Sunset Boulevard / Bulwar Zachodzącego Słońca (1950) Poster, Polish, First Polish release 1957

Sunset Boulevard / Bulwar Zachodzącego Słońca (1950) Poster, Polish, First Polish release 1957

Artist: Waldemar Swierzy (1931-2013)

Unframed: 33 x 23 in. (84 x 58 cm)

Waldemar Swierzy's design for this Polish poster is considered one of the greatest posters of the era. Swierzy brilliantly captures Gloria Swanson's deranged state in this classic film noir.

This poster does not surface very often.

This American film noir was directed and co-written by Billy Wilder and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden, Gloria Swanson, and Erich von Stroheim. The film was nominated for eleven Oscars and won three. Swanson's performance as the faded film star Norma Desmond is spellbinding. Although she was nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars, she lost out to Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress.