Zdeněk Ziegler’s fantastic poster illustration for 1960s popular western movie.

• title: Winnetou – The Red Gentleman | Vinnetou – Rudý gentleman | West Germany, Yugoslavia, 1964
• director: Harald Reinl
• with: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Marie Versini
• writer: Karl May (book)

poster design: Zdeněk Ziegler, 1984

Movie posters in our collection were promotional materials. Posters used on display in the cinemas across the former Czechoslovakia. They bear signs of their age.

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Zdeněk Ziegler is a legendary Czech graphic designer, typographer and book illustrator. He studied Architecture at Technical University in Prague and designed movie posters since 1963. Zdeněk Ziegler took part in many prestigious international poster exhibitions and his work was also presented in several solo exhibitions. He is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and the Association of Czech Graphic Designers Typo &. During his career Zdeněk Ziegler won several movie poster awards. His poster for Electra Glide in Blue got him Golden Hugo at the IFF Chicago.

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Explore other excellent

western movie posters designed in Czechoslovakia.

Or take a look at fascinating collection of

1980s posters available in our poster archive.

 

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