1988 film festival in West Berlin, Germany
The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988.[ 2] The festival opened with musical film Linie 1 by Reinhard Hauff .[ 2]
The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou .[ 3]
The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled The History of Colour Film .[ 4] Originally West German actor Gert Fröbe was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which Moritz de Hadeln appointed the Italian film critic Guglielmo Biraghi as the Jury President.[ 2]
Juries
Main Competition
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[ 5]
Guglielmo Biraghi , Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President
Ellen Burstyn , American actress
Heiner Carow , East-German filmmaker
Eberhard Junkersdorf , West-German producer
Tom Luddy , American producer and co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival
Heinz Rathsack, West-German film historian
Daniel Schmid , Swiss filmmaker
Andrei Smirnov , Soviet actor and filmmaker
Tilda Swinton , British actress
Anna-Lena Wibom, Swedish producer and actress
Pavlos Zannas, Greek writer and film critic
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear :[ 1]
Out of competition
1988 Retrospective poster, dedicated to Color Films[ 6]
Něco z Alenky , directed by Jan Švankmajer (Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom)
Больше света Bol'se sveta! , directed by Marina Babak (Soviet Union)
Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll , directed by Taylor Hackford (United States)
Cry Freedom , directed by Richard Attenborough (United Kingdom)
Empire of the Sun , director Steven Spielberg (United States)
Linie 1 , directed by Reinhard Hauff (West Germany)
Little Dorrit , directed by Christine Edzard (UK)
Nuts , directed by Martin Ritt (United States)
Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation , directed by Godfrey Reggio (United States)
September , directed by Woody Allen (United States)
The Story of Asya Klyachina , directed by Andrei Konchalovsky (Soviet Union)
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":[ 7]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production Country
A Colour Box
Len Lye
United Kingdom
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Michael Curtiz
United States
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Norman Taurog
A Matter of Life and Death
Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
United Kingdom
Anticipation of the Night
Stan Brakhage
United States
A Star Is Born
William A. Wellman
The Band Concert
Wilfred Jackson
Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick
United Kingdom, United States
The Belle of New York
Charles Walters
United States
The Birth of The Robot
Len Lye
United Kingdom
Black Narcissus
Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
United Kingdom
Blood and Sand
Rouben Mamoulian
United States
Brigadoon
Vincente Minnelli
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Das Cabinett des Dr.Caligari
Robert Wiene
Germany
Carmen Comes Home
カルメン故郷に帰る
Keisuke Kinoshita
Japan
Circles
Kreise
Oskar Fischinger
Germany
Composition in Blue
Komposition in Blau
Oskar Fischinger
Concerning $1000
(unknown)
United States
La Cucaracha
Lloyd Corrigan
Doctor X
Michael Curtiz
Duel In The Sun
King Vidor
English Harvest
Humphrey Jennings
United Kingdom
Fantasia
James Algar , Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson , David Hand , Jim Handley, T. Hee , Wilfred Jackson , Hamilton Luske , Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield and Ben Sharpsteen
United States
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Sam Wood
Four Around a Woman
Vier um die Frau
Fritz Lang
Germany
The Garden of Allah
Richard Boleslawski
United States
Gate of Hell
地獄門
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Japan
Gloria!
Hollis Frampton
United States
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Roy Del Ruth
Gone To Earth
Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
United Kingdom
Great Freedom No. 7
Große Freiheit Nr. 7
Helmut Käutner
Germany
The Great Sacrifice
Opfergang
Veit Harlan
Gypsy Sweetheart
Ralph Staub
United States
House of Usher
Roger Corman
The Inhuman Woman
L'Inhumaine
Marcel L'Herbier
France
Johnny Guitar
Nicholas Ray
United States
King of Jazz
John Murray Anderson
Late Autumn
秋日和
Yasujirō Ozu
Japan
Lola
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
West Germany
Made in U.S.A.
Jean-Luc Godard
France
Märkische Fahrt
Kurt Rupli
Germany
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
William Wyler
United States
Moby Dick
John Huston
Mode in Paris und Berlin vor dem 1. Weltkrieg
(unknown)
Germany
Moulin Rouge
John Huston
United Kingdom
Münchhausen
Josef von Báky
Germany
Muratti Marches On
Muratti greift ein
Oskar Fischinger
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Michael Curtiz
United States
The Nightingale
Соловей-Соловушко
Nikolai Ekk
Soviet Union
One From The Heart
Francis Ford Coppola
United States
On Parade
George Pal
United Kingdom
The Passenger
Professione: reporter
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy, Spain, France
The Phantom Carriage
Körkarlen
Victor Sjöström
Sweden
Potsdam
Potsdam
(unknown)
Germany
The Pretty Miller Girl
La Belle Meunière
Marcel Pagnol
France
The Quiet Man
John Ford
United States
Ramona
Henry King
The Red Balloon
Le ballon rouge
Albert Lamorisse
France
The Red Shoes
Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
United Kingdom
The River
Le Fleuve
Jean Renoir
France, India, United States
Senso
Luchino Visconti
Italy
Serene Velocity
Ernie Gehr
United States
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
John Ford
Sons of Liberty
Michael Curtiz
The Sword of Monte Cristo
Maurice Geraghty
The Story of Little Mook: Tales from Europe
Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck
Wolfgang Staudte
East Germany
Three Little Pigs
Burt Gillett
United States
The Toll of the Sea
Chester M. Franklin
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
Henry Hathaway
The Trouble with Harry
Alfred Hitchcock
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
L'albero d'egli zoccoli
Ermanno Olmi
Italy
Unser Hindenburg
(unknown)
Germany
The Viking
Roy William Neill
United States
Way Down East
David Wark Griffith
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Frank Tashlin
The Wrestler and the Clown
Борец и клоун
Boris Barnet and Konstantin Yudin
Soviet Union
Official Awards
Zhang Yimou , winner of the Golden Bear at the event
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[ 3]
Independent Awads
References
External links
Awards
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