Film year 1966
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On December 15, 1966, the American film producer and animator Walt Disney died . | |
Events
- Only three days after the world premiere on June 15, the DEFA production Spur der Steine (directed by Frank Beyer ) is removed from the programs of GDR cinemas because of alleged “anti-socialist tendencies”. Its performance in the GDR was only possible again in October 1989.
- September 17th - Willy Brandt opens the first film school in the Federal Republic of Germany with the German Film and Television Academy Berlin .
- The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1966:
- Category - Male Film Star: Gold Pierre Brice , Silver Sean Connery , Bronze Thomas Fritsch
- Category - female film star: gold Marie Versini , silver Sophia Loren , bronze Liselotte powder
Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office by attendance (as of November 25, 2018):
space | Movie title | Visitors |
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1. | Doctor Zhivago | 12,750,000 |
2. | The dreaded four | 3,750,000 |
3. | Angélique and the King | 3,000,000 |
4th | the Nibelungen | 3,000,000 |
5. | Winnetou and the half-breed Apanatschi | 2,750,000 |
6th | For a few more dollars | 2,640,010 |
7th | It | 2,500,000 |
8th. | Poppy is also a flower | 2,302,823 |
9. | Onibaba - The Slayers | 2,500,000 |
10. | Soho's hunchback | 2,500,000 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on February 28th at Coconut Grove.
- Best Drama: Doctor Zhivago by David Lean
- Best Musical / Comedy: My Songs - My Dreams by Robert Wise
- Best Actor (Drama): Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago
- Best Actress (Drama): Samantha Eggar in The Catcher
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou - You Should Hang in Wyoming
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Julie Andrews in My Songs - My Dreams
- Best supporting actor: Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came Out of the Cold
- Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Gordon in Damned Sweet World
- Best Director: David Lean for Doctor Zhivago
- Best music: Maurice Jarre for Doctor Schiwago
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : John Wayne
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards will be held on April 18 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium . The moderator is Bob Hope . For the first time, the award ceremony will be shown in color on television.
- Best Picture: My Songs - My Dreams by Robert Wise
- Best Actor: Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou - You're supposed to hang out in Wyoming
- Best Actress: Julie Christie in Darling
- Best Director: Robert Wise for The Sound of Music
- Best Supporting Actor: Martin Balsam in A Thousand Clowns
- Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters in Dreaming Lips
- Best foreign language film: Obchod na korze by Jan Kádár
Complete list of award winners
Cannes International Film Festival 1966
The festival takes place from May 5th to May 20th. The jury under President Sophia Loren awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : But, but, gentlemen ... by Pietro Germi and A man and a woman by Claude Lelouch
- Best Actor: Per Oscarsson in Hunger
- Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave in Protest
- Best director: Sergei Jutkewitsch for Lenin in Poland
Berlin International Film Festival 1966
The festival takes place from June 24th to July 5th. The jury selects the following winners:
- Golden Bear : When Katelbach comes ... by Roman Polański
- Best actor: Jean-Pierre Léaud in Masculin, féminin
- Best Actress: Lola Albright in Lord Love a Duck
- Best Director: Carlos Saura for La Caza
Venice Film Festival
The festival takes place from August 28th to September 10th. The jury selects the following winners:
- Golden Lion : Battle for Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo
- Best Actor: Jacques Perrin in La Busca and Un Uomo a Metà
- Best actress: Natalia Arinbasarova in Pervy Uchitel
German film award
- Best film: Young Törless
- Best director: Ulrich Schamoni for Es and Volker Schlöndorff for Young Törless
- Best leading actress: Sabine Sinjen for Es
- Best supporting actress: Edda Seippel for closed season for foxes
British Film Academy Award
- Best Film: My Fair Lady by George Cukor
- Best British Actor: Dirk Bogarde for Darling
- Best Foreign Actor: Lee Marvin for Cat Ballou - You Should Hang in Wyoming
- Best British Actress: Julie Christie for Darling
- Best Foreign Actress: Patricia Neal for First Victory
Étoile de Cristal
- Best film: The war is over by Alain Resnais
- Best Actor: Yves Montand in The War Is Over
- Best actress: Brigitte Bardot in Viva Maria!
- Best Foreign Film: The Love of a Blonde by Miloš Forman
- Best foreign actor: Oskar Werner in The Ship of Fools
- Best Foreign Actress: Vivien Leigh in The Ship of Fools
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best film: A man for every season by Fred Zinnemann
- Best director: Fred Zinnemann for A Man in Every Season
- Best Actor: Paul Scofield in A Man All Seasons
- Best Actress: Lynn Redgrave in Georgy Girl and Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Best Foreign Film: The shop in the main street of Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos
National Board of Review
- Best film: A man for every season by Fred Zinnemann
- Best director: Fred Zinnemann for A Man in Every Season
- Best Actor: Paul Scofield in A Man All Seasons
- Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert Shaw in A Man for All Seasons
- Best supporting actress: Vivien Merchant in The seducer sends his regards
- Best foreign language film: Julia and the Ghosts by Federico Fellini
Laurel Award
- Best Action Drama: James Bond 007 - Fireball by Terence Young
- Best Action Representation: Sean Connery in James Bond 007 - Fireball
- Best Drama: Doctor Zhivago by David Lean
- Best Actor in Drama: Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
- Best Dramatic Actress: Julie Christie in Darling
- Best Comedy: Cat Ballou - You Should Hang in Wyoming by Elliot Silverstein
- Best Comedian: Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou - You Should Hang in Wyoming
- Best Comedic Actress: Jane Fonda in Cat Ballou - You Should Hang Out in Wyoming
- Best musical: Dominique - The Singing Nun by Henry Koster
- Best musical actor: Elvis Presley in cowboy melody
- Best Actress in a Musical: Julie Andrews in My Songs - My Dreams
Further film prizes and awards
- Bodil : caliber 7.65 - thieves greetings from Copenhagen by Erik Balling
- German Critics' Prize : Alexandra Kluge
- Directors Guild of America Award : Robert Wise for My Songs - My Dreams , William Wyler (Lifetime Achievement)
- Louis Delluc Prize : The War is Over by Alain Resnais
- Nastro d'Argento : I knew her well from Antonio Pietrangeli and The Servant by Joseph Losey
- Photoplay Award : The Russians are coming! The Russians are Coming! by Norman Jewison (Best Picture), David Janssen (Most Popular Male Star), Barbara Stanwyck (Most Popular Female Star)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián : Here I was happy by Desmond Davis
- Writers Guild of America Award : My Songs - My Dreams (Best Musical), Der Pfandleiher (Best Drama), Thousand Clowns (Best Comedy), Isobel Lennart (Lifetime Achievement)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- Su Turhan , German-Turkish director, screenwriter and producer January 1st:
- Jesse Dylan , American director January 6:
- January 13: Patrick Dempsey , American actor
- January 14th: Dan Schneider , American screenwriter and producer
- January 19: Antoine Fuqua , American director
- January 20: Rainn Wilson , American actor
- January 24th: Karin Viard , French actress
- January 27: Tamlyn Tomita , American actress
- January 31: Dexter Fletcher , British actor
February
- Frank Coraci , American director and actor February 3:
- Vivian Wu , Chinese actress February 5:
- February 11: Laurence Côte , French actress
- February 11: Johan Söderqvist , Swedish composer
- February 12: Lochlyn Munro , Canadian actor
- February 13: Neal McDonough , American actor
- February 14th: Kristen Dalton , American actress
- February 15: Kim Myers , American actress
- February 18: Guy Ferland , American film and television director
- February 19: Justine Bateman , American actress
- February 24: Ben Miller , British actor, comedian and screenwriter
- February 24: Billy Zane , American actor
- February 25: Alexis Denisof , American actor
- February 25: Téa Leoni , American actress
- February 27: Baltasar Kormákur , Icelandic actor
March
- Zack Snyder , American director March 1:
- Frank Godt , German production designer March 5th:
- Aasif Mandvi , American actor of Indian-British origin March 5:
- March 15: Johannes Steck , German actor
- March 23: Marin Hinkle , American actress
- March 24th: Valérie Lang , French actress († 2013)
- March 26: Michael Imperioli , American actor
April to June
April
- Sandra Nettelbeck , German director and screenwriter April 4th:
- Robin Wright , American actress April 8:
- Cynthia Nixon , American actress April 9:
- April 10: Brad William Henke , American actor
- April 16: Kai Wiesinger , German actor
- April 22: Jeffrey Dean Morgan , American actor
May
- Anne Fletcher , American actress, director and choreographer May 1:
- Christoph Fälbl , Austrian actor May 6:
- May 12: Sami Bouajila , French actor
- May 12: Deborah Kara Unger , Canadian actress
- May 14th: Marianne Denicourt , French actress
- May 15: Greg Wise , British actor
- May 17: Hill Harper , American actor
- May 17: Cynda Williams , American actress
- May 19: Polly Walker , British actress
- May 20: Mindy Cohn , American actress
- May 20: Gina Ravera , American actress
- May 22: Wang Xiaoshuai , Chinese director and screenwriter
- May 26: Helena Bonham Carter , British actress
- May 28: Roger Kumble , American screenwriter and director
- May 28: Ashley Laurence , American actress
June
- Tom McCarthy , American actor, director and screenwriter June 7:
- Julianna Margulies , American actress June 8:
- June 14th: Traylor Howard , American actress
- June 17: Jason Patric , American actor
- June 18: Ole Christian Madsen , Danish director and screenwriter
- June 19: Kelly Reno , American actor
- June 22nd: Emmanuelle Seigner , French actress
- June 26: Dany Boon , French director and comedian
- June 27: JJ Abrams , American producer and director
- June 28: John Cusack , American actor
- June 28: Mary Stuart Masterson , American actress
- June 30th: Marton Csokas , New Zealand actor
July to September
July
- Jean-François Richet , French director and screenwriter July 2nd:
- Kathryn Erbe , American actress July 5:
- July 11: Greg Grunberg , American actor
- July 11: Elina Löwensohn , Romanian-American actress
- July 13: Gil Birmingham , American actor and voice actor
- July 14: Matthew Fox , American actor
- July 15: Irène Jacob , French actress
- July 15: Kristoff St. John , American actor († 2019)
- July 23: Samantha Beckinsale , British actress
- July 30th: Kerry Fox , New Zealand actress
- July 31: Dean Cain , American actor
August
- Jonathan Silverman , American actor August 5:
- August 14: Halle Berry , American actress
- August 18: Sarita Choudhury , British actress
- August 18: Lars Rudolph , German actor
- August 18: Kang Soo-Yeon , Korean actress
- August 20: David Rees Snell , American actor
- August 21: Maximilian Krückl , German actor and screenwriter († 2019)
- August 25: Robert Maschio , American actor
- August 30: Michael Michele , American actress
September
- Cris Campion , French actor September 1st:
- Salma Hayek , Mexican actress September 2nd:
- Tuc Watkins , American actor September 2:
- David Bennent , Swiss actor September 6:
- Adam Sandler , American actor September 9:
- September 13: Maria Furtwängler , German actress
- September 17th: Stéphane Rousseau , Canadian actor
- September 18: Sandra Cervik , Austrian actress
- September 22nd: Erdogan Atalay , German-Turkish actor
- September 24th: Stacy Galina , American actress
- September 25: Jason Flemyng , British actor
- September 26: Natja Brunckhorst , German actress and screenwriter
- September 28: Maria Canals-Barrera , American actress
- September 28: Leilani Sarelle , American actress
- September 30th: Shanesia Davis-Williams , American actress
October to December
October
- Stefano Dionisi , Italian actor October 1st:
- Claudia Lössl , German actress and voice actress October 2nd:
- Jacqueline Obradors , American actress October 6:
- Marco Beltrami , American composer October 7th:
- Karyn Parsons , American actress October 8:
- Jekaterina Golubewa , Russian-French actress († 2011) October 9:
- October 11: Luke Perry , American actor († 2019)
- October 19: Jon Favreau , American actor and director
- October 22nd: Valeria Golino , Italian actress
- October 23: Tyler Mane , Canadian actor
- October 28: Petra Ehlert , German actress
- October 31: Georg Friedrich , Austrian actor
- October 31: Mike O'Malley , American actor, television producer, and writer
November
- Hans Steinbichler , German director November 1st:
- David Schwimmer , American actor and director November 2:
- Peter DeLuise , American actor November 6:
- November 10: Vanessa Angel , British actress
- November 11th: Alison Doody , Irish actress
- November 12th: Max Grodénchik , American actor
- November 15: Rachel True , American actress
- November 17th: Sophie Marceau , French actress
- November 19: Jason Scott Lee , American actor
- November 21: Guntram Brattia , Austrian actor († 2014)
- November 22nd: Anne Brochet , French actress
- November 23: Vincent Cassel , French actor
- November 24th: Isabelle Renauld , French actress
- November 25: Billy Burke , American actor
- November 26: Garcelle Beauvais , American actress
December
- Andrew Adamson , New Zealand director December 1st:
- Matthew Laborteaux , American actor December 1:
- C. Thomas Howell , American actor December 7th:
- Toby Huss , American actor December 9:
- December 10: Jennifer Nitsch , German actress († 2004)
- December 11th: Gary Dourdan , American actor
- December 14th: Lucrecia Martel , Argentinian director and screenwriter
- December 15: Katja von Garnier , German director
- December 15: Molly Price , American actress
- December 19: Robert MacNaughton , American actor
- December 21: Kiefer Sutherland , Canadian actor
- December 22nd: María Pujalte , Spanish actress
- December 24th: Diedrich Bader , American actor
- December 26: Ulrich Lenk , German actor († 2015)
- December 27: Eva LaRue , American actress
- December 30th: Akosua Busia , Ghanaian actress
- December 30th: Bennett Miller , American director
Day unknown
- Hadiatou Barry , German child actress
- Daniele Gaglianone , Italian director and documentary filmmaker
- Heiko Pinkowski , German actor
- Ed Shearmur , British composer
- Johannes Krisch , Austrian actor
deceased
January to March
January
- Ady Berber , Austrian freestyle wrestler and actor (* 1913) January 3:
- Bimal Roy , Indian director (* 1909) January 7th:
- Valeska Stock , German actress (* 1887) January 7th:
- January 22nd: Herbert Marshall , British actor (* 1890)
February
- Hedda Hopper , American film critic and actress (* 1885) February 1:
- Buster Keaton , American actor and director (* 1895) February 1:
- Robert Graf , German actor (* 1923) February 4:
- February 18: Robert Rossen , American director (* 1908)
- February 19: James Edward Grant , American screenwriter (born 1905)
March
- William Frawley , American actor (* 1887) March 3:
- March 27: Helen Menken , American actress (* 1901)
April to June
April
- April 12: Enrico Glori , Italian actor (* 1901)
May
- Erich Pommer , German producer (* 1889) May 8:
- May 10: Erich Engel , German director (* 1891)
- May 26: Edmond T. Gréville , French film director and screenwriter (* 1906)
June
- Alice Calhoun , American actress (* 1900) June 3:
- Natacha Rambova , American costume and production designer (* 1897) June 5:
- Ethel Clayton , American actress (* 1882) June 6:
- Karl Hasselmann , German cameraman (* 1883) June 8:
- June 19: Ed Wynn , American actor (* 1886)
- June 21: Ida Perry , German actress (* 1877)
- June 22nd: Nigel Stock , British actor (born 1919)
- June 29: Gustav Kampendonk , German screenwriter (* 1909)
July to September
July
- John P. Fulton , American cameraman and special effects technician (* 1902) July 5:
- July 16: Gussy Holl , German actress and singer (* 1888)
- July 23: Montgomery Clift , American actor (* 1920)
- July 23: Douglass Montgomery , American actor (born 1907)
- July 28: Josef von Báky , German-Hungarian director (* 1902)
August
- August 15: Jan Kiepura , Polish singer and actor (* 1902)
- August 23: Francis X. Bushman , American actor (* 1883)
- August 25: Wolfgang Langhoff , German actor and director (* 1901)
- August 29: Josef Egger , Austrian actor (* 1889)
September
- Nestor Paiva , American actor (* 1905) September 9:
- September 14: Václav Vich , Czechoslovak cameraman (* 1898)
- September 22nd: Jules Furthman , American screenwriter (* 1888)
- September 30th: Sabine Thalbach , German actress (* 1932)
October to December
October
- October 10: Wilfrid Lawson , British actor (* 1900)
- October 13: Clifton Webb , American actor (* 1889)
- October 23: Claire McDowell , American actress (* 1877)
- October 24th: Hans Dreier , German production designer (* 1885)
November
- November 12th: Bernhard Schwidewski , German film architect and stage designer (* 1888)
- November 23: Wassili Pronin , Soviet director and cameraman (* 1905)
December
- December 14: Verna Felton , American actress (* 1890)
- December 15: Walt Disney , American producer and illustrator (* 1901)
- December 22nd: Harry Beaumont , American director (* 1888)
- December 22nd: Robert Keith , American actor (* 1898)
- December 26th: Kim Peacock , British actor, radio play speaker and screenwriter (* 1901)
- December 28: Karl Martell , German actor (* 1906)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 1966. In: InsideKino. December 26, 2015, accessed November 25, 2018 .