“History is not about the facts. It is about the context and who is telling the story.” —Prof. Milton Fine.

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." –– George Orwell in his novel "1984."

"Whoever doubts the exclusive guilt of Germany for the Second World War destroys the foundation of post–war politics." –– Prof. Theodor Eschenberg, Rector, the University of Tübingen.

"If we have our own why in life, we shall get along with almost any how." – Friedrich Nietzsche

"After the end of an inglorious era, there is always a certain tendency to eradicate and forget, to remove evidence and documents from this period from historical use. This is especially true for those interested in film history when attempting to present the history of German film during the Third Reich." –– from a PhD candidate's dissertation, 1954, Munich.

POSTER GALLERY --view

over 500 German film

original posters between

1927–1954 from

Germany and from

many Axis and Neutral countries

across Europe!

Note! Posters in the Poster Gallery are PERMANENT

acquisitions which are NOT FOR SALE!! ONLY the

posters listed in our POSTER STORE are for sale.

(They have a price and order button to use.)

Ostland Film (Carl Peters)

Here is a photo from DER FILM newspaper from 28 January 1943, showing the interior of the Splendid–Palast cinema where the Carl Peters and other films were shown in Riga, and on the right a recent photo (the cinema survived WWII and Soviet Occupation):

The Splendid Palast was built in 1923 and was the place of many Latvian film premieres. It is a cherished example of Art Noveau architecture still to be found in Riga. Here are contemporary photos of its beautiful Rococo ceiling and the exterior of the cinema's entranceway.

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