming to an end: he spent three years on the moon overseeing an automated station for the extraction of rare gas. Three long years all alone except for the talking robot GERTY can change anyone. Two weeks before returning to earth, Sam meets his replacement... The poster reflects the leitmotifs of the picture - space orbit, the cyclical nature of the hero’s life and his loneliness.
Movie poster "Moon 2112"
(2010)
Several people trapped in a stuck elevator eventually realize that the devil himself is among them. On the poster, however, everything is obvious: slightly open elevator doors and an inverted cross - a favorite symbol of Satanists.
Poster for the film “The Devil”
(2010)
The film tells the story of the creation of one of the most popular social networks on the Internet - Facebook. The resounding success of this network among users around the world forever changed the lives of fellow Harvard University students who founded it in 2004 and within a few years became the youngest multimillionaires in the United States. “You can’t add 500 million friends without making a single enemy,” says the film’s tagline.
(year 2014)
The grandeur of the Eiffel Tower and the luxury of boutiques, the aromas of fine cuisine and the colors of the Champs Elysees are just a shroud under which the real Paris is hidden. Here, in the endless catacombs, live the true rulers of this world. Two iconic symbols of Paris - the Eiffel Tower and the Catacombs - are combined in a bizarre way on the creepy poster.
"Paris. City of dead". Poster
On this day, the famous American artist James Montgomery Flagg (1877 - 1960) was born. He is the author of the famous World War I propaganda leaflet “I want you for U.S. Army,” which depicts Uncle Sam, which has become a fairly popular Internet meme these days. James Flagg also worked in the genre of painting, but his greatest success was brought to him by cartoons and propaganda posters - he was so good at understanding the psychology of the people of that time and conveying to them the basic ideas of freedom and the Motherland. We invite you to recall the artist’s 5 most famous propaganda posters. 
1. “I want you for U.S. Army" (“I need you in the US Army” - call for volunteers in the US Army during the First World War. 1916-1917)
2. “The Navy Needs You!” Don’t READ American History, MAKE IT!” (“The Navy needs you. Don’t read American history, do it!” - call for volunteers in the American Navy, 1917-1918) 
3. “Wake Up America!” Civilization Calls Every Man, Woman and Child!” (“Wake up, America! Civilization is calling every man, woman and child,” 1917) 
4. “Together We Win” (“Together we will win”, 1917-1918) 
5. Uncle Sam with an empty piggy bank - this is how James Flagg depicted the economic situation at the end of World War I, 1920. 
James Flagg Soldiers fought on the fronts, partisans and scouts fought in occupied territory, and home front workers assembled tanks. Propagandists and artists turned pencils and brushes into weapons. The main objective of the poster was to strengthen the faith of the Soviet people in victory. The first poster thesis (now it would be called a slogan) was a phrase from Molotov’s speech on June 22, 1941: “Our cause is just, the enemy will be defeated, victory will be ours.” One of the main characters of the war poster was the image of a woman - mother, Motherland, friend, wife. She worked in the rear at the factory, harvested, waited and believed.
“We will mercilessly defeat and destroy the enemy,” Kukryniksy, 1941
The first military poster, pasted on the walls of houses on June 23, was a sheet of artists Kukryniksy, depicting Hitler, treacherously breaking the non-aggression pact between the USSR and Germany. (“Kukryniksy” are three artists, the name of the group is made up of the initial letters of the surnames of Kupriyanov and Krylov, and the name and first letter of the surname of Nikolai Sokolov).
“The Motherland is Calling!”, Irakli Toidze, 1941
The idea of creating the image of a mother calling her sons for help arose by chance. Hearing the first message from the Sovinformburo about the attack of Nazi Germany on the USSR, Toidze’s wife ran into his workshop shouting “War!” Struck by the expression on her face, the artist ordered his wife to freeze and immediately began sketching the future masterpiece. The influence of this work and the song “Holy War” on people was much stronger than the conversations of political instructors.
“Be a hero!”, Victor Koretsky, 1941
The slogan of the poster became prophetic: millions of people stood up to defend the Fatherland and defended their freedom and independence. In June 1941, Koretsky created the composition “Be a Hero!” The poster, enlarged several times, was installed along the streets of Moscow, along which columns of mobilized city residents passed in the first weeks of the war. In August of this year, the “Be a Hero!” postage stamp was issued. Both on the stamp and on the poster the infantryman is depicted wearing a pre-war SSh-36 helmet. During the war, helmets were of a different shape.
“Let's have more tanks...”, Lazar Lisitsky, 1941
Excellent work by the outstanding avant-garde artist and illustrator Lazar Lisitsky. Poster “Let's have more tanks... All for the front! Everything for victory! was printed in thousands of copies a few days before the artist’s death. Lissitzky died on December 30, 1941, and the slogan “Everything for the front!” throughout the war was the main principle of the people remaining in the rear.
“Warrior of the Red Army, save!”, Viktor Koretsky, 1942
The woman, holding her child close to her, is ready with her breasts and her life to protect her daughter from the bloody bayonet of a fascist rifle. One of the most emotionally powerful posters was published with a circulation of 14 million. The front-line soldiers saw in this angry, disobedient woman their mother, wife, sister, and in the frightened, defenseless girl - a daughter, sister, a Motherland drenched in blood, its future.
“Don’t talk!”, Nina Vatolina, 1941
In June 1941, the artist Vatolina was asked to graphically design Marshak’s famous lines: “Be on the lookout! On days like these, the walls listen. It’s not far from chatter and gossip to betrayal,” and after a couple of days the image was found. The model for the work was a neighbor with whom the artist often stood in line at the bakery. The stern face of a woman unknown to anyone became for many years one of the main symbols of a fortress country located in a ring of fronts.
“All hope is for you, red warrior!”, Ivanov, Burova, 1942
The theme of revenge against the invaders became the leading one in the work of poster artists at the first stage of the war. Instead of collective heroic images, faces that resemble specific people come first - your girlfriend, your child, your mother. Take revenge, free, save. The Red Army was retreating, and women and children who remained in enemy-occupied territory silently cried out from the posters.
“Avenge the grief of the people!”, Viktor Ivanov, 1942
The poster is accompanied by Vera Inber’s poems “Beat the Enemy!”, after reading which, perhaps, no words are needed...
Beat the enemy so that he becomes weak
So that he chokes on blood,
So that your blow is equal in strength
All my motherly love!
“Fighter of the Red Army! You will not let your beloved be disgraced”, Fyodor Antonov, 1942
The enemy was approaching the Volga, a huge territory was occupied, where hundreds of thousands of civilians lived. The heroes of the artists were women and children. The posters showed misfortune and suffering, calling on the warrior to take revenge and help those who are unable to help themselves. Antonov addressed the soldiers on behalf of their wives and sisters with a poster: “...You will not give up your beloved to the shame and dishonor of Hitler’s soldiers.”
"My son! You see my share...", Antonov, 1942
This work has become a symbol of the people's suffering. Maybe mom, maybe an exhausted, bloodless Motherland - an elderly woman with a bundle in her hands, who is leaving a burnt village. She seemed to stop for a second, lamenting sadly, she asks her son for help.
“Warrior, answer the Motherland with victory!”, Dementy Shmarinov, 1942
The artist very simply revealed the main theme: the Motherland grows bread and puts the most advanced weapons into the hands of a soldier. A woman who assembled a machine gun and gathered ripe ears of corn. A red dress, the color of the red banner, confidently leads to victory. The fighters must win, and the home front workers must provide more and more weapons.
“A tractor in a field is like a tank in battle,” Olga Burova, 1942
The bright, optimistic colors of the poster assure that there will be bread and victory is just around the corner. Your women believe in you. There is an air battle in the distance, a train with fighters is passing, but the faithful girlfriends are doing their job, contributing to the cause of victory.
“Red Cross warriors! We will not leave either the wounded or his weapon on the battlefield,” Viktor Koretsky, 1942
Here a woman is an equal fighter, nurse and savior.
“We drink the water of our native Dnieper...”, Viktor Ivanov, 1943
After the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, it was obvious that the advantage was on the side of the Red Army. Artists were now required to create posters that would show the meeting of the liberators of Soviet cities and villages. The successful crossing of the Dnieper could not remain aloof from the artists.
“Glory to the liberators of Ukraine!”, Dementy Shmarinov, 1943
The crossing of the Dnieper and the liberation of Kyiv is one of the glorious pages in the history of the Great Patriotic War. Mass heroism was adequately appreciated, and 2,438 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. For crossing the Dnieper and other rivers, and for the feats accomplished in subsequent years, 56 more people received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
“Join the ranks of front-line girlfriends...”, Viktor Koretsky, VeraGitsevich, 1943
The front needed reinforcements and female forces.
"You gave us life back"Victor Ivanov, 1944
This is how a Red Army soldier was greeted - like family, like a liberator. The woman, unable to hold back her outburst of gratitude, hugs the unfamiliar soldier.
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“Europe will be free!”, Victor Koretsky, 1944
By the summer of 1944, it became clear that the USSR could, on its own, not only expel the enemy from its land, but also liberate the peoples of Europe and complete the defeat of Hitler’s army. After the opening of the Second Front, the topic of the joint struggle of the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the United States for the liberation of all of Europe from the “brown plague” became relevant.
“We have one target - Berlin!”, Viktor Koretsky, 1945
There is very little left. The goal is close. It is not for nothing that a woman appears next to the soldier on the poster - as a promise that they will soon be able to see each other.
“We reached Berlin”, Leonid Golovanov, 1945
Here is the long-awaited victory... The posters of the spring of 1945 breathe spring, peace, and the Great Victory! Behind the hero’s back is visible a poster by Leonid Golovanov “Let’s get to Berlin!”, published in 1944, with the same main character, but so far without an order.
“We Waited,” Maria Nesterova-Berzina, 1945
The front-line soldiers returned home with the consciousness of their own dignity as people who had fulfilled their duty. Now the former soldier will have to restore the farm and establish a peaceful life.
The father met the hero-son,
and the wife hugged the husband,
and the children look with admiration
for military orders.
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