Large advertising poster issued by the Moldavia-Film company. [Prague?, ca. 1930s]. Design: Jan Vácha (?).
A large color poster depicting a man and woman in traditional Oriental attire standing next to the two Tablets of the Law and a Star of David, with a silhouette of a man holding a staff in the background [presumably, representing Moses or the Wandering Jew]. The company name, "Moldavia-Film", indicated at bottom right.
The Moldavia-Film movie production company was founded in Prague in April 1918, and in 1931 was purchased by the Czech production company Elektafilm. Among its owners and managers were several Jews (including Josef Auerbach, who managed the company between 1921 and 1924 and again between 1931 and 1933). Several months after the Nazi occupation of the Czech Republic, the company was dissolved and in January 1940 its assets were confiscated as Jewish property.
94X125 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains and creases. Restored tears. Linen-backed for display and preservation.