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Seven countries, seven posters, one classic film

See how nations from Japan to Finland imagined their posters for the Polish anti-war classic Ashes and Diamonds. These stunning designs are from a new poster exhibition centred on the master filmmaker Andrzej Wajda.

Japan

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Japanese poster, 1959

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Japanese poster, 1959

West Germany

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): German poster by Hans Hillmann, 1961

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): German poster by Hans Hillmann, 1961

USSR

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Soviet poster by W. Karakaszew, 1965

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Soviet poster by W. Karakaszew, 1965

Finland

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Finnish poster, 1960

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Finnish poster, 1960

Yugoslavia

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Yugoslavian poster

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Yugoslavian poster

Poland

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Polish poster by Wojciech Fangor, 1958

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Polish poster by Wojciech Fangor, 1958

Spain

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Spanish poster, 1964

Ashes and Diamonds (1958): Spanish poster, 1964

In conjunction with the Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema season UK tour, BFI Southbank and the 13th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival are presenting a selection of original poster artwork from the Andrzej Wajda’s Films in International Film Poster exhibition on loan from the archives of the Film Museum in Łódź, curated by Krystyna Zamysłowska and Piotr Kulesza. The exhibition runs at BFI Southbank, Atrium until 31 May. 

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