29th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster | |
Location | West Berlin, Germany |
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Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: David |
Festival date | 20 February – 3 March 1979 |
Website | Website |
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The 29th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February – 3 March 1979.[1] The Golden Bear was awarded to the West German film David directed by Peter Lilienthal.[2]
Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter was surrounded by controversy,[3] as it was accused of racism, and several countries decided to withdraw their films from the festival in protest.[4] The retrospective was dedicated to Italian actor Rudolph Valentino and to another one titled "We Danced Around the World. Revue Films".[5]
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[6]
- Jörn Donner, Finnish filmmaker - Jury President
- Julie Christie, British actress
- Romain Gary, French writer and screenwriter
- Ingrid Caven, German actress and singer
- Georg Alexander, German actor
- Liliana Cavani, Italian director and screenwriter
- Paul Bartel, American actor, director and screenwriter
- Pál Gábor, Hungarian director and screenwriter (Hungary)
- Věra Chytilová, Czech director and screenwriter
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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A ménesgazda | András Kovács | Hungary | |
The Adolescent | L'Adolescente | Jeanne Moreau | France |
Albert – Why? [de] | Albert – warum? | Josef Rödl | West Germany |
Alexandria... Why? | إسكندرية ليه Iskanderija... lih? | Youssef Chahine | Egypt |
David | Peter Lilienthal | West Germany | |
The Deer Hunter | Michael Cimino | United States | |
Ernesto | Salvatore Samperi | Italy | |
The First Polka | Die erste Polka | Klaus Emmerich | West Germany |
Hardcore | Paul Schrader | United States | |
Heart of the Forest | El corazón del bosque | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Spain |
Kassbach – Ein Porträt | Peter Patzak | Austria | |
Kejsaren | Jösta Hagelbäck | Sweden | |
Love on the Run | L'amour en fuite | François Truffaut | France |
The Marriage of Maria Braun | Die Ehe der Maria Braun | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany |
Meetings with Remarkable Men | Peter Brook | United Kingdom | |
Messidor | Messidor | Alain Tanner | Switzerland |
Movie Movie | Stanley Donen | United States | |
Nosferatu the Vampyre | Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht | Werner Herzog | West Germany |
Origins of a Meal | Genèse d'un repas | Luc Moullet | France |
Parashuram | পরশুরাম | Mrinal Sen | India |
Phantom | René Perraudin [de] and Uwe Schrader [de] | West Germany | |
Ubu | Geoff Dunbar | United Kingdom | |
Winterborn | Vinterbørn | Astrid Henning-Jensen | Denmark |
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section
Out of Competition
- Het verloren paradijs, directed by Harry Kümel (Belgium)
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Rudolph Valentino:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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All Night | Paul Powell | United States | |
Blood and Sand | Fred Niblo | ||
Eyes of Youth | Albert Parker | ||
Monsieur Beaucaire | Sidney Olcott | ||
Moran of the Lady Letty | George Melford | ||
The Conquering Power | Rex Ingram | ||
The Eagle | Clarence Brown | ||
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Rex Ingram | ||
The Sheik | George Melford | ||
The Son of the Sheik | George Fitzmaurice | ||
The Wonderful Chance | George Archainbaud |
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[2]
- Golden Bear: David by Peter Lilienthal
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Iskanderija... lih? by Youssef Chahine
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Astrid Henning-Jensen for Vinterbørn
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Hanna Schygulla for Die Ehe der Maria Braun
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michele Placido for Ernesto!
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement:
- Henning von Gierke for Nosferatu the Vampyre
- Sten Holmberg for Kejsaren
- Silver Bear: Die Ehe der Maria Braun
References
- ^ "29th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1979". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ Malcolm, Derek (1 March 2024). "The Deer Hunter reviewed: 'more a romantic melodrama than a realist document' – archive, 1979". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Berlinale beginnings". 8 February 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1979". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
External links
- 29th Berlin International Film Festival 1979
- 1979 Berlin International Film Festival
- Berlin International Film Festival:1979 at Internet Movie Database
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