Lawrence Of Arabia / Lawrence D'Arabie (1962)

Lawrence of Arabia is the epic that made a generation of filmmakers want to make films. Steven Spielberg has called it the film that set him on his path, and he still watches it before starting a new picture. David Lean took nearly two years to shoot it, across the deserts of Jordan, Morocco and Spain, and gave a little-known Irish actor named Peter O'Toole the role of a lifetime. It won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Maurice Jarre's soaring score.

Then there is the cut: O'Toole blows out a match and the screen bursts into a desert sunrise, still one of the most famous edits in cinema, followed later by Omar Sharif's long entrance out of a shimmering mirage. This French Grande is the work of Georges Kerfyser, a master of the bold, graphic style that set French film posters apart, printed by Affiches Gaillard in Paris for the film's first French release in 1963. Made for a cinema wall, never meant to outlast the run, and now linen-backed and ready to take its place as a true classic.

• Year: 1962
• Nationality: France
• Condition: Linen-backed
• Type: Original French Grande
• Size: 47 x 63 inches
• Product Code: T7355