Susanne und der Zauberring
Artist
Roswitha Gruttner
Date1973
Dimensions32 x 22 1/2 in. (81.3 x 57.2 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of Saul Zalesch
Object numberPH.7358
DescriptionSusanne and the Magic Ring was a film for children produced by the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic of East Germany. It was founded in 1946 as the first film-production company in Germany after World War II and was authorized and supported by the Soviet occupiers who wished to reeducate the German population after 12 years of Nazi propaganda. While many of these films incorporated the social-realist ideals and images favored by the Soviet regime, this film, about a lonely 12-year-old girl who is given a magic ring that can fulfill her wishes, was relatively anodyne. The poster was illustrated by Roswitha Grüttner, an East German painter and printmaker; she was best known as an illustrator of children’s film posters and books, producing charming, colorful, and almost childlike motifs like those here.On View
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