Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle movie posters
Theatrical release poster (DIN A1) with the small bits in orange Times Bold
German designer Peter Sickert loved to work with Intrigue. In 1974, he used the bold condensed octagonal sans for Jodorowsky’s Montana Sacra. The same year, Sickert also selected it for another poster, for a drama film by Werner Herzog. This time, Sickert didn’t enhance the blocky design by adding a drop shadow, but instead through a central-perspective 3D effect, featuring orange letters with pale olive edges.
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (“Every Man for Himself and God Against All”) follows the true story of foundling Kaspar Hauser. For the main role, Herzog casted Bruno S., a self-taught street musician who didn’t have any previous acting experience. Known in English as The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, the film won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.
A later A1 poster in black and white mentions the triumph at Cannes 1975, and assembles various accolades set in reversed Helvetica.
2 Comments on “Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle movie posters”
Isn’t there a bit of Futura Bold in the black and white poster (“FILMVERLAG DER AUTOREN”) ?
That’s the film distributor’s logo. I didn’t tag the typeface as it’s not part of the poster design. Judging from the G, it’s Twentieth Century Extra Bold (a.k.a. Futura No. 2).