HELP! - Beatles - 1965 – Original B2 Poster (Germany)
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The Beatles – Help! 1965 original German B2 poster, 50 × 70 cm, in good vintage condition (B) with fold lines and small corner pinholes.
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The Beatles – Help! – 1965 – Original B2 Poster (Germany)
English-language print with German subtitles; international campaign artwork in a German-market issue
Offset lithograph | 50 × 70 cm | Germany
Introduction
A crisp, high-impact composition, this German-market B2 distills Richard Lester’s pop-caper into monumental red HELP! letterforms set against a clean white field. The Beatles appear as a rhythmic frieze in dark winter coats, striking semaphore-like poses that read instantly at distance. “THE BEATLES” crowns the layout with typographic authority; a lower band carries director and principal cast credits in the familiar continental style. The line “Erstmals im Original mit Untertiteln” flags an English-language print with German subtitles, a telling cue for how the film circulated beyond the UK and US.
The 50 × 70 cm B2 format preserves the international key art’s silhouette without extra billing clutter, giving the poster strong wall presence and graphic restraint. It’s an elegant, collector-friendly balance of pop immediacy and mid-’60s modernity.
Why It Matters
Help! is the Beatles’ second feature with Lester, and its campaign helped codify a modular, pop-art image language for the band. This subtitled German issue—distinct from dubbed prints—appeals to music-cinema crossover collectors and to those mapping European distribution variants. German credits and distributor marks add documentary interest, while the pared palette and oversized title deliver iconic impact. Surviving B2s are notably scarcer than larger formats, making well-preserved examples particularly desirable.
Poster Details
- Year: 1965 (German subtitled issue, German Release)
- Country: Germany
- Size: 50.00 × 70.00 cm
- Format: B2
- Studio / Publisher: Amazonas Classics
- Designer: Uncredited (after the international campaign artwork)
Condition
Good vintage condition with slight fold lines and small corner pinholes; colors strong, surface clean, and paper sound—display-ready for the format.
Will be shipped folded.
The Beatles – Help! – 1965 – Original B2 Poster (Germany)
English-language print with German subtitles; international campaign artwork in a German-market issue
Offset lithograph | 50 × 70 cm | Germany
Introduction
A crisp, high-impact composition, this German-market B2 distills Richard Lester’s pop-caper into monumental red HELP! letterforms set against a clean white field. The Beatles appear as a rhythmic frieze in dark winter coats, striking semaphore-like poses that read instantly at distance. “THE BEATLES” crowns the layout with typographic authority; a lower band carries director and principal cast credits in the familiar continental style. The line “Erstmals im Original mit Untertiteln” flags an English-language print with German subtitles, a telling cue for how the film circulated beyond the UK and US.
The 50 × 70 cm B2 format preserves the international key art’s silhouette without extra billing clutter, giving the poster strong wall presence and graphic restraint. It’s an elegant, collector-friendly balance of pop immediacy and mid-’60s modernity.
Why It Matters
Help! is the Beatles’ second feature with Lester, and its campaign helped codify a modular, pop-art image language for the band. This subtitled German issue—distinct from dubbed prints—appeals to music-cinema crossover collectors and to those mapping European distribution variants. German credits and distributor marks add documentary interest, while the pared palette and oversized title deliver iconic impact. Surviving B2s are notably scarcer than larger formats, making well-preserved examples particularly desirable.
Poster Details
- Year: 1965 (German subtitled issue, German Release)
- Country: Germany
- Size: 50.00 × 70.00 cm
- Format: B2
- Studio / Publisher: Amazonas Classics
- Designer: Uncredited (after the international campaign artwork)
Condition
Good vintage condition with slight fold lines and small corner pinholes; colors strong, surface clean, and paper sound—display-ready for the format.
Will be shipped folded.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Artist/ Band (max 3)
Beatles
Artist
HELP!
Poster title
1965 – Original B2 Poster (Germany)
Estimated Period
1970s
Type
Poster
Condition
B (reasonable - obvious imperfections)
Height
50 cm
Width
70 cm
Autographed by a famous person
No
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