La Dolce Vita - Vintage Finnish Movie Poster, Circa 1973

An original 1970s Finnish tour poster for La Dolce Vita (1960), Federico Fellini’s landmark Italian masterpiece, winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. The film premiered in Finland in September 1960 at the Rea Theatre, Helsinki. A re-screening took place at the Ritz Cinema, Helsinki in 1973; this poster dates from that second release, with text on the poster describing it as “amongst the most significant films of the 60s”.

Designed by Engel, signed in the plate lower right. Approximately 16.5 × 24.5 inches (42 × 62 cm).

Finnish tour posters were printed for distribution to regional cinemas and venues - clubs, village halls, and spaces outside the main cities - following the initial theatrical run. They occasionally survive unused when demand was low; this is one such example.

Condition: C8/9, Very Fine or better. Rolled - no folding crease. Small crease to the top right corner and further creasing along the bottom six inches of the right edge. No pinholes, paste residue, or clamping marks. Unused. Verso unmarked, an excellent condition poster.