A Streetcar Named Desire - 1951

Condition: Very Good

Folded as issued: Now Placed on Linen

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Size: 35 x 56cm (14 x 22 inches) 

Stunning original Petite Belgian poster for “A Streetcar Named Desire” featuring artwork by prolific Belgian movie poster artist Wik. 

A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 American Southern Gothic drama film adapted from Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. Directed by Elia Kazan, it stars Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden. The original Broadway production and cast was converted to film, albeit with several changes and sanitizations related to censorship.

The film is about the tragic clash between illusion and reality, focusing on Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle who loses her family home and moves in with her sister Stella and brutish brother-in-law Stanley in New Orleans, leading to her mental breakdown as her fragile fantasies confront Stanley's harsh truths and her own dark past. It explores themes of desire, mental fragility, societal change, and the conflict between genteel past and gritty present through its intense, psychologically complex characters.  

"The Pulitzer Prize Play of New Orleans' Latin Quarter ... of a Lonely Girl ... of Emotions Gone Savage!"

Tags: 1950s Belgium Thriller Petite Drama Crime American