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Auction History Result 2w083 GODZILLA linen Polish 23x34 '57 wonderful different monster art by Alicja Waszewska-Laurman Date Sold 11/2/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1957 (from the first release of this movie in Poland) Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Polish Movie Poster (23x33; measures 23" x 34" [58 x 86 cm]) (Learn More) Gojira (released in the U.S. in 1956 as "Godzilla, King of the Monsters"; see below), the classic 1954 Ishiro Honda Japanese Toho kaiju battling rubbery monsters horror science fiction (sci-fi) thriller ("Raging through the world on a rampage of destruction"; "An enraged monster wipes out an entire city!"; "Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!"; "It's Alive!"; "Civilization crumbles as its death rays blast a city of 6 million from the face of the earth!"; "Mightiest monster! Mightiest melodrama of them all!"; "Spawned in the ocean's depths... it stalks the earth! Belching fire that blasts mighty cities into oblivion! A gory Goliath that lives to kill... kills to live! Diabolical demon of destruction... mightiest monster of them all - Godzilla!"; "Makes King King look like a midget!"; "Earth-shaking! Screen-shattering!"; "Awesome - and then some! - Civilization totters! Science astounded!"; "See! A monstrous sea-beast... surging up from the ocean! ... a city of six-million wiped out by its death ray blast! ...Giant ships swamped! Jet planes swept from the skies! Trains ripped from the rails!"; "More! More! More! See every screen-shattering thrill!") starring Raymond Burr (in the American version), Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, and Haruo Nakajima (the man in the Godzilla monster suit!). Note that this movie was originally titled "Gojira" when released in Japan in 1954. Two years later, an Americanized re-edited version was released which listed Terry Morse and Ishiro Honda as directors. It had most of the commentary by the Japanese actors about nuclear war removed, and new scenes were shot with Raymond Burr, who plays a TV commentator announcing what Godzilla is doing, thus allowing him to be in the movie without actually appearing in any of the original scenes! Even though these new scenes with Raymond Burr were added, the new running time of the movie was still 8 minutes shorter than the original running time, because they removed quite a bit of the original footage. The U.S. version is 90 minutes, and the original Japanese version is 98 minutes. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Alicja Waszewska-Laurman Important Added Info: Note that we have NEVER before auctioned this first release Polish poster, and we have only seen two other examples at any auction! Note that, as far as we know, this movie was not released in any countries other than Japan until 1956. It seems that some countries released the 1956 U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters", and not the 1954 Japanese "Gojira" version. However, a knowledgeable collector tells us that Poland (along with West Germany, Denmark, Spain and a few others) showed the original Japanese version of the film and not the U.S. version with Raymond Burr.
UPDATED 10/27/2014: Note that we have updated the Important Added Info section. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster was folded across the middle and down the center and there were some creases and scuffs in those areas. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed. At some point after it was backed, it was roughly handled, and there is now a partial horizontal crease across the bottom of the poster 3" from the bottom border, but it is faint and not very noticeable at all except on close inspection, and then it is no more noticeable than the other foldlines. The poster will display wonderfully on anyone's wall! Learn More about condition grades 
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