Description:
Northern Story is a 1961 vintage Hungarian movie poster designed by Nandor Szilvasy.
Severnaya povest is a 1960 Soviet Russian film.
Director: Yevgeni Andrikanis
Writers: Yevgeni Andrikanis, Konstantin Paustovsky (novel)
Stars: Oleg Strizhenov, Ieva Murniece, Valentin Zubkov
(source: imdb.com)
The two characters are standing in a dock as implied by the silhouettes of the sails. The composition reminds the viewer of burnt photography, a popular style of the time, but in this case instead of white, Szilvássy used red to increase the tension.
