You may think Westerns are a wholly American phenomenon, but it turns out that foreign interpretations look pretty good too. Our pals over at the Rumpus turned us on to these amazing Polish posters for American Westerns created during the Communist era, and it’s fascinating to see these familiar, classic films considered and advertised in a completely strange and often seemingly incongruent way. Click here to see even more of these gorgeous posters, and if you still haven’t had enough, be sure to check out the book from which they hail, Western Amerykanski: Polish Poster Art and the Western .
1961 poster by Jerzy Flisak for 3:10 to Yuma
1962 poster by Jerzy Jaworowski for The Misfits
1974 poster by Jerzy Flisak for When the Legends Die
1972 poster by Jerzy Flisak for The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1947 poster by Eryk Lipinski for The Mark of Zorro
1968 poster by Jerzy Flisak for A Bullet for the General
1969 poster by Wiktor Gorka for The Rounders
1958 poster by Marian Stachurski for Annie Get Your Gun
1973 poster by Tomasz Ruminski for Little Big Man
1964 poster by Witold Janowski for Oklahoma
1972 poster by Andrzej Bertrandt for A Gunfight