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2nd Moscow International Film Festival

Film festival


Film festival

FieldValue
name2nd Moscow International Film Festival
locationMoscow, Soviet Union
founded1959
awardsGrand Prix
date9–23 July 1961
websitehttp://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru

The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961. The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film The Naked Island directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film Clear Skies directed by Grigori Chukhrai.

Jury

  • Sergei Yutkevich (USSR - President of the Jury)
  • Chinghiz Aitmatov (USSR)
  • Zoltán Várkonyi (Hungary)
  • Luchino Visconti (Italy)
  • Sergei Gerasimov (USSR)
  • Karel Zeman (Czechoslovakia)
  • Mehboob Khan (India)
  • Joshua Logan (USA)
  • Léon Moussinac (France)
  • Roger Manvell (Great Britain)
  • Francisco Piña (Mexico)
  • Walieddin Youssef Samih (Egypt)
  • Jerzy Toeplitz (Poland)
  • Huang Guang (China)
  • Michael Tschesno-Hell (East Germany)
  • Liviu Ciulei (Romania)
  • Borislav Sharaliev (Bulgaria)

Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Alba Regia**Alba Regia*Mihály SzemesHungary
*Das Riesenrad**Das Riesenrad*Géza von RadványiWest Germany
*Big Request Concert**Das große Wunschkonzert*Arthur Maria RabenaltAustria
*Det store varpet*Nils R. MüllerNorway
*Warriors for Freedom**Pedjuang*Usmar IsmailIndonesia
*William Tell**Wilhelm Tell*Michel DikoffSwitzerland
*Sunrise at Campobello*Vincent J. DonehueUnited States
*The Children of Bullerbyn Village**Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn*Olle HellbomSweden
*Everybody Go Home**Tutti a casa*Luigi ComenciniItaly, France
***The Naked Island******Hadaka no shima***Kaneto ShindoJapan
*Thirst**Setea*Mircea DrăganRomania
*Enclosure**L'Enclos*Armand GattiFrance, Yugoslavia
*We Were Young**A byahme mladi*Binka ZhelyazkovaBulgaria
*Kukuli**Kukuli*Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama, Cesar VillanuevaPeru
*Kurulubedda**Kurulubedda*L. S. RamachandranCeylon
*Chaudhvin Ka Chand**Chaudhvin Ka Chand*Mohammed SadiqIndia
*To My Father in Ulan Bator**Ulaan-Baatart baygaa miniy aavd*Dejidiin JigjidMongolia
*The Beginning and the End**بداية ونهاية*Salah Abu SeifEgypt
*Nebeski odred*Bosko Boskovic, Ilija NikolicYugoslavia
*The Fire on the Second Line**Lửa Trung Tuyến*Phạm Văn KhoaNorth Vietnam
*The Last Winter**Den sidste vinter*Frank Dunlop, Anker Sørensen, Edvin TiemrothDenmark, West Germany
*The Haunted Castle**Das Spukschloß im Spessart*Kurt HoffmannWest Germany
*Professor Mamlock**Professor Mamlock*Konrad WolfEast Germany
*The Trials of Oscar Wilde**The Trials of Oscar Wilde*Ken HughesUnited Kingdom
*Stories of the Revolution**Historias de la revolución*Tomás Gutiérrez AleaCuba
*Tumangan River**Tumangan River*Chen San InNorth Korea
*Tonight a City Will Die**Dziś w nocy umrze miasto*Jan RybkowskiPoland
*A Revolutionary Family**Geming jiating*Shui HuaChina
*Skandaali tyttökoulussa*Edvin LaineFinland
*Juana Gallo**Juana Gallo*Miguel ZacaríasMexico
*Fetters**Pouta*Karel KachyňaCzechoslovakia
***Clear Skies******Chistoe nebo***Grigori ChukhraiSoviet Union
*This Earth Is Mine**Esta tierra es mía*Hugo del CarrilArgentina

Awards

  • Grand Prix:
    • The Naked Island by Kaneto Shindo
    • Clear Skies by Grigori Chukhrai
  • Special Golden Prize: Everybody Go Home by Luigi Comencini
  • Golden Prizes:
    • Professor Mamlock by Konrad Wolf
    • We Were Young by Binka Zhelyazkova
  • Silver Prizes:
    • Alba Regia by Mihály Szemes
    • Thirst by Mircea Drăgan
    • The Haunted Castle by Kurt Hoffmann
    • Director: Armand Gatti for Enclosure
    • Actor: Peter Finch for The Trials of Oscar Wilde
    • Actor: Bambang Hermanto for Warriors for Freedom
    • Actress: Yu Lan for A Revolutionary Family
    • Director of photography: Boguslaw Lambach for Tonight a City Will Die
    • Decorator Bill Constable and costume designer Terence Morgan for The Trials of Oscar Wilde

References

References

  1. "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF.
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