Film year 1941
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Film year 1941 | |
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On May 1, the film has Citizen Kane by Orson Welles premiered. |
James Stewart wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Philadelphia Story . |
The German propaganda film Ohm Krüger premieres. | |
Events
- April 4th : The feature film Ohm Krüger with Emil Jannings in the title role has its world premiere in Berlin . The anti-British propaganda film is one of the most elaborate film productions in National Socialist Germany and is a great success with the public. It is the first film to be awarded the title “Film of the Nation”.
- May 1st : Premiere of Citizen Kane (Director: Orson Welles ). This initially less commercially successful production is considered by numerous critics to be the best film of all time.
- October 3 : The crime film The Maltese Falcon by John Huston premieres in the USA. In the third film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett 's novel of the same name , the director stayed close to the original for the first time during the eight-week filming period. Humphrey Bogart plays the lead role of die-hard private detective Sam Spade. The low-budget production was a great success and marked the beginning of the classic era of film noir .
- October 23 : In New York, the movie musical You'll Never Get Rich ( Reich you'll never ) with Rita Hayworth on the side of Fred Astaire Premiere.
- October 31 : In Berlin, women are better diplomats , the first German feature film in color has its premiere.
- 14 November : Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller Suspicion ( suspected ), with Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine in the lead roles, has premiere. The novel is based on Anthony Berkeley .
Film awards
Academy Awards
This year's Academy Awards will take place on February 27th at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles . President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers a speech live on the radio. This makes him the first president to attend the Academy Awards.
- Best film: Rebecca by Alfred Hitchcock
- Best Actor: James Stewart in The Night Before the Wedding
- Best Actress: Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle
- Best Director: John Ford for The Fruits of Wrath
- Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan in The Westerner
- Best Supporting Actress: Jane Darwell in The Fruits Of Wrath
- Best Original Screenplay: Preston Sturges for The Great McGinty
- Best music: Alfred Newman for Tin Pan Alley
- Honorary Oscar: Bob Hope
Complete list of award winners
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival takes place from August 30th and September 14th.
- Best foreign film: Ohm Krüger by Hans Steinhoff
- Best Italian Film: La Corona di ferro by Alessandro Blasetti
- Best Actor: Ermete Zacconi
- Best actress: Luise Ullrich in Annelie
- Best director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst for comedians
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Citizen Kane by Orson Welles
- Best Director: John Ford for Striking Weather
- Best Actor: Gary Cooper in Sergeant York
- Best Actress: Joan Fontaine in suspicion
Further film prizes and awards
- Directors Guild of America Award : Frank Capra
- National Board of Review : Citizen Kane by Orson Welles (Best Film), Pépé le Moko - In the Dark of Algiers by Julien Duvivier (Best Foreign Language Film)
Born
January to March
January
- Hayao Miyazaki , Japanese animated film maker January 5th:
- Gary B. Kibbe , American cameraman († 2020) January 9:
- January 11th: Rainer Simon , German director
- January 14th: Faye Dunaway , American actress
- January 14th: Renzo Genta , Italian screenwriter
- January 19: Tony Anholt , British actor († 2002)
- January 21st: Stathis Giallelis , Greek actor
- January 21: Mike Medavoy , American producer
- January 25: Libgart Schwarz , Austrian actress
- January 25: Gregory Sierra , American actor
- January 26: Scott Glenn , American actor
- January 31: Jessica Walter , American actress
February
- John Cornell , Australian director, screenwriter and producer February 2:
- David Selby , American actor February 5:
- Nick Nolte , American actor February 8:
- February 10: Michael Apted , British director
- February 10: Marc Norman , American screenwriter and producer
- February 11: Sonny Landham , American actor († 2017)
- February 13: Bo Svenson , American actor
- February 15: Florinda Bolkan , Brazilian actress
- February 15: Peter Reusse , German actor and writer
- February 23: William Hjortsberg , American screenwriter († 2017)
- February 25: Feliks Falk , Polish director
- February 25: David Puttnam , British producer
- February 27: Charlotte Stewart , American actress
March
- Adrian Lyne , British director March 4th:
- Helga Sommerfeld , German actress († 1991) March 5:
- Norbert Langer , German actor and voice actor March 9:
- March 14th: Wolfgang Petersen , German director
- March 16: Bernardo Bertolucci , Italian director († 2018)
- March 22: Bruno Ganz , Swiss actor († 2019)
- March 24: Michael Masser , American composer († 2015)
- March 28: Rolf Zacher , German actor († 2018)
- March 31: Ralf D. Bode , American cameraman († 2001)
April to June
April
- Eric Braeden , American actor April 3:
- Angelica Domröse , German actress April 4th:
- Hans-Werner Bussinger , German actor and voice actor († 2009) April 5:
- Michael Moriarty , American actor April 5:
- Hans W. Geißendörfer , German director April 6:
- Gorden Kaye , British actor († 2017) April 7:
- April 14th: Julie Christie , British actress
- April 17th: Fritz von Friedl , Austrian actor
- April 20: Ryan O'Neal , American actor
- April 24th: Maria Cabral , Portuguese actress († 2017)
- April 25: Werner Enke , German actor
- April 25: Bertrand Tavernier , French director
- April 26: Claudine Auger , French actress († 2019)
- April 27: Peter Ensikat , German actor and screenwriter († 2013)
- April 28: Ann-Margret , Swedish actress
May
- Joachim von Vietinghoff , German producer May 8th:
- May 13: Senta Berger , Austrian actress
- May 17: Grace Zabriskie , American actress
- May 18: Miriam Margolyes , British actress
- May 19: Nora Ephron , American screenwriter and director († 2012)
- May 23: Uwe Brandner , German director, screenwriter, producer, composer, actor († 2018)
- May 28: Beth Howland , American actress († 2015)
- May 29: David McHugh , American composer
- May 31: Karin Tietze-Ludwig , German presenter and TV announcer
June
- Stacy Keach , American actor June 2:
- Ann-Monika Pleitgen , German actress June 2nd:
- Cécile Vassort , French actress June 2nd:
- Spalding Gray , American actor († 2004) June 5:
- Barbara Brylska , Polish actress June 5th:
- Herbert Herrmann , Swiss actor June 7th:
- Jörg Herrmann , German producer and silhouette filmmaker June 8th:
- June 10: Mickey Jones , American musician and actor († 2018)
- June 10: Jürgen Prochnow , German actor
- June 11: Helmut Krauss , German actor, dubbing director and dubbing actor († 2019)
- June 12th: Hélène Chanel , French actress
- June 13: Esther Ofarim , Israeli actress and singer
- June 16: Micaëla Kreißler , German actress and voice actress († 2017)
- June 18: María Teresa Campos , Spanish TV presenter
- June 18: Elizabeth Franz , American actress
- June 19: Irina Petrescu , Romanian actress († 2013)
- June 20: Stephen Frears , British director
- June 20: Dieter Mann , German actor
- June 21: Valery Sergeyevich Zolotuchin , Soviet-Russian actor
- June 21: Heinz Trixner , Austrian actor
- June 22: Michael Lerner , American actor
- June 25: Denys Arcand , Canadian director, screenwriter and producer
- June 25: Jutta Brückner , German director
- June 25th: Joachim Regelien , German actor
- June 26: Hiro Narita , Japanese-American cameraman
- June 27: Krzysztof Kieślowski , Polish director († 1996)
- June 29: Chieko Baishō , Japanese actress and voice actress
- June 29th: Gisela Keiner , German actress
- June 30: Otto Sander , German actor († 2013)
July to September
July
- Jochen Bludau , German actor and producer July 2nd:
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan , Indian director, screenwriter and producer July 3:
- Johnny Lion , Dutch singer and actor († 2019) July 4th:
- Barbara Frischmuth , Austrian screenwriter July 5th:
- Wilfried Klaus , German actor July 8:
- Josef Shiloach , Israeli actor († 2011) July 9:
- July 10: Jake Eberts , Canadian film producer († 2012)
- July 10: Robert Pine , American actor
- July 13: Affonso Beato , Brazilian cameraman
- July 13: Robert Forster , American actor († 2019)
- July 13: Jacques Perrin , French actor
- July 14: Günter Junghans , German actor († 2014)
- July 15: Geoffrey Burgon , British composer († 2010)
- July 15: Peter Möbius , German director and screenwriter
- July 17th: Jürgen Flimm , German actor and director
- July 17th: Ivan Sharrock , British sound engineer
- July 19: Peter Hajek , Austrian director and screenwriter
- July 20: Marie Pillet , French actress († 2009)
- July 20: Kurt Raab , German actor and screenwriter († 1988)
- July 21: Joachim Siebenschuh , German voice actor and actor
- July 25: Rainer Rudolph , German actor
- July 25: Raúl Ruiz , Chilean-French director and screenwriter († 2011)
- July 25: Peter Suschitzky , British director
- July 29th: May Spils , German director
- July 30th: Rosa Maria Sardà , Spanish actress († 2020)
August
- Nathalie Delon , French actress and director August 1st:
- Fabio Testi , Italian actor August 2nd:
- Élisabeth Guignot , French actress August 5:
- Earl Boen , American actor and voice actor August 8:
- August 16: María Silva , Spanish actress
- August 17th: Fritz Wepper , German actor
- August 18: Christopher Jones , American actor († 2014)
- August 21: György Vukán , Hungarian composer († 2013)
- August 26: Barbet Schroeder , French director
September
- Christopher Connelly , American actor († 1988) September 8:
- September 16: Jim McBride , American director
- September 19: Gérard Corbiau , Belgian director
- September 19: Markus Imhoof , Swiss director
- September 19: Mariangela Melato , Italian actress († 2013)
- September 22nd: José Luis García Sánchez , Spanish director and screenwriter
- September 24th: Alexander Lang , German director and actor
- September 24: Michael Wadleigh , American director and cameraman
- September 26: Martine Beswick , Jamaican actress
- September 26: Vadim Glowna , German actor and director († 2012)
- September 26: Karin Gregorek , German actress
- September 27: Georg Maier , German actor
- September 28: Nero Brandenburg , German presenter, singer and actor
- September 30th: Pavel Fieber , German-Austrian actor († 2020)
October to December
October
- Ruggero Raimondi , Italian singer and actor October 3:
- Robert Wilson , American director October 4th:
- Kurt Rittig , German screenwriter and producer October 5th:
- Winston Ntshona , South African actor († 2018) October 6:
- Klaus Rott , Austrian actor and director October 9:
- October 10: Peter Coyote , American actor
- October 10: Gert Voss , German actor († 2014)
- October 11: Charles Shyer , American screenwriter and director
- October 14: Livia Giampalmo , Italian actress, voice actress and director
- October 14: Lee Lawson , American actress
- October 16: Hans Gratzer , Austrian actor and director († 2005)
- October 16: Simon Ward , British actor († 2012)
- October 16: Dieter O. Holzinger , Austrian author and director († 2006)
- October 19: Jo Bolling , German actor
- October 20: Stewart Parker , Northern Irish playwright and screenwriter († 1988)
- October 22: Max Apple , American screenwriter and producer
- October 23: Knut Hinz , German actor
- October 25: Helen Reddy , Australian singer and actress
- October 25: Gordon Tootoosis , Canadian actor († 2011)
- October 25: Anne Tyler , American writer
- October 26: Uwe Günzler , German presenter and producer († 2008)
- October 26: Jiří Křižan , Czech screenwriter († 2010)
- October 26: Peter Przygodda , German film editor and director († 2011)
- October 28: Rosemary Nicols , British actress
- October 30: Otis Williams , American singer and producer
- October 31: Sally Kirkland , American actress and producer
November
- Robert Foxworth , American actor November 1:
- Rüdiger Sander , German actor († 2012) November 2:
- Mario Trevi , Italian singer and actor November 2nd:
- Art Garfunkel , American singer and actor November 5:
- November 14: Dickie Jobson , Jamaican director and artist agent († 2008)
- November 14: Werner Zeussel , German actor († 2009)
- November 15: Heathcote Williams , British actor († 2017)
- November 17: David Warbeck , New Zealand actor († 1997)
- November 19: Dan Haggerty , American actor († 2016)
- November 21: John Hough , British director
- November 21: Juliet Mills , British actress
- November 22nd: Tom Conti , British actor
- November 23: Regine Kühn , German screenwriter
- November 23: Franco Nero , Italian actor
- November 24th: Pino Donaggio , Italian composer
- November 24th: Emil Hossu , Romanian actor († 2012)
- November 28: Laura Antonelli , Italian actress († 2015)
- November 28: Mady Saks , Dutch director († 2006)
December
- Mary Alice , American actress December 3:
- Beau Bridges , American actor December 9:
- December 10: Fionnula Flanagan , Irish-American actress
- December 10: Tommy Kirk , American actor
- December 12th: Giovanna Gagliardo , Italian director and screenwriter
- December 19: Maurice White , American singer and composer († 2016)
- December 21: Jared Martin , American actor († 2017)
- December 26th: Daniel Schmid , Swiss director († 2006)
- December 31: Sean S. Cunningham , American director
- December 31: Sarah Miles , British actress
Exact date of birth unknown
- Hans-Peter Bögel , German actor and speaker
- Ian Mune , New Zealand actor and director
- Werner Prinz , Austrian actor and theater director
Died
January to June
- Bruno Ziener , German actor and director (* 1870) February 9:
- Igo Sym , Austrian-Polish actor (* 1896) March 7th:
- March 12: Friedrich Ettel , Swiss actor (* 1890)
- April 21: Arthur Kraußneck , German actor (* 1856)
- April 30th: Edwin S. Porter , American film pioneer (* 1870)
- May 11: Peggy Shannon , American actress (* 1907)
- May 12: Georg Bluen , German producer and director (* 1878)
- May 27: Hans Karl Gottschalk , German cameraman (* 1891)
- June 26: Otto Kanturek , Austrian cameraman and director (* 1897)
- June 28: Richard Carle , American actor (* 1871)
- June 29th: Rolf Randolf , Austrian actor and filmmaker (* 1878)
- June 29: Guido Thielscher , German actor (* 1859)
July to December
- Agnes Straub , German actress (* 1890) July 8:
- July 15: Walter Ruttmann , German director (* 1887)
- July 29: James Stephenson , American actor (* 1889)
- Marieluise Claudius , German actress (* 1912) August 2:
- August 13: James Stuart Blackton , American animated film pioneer (* 1875)
- September 15: Italia Almirante Manzini , Italian actress (* 1890)
- September 18: Hermann Blaß , Austrian actor (* 1888)
- Aribert Mog , German actor (* 1904) October 2:
- Gyula Kabos , Hungarian actor (* 1887) October 6:
- Helen Morgan , American singer and actress (* 1900) October 9:
- October 26: Victor Schertzinger , American composer and director (* 1890)
- October 27: Hans Schaufuss , German actor (* 1918)
- Joachim Gottschalk , German actor (* 1904) November 6th:
- Oscar Deutsch , British cinema operator (* 1893) December 5:
See also
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