41st Berlin International Film Festival
Film festival
 Festival poster | |
| Opening film | Uranus |
|---|---|
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: The House of Smiles |
| 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 The House of Smiles 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, German filmmaker and producer - Jury President
- Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker and actress
- Laurie Anderson, American musician and writer
- José Luis Borau, Spanish filmmaker
- Judith Godrèche, French actress and writer
- Yuri Klepikov, Soviet writer
- Renate Krößner, German actress
- Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian filmmaker
- Simon Relph, British producer
- Catharina Stackelberg, Swedish screenwriter
- Mircea Veroiu, Romanian filmmaker
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Valeria Sarmiento | Chile, Switzerland, France, Spain | |
| The Ballad of the Sad Café | Simon Callow | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Cabeza de Vaca | Nicolás Echevarría | Mexico, Spain, France, United States, United Kingdom | |
| Captain Fracassa's Journey | Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa | Ettore Scola | France, Italy |
| The Conviction | La condanna | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, Switzerland, France |
| Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner | United States | |
| 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 |
| Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch | 大太監李蓮英 | Tian Zhuangzhuang | China, Hong Kong |
| The Little Gangster | Le Petit criminel | Jacques Doillon | France |
| Lovers | Amantes | Vicente Aranda | Spain |
| The Miracle | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom, Ireland | |
| Mister Johnson | Bruce Beresford | United States | |
| The Mountain | Der Berg | Markus Imhoof | Switzerland |
| Quiet Days in August | Ήσυχες μέρες του Αυγούστου | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece |
| The Russia House | Fred Schepisi | United States | |
| Satan | Сатана | Viktor Aristov | Soviet Union |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | United States | |
| Snake Fang | دندان مار | Masoud Kimiai | Iran |
| Success | Erfolg | Franz Seitz Jr. | Germany |
| The Tango Player | Der Tangospieler | Roland Gräf | |
| Ultrà | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy | |
| Uranus | Claude Berri | France | |
| When the Stars Were Red | Ked hviezdy boli cervené | Dušan Trančík | Czechoslovakia, France |
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective:[7]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advise And Consent | Advise and Consent | Otto Preminger | United States |
| Angel Face | Otto Preminger | United States | |
| A Berlin Romance | Eine Berliner Romanze | Gerhard Klein | East Germany |
| Blood on the Moon | Robert Wise | United States | |
| Cape Fear | J. Lee Thompson | United States | |
| 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 | Henry Hathaway | United States | |
| Double Dynamite | Irving Cummings | United States | |
| Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the bomb | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom | |
| Fail-Safe | Sidney Lumet | United States | |
| Farewell, My Lovely | Dick Richards | United States | |
| For Eyes Only | For Eyes Only | János Veiczi | East Germany |
| Frauenschicksale | Slatan Dudow | East Germany | |
| From Russia with Love | Terence Young | United Kingdom | |
| Funeral In Berlin | Guy Hamilton | United Kingdom | |
| Gentlemen Marry Brunettes | Richard Sale | United States | |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Howard Hawks | United States | |
| Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | John Huston | United States | |
| His Kind of Woman | John Farrow | United States | |
| Home from the Hill | Vincente Minnelli | United States | |
| Hot Blood | Nicholas Ray | United States | |
| Don Camillo in Moscow | Il compagno Don Camillo | Luigi Comencini | Italy, France |
| I Married a Communist | Robert Stevenson | United States | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | United States | |
| Invasion U.S.A. | Alfred E. Green | United States | |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI | Gordon Douglas | United States | |
| Jet Pilot | Josef von Sternberg | United States | |
| The Spies | Les Espions | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France, Italy |
| Macao | Josef von Sternberg | United States | |
| Man on a Tightrope | Elia Kazan | United States | |
| Montana Belle | Allan Dwan | United States | |
| One, Two, Three | Billy Wilder | United States | |
| Out of the Past | Jacques Tourneur | United States | |
| Pursued | Raoul Walsh | United States | |
| Quatermass 2 | Val Guest | United Kingdom | |
| Red Dawn | John Milius | United States | |
| Red Planet Mars | Harry Horner | United States | |
| River of No Return | Otto Preminger | United States | |
| Story of a Young Couple | Roman einer jungen Ehe | Kurt Maetzig | East Germany |
| Ryan's Daughter | David Lean | United Kingdom | |
| Seven Days in May | John Frankenheimer | United States | |
| Son of Paleface | Frank Tashlin | United States | |
| The 27th Day | William Asher | United States | |
| The Big Lift | George Seaton | United States | |
| The Big Steal | Don Siegel | United States | |
| The Deadly Affair | Sidney Lumet | United Kingdom | |
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Peter Yates | United States | |
| The Iron Curtain | William A. Wellman | United States | |
| The Kremlin Letter | John Huston | United States | |
| The Looking Glass War | Frank Pierson | United Kingdom | |
| The Lusty Men | Nicholas Ray | United States | |
| The Man Between | Carol Reed | United Kingdom | |
| The Manchurian Candidate | John Frankenheimer | United States | |
| The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | United States | |
| The Outlaw | Howard Hughes | United Kingdom | |
| The Paleface | Norman Z. McLeod | United States | |
| The Red Danube | George Sidney | United States | |
| The Red Menace | R. G. Springsteen | United States | |
| Red Nightmare | George Waggner | United States | |
| The Revolt Of Mamie Stover | Raoul Walsh | United States | |
| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Martin Ritt | United Kingdom | |
| The Tall Men | Raoul Walsh | United States | |
| The Wonderful Country | Robert Parrish | United States | |
| The Yakuza | Sydney Pollack | United States | |
| The Young Lovers | Anthony Asquith | United Kingdom | |
| Thunder Road | Arthur Ripley | United States | |
| Topaz | Alfred Hitchcock | United Kingdom | |
| Torn Curtain | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | |
| Track of the Cat | William A. Wellman | United States | |
| Escape from East Berlin | Tunnel 28 | Robert Siodmak | United States, West Germany |
| Stop Train 349 | Verspätung in Marienborn | Rolf Hädrich | West Germany |
| Walk East on Beacon | Alfred L. Werker | United States | |
| Where Danger Lives | John Farrow | United States | |
Official 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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