Film year 1972
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| Gene Hackman received a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for his performance in French Connection - Hot Spot Brooklyn . | |
Events
- March 15: Premiere of The Godfather (Director: Francis Ford Coppola ). This first part of the godfather trilogy, which won three Oscars among other things, is one of the best films of all time, according to numerous film critics.
- June 12th: World premiere of Deep Throat . With this work, a large-scale porn film has succeeded for the first time in exerting pop cultural influence. In the years that followed, it was frequently referenced in films and beyond.
- October 14: World premiere of The Last Tango in Paris . Bernardo Bertolucci's film about passionate sex polarizes both the general public and film critics. In some countries this film is banned, in other countries it attracts massive audiences to the cinemas.
- The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1972:
- Category - Male Film Star: Gold Ryan O'Neal , Silver Pierre Brice , Bronze Hansi Kraus
- Category - female film star: Gold Uschi Glas , silver Ali MacGraw , bronze Romy Schneider
- The most successful West German film productions in 1972:
- Don't itch, buddy (ca.4 million viewers)
- Schoolgirl Report. Part 3: What parents don't even suspect (approx.3.5 million viewers)
Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of November 24, 2018):
| space | Movie title | Visitors |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Four fists for a hallelujah | 12,267,000 |
| 2. | The Godfather | 5,200,000 |
| 3. | Don't itch, buddy | 4,000,000 |
| 4th | Schoolgirl Report. Part 3: What parents don't even suspect | 2,863,000 |
| 5. | Buccaneers of the seas | 3,000,000 |
| 6th | Is' what, doc? | 3,000,000 |
| 7th | Clockwork Orange | 2,863,000 |
| 8th. | The daring witch in her flying bed | 2,863,000 |
| 9. | Lucky Luke | 2,000,000 |
| 10. | Frenzy | 2,000,000 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on February 6th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn by William Friedkin
- Best Musical / Comedy: Anatevka by Norman Jewison
- Best Actor (Drama): Gene Hackman in French Connection - Brooklyn Focal Point
- Best Actress (Drama): Jane Fonda in Klute
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Topol in Anatevka
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Twiggy in The Boyfriend
- Best Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson in The Final Performance
- Best Supporting Actress: Ann-Margret in Carnal Knowledge
- Best Director: William Friedkin for French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn
- Best music: Isaac Hayes for Shaft
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Alfred Hitchcock
Academy Awards
The Oscars will be held on April 10 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
- Best Film: French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn by William Friedkin
- Best Actor: Gene Hackman in French Connection - Brooklyn Focal Point
- Best Actress: Jane Fonda in Klute
- Best Director: William Friedkin for French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn
- Best Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson in The Final Performance
- Best Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman in The Final Performance
- Best foreign language film: The garden of the Finzi Contini by Vittorio De Sica
- Honorary Oscar: Charles Chaplin
Complete list of award winners
Cannes International Film Festival 1972
The festival starts on May 4th and ends on May 19th. The jury under President Joseph Losey selects the following winners:
- Golden Palm : The Mattei Case by Francesco Rosi and The Path of the Working Class to Paradise by Elio Petri
- Grand Jury Prize: Solaris by Andrei Tarkowski
- Best Actor: Jean Yanne in We Don't Get Old Together
- Best Actress: Susannah York in Mirror Images
- Best director: Miklós Jancsó for Red Psalm
Berlin International Film Festival 1972
The festival starts on June 23rd and ends on July 4th. The jury awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : Pasolini's maddened stories by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Best actor: Alberto Sordi in custody
- Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor in Hammersmith is out
- Best director: Jean-Pierre Blanc for The late girl
German film award
- Best film: Trotta
- Best director: Johannes Schaaf for Trotta and Bernhard Wicki for The wrong weight
- Best leading actress: Rosemarie Fendel for Trotta and Irm Hermann for Traders of the Four Seasons
- Best Actor: Hans Hirschmüller for Dealers of the Four Seasons , Hugo Lindinger for Please Stand Up and Helmut Qualtinger for The Wrong Weight
Society of Film and Television Arts Awards
- Best film: Sunday, Bloody Sunday by John Schlesinger
- Best director: John Schlesinger for Sunday, Bloody Sunday
- Best Actor: Peter Finch for Sunday, Bloody Sunday
- Best Actress: Glenda Jackson for Sunday, Bloody Sunday
- Best Supporting Actor: Edward Fox for The Mediator
- Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Leighton for The Mediator
Étoile de Cristal
- Best film: The uproar in the Cevennes by René Allio
- Best performer: Pierre Clémenti in La cicatrice intérieure
- Best actress: Bulle Ogier in The Salamander
- Best Foreign Film: The Clan That Walled Its Enemies Alive by Damiano Damiani
- Best Foreign Actor: Peter Finch in Sunday, Bloody Sunday
- Best Foreign Actress: Glenda Jackson in Sunday, Bloody Sunday
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Screams and Whispers by Ingmar Bergman
- Best director: Ingmar Bergman for screams and whispers
- Best Actor: Laurence Olivier in Murder with Small Flaws
- Best leading actress: Liv Ullmann in screams and whispers and emigrants
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert Duvall in The Godfather
- Best Supporting Actress: Jeannie Berlin in Changing Horses on Wedding Night
National Board of Review
- Best film: Cabaret by Bob Fosse
- Best Director: Bob Fosse for Cabaret
- Best Actor: Peter O'Toole in The Man from La Mancha and The Ruling Class
- Best Actress: Cicely Tyson in The Year Without a Father
- Best Supporting Actor: Joel Gray in Cabaret and Al Pacino in The Godfather
- Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Berenson in Cabaret
- Best foreign language film: Claire's knee by Éric Rohmer and The House Next Door - Chronicle of a French City in the War by Marcel Ophüls
Further film prizes and awards
- David di Donatello : The Working Class Goes to Paradise , Questa specie d'amore (Best Italian Film) and French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn (Best Foreign Film)
- German Critics' Prize : Jutta Hoffmann and Margarethe von Trotta
- Directors Guild of America Award : William Friedkin for French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Herbert Fleischmann
- Louis Delluc Prize : The Invisible Uprising of Costa-Gavras
- Nastro d'Argento : Death in Venice by Luchino Visconti and The Devils by Ken Russell
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Claire's knee by Eric Rohmer
- Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián : The Glass House by Tom Gries (Golden Shell)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Best Original Screenplay-Drama), The Hospital (Best Original Screenplay-Comedy), French Connection - Brennpunkt Brooklyn (Best Adapted Screenplay-Drama), Grandpa Kotch - Full Steam Out of the Dead End (Best Adapted Screenplay-Comedy), Ernest Lehman (Lifetime Achievement)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 1: Catherine McCormack , British actress
- January 1: Micaela Nevárez , Puerto Rican actress
- January 2: Taye Diggs , American actor
- January 2nd: Christopher Lennertz , American composer
- January 5th: Nikki Nova , American porn actress
- January 11th: Marc Blucas , American actor
- January 11th: Amanda Peet , American actress
- January 13: Nicole Eggert , American actress
- January 16: Richard T. Jones , American actor
- January 16: Annika Peterson , American actress
- January 17th: Benno Fürmann , German actor
- January 17th: Nina Vorbrodt , German actress
- January 19: Drea de Matteo , American actress
- January 22nd: Gabriel Macht , American actor
- January 23: Ewen Bremner , Scottish actor
- January 24th: Muriel Baumeister , German-Austrian actress
- January 25: Benjamin Kernen , Swiss actor
- January 27: Josh Randall , American actor
February
- February 2nd: Pia Hierzegger , Austrian actress
- February 5: Luke Greenfield , American director
- February 7: Robyn Lively , American actress
- February 8: Ruth Brauer-Kvam , Austrian actress
- February 11: Lisa Martinek , German actress († 2019)
- February 12: Ajay Naidu , American actor
- February 14th: Najwa Nimri , Spanish actress
- February 16: Sarah Clarke , American actress
- February 17th: Owi Mahn , German filmmaker and video artist
- February 20: Magdalena Cielecka , Polish actress
- February 25: Anneke Kim Sarnau , German actress
- February 25: JC Spink , American producer († 2017)
- February 27: Richard Coyle , British actor
- February 29: Antonio Sabato junior , American actor
March
- March 2nd: Tim Bergmann , German actor
- March 2: Richard Ruccolo , American actor
- March 3rd: Thomas M. Held , German-Austrian actor
- March 7th: Alexandra Reimer , German actress
- March 8: Matt Nable , Australian actor
- March 9: Jean Louisa Kelly , American actress
- March 9: Kerr Smith , American actor
- March 11: Mathilde Bonnefoy , French film editor
- March 12th: Christian Möllmann , German actor and singer
- March 21: Piotr Adamczyk , Polish actor and voice actor
- March 24: Viktoria Tolstoganova , Russian actress
- March 26: Leslie Mann , American actress
- March 30th: Mili Avital , Israeli actress
- March 30th: Keirut Wenzel , German comedian and actor
- March 31: Alejandro Amenábar , Chilean-Spanish director
April to June
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April
- April 3: Jennie Garth , American actress
- April 4th: Bastian Pastewka , German comedian and actor
- April 6th: Anders Thomas Jensen , Danish director and screenwriter
- April 8: Sung Kang , American actor
- April 12th: Judith Klein , German actress
- April 17: Jennifer Garner , American actress
- April 18: Tetje Mierendorf , German actor and voice actor
- April 18: Eli Roth , American actor and director
- April 20: Carmen Electra , American model and actress
- April 22nd: Anna Falchi , Italian film actress and photo model
- April 27th: Caspar Arnhold , German actor and director
- April 27th: Mehmet Kurtuluş , German-Turkish actor
- April 29: Derek Mears , American stunt performer and actor
May
- May 1: Julie Benz , American actress
- May 2: Dwayne Johnson , American wrestler and actor
- May 9: Anna-Louise Plowman , American actress
- May 10: Cary Guffey , American child actor
- May 11th: Concha Buika , Spanish singer, composer and actress
- May 11: Jenny Elvers , German actress
- May 13: Sergio Assisi , Italian film and theater actor
- May 14th: Natalia Smirnoff , Argentinian director
- May 16: Khary Payton , American actor and voice actor
- May 19: Amanda de Cadenet , British actress
- May 21: Olga Sosnovska , American actress
- May 22: Anna Belknap , American actress
- May 22: Alison Eastwood , American actress
- May 23: Nadja Uhl , German actress
- May 25: Karan Johar , Indian director
- May 28: Kate Ashfield , British actress
- May 28: Chiara Mastroianni , French actress
- May 31: Catherine Bruhier , American actress
- May 31: Doris Schretzmayer , Austrian actress, author and presenter
June
- June 1: Rick Gomez , American actor
- June 1st: Stine Stengade , Danish actress
- June 2: Wentworth Miller , American actor
- June 7: Karl Urban , American actor
- June 17th: Michał Żebrowski , Polish actor
- June 19: Jean Dujardin , French actor and comedian
- June 19: Christian Kahrmann , German actor
- June 19: Robin Tunney , American actress
- June 23: Selma Blair , American actress
- June 25: Hedieh Tehrani , Iranian actress
- June 28: Alessandro Nivola , American actor
July to September
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July
- July 1st: Simone Leona Hueber , Swiss actress
- July 6th: Maria Köstlinger , Austrian actress
- July 10: Peter Serafinowicz , American actor
- July 11: Michael Rosenbaum , American actor
- July 11th: Volker Büdts , German film and theater actor
- July 15: Scott Foley , American actor
- July 22nd: Colin Ferguson , Canadian actor
- July 23: Marlon Wayans , American actor
- July 27: Maya Rudolph , American actress
- July 28: Elizabeth Berkley , American actress
- July 28: Evan Farmer , American actor
- July 29: Wil Wheaton , American actor
August
- August 2nd: Jacinda Barrett , Australian actress
- August 3: Erika Marozsán , Hungarian actress
- August 5: Darren Shahlavi , British actor and stuntman († 2015)
- August 6: Jason O'Mara , American actor
- August 7: Alexei Popogrebski , Russian director
- August 9: Liz Vassey , American actress
- August 10: Angie Harmon , American actress
- August 10: Mike McGlone , American actor
- August 15: Ben Affleck , American actor
- August 22nd: Marliece Andrada , American actress
- August 22nd: Arash T. Riahi , Austrian director
- August 30: Cameron Diaz , American actress
September
- September 3: Maja Ostaszewska , Polish actress
- September 6: Dylan Bruno , American actor
- September 6: Idris Elba , British actor
- September 6: Justina Machado , American actress
- September 6: Anika Noni Rose , American actress
- September 9: Goran Višnjić , Croatian actor
- September 12th: Jason Statham , British actor
- September 17: Sunrise Coigney , American actress
- September 18: Julia Cencig , Austrian actress
- September 18: Michael Landes , American actor
- September 19: Kristoffer Joner , Norwegian actor
- September 20: Henning Baum , German actor
- September 19: Tobias Kluckert , German actor and voice actor
- September 24th: Finty Williams , British actress
- September 27: Gwyneth Paltrow , American actress
- September 30th: Meadow Sisto , American actress
October to December
October
- October 6: Lola Dueñas , Spanish actress
- October 6th: Jessica Hausner , Austrian director
- October 9: Audie England , American actress
- October 11: Claudia Black , Australian actress
- October 17: Sharon Leal , American actress
- October 21: Saffron Burrows , British actress
- October 23: Kate del Castillo , Mexican actress
- October 28: Mirco Reseg , German actor
- October 29: Tracee Ellis Ross , American actress
- October 29: Gabrielle Union , American actress
- October 31: Eugene Hütz , American actor
November
- November 1st: Toni Collette , Australian actress
- November 6th: Thandie Newton , British actress
- November 6: Rebecca Romijn , American actress
- November 7: Christopher Daniel Barnes , American actor
- November 7th: Jason London , American actor
- November 7: Jeremy London , American actor
- November 8: Gretchen Mol , American actress
- November 9: Eric Dane , American actor
- November 11: Adam Beach , Canadian actor
- November 11th: Leslie Mann , American actress
- November 14th: Josh Duhamel , American actor
- November 15th: Jessica Hynes , British actress
- November 15: Jonny Lee Miller , British actor
- November 16: Michael Irby , American actor
- November 16: Missi Pyle , American actress
- November 17: Leonard Roberts , American actor
December
- December 1: Ron Melendez , American actor
- December 5th: Linus Sandgren , Swedish cameraman
- December 9: Reiko Aylesworth , American actress
- December 9th: Markus Frank , German actor
- December 10: Tara Subkoff , American actress
- December 12th: Melissa Francis , American actress
- December 15th: Stuart Townsend , Irish actor
- December 19: Rosa Blasi , American actress
- December 19: Micha Lewinsky , Swiss director and screenwriter
- December 19: Alyssa Milano , American actress
- December 22nd: Vanessa Paradis , French actress
- December 24th: Matt Passmore , Australian actor
- December 25: Sophie Heathcote , Australian actress († 2006)
- December 26th: Dorka Gryllus , Hungarian actress
- December 28th: Shinobu Terajima , Japanese actress
- December 29th: Jude Law , British actor
- December 29th: Leonor Varela , Chilean actress
- December 30th: Eddie Mills , American actor
Day unknown
- Christophe Beck , Canadian composer
- Szabolcs Hajdu , Hungarian director, actor and screenwriter
deceased
January to March
January
- January 1: Maurice Chevalier , French actor (* 1888)
- January 8: Wesley Ruggles , American director, producer and actor (* 1889)
- January 27th: Herbert Hübner , German actor (* 1889)
February
- February 2: Jessie Royce Landis , American actress (* 1896)
- February 7: Walter Lang , American director (* 1896)
- February 19: John Grierson , British documentary filmmaker (* 1898)
March
- March 2: Walter Byron , American actor (* 1899)
- March 2: Robert Meyn , German actor (* 1894)
- March 3: Fredy Barten , German actor (* 1891)
- March 16: Heinz Hanus , Austrian film pioneer (* 1882)
- March 27: Raimund Schelcher , German actor (* 1910)
- March 29: J. Arthur Rank , British producer (* 1888)
- March 31: Meena Kumari , Indian actress (* 1932)
April to June
April
- April 6: Brian Donlevy , American actor (born 1901)
- April 7: Betty Blythe , American actress (* 1893)
- April 25: George Sanders , British actor (born 1906)
- April 30th: Gia Scala , American actress (* 1934)
- April 30: Werner Stock , German actor (* 1903)
May
- May 3: Bruce Cabot , American actor (born 1904)
- May 5: Frank Tashlin , American director (* 1913)
- May 9: Fritz Schulz , German actor (* 1896)
- May 13: Dan Blocker , American actor (born 1928)
- May 14: Gretl Theimer , Austrian actress (* 1910)
- May 15: Nigel Green , British actor (born 1924)
- May 18: Sidney Franklin , American director (* 1893)
- May 22: Margaret Rutherford , British actress (* 1892)
- May 24th: Asta Nielsen , Danish actress (* 1881)
- May 30: Robert Kern , American film editor (* 1885)
June
- June 17th: Ellen Schwanneke , German actress (* 1907)
- June 23: Carl Auen , German actor (* 1892)
- June 23: Werner Klingler , German actor and director (* 1903)
July to September
July
- July 6: Brandon De Wilde , American actor (born 1942)
- July 7th: Elsa Textorius , Swedish actress (* 1889)
- July 11th: Michael Truman , British director, producer and film editor (* 1916)
- July 31: Hans Cossy , German actor and voice actor (* 1911)
August
- August 13: Franziska Gaal , Hungarian actress (* 1903)
- August 14: Pierre Brasseur , French actor (* 1905)
- August 28: Martha Novelly , German actress (* 1889)
September
- September 11th: Max Fleischer , American cartoon pioneer (* 1883)
- September 12: William Boyd , American actor (* 1895)
- September 14: Lane Chandler , American actor (* 1899)
- September 17: Akim Tamiroff , Georgian-American actor (* 1899)
- September 30: Edgar G. Ulmer , Austrian-American director (* 1904)
October to December
October
- October 9: Miriam Hopkins , American actress (* 1902)
- October 17: Paul Westermeier , German actor (* 1892)
- October 28: Mitchell Leisen , American director (* 1898)
- October 29: Rudy Bowman , American actor (* 1890)
- October 29: Victor Milner , American cameraman (* 1893)
November
- November 5: Reginald Owen , British actor (* 1887)
- November 16: Alexander Rasumny , Soviet director (* 1891)
- November 20: Ennio Flaiano , Italian writer and screenwriter (* 1910)
- November 21: Jerome Hill , American documentary filmmaker (* 1905)
- November 29: Carl Stalling , American composer (* 1891)
December
- December 6th: Janet Munro , British actress (born 1934)
- December 9: William Dieterle , German director (* 1893)
See also
Web links
Commons : 1972 Film Year - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful German films since 1968 on insidekino.com
- ^ The most successful films in Germany 1972. In: InsideKino. November 19, 2006, accessed November 24, 2018 .