GERMAN CINEMA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 6.5 x 8.5s etc., a few vintage, by various German (and Austrian) film actors and actresses including Hilde Krahl, Eva Mattes, Klaus Maria Brandauer (2; one also signed by Johanna Matz), O. W. Fischer, Paul Horbiger, Hildegard Knef, Hans Albers, Marianne Koch, Willi Forst, Kathe Gold, Christine Buchegger etc. All are boldly signed, some in fountain pen inks, largely to clear areas of the images and only a few are inscribed. Generally VG, 15

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