Vladimir and Georgii Stenberg, both masters of scenography and movie posters, plied their trade as the lead artists of the Soviet, state-owned “Sovkino” cinema company established in 1923.
In less than a decade they created more than 300 movie posters, including designs for foreign motion pictures.
All of them were made in their instantly recognizable avant-garde style, which Andy Warhol would transform into a worldwide trend some fifty years later.
The brothers signed their work "2 Stenberg 2" and added new interpretations to original posters to make them more relevant for Soviet viewers.
Look at these 10 Stenberg posters alongside their originals:
1. The Man without Nerves, 1924
Archive Photo, 2 Stenberg 2
2. Sonny boy, 1929
Public Domain, 2 Stenberg 2
3. Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1921
Archive Photo, 2 Stenberg 2
4. The General, 1926
Public Domain, 2 Stenberg 2
5. Crooked Straight, 1919
Archive Photo, 2 Stenberg 2
6. A Woman of Paris, 1923
Public Domain, 2 Stenberg 2
7. Small Town Idol, 1921
Public Domain, 2 Stenberg 2
8. Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, 1927
Archive Photo, 2 Stenberg 2
9. The Battling Orioles, 1924
Archive Photo, 2 Stenberg 2
10. Moulin Rouge, 1928
Archive Photo, 2 Stenberg 2
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