FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD 1967 Julie Christie, Peter Finch MASCII FRENCH POSTER

Original French 23 inch x 31 inch Poster for the 1967 John Schlesinger Drama FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy and starring Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch and Alan Bates, with photography by Nicolas Roeg

Julie Christie plays the wilful, impulsive and beautiful Bathsheba Everdene, unexpected heiress to a large farm. She deals simultaneously with the unwanted affections of shepherd Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates) and wealthy landowner Mr Boldwood (Peter Finch), while also coming to terms with her new wealth and status. Events are further complicated when she falls into a disastrous marriage with caddish Sergeant Troy (Terence Stamp), a man in love with Bathsheba’s fortune, but haunted by his ‘true wife’, servant Fanny Robin, who dies giving birth to his child.

Poster art by Jean Mascii
Mascii was one of the most prolific French film poster artists of the second half of the 20th century creating over 2,000. He was born in Italy in 1926 his family then settled in France in 1932. He began work designing cinema facades and designed his first film poster for La Dame D'Onze Heures starring Paul Meurisse in 1947. He died in Paris in 2003.

The poster is in very good folded condition.