Britannia Hospital - Original Vintage Film Poster 1982

Description: Britannia Hospital 1982 Original Italian Film Poster 13 in x 28 in (33.0 cm x 70 cm) approx Apart from original fold, light surface wear and minor handling wear, in very good condition, see all photos Original middle fold. Folded at the time of printing. Most folds flatten out nicely for framing and are often desirable for vintage, collectible movie posters. Border at the top for screening details Info: Britannia Hospital is a 1982 film, a black comedy. It targets the National Health Service and, by extension, contemporary Britain. Synopsis: A strike at a hospital on its 500-year anniversary and on the eve of a Royal visit results in mayhem, while a mad doctor uses National Health funds to create Frankenstein-type creatures. Cast: Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Brian Pettifer, John Moffatt, Fulton Mackay, Jill Bennett, Peter Jeffrey, Joan Plowright, Robin Askwith, Mark Hamill, Robbie Coltrane, Dandy Nichols, Brian Glover, Richard Griffiths, Roland Culver, Liz Smith, John Gordon Sinclair, Alan Bates, Arthur Lowe, T.P. McKenna, Michael Medwin. Directed by Lindsay Anderson The poster art is by Renato Casaro (born 1935). Casaro is considered to be one of the most important, influential & innovative Italian’s film poster artists producing hundreds of works dedicated to the cinema. In 1953, at the age of 18, he joined Studio Favalli, a famous design and art studio in Rome. Three years later he opened his own studio. In 1965 Dino De Laurentiis hired Casaro to design the poster images for the film The Bible: In the Beginning and he went on to design several more posters for De Laurentiis. His career then blossomed working for several different directors and film companies.

Price: 46 GBP

Location: London

End Time: 2025-01-03T14:56:10.000Z

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