41st Berlin International Film Festival
Film festival
Festival poster | |
Opening film | Uranus |
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Location | Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (La casa del sorriso) |
No. of films | 402 films[1] |
Festival date | 15–26 February 1991 |
Website | Website |
Berlin International Film Festival chronology | |
The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1991.[2] The festival opened with Uranus by Claude Berri.[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to Italian film La casa del sorriso directed by Marco Ferreri.[3] The retrospective dedicated to Cold War films was shown at the festival.[4]
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Volker Schlöndorff, director, screenwriter and producer (Germany) - Jury President
- Chantal Akerman, director, screenwriter and actress (Belgium)
- Laurie Anderson, musician and writer (United States)
- José Luis Borau, director and screenwriter (Spain)
- Judith Godrèche, actress and writer (France)
- Yuri Klepikov, writer (Soviet Union)
- Renate Krößner, actress (Germany)
- Gillo Pontecorvo, director and screenwriter (Italy)
- Simon Relph, producer (United Kingdom)
- Catharina Stackelberg, screenwriter (Sweden)
- Mircea Veroiu, director and screenwriter (Romania)
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Lovers | Amantes | Vicente Aranda | Spain |
Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Valeria Sarmiento | Chile, Switzerland, France, Spain | |
The Ballad of the Sad Café | The Ballad of the Sad Café | Simon Callow | UK, USA |
The Mountain | Der Berg | Markus Imhoof | Switzerland |
Cabeza de Vaca | Nicolás Echevarría | Mexico, Spain, France, USA, UK | |
The Conviction | La condanna | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, Switzerland, France |
Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch | Tian Zhuangzhuang | China, Hong Kong | |
Dances with Wolves | Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner | USA |
Snake Fang | Dandan-e-mar | Masoud Kimiai | Iran |
Success | Erfolg | Franz Seitz Jr. | Germany |
Fortune Express | Olivier Schatzky | France | |
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg | God afton, Herr Wallenberg | Kjell Grede | Sweden |
The House of Smiles | La casa del sorriso | Marco Ferreri | Italy |
Quiet Days in August | Isyhes meres tou Avgoustou | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece |
When the Stars Were Red | Ked hviezdy boli cervené | Dušan Trančík | Czechoslovakia, France |
The Miracle | The Miracle | Neil Jordan | UK, Ireland |
Mister Johnson | Mister Johnson | Bruce Beresford | USA |
The Little Gangster | Le Petit criminel | Jacques Doillon | France |
The Russia House | The Russia House | Fred Schepisi | USA |
Satan | Viktor Aristov | Soviet Union | |
The Silence of the Lambs | The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | USA |
The Tango Player | Der Tangospieler | Roland Gräf | Germany |
Ultrà | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy | |
Uranus | Uranus | Claude Berri | France |
Captain Fracassa's Journey | Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa | Ettore Scola | France, Italy |
Key
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective:[7]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Advise And Consent | Advise and Consent | Otto Preminger | USA |
Angel Face | Angel Face | Otto Preminger | USA |
Blood on the Moon | Blood on the Moon | Robert Wise | USA |
Cape Fear | Cape Fear | J. Lee Thompson | USA |
The Condemned Village | Das verurteilte Dorf | Martin Hellberg | East Germany |
Divided Heaven | Der geteilte Himmel | Konrad Wolf | East Germany |
Four in a Jeep | Die vier im Jeep | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
Diplomatic Courier | Diplomatic Courier | Henry Hathaway | USA |
Double Dynamite | Double Dynamite | Irving Cummings | USA |
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the bomb | Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the bomb | Stanley Kubrick | UK |
A Berlin Romance | Eine Berliner Romanze | Gerhard Klein | East Germany |
Fail-Safe | Fail-Safe | Sidney Lumet | USA |
Farewell, My Lovely | Farewell, My Lovely | Dick Richards | USA |
For Eyes Only | For Eyes Only | János Veiczi | East Germany |
Frauenschicksale | Slatan Dudow | East Germany | |
From Russia with Love | From Russia with Love | Terence Young | UK |
Funeral In Berlin | Funeral in Berlin | Guy Hamilton | UK |
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes | Gentlemen Marry Brunettes | Richard Sale | USA |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Howard Hawks | USA |
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | John Huston | USA |
His Kind of Woman | His Kind of Woman | John Farrow | USA |
Home from the Hill | Home from the Hill | Vincente Minnelli | USA |
Hot Blood | Hot Blood | Nicholas Ray | USA |
Don Camillo in Moscow | Il compagno Don Camillo | Luigi Comencini | Italy, France |
I Married a Communist | I Married a Communist | Robert Stevenson | USA |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | USA |
Invasion U.S.A. | Invasion U.S.A. | Alfred E. Green | USA |
I Was a Communist for the FBI | I Was a Communist for the FBI | Gordon Douglas | USA |
Jet Pilot | Jet Pilot | Josef von Sternberg | USA |
The Spies | Les Espions | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France, Italy |
Macao | Macao | Josef von Sternberg | USA |
Man on a Tightrope | Man on a Tightrope | Elia Kazan | USA |
Montana Belle | Montana Belle | Allan Dwan | USA |
One, Two, Three | One, Two, Three | Billy Wilder | USA |
Out of the Past | Out of the Past | Jacques Tourneur | USA |
Pursued | Pursued | Raoul Walsh | USA |
Quatermass 2 | Quatermass 2 | Val Guest | UK |
Red Dawn | Red Dawn | John Milius | USA |
Red Planet Mars | Red Planet Mars | Harry Horner | USA |
River of No Return | River of No Return | Otto Preminger | USA |
Story of a Young Couple | Roman einer jungen Ehe | Kurt Maetzig | East Germany |
Ryan's Daughter | Ryan's Daughter | David Lean | UK |
Seven Days in May | Seven Days in May | John Frankenheimer | USA |
Son of Paleface | Son of Paleface | Frank Tashlin | USA |
The 27th Day | The 27th Day | William Asher | USA |
The Big Lift | The Big Lift | George Seaton | USA |
The Big Steal | The Big Steal | Don Siegel | USA |
The Deadly Affair | The Deadly Affair | Sidney Lumet | UK |
The Friends of Eddie Coyle | The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Peter Yates | USA |
The Iron Curtain | The Iron Curtain | William A. Wellman | USA |
The Kremlin Letter | The Kremlin Letter | John Huston | USA |
The Looking Glass War | The Looking Glass War | Frank Pierson | UK |
The Lusty Men | The Lusty Men | Nicholas Ray | USA |
The Man Between | The Man Between | Carol Reed | UK |
The Manchurian Candidate | The Manchurian Candidate | John Frankenheimer | USA |
The Night of the Hunter | The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | USA |
The Outlaw | The Outlaw | Howard Hughes | UK |
The Paleface | The Paleface | Norman Z. McLeod | USA |
The Red Danube | The Red Danube | George Sidney | USA |
The Red Menace | The Red Menace | R. G. Springsteen | USA |
Red Nightmare | Red Nightmare | George Waggner | USA |
The Revolt Of Mamie Stover | The Revolt of Mamie Stover (film) | Raoul Walsh | USA |
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Martin Ritt | UK |
The Tall Men | The Tall Men | Raoul Walsh | USA |
The Wonderful Country | The Wonderful Country | Robert Parrish | USA |
The Yakuza | The Yakuza | Sydney Pollack | USA |
The Young Lovers | The Young Lovers | Anthony Asquith | UK |
Thunder Road | Thunder Road | Arthur Ripley | USA |
Topaz | Topaz | Alfred Hitchcock | UK |
Torn Curtain | Torn Curtain | Alfred Hitchcock | USA |
Track of the Cat | Track of the Cat | William A. Wellman | USA |
Escape from East Berlin | Tunnel 28 | Robert Siodmak | USA, West Germany |
Stop Train 349 | Verspätung in Marienborn | Rolf Hädrich | West Germany |
Walk East on Beacon | Walk East on Beacon | Alfred L. Werker | USA |
Where Danger Lives | Where Danger Lives | John Farrow | USA |
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
- Golden Bear: La casa del sorriso by Marco Ferreri
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize:
- La condanna by Marco Bellocchio
- Satan by Viktor Aristov
- Silver Bear for Best Director:
- Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
- Ricky Tognazzi for Ultrà
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Victoria Abril for Amantes
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Maynard Eziashi for Mister Johnson
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves
- Honourable Mention
- Dandan-e-mar
- Le Petit criminel
- Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch
- FIPRESCI Award
References
- ^ a b "PROGRAMME 1991". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ a b "41st Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1991". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1991". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE 1991". Retrieved 28 August 2014.
External links
- 41st Berlin International Film Festival 1991
- 1991 Berlin International Film Festival
- Berlin International Film Festival:1991 at Internet Movie Database
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