Salto Mortale

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Original vintage cinema poster for a circus drama film Salto Mortale (le saut mortel) / Trapeze (the fatal leap) directed by the German director Ewald Andre Dupont and based on a n ovel by the French author and actor Alfred Machard. Stunning dynamic Art Deco style design featuring two acrobats flying up towards a trapeze bar against a dark background with a spotlight shining on them from the O in the stylised title text above, the female acrobat wearing a red outfit and the male acrobat wearing a blue outfit. Artwork by the French poster artist and designer Jean Adrien Mercier (1899-1995). Large size. Good condition, restored folds, tears and loss on folds and top right corner, backed on linen. Show more