Film year 1981
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On September 17, 1981, the film has the boat by Wolfgang Petersen premiere. The U96 submarine was recreated for the film in Bavaria Filmstadt . | |
Events
- September 17th: World premiere of Das Boot (director: Wolfgang Petersen ). This film, cut in different versions, has also proven to be very successful internationally in its cinema and television broadcasts. With almost 6 million moviegoers, it is one of the ten most successful German productions in Germany. In the USA it ranks second among the most successful German productions.
- MGM buys the troubled competitor United Artists from its parent company Transamerica Corporation . UA had previously made massive losses with the film Heaven's Gate .
- The Austrian Film Institute is founded.
- Tom Cruise made his debut in the film Endless Love
- The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1981:
- Category - Male Movie Stars: Gold Roger Moore , Silver Matt Dillon , Bronze Christopher Atkins
- Category - Female Movie Stars: Gold Farrah Fawcett , Silver Kristy McNichol , Bronze Brooke Shields
- The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) and the Austrian Film Institute (ÖFI) decide on the film / television agreement on October 12th .
Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of November 18, 2018):
space | Movie title | Visitors |
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1. | Cap and Capper - two friends on eight paws | 5,011,443 |
2. | James Bond 007 - On a Deadly Mission | 4,845,496 |
3. | All hell breaks loose on the highway | 4,838,000 |
4th | Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo | 4,699,090 |
5. | The boat | 3,845,596 |
6th | the rattlesnake | 2,602,998 |
7th | Hunter of the lost treasure | 2,498,639 |
8th. | Two aces come up trumps | 2,229,193 |
9. | A fist goes west | 1,953,000 |
10. | Popsicle 3 - love affairs | 1,757,426 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 31st at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best drama: A normal family of Robert Redford
- Best Musical / Comedy: Nashville Lady by Michael Apted
- Best Actor (Drama): Robert De Niro in Like a Wild Bull
- Best Actress (Drama): Mary Tyler Moore in An Ordinary Family
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Ray Sharkey in The Idolmaker
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Sissy Spacek in Nashville Lady
- Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton in An Ordinary Family
- Best Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen in Melvin and Howard
- Best Director: Robert Redford for An Ordinary Family
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Gene Kelly
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards will be held on March 31st at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The moderator is Johnny Carson .
- Best Picture: Ordinary People by Robert Redford
- Best Actor: Robert De Niro in Like a Wild Bull
- Best Actress: Sissy Spacek in Nashville Lady
- Best Director: Robert Redford for An Ordinary Family
- Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton in A Just Ordinary Family
- Best Supporting Actress: Mary Steenburgen in Melvin and Howard
- Best music and best song: Michael Gore for Fame - The Path to Fame
- Best foreign language film: Moscow does not believe the tears of Vladimir Menshov
- Honorary Oscar: Henry Fonda
Complete list of award winners
International Cannes Film Festival 1981
The festival starts on May 13th and ends on May 27th. The jury under President Jacques Deray awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : The Iron Man by Andrzej Wajda
- Best Actor: Ugo Tognazzi in The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
- Best actress: Isabelle Adjani in quartet and possession
- Grand Jury Prize: light years away from Alain Tanner
Berlin International Film Festival 1981
The festival starts on February 13th and ends on February 24th. The jury under President Jutta Brückner awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : Come on, speed! by Carlos Saura
- Best Actor: Anatoly Solonitsyn in 26 Days from Dostoevsky's Life and Jack Lemmon in A Summer in Manhattan
- Best Actress: Barbara Grabowska in Fever
Venice Film Festival
The festival starts on September 2nd and ends on September 11th. The jury under President Italo Calvino awards the following prizes:
- Golden Lion : The leaden time of Margarethe von Trotta
- Special Jury Prize: Golden Dreams by Nanni Moretti and Ohne Schlips und Kragen by Leon Hirszman
German film award
- Best film: Lots of money from Adolf Winkelmann
- Best directors: Walter Bockmayer and Rolf Bührmann for Looping
- Best leading actress: Ingrid Caven for Looping and Ilse Pagé for Engel aus Eisen
- Best leading actor: Sigfrit Steiner for The moon is just a naked ball and Rolf Zacher for Endstation Freiheit
César
- Best Film: The Last Metro by François Truffaut
- Best director: François Truffaut for The Last Metro
- Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu for The Last Metro
- Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve for The Last Metro
- Best Supporting Actor: Jacques Dufilho for The Unrated Son
- Best Supporting Actress: Nathalie Baye for Save Yourself, Who Can (Life)
- Best Foreign Film: Kagemusha - The Shadow of the Warrior by Akira Kurosawa
British Academy Film Award
- Best Film: The Elephant Man by David Lynch
- Best Director: Akira Kurosawa for Kagemusha - The Warrior's Shadow
- Best Actor: John Hurt for The Elephant Man
- Best Actress: Judy Davis for My Brilliant Career
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Picture: Reds by Warren Beatty
- Best Director: Sidney Lumet for Prince of the City
- Best Actor: Burt Lancaster in Atlantic City, USA
- Best Actress: Glenda Jackson in Stevie
- Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud in Arthur - No Child of Sadness
- Best Supporting Actress: Mona Washbourne in Stevie
- Best Cinematography: David Watkin for The Hour of the Winner
- Best foreign film: Asphalt Sharks by Héctor Babenco
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: Reds by Warren Beatty and The Hour of the Victorious by Hugh Hudson
- Best Director: Warren Beatty for Reds
- Best Actor: Henry Fonda in The Golden Lake
- Best Actress: Glenda Jackson in Stevie
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson in Reds
- Best Supporting Actress: Mona Washbourne in Stevie
- Best Foreign Language Film: Days from the Life of Ilya Oblomov by Nikita Michalkow
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best film: Atlantic City, USA by Louis Malle
- Best Director: Warren Beatty for Reds
- Best Actor: Burt Lancaster in Atlantic City, USA
- Best Actress: Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant's Beloved
- Best Supporting Actor: John Gielgud in Arthur - No Child of Sadness
- Best Supporting Actress: Maureen Stapleton in Reds
- Best foreign language film: Asphalt-Haie by Héctor Babenco
- Life's work: Barbara Stanwyck
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Fred Astaire
- Australian Film Institute Award : Gallipoli by Peter Weir
- David di Donatello : Ricomincio da tre (Best Italian Film)
- German critic award : Margarethe von Trotta
- Directors Guild of America Award : Robert Redford for a completely normal family , George Cukor and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (awards for their life's work)
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Marius Müller-Westernhagen for Theo against the rest of the world
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Yanks - Yesterday we were strangers from John Schlesinger
- Gilde Film Prize : Fame - The Path to Glory by Alan Parker (Gold Foreign Film), Kleine Fluchten von Yves Yersin (Silver Foreign Film), Lena Rais by Christian Rischert (Gold German Film), The Wonderful Years by Reiner Kunze (Silver German Movie)
- Golden Leopard : The Wheel of Fortune by Rabindra Dharmaraj
- Guldbagge : Children's Island by Kay Pollak
- Louis Delluc Prize : A Strange Career for Pierre Granier-Deferre
- Max Ophüls Prize : Taxi to the Toilet by Frank Ripploh
- Nastro d'Argento : Three Brothers of Francesco Rosi and Kagemusha - The Shadow of the Warrior by Akira Kurosawa
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Melvin and Howard by Jonathan Demme
- People's Choice Award : The Empire Strikes Back by Irvin Kershner (Most Popular Film), Clint Eastwood (Most Popular Actor), Jane Fonda (Most Popular Actress)
- German Film Critics' Prize : The Last Hole by Herbert Achternbusch
- Toronto International Film Festival : The Victor's Hour by Hugh Hudson (Audience Award)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Melvin and Howard (Best Original Screenplay, Drama), Sagittarius Benjamin (Best Original Screenplay, Comedy), An Ordinary Family (Best Adapted Screenplay, Drama), The Incredible Journey On A Crazy Plane (Best Adapted Screenplay, Comedy ), Ben Hecht (posthumously for his life's work)
- Young Artist Award : Touched by Love by Gus Trikonis (Best Film), Justin Henry in Kramer versus Kramer (Best Actor), Diane Lane in Touched by Love (Best Actress)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- Rinko Kikuchi , Japanese actress January 6:
- Jérémie Renier , Belgian actor January 6th:
- January 17: Scott Mechlowicz , American actor
- January 18: Antje Traue , German actress
- January 21: Izabella Miko , US-Polish actress
- January 22nd: Beverley Mitchell , American actress
- January 23: Julia Jones , American actress
- January 26: Colin O'Donoghue , Irish actor
- January 28: Elijah Wood , American actor
- January 31: Constanze Behrends , German actress and singer
February
- Nora Zehetner , American actress February 5:
- February 17: Joseph Gordon-Levitt , American actor
- February 27th: Aino Laberenz , German stage and costume designer
March
- Adam LaVorgna , American actor March 1:
- Bryce Dallas Howard , American actress March 2:
- Ellen Muth , American actress March 6:
- Andreas Wilson , Swedish actor March 7th:
- March 11: David Anders , American actor
- March 11th: Matthias Schweighöfer , German actor
- March 13: April Matson , American actress
- March 18: Vanessa Lee Evigan , American actress
- March 19: Kim Rae-won , South Korean actor
- March 20: Jake Hoffman , American actor
- March 26: Luke Ford , Australian actor
- March 28: Julia Stiles , American actress
- March 30th: Katy Mixon , American actress
April to June
April
- Bethany Joy Lenz , American actress April 2:
- Tom Riley , British actor April 5:
- Eliza Coupe , American actress April 6:
- April 10: Michael Pitt , American actor
- April 17: Charlie Hofheimer , American actor
- April 19: Hayden Christensen , Canadian actor
- April 19: Catalina Sandino Moreno , Colombian actress
- April 26th: Mariana Ximenes , Brazilian actress
- April 28: Jessica Alba , American actress
- April 28: Cheyenne Rushing , American actress
May
- Stephen Amell , Canadian actor May 8:
- May 11: Austin O'Brien , American actor
- May 12: Rami Malek , American actor
- May 13: Rebecka Liljeberg , Swedish actress
- May 14th: Philippe Reinhardt , Swiss actor
- May 15: Jamie-Lynn Sigler , American actress
- May 16: Jim Sturgess , British actor
- May 17th: Cosma Shiva Hagen , German actress
- May 27: Helmut La , Austrian actor
June
- Felix Nottensteiner , German actor June 6:
- Larisa Oleynik , American actress June 7th:
- Celina Jaitley , Indian Bollywood actress June 9th:
- Natalie Portman , American actress June 9:
- June 10: Jonathan Bennett , American actor
- June 13: Chris Evans , American actor
- June 20: Alisan Porter , American actress
- June 22nd: Amanda Brooks , American actress
- June 25: Joe Taslim , Indonesian actor
- June 30th: Tom Burke , British actor
- June 30th: Alissa Jung , German actress
July to September
July
- Nick Nicotera , American actor July 1:
- Eralp Uzun , German actor († 2013) July 2:
- Alexander Merbeth , German actor July 4th:
- Tahar Rahim , French actor July 4th:
- Friedemann Thiele , German actor July 4th:
- Ryan Hansen , American actor July 5:
- Sandra Knoll , Austrian actress July 6:
- Ashley Blue , American porn actress July 8:
- July 14: Trevor Fehrman , American actor
- July 14th: Pablo Sprungala , German actor
- July 15: Taylor Kinney , American actor
- July 17th: Jakob M. Erwa , Austrian director and screenwriter
- July 17th: Mélanie Thierry , French actress
- July 17th: Mélanie Thierry , French actress
- July 18: Angela Trimbur , American actress
- July 21: Gerrit Jansen , German actor
- July 31: Eric Lively , American actor
August
- Meagan Good , American actress August 8:
- August 10: Yaani King , American actress
- August 20: Ben Barnes , British singer and actor
- August 20: Jacob Weigert , German actor and speaker
- August 22: Ross Marquand , American actor
- August 24: Chad Michael Murray , American actor
- August 25: Rachel Bilson , American actress
- August 29: Émilie Dequenne , Belgian actress
- August 29: Michelle Meadows , Swedish actress
September
- Nina Zanjani , Swedish actress September 1st:
- Beyoncé Knowles , American actress September 4th:
- Hannah Herzsprung , German actress September 7th:
- Julie Gonzalo , American actress September 9:
- September 11th: Paul Pieck , German cameraman
- September 12: Jennifer Hudson , American actress
- September 16: Alexis Bledel , American actress
- September 18: Jennifer Tisdale , American actress
- September 21: Nicole Richie , American actress
- September 24th: Sebastian Edtbauer , German actor
- September 24: Yūki Matsuzaki , Japanese actor
- September 25th: Axel Fischer , German actor
- September 25: Lee Norris , American actor
- September 27th: Cytherea , American porn actress
- September 27: Mirjam Weichselbraun , Austrian actress and voice actress
- September 28: Gül Gölge , Turkish actress
October to December
October
- Rupert Friend , British actor October 1:
- Erik Fellows , American actor and model October 2:
- Annette Strasser , German actress October 2nd:
- Seth Gabel , American actor October 3:
- Daniel James , New Zealand actor and voice actor October 3:
- Jelena Jensen , American porn actress October 7th:
- Zachery Ty Bryan , American actor October 9:
- Tad Hilgenbrink , American actor October 9:
- October 12: Thomas Guiry , American actor
- October 12: Brian J. Smith , American actor
- October 16: Brea Grant , American actress
- October 16: Caterina Scorsone , Canadian actress
- October 19: Karoline Schuch , German actress
- October 22: Michael Fishman , American actor
- October 24th: Natalie Langer , German presenter and actress
- October 24th: Jemima Rooper , British actress
- October 24: Tila Tequila , American singer and actress
- October 25: Josh Henderson , American actor
November
- Matt L. Jones , American actor November 1:
- Murathan Muslu , Austrian actor November 7th:
- Azura Skye , American actress November 8:
- Scottie Thompson , American actress November 9:
- November 13: Shawn Yue , Chinese actor
- November 17th: Sarah Harding , British dancer, singer and actress
- November 18: Vittoria Puccini , Italian actress
- November 18: Christina Vidal , American actress
- November 24: Michael Patrick Carter , American actor
- November 27th: Nina Hartmann , Austrian actress
- November 30th: Swann Arlaud , French actor
- November 30: Teddy Dunn , American actor
- November 30th: Olga Krasko , Russian actress
December
- Nora Waldstätten , Austrian actress December 1st:
- Lesley-Ann Brandt , South African actress December 2nd:
- Eric Jungmann , American actor December 2:
- Britney Spears , American singer and actress December 2:
- Liza Lapira , American actress December 3:
- December 11th: Courtney Henggeler , American actress
- December 15th: Michelle Dockery , British actress
- December 16: Krysten Ritter , American actress
- December 28: Sienna Miller , American actress
- December 31: Michael Shulman , American actor
Day unknown
- Björn Ahrens , German actor
- Felix Hassenfratz , German director and screenwriter
deceased
January to March
January
- Oumarou Ganda , Nigerien film director, screenwriter and actor (* 1935) January 1:
- Karel Štěpánek , Czech actor (* 1899) January 5:
- January 10: Richard Boone , American actor (born 1917)
- January 11th: Artur Berger , Austrian film architect (* 1892)
- January 11th: Beulah Bondi , American actress (* 1888)
- January 12: Isobel Elsom , British actress (* 1893)
- January 16: Bernard Lee , British actor (born 1908)
- January 26th: Heinrich Richter-Berlin , German film architect and production designer (* 1884)
February
- Wanda Hendrix , American actress (* 1928) February 1:
- Mario Camerini , Italian director (* 1895) February 4th:
- Friedrich Hartau , German actor and director (* 1911) February 8:
- February 21: Ron Grainer , Australian composer (* 1922)
- February 22nd: Curtis Bernhardt , German director (* 1899)
March
- Torin Thatcher , British actor (* 1905) March 4:
- Paul Hörbiger , Austrian actor (* 1894) March 5:
- Brenda de Banzie , British actress (born 1915) March 5:
- March 15: René Clair , French director (* 1898)
- March 20: Edith Schultze-Westrum , German actress (* 1904)
April to June
April
- Norman Taurog , American director (* 1899) April 7th:
- April 17th: Friedl Haerlin , German actress (* 1901)
- April 20: Hans Söhnker , German actor (* 1903)
- April 26: Jim Davis , American actor (born 1909)
- April 26: Madge Evans , American actress (born 1909)
- April 28: Adrian Hoven , Austrian actor (* 1922)
May
- Nargis , Indian actress (* 1929) May 3:
- Vivian Gibson , British actress (* 1898) May 9:
- Margaret Lindsay , American actress (born 1910) May 9:
- Fritz Umgelter , German director (* 1922) May 9:
- May 17: Hugo Friedhofer , American composer (* 1901)
- May 18: Arthur O'Connell , American actor (born 1908)
- May 20: Noboru Nakamura , Japanese director (* 1913)
- May 22: Boris Sagal , American director (* 1917)
- May 28: Henry Blanke , German-American producer (* 1901)
June
- June 19: Lotte Reiniger , German animation filmmaker (* 1899)
- June 22nd: Lola Lane , American actress (* 1906)
- June 23: Zarah Leander , Swedish actress (* 1907)
- June 26: Don Megowan , American actor (born 1922)
- June 28: Peter Kreuder , German composer (* 1905)
- June 30: Eduard Marks , German actor (* 1901)
July to September
July
- Edward Killy , American director (* 1903) July 2:
- Ross Martin , American actor (* 1920) July 3:
- Stephen Bosustow , Canadian cartoon producer (* 1911) July 4th:
- Jiří Voskovec , Czech actor (* 1905) July 4th:
- July 10: Kurt Raeck , German actor and director (* 1903)
- July 19: Itō Daisuke , Japanese screenwriter and director (* 1898)
- July 27: William Wyler , American director (born 1902)
August
- Paddy Chayefsky , American screenwriter (* 1923) August 1:
- Melvyn Douglas , American actor (born 1901) August 4th:
- Lazar Wechsler , Swiss producer (* 1896) August 8:
- August 16: Robert Krasker , Australian cameraman (* 1913)
- August 17th: Giorgio Ferroni , Italian director (* 1908)
- August 18: Anita Loos , American screenwriter (* 1888)
- August 19: Jessie Matthews , British actress (born 1907)
- August 22: Glauber Rocha , Brazilian director (* 1938)
- August 30th: Vera-Ellen , American actress (* 1921)
September
- Ann Harding , American actress (* 1901) September 1:
- September 21: Nigel Patrick , British actor (born 1913)
- September 23: Dan George , American actor (* 1899)
- September 24th: Patsy Kelly , American actress (* 1910)
- September 27: Robert Montgomery , American actor (born 1904)
- September 28: Herbert Mensching , German actor and voice actor (* 1928)
October to December
October
- Gloria Grahame , American actress (* 1923) October 5:
- October 12: Umberto Spadaro , Italian actor (* 1904)
- October 14: Elsa Scholten , German actress (* 1902)
- October 25: Ariel Durant , American writer (* 1898)
- October 25: Cynthia Harnett , British writer (* 1893)
- October 25: Emely Reuer , German actress and voice actress (* 1942)
- October 26: Glenn Anders , American actor (* 1889)
- October 26: Reinhold Bernt , German actor and screenwriter (* 1902)
- October 26: Jutta Jol , German actress (* 1896)
- October 26: Else Brückner-Rüggeberg , German actress and speaker (* 1910)
- October 27: Nico Dostal , Austrian composer (* 1895)
November
- Ghislain Cloquet , Belgian cameraman (* 1924) November 2:
- Jean Eustache , French director and film editor (* 1938) November 5:
- Rolf von Goth , German actor and radio play director (* 1906) November 9:
- November 10: Abel Gance , French director (* 1889)
- November 11th: Alf Brustellin , Austrian director and cameraman (* 1940)
- November 16: William Holden , American actor (born 1918)
- November 25: Jack Albertson , American actor (born 1907)
- November 27: Lotte Lenya , Austrian-American actress (* 1898)
- November 29: Natalie Wood , American actress (* 1938)
- November 30: Robert H. Harris , American actor (born 1911)
December
- Rudolf Prack , Austrian actor (* 1905) December 2:
- Charles Barton , American director (born 1902) December 5:
- December 16: Karl Struss , American cameraman (* 1886)
- December 16: Lawrence Edward Watkin , American writer and screenwriter (* 1901)
- December 28: Allan Dwan , American director (* 1885)
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ The most successful films in Germany 1981. In: InsideKino. November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .