Original Italian locandina poster for Otto Preminger’s epic 1960 film Exodus, based on Leon Uris’s bestselling novel and starring Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint. The locandina format (approximately 13×28 inches) was the standard Italian cinema display size of the era, making this a highly collectible format for vintage film poster enthusiasts.
The striking artwork features two bold illustrated figures set against a vivid red background: a man in Arab headdress (keffiyeh) in the foreground and a blonde woman behind him holding a rifle, with a ship silhouetted in the background — evoking the film’s themes of immigration, conflict, and the founding of the State of Israel. The composition is rendered in a dramatic mid-century painterly illustration style typical of Italian movie poster art of the period.
The credits panel lists the full cast including Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, and John Derek. The bottom billing credits the screenplay to Dalton Trumbo, novel by Leon Uris, music by Ernest Gold, and direction and production by Otto Preminger. Distributed by United Artists, photographed in Super Panavision 70. An Italian censor stamp (L.20) is visible on the lower left. A desirable piece for collectors of Hollywood Golden Age cinema, Italian poster design, and Cold War-era history films.
Visible horizontal fold line across the centre of the poster. Some surface scuffing and minor abrasion marks in the lower black section of the illustration. Small area of ink loss/flaking visible in the blue detail near the female figure’s face. Minor creasing at edges. Italian censor stamp present lower left. Overall presentable with age-appropriate wear.
