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33rd Berlin International Film Festival
1983 film festival in West Berlin, Germany
1983 film festival in West Berlin, Germany
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| image | 33rd Berlin International Film Festival poster.jpg |
| caption | Festival poster |
| opening | *Tootsie* |
| location | West Berlin, Germany |
| founded | 1951 |
| awards | Golden Bear: |
| *Ascendancy* | |
| *La colmena* | |
| number | 330 films |
| date | 18 February – 1 March 1983 |
| website | http://www.berlinale.de |
| chronology | Berlin International Film Festival |
| preceded_by | [32nd](32nd-berlin-international-film-festival) |
| followed_by | [34th](34th-berlin-international-film-festival) |
Ascendancy La colmena
The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film Tootsie, by Sydney Pollack.
The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, and La colmena, directed by Mario Camus.
The retrospective titled Exile. Six Actors from Germany was dedicated to German or Austrian actors Wolfgang Zilzer, Curt Bois, Dolly Haas, Francis Lederer, Elisabeth Bergner and Hertha Thiele, who were forced to leave Germany after the 1930s rise of the Nazi regime.
Juries
Main Competition
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
- Jeanne Moreau, French actress - Jury President
- Alex Bänninger, Swiss publicist and writer
- Franco Brusati, Italian playwright and filmmaker
- Elem Klimov, Soviet filmmaker
- , West-German actress
- Kurt Maetzig, East-German filmmaker
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American filmmaker and producer
- Franz Seitz, West-German filmmaker and producer
- Huang Zongjiang, Chinese writer
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| ***Ascendancy*** | **Edward Bennett** | **United Kingdom** | |
| *A Season in Hakkari* | *Hakkâri'de Bir Mevsim* | Erden Kıral | Turkey |
| *La Belle captive* | Alain Robbe-Grillet | France | |
| *Cap Canaille* | Juliet Berto, Jean-Henri Roger | France | |
| ***La colmena*** | **Mario Camus** | **Spain** | |
| *Der er et yndigt land* | Morten Arnfred | Denmark | |
| *Der Stille Ozean* | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Austria | |
| *Dies rigorose Leben* | Vadim Glowna | West Germany | |
| *The Ghost* | *Das Gespenst* | Herbert Achternbusch | West Germany |
| *Go Ahead, Brazil!* | *Pra Frente, Brasil* | Roberto Farias | Brazil |
| *Hécate* | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland | |
| *Himala* | Ishmael Bernal | Philippines | |
| *Incomplete Eclipse* | *Neúplné zatmení* | Jaromil Jireš | Czechoslovakia |
| *In the White City* | *Dans la ville blanche* | Alain Tanner | Switzerland |
| *Love by Request* | Влюблён по собственному желанию | Sergey Mikaelyan | Soviet Union |
| *The Mission* | فرستاده | Parviz Sayyad | United States, West Germany |
| *Pauline at the Beach* | *Pauline à la plage* | Éric Rohmer | France |
| *Sheer Madness* | *Heller Wahn* | Margarethe von Trotta | West Germany |
| *Strange Friends* | 陌生的朋友 | Lei Xu | China |
| *That Championship Season* | Jason Miller | United States | |
| *Utopia* | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | West Germany | |
| *Via degli specchi* | Giovanna Gagliardo | Italy | |
| *The Vulture* | *Dögkeselyű* | Ferenc András | Hungary |
| *Yaju-deka* | 野獣刑事 | Eiichi Kudo | Japan |
Out of competition
- De vlaschaard, directed by Jan Gruyaert (Belgium, Netherlands)
- Echtzeit, directed by Hellmuth Costard and Jürgen Ebert (West Germany)
- Das Gespenst, directed by Herbert Achternbusch (West Germany)
- In the King of Prussia, directed by Emile de Antonio (United States)
- **, directed by Peter Stein (West Germany)
- Koyaanisqatsi, directed by Godfrey Reggio (United States)
- War and Peace, directed by Stefan Aust, Axel Engstfeld, Alexander Kluge and Volker Schlöndorff (West Germany)
- Sans Soleil, directed by Chris Marker (France)
- Tootsie, directed by Sydney Pollack (United States)
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Exile. Six Actors from Germany":
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Unholy Love* | *Alraune* | Henrik Galeen | Germany |
| *Anna and Elizabeth* | *Anna und Elisabeth* | Frank Wisbar | Germany |
| *A Private Life* | Mikhail Bogin | United States | |
| *Ariane* | Paul Czinner | Germany | |
| *Boycott* | *Boykott* | Robert Land | Germany |
| *Broken Blossoms* | John Brahm | United Kingdom | |
| *Caught* | Max Ophüls | United States | |
| *Confessions of a Nazi Spy* | Anatole Litvak | United States | |
| *The Boat Is Full* | *Das Boot ist voll* | Markus Imhoof | Switzerland |
| *The Awakening of Woman* | *Das Erwachen des Weibes* | Fred Sauer | Germany |
| *The Ugly Girl* | *Das häßliche Mädchen* | Hermann Kosterlitz | Germany |
| *The Prince of Pappenheim* | *Der Fürst von Pappenheim* | Richard Eichberg | Germany |
| *The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel* | *Der Page vom Dalmasse-Hotel* | Victor Janson | Germany |
| ** | *Der Pfingstausflug* | West Germany | |
| *Dreaming Lips* | *Der träumende Mund* | Paul Czinner | Germany |
| *Pandora's Box* | *Die Büchse der Pandora* | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Germany |
| *The Incorrigible Barbara* | *Die unverbesserliche Barbara* | Lothar Warneke | East Germany |
| *The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna* | *Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna* | Hanns Schwarz | Germany |
| *Dreaming Lips* | Paul Czinner | United Kingdom | |
| *Ein Polterabend* | Curt Bois | East Germany | |
| *A Tremendously Rich Man* | *Ein steinreicher Mann* | Steve Sekely | Germany |
| *Enemy of Women* | Alfred Zeisler | United States | |
| *Miss Else* | *Fräulein Else* | Paul Czinner | Germany |
| *Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti* | *Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti* | Alberto Cavalcanti | Austria |
| *Hitler's Madman* | Douglas Sirk | United States | |
| *Hotel Berlin* | Peter Godfrey | United States | |
| *I Confess* | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | |
| *The Island on the Lake* | *Insel im See* | Wolfgang Münstermann | East Germany |
| *Little Girl, Great Fortune* | *Kleines Mädel – großes Glück* | E. W. Emo | Germany |
| *Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?* | *Kuhle Wampe oder Wem gehört die Welt* | Slatan Dudow | Germany |
| *Love's Command* | *Liebeskommando* | Géza von Bolváry | Germany |
| *Girls in Uniform* | *Mädchen in Uniform* | Leontine Sagan | Germany |
| *Mutterliebe* | (unknown) | Germany | |
| *Husbands or Lovers* | *Nju – Eine unverstandene Frau* | Paul Czinner | Germany |
| *Raid in St. Pauli* | *Razzia in Sankt Pauli* | Werner Hochbaum | Germany |
| *Ripening Youth* | *Reifende Jugend* | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| *Scampolo* | *Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße* | Hans Steinhoff | Germany, Austria |
| *Such Is Life* | *Takový je život* | Carl Junghans | Czechoslovakia |
| *Stolen Life* | Paul Czinner | United Kingdom | |
| *The Diary of a Chambermaid* | Jean Renoir | United States | |
| Richard Oswald | United States | ||
| *The Man I Married* | Irving Pichel | United States | |
| *The Pursuit of Happiness* | Alexander Hall | United States | |
| *Voice in the Wind* | Arthur Ripley | United States | |
| *Escape* | *Zuflucht* | Carl Froelich | Germany |
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
- Golden Bear:
- Ascendancy by Edward Bennett
- La colmena by Mario Camus
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: A Season in Hakkari by Erden Kıral
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Éric Rohmer for Pauline at the Beach
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Yevgeniya Glushenko for Love by Request
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Bruce Dern for That Championship Season
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Xaver Schwarzenberger for Der stille Ozean
- Honourable Mention:
- Mo sheng de peng you by Lei Xu
- Der er et yndigt land by Morten Arnfred
- Dies rigorose Leben by Vadim Glowna
Independent Awards
[[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]]
- Pauline at the Beach by Éric Rohmer
- A Season in Hakkari by Erden Kıral
References
References
- "33rd Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de.
- [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45383508 Wolfgang Jacobsen: ''50 Jahre Berlinale – Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin''], page 180 – Nicolai, Berlin 2000. {{ISBN. 3-87584-905-1
- "RETROSPECTIVE".
- "JURIES 1983". berlinale.de.
- "PROGRAMME 1983". berlinale.de.
- "RETROSPECTIVE".
- "RETROSPECTIVE 1983".
- "PRIZES & HONOURS 1983". berlinale.de.
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