“Rose Bernd” (Japanese Release starring Maria Schell & Raf Vallone), Original Japanese Theatrical Poster c.1957, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) O237

This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed circa 1957 for the domestic release of Rose Bernd (dir. Wolfgang Staudte), adapted from Gerhart Hauptmann’s classic play. A genuine cinema display sheet produced for theatres in Japan.

Film background
A searing rural melodrama, the film follows Rose (Maria Schell) as love, social pressure, and hypocrisy spiral toward tragedy. Schell’s luminous performance opposite Raf Vallone anchors one of the key post-war German literary adaptations.

Poster design
Gorgeous hand-painted stone-litho artwork: a radiant, close portrait of Schell in a crimson headscarf fills the frame, her smile contrasted by a passionate wheat-field embrace vignette at lower right. Bold Japanese billing lines—「マリア・シェル主演」 at top and 「ラフ・ヴァヨーネ共演」 along the right—bookend the composition, with the elegant Rose Bernd title set in Latin script to the left. Rich color gradients and meticulous brush detail make this a gallery-worthy piece.

Condition
Excellent overall with light handling consistent with age. Small top-edge nick/short tear at the center and minor edge touches visible on close inspection (see photos). Colors remain strong and saturated.

This poster is over 65 years old.

It is not a reproduction or a reprint.

Certificate of Authenticity included.