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41st Berlin International Film Festival

1991 film festival in Berlin, Germany


1991 film festival in Berlin, Germany

FieldValue
name41st Berlin International Film Festival
image41st Berlin International Film Festival poster.jpg
captionFestival poster
opening*Uranus*
locationBerlin, Germany
founded1951
awardsGolden Bear: *The House of Smiles*
number402 films
date15–26 February 1991
website[Website](http://www.berlinale.de)
chronologyBerlin International Film Festival
preceded_by[40th](40th-berlin-international-film-festival)
followed_by[42nd](42nd-berlin-international-film-festival)

The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1991. The festival opened with Uranus by Claude Berri.

The Golden Bear was awarded to Italian film The House of Smiles directed by Marco Ferreri.

The retrospective dedicated to Cold War films was shown at the festival.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

  • 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:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
*Amelia Lópes O'Neill*Valeria SarmientoChile, Switzerland, France, Spain
*The Ballad of the Sad Café*Simon CallowUnited Kingdom, United States
*Cabeza de Vaca*Nicolás EchevarríaMexico, Spain, France, United States, United Kingdom
*Captain Fracassa's Journey**Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa*Ettore ScolaFrance, Italy
*The Conviction**La condanna*Marco BellocchioItaly, Switzerland, France
*Dances with Wolves*Kevin CostnerUnited States
*Fortune Express*Olivier SchatzkyFrance
*Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg**God afton, Herr Wallenberg*Kjell GredeSweden
***The House of Smiles******La casa del sorriso*****Marco Ferreri****Italy**
*Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch*大太監李蓮英Tian ZhuangzhuangChina, Hong Kong
*The Little Gangster**Le Petit criminel*Jacques DoillonFrance
*Lovers**Amantes*Vicente ArandaSpain
*The Miracle*Neil JordanUnited Kingdom, Ireland
*Mister Johnson*Bruce BeresfordUnited States
*The Mountain**Der Berg*Markus ImhoofSwitzerland
*Quiet Days in August*Ήσυχες μέρες του ΑυγούστουPantelis VoulgarisGreece
*The Russia House*Fred SchepisiUnited States
*Satan*СатанаViktor AristovSoviet Union
*The Silence of the Lambs*Jonathan DemmeUnited States
*Snake Fang*دندان مارMasoud KimiaiIran
*Success**Erfolg*Franz Seitz Jr.Germany
*The Tango Player**Der Tangospieler*Roland Gräf
*Ultrà*Ricky TognazziItaly
*Uranus*Claude BerriFrance
*When the Stars Were Red**Ked hviezdy boli cervené*Dušan TrančíkCzechoslovakia, France

Retrospective

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The following films were shown in the retrospective:{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1991/02_programm_1991/02_Programm_1991.html#section=section439

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
*The 27th Day*William AsherUnited States
*Advise And Consent**Advise and Consent*Otto PremingerUnited States
*Angel Face*Otto PremingerUnited States
*A Berlin Romance**Eine Berliner Romanze*Gerhard KleinEast Germany
*The Big Lift*George SeatonUnited States
*The Big Steal*Don SiegelUnited States
*Blood on the Moon*Robert WiseUnited States
*Cape Fear*J. Lee ThompsonUnited States
*The Condemned Village**Das verurteilte Dorf*Martin HellbergEast Germany
*Four in a Jeep**Die vier im Jeep*Leopold LindtbergSwitzerland
*The Deadly Affair*Sidney LumetUnited Kingdom
*Diplomatic Courier*Henry HathawayUnited States
*Divided Heaven**Der geteilte Himmel*Konrad WolfEast Germany
*Don Camillo in Moscow**Il compagno Don Camillo*Luigi ComenciniItaly, France
*Double Dynamite*Irving CummingsUnited States
*Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the bomb*Stanley KubrickUnited Kingdom
*Escape from East Berlin**Tunnel 28*Robert SiodmakUnited States, West Germany
*Fail-Safe*Sidney LumetUnited States
*Farewell, My Lovely*Dick RichardsUnited States
*For Eyes Only**For Eyes Only*János VeicziEast Germany
*Frauenschicksale*Slatan DudowEast Germany
*The Friends of Eddie Coyle*Peter YatesUnited States
*From Russia with Love*Terence YoungUnited Kingdom
*Funeral In Berlin*Guy HamiltonUnited Kingdom
*Gentlemen Marry Brunettes*Richard SaleUnited States
*Gentlemen Prefer Blondes*Howard HawksUnited States
*Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison*John HustonUnited States
*His Kind of Woman*John FarrowUnited States
*Home from the Hill*Vincente MinnelliUnited States
*Hot Blood*Nicholas RayUnited States
*I Married a Communist*Robert StevensonUnited States
*Invasion of the Body Snatchers*Don SiegelUnited States
*Invasion U.S.A.*Alfred E. GreenUnited States
*The Iron Curtain*William A. WellmanUnited States
*I Was a Communist for the FBI*Gordon DouglasUnited States
*Jet Pilot*Josef von SternbergUnited States
*The Kremlin Letter*John HustonUnited States
*The Looking Glass War*Frank PiersonUnited Kingdom
*The Lusty Men*Nicholas RayUnited States
*Macao*Josef von SternbergUnited States
*The Man Between*Carol ReedUnited Kingdom
*The Manchurian Candidate*John FrankenheimerUnited States
*Man on a Tightrope*Elia KazanUnited States
*Montana Belle*Allan DwanUnited States
*The Night of the Hunter*Charles LaughtonUnited States
*One, Two, Three*Billy WilderUnited States
*Out of the Past*Jacques TourneurUnited States
*The Outlaw*Howard HughesUnited Kingdom
*The Paleface*Norman Z. McLeodUnited States
*Pursued*Raoul WalshUnited States
*Quatermass 2*Val GuestUnited Kingdom
*The Red Danube*George SidneyUnited States
*Red Dawn*John MiliusUnited States
*The Red Menace*R. G. SpringsteenUnited States
*Red Nightmare*George WaggnerUnited States
*Red Planet Mars*Harry HornerUnited States
*The Revolt Of Mamie Stover*Raoul WalshUnited States
*River of No Return*Otto PremingerUnited States
*Ryan's Daughter*David LeanUnited Kingdom
*Seven Days in May*John FrankenheimerUnited States
*Son of Paleface*Frank TashlinUnited States
*The Spies**Les Espions*Henri-Georges ClouzotFrance, Italy
*The Spy Who Came in from the Cold*Martin RittUnited Kingdom
*Stop Train 349**Verspätung in Marienborn*Rolf HädrichWest Germany
*Story of a Young Couple**Roman einer jungen Ehe*Kurt MaetzigEast Germany
*The Tall Men*Raoul WalshUnited States
*Thunder Road*Arthur RipleyUnited States
*Topaz*Alfred HitchcockUnited Kingdom
*Torn Curtain*Alfred HitchcockUnited States
*Track of the Cat*William A. WellmanUnited States
*Walk East on Beacon*Alfred L. WerkerUnited States
*Where Danger Lives*John FarrowUnited States
*The Wonderful Country*Robert ParrishUnited States
*The Yakuza*Sydney PollackUnited States
*The Young Lovers*Anthony AsquithUnited Kingdom

Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

  • Golden Bear: The House of Smiles by Marco Ferreri
  • Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize:
    • The Conviction 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:
    • Snake Fang
    • The Little Gangster by Jacques Doillon
    • Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch

Independent Awards

[[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]]

  • The Little Gangster by Jacques Doillon

References

References

  1. "41st Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de.
  2. "RETROSPECTIVE".
  3. "JURIES 1991". berlinale.de.
  4. "PROGRAMME 1991". berlinale.de.
  5. "RETROSPECTIVE".
  6. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1991". berlinale.de.
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