The Chess Players 1977 UK Quad Academy Cinema Film Poster, Peter Strausfeld Vratislav Seccik he designed over 160 film

he designed over 160 film posters and over 600 other drafts and illustrations

now linen-backed with just light touch-up

chock-full with individual personality

glamour and playful danger that defined the early Bond era

Light wear on edges in parts of poster

The Chess Players 1977 UK Quad Academy Cinema Film Poster, Peter Strausfeld Vratislav Seccik he designed over 160 film1970s Academy Cinema film poster for Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players). Fab design by Peter Strausfeld. Strausfeld, born in Cologne, came to England in 1938. Whilst interned on the Isle of Man during the Second World War, he developed a close friendship with fellow internee George Hoellering. In 1947 Hoellering became the director of Londons pre eminent art house, The Academy Cinema, on Oxford Street and, disliking the studio