1991 film year
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Events
- January 30th: Premiere of The Silence of the Lambs . After It Happened in One Night and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , this is the third film to win Oscars in the five most important categories (best film, best director, best screenplay, best leading actor and best leading actress).
- February 27th - The North Rhine-Westphalia Film Foundation is founded.
- August 15 - The Babelsberg Film Park opens.
- The Filmfestival Cottbus - Festival of Eastern European Films takes place for the first time.
- The winners of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1991:
- Category - Male Movie Stars: Gold Kevin Costner , Silver Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bronze Patrick Swayze
- Category - Female Movie Stars: Gold Julia Roberts , Silver Linda Hamilton , Bronze Kirstie Alley
Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of August 14, 2010):
| space | Movie title | Visitors |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The one, who dances with the wolf | 6,863,688 |
| 2. | Kevin home alone | 6,540,265 |
| 3. | Robin Hood - King of Thieves | 4,924,898 |
| 4th | Terminator 2 - Day of Reckoning | 4,654,009 |
| 5. | The naked cannon 2½ | 4,145,182 |
| 6th | Not without My Daughter | 4.105.038 |
| 7th | The silence of the Lambs | 3,968,245 |
| 8th. | Hot shots! - The mother of all films | 3,950,057 |
| 9. | Pappa ante portas | 3,543,512 |
| 10. | Bernard and Bianca in kangaroo land | 3,087,532 |
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards will take place on January 19th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: Dances With Wolves by Kevin Costner
- Best Musical / Comedy: Green Card - Sham Marriage with Obstacles by Peter Weir
- Best Actor (Drama): Jeremy Irons in The Sunny Affair by B.
- Best Actress (Drama): Kathy Bates in Misery
- Best actor (musical / comedy): Gérard Depardieu in Green Card - sham marriage with obstacles
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
- Best Supporting Actor: Bruce Davison in Friendship for Life
- Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost - Message from Sam
- Best Director: Kevin Costner for Dances With Wolves
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Jack Lemmon
Oscar
The Oscars will be held on March 25 at the Shrine Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The moderator is Billy Crystal
- Best Picture: Dances With Wolves by Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner
- Best Actor: Jeremy Irons in The Sunny Affair by B.
- Best Actress: Kathy Bates in Misery
- Best Director: Kevin Costner for Dances With Wolves
- Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci in Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia
- Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost - Message from Sam
- Best Score: John Barry for Dances With Wolves
- Best foreign language film: Journey of Hope by Xavier Koller
- Honorary Oscar: Sophia Loren and Myrna Loy
Complete list of award winners
Cannes International Film Festival 1991
The festival starts on May 9th and ends on May 20th. The jury under President Roman Polański awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : Barton Fink by Joel Coen
- Best Actor: John Turturro in Barton Fink
- Best actress: Irène Jacob in The Two Lives of Veronika
- Best Director: Joel Coen for Barton Fink
- Grand Jury Prize: la belle noiseuse of Jacques Rivette
Berlin International Film Festival 1991
The festival starts on February 15th and ends on February 26th. The jury under President Volker Schlöndorff awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : House of Delights (La casa del sorriso) by Marco Ferreri
- Best Actor: Maynard Eziashi in Mister Johnson
- Best Actress: Victoria Abril in Amantes
- Best director: Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs and Ricky Tognazzi for Ultra
Venice Film Festival
The festival starts on September 3rd and ends on September 14th. The jury under President Gian Luigi Rondi awards the following prizes:
- Golden Lion: Urga by Nikita Michalkow
- Best Actor: River Phoenix in My Private Idaho
- Best Actress: Tilda Swinton in Edward II
European film award
The European Film Prize was awarded in Potsdam-Babelsberg on December 1st .
- Best film: Riff-Raff by Ken Loach
- Best actor: Michel Bouquet in Toto le héros by Jaco Van Dormael
- Best Actress: Clotilde Courau in The Little Gangster by Jacques Doillon
- Best Supporting Actor: Ricky Memphis in Ultra by Ricky Tognazzi
- Best supporting actress: Marta Keler in Virdzina by Srdjan Karanovic
German film award
- Best film: Malina by Werner Schroeter
- Best director: Werner Schroeter for Malina
- Best leading actress: Isabelle Huppert for Malina , Gisela May and Ilse Werner for Die Hallo-Sisters
- Best Actor: Michael Gwisdek for The Tango Player and Harald Juhnke for The Hallo-Sisters
César
- Best film: Cyrano von Bergerac by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Best director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau for Cyrano by Bergerac
- Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu for Cyrano von Bergerac
- Best Actress: Anne Parillaud for Nikita
- Best Supporting Actor: Jacques Weber for Cyrano von Bergerac
- Best Supporting Actress: Dominique Blanc for A Comedy in May
- Best foreign film: The Dead Poets Club by Peter Weir
British Academy Film Award
- Best film: Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia by Martin Scorsese
- Best Director: Martin Scorsese for Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia
- Best Actor: Philippe Noiret for Cinema Paradiso
- Best Actress: Jessica Tandy for Miss Daisy and her chauffeur
- Best Supporting Actor: Salvatore Cascio for Cinema Paradiso
- Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost - Message from Sam
- Best non-English language film: Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best film: The Silence of the Lambs by Jonathan Demme
- Best director: Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson in Jungle Fever
- Best Supporting Actress: Judy Davis in Naked Lunch (film) and Barton Fink
- Best camera: Roger Deakins for Barton Fink
- Best foreign film: Hitler Youth Salomon by Agnieszka Holland
National Board of Review
- Best film: The Silence of the Lambs by Jonathan Demme
- Best director: Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Actor: Warren Beatty in Bugsy
- Best Actress: Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise
- Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs
- Best Supporting Actress: Kate Nelligan in Frankie & Johnny
- Best foreign language film: Hitler Youth Salomon by Agnieszka Holland
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Picture: Bugsy by Barry Levinson
- Best Director: Barry Levinson for Bugsy
- Best Actor: Nick Nolte in Lord of the Tides
- Best Actress: Mercedes Ruehl in King of the Fishermen
- Best Supporting Actor: Michael Lerner in Barton Fink
- Best Supporting Actress: Jane Horrocks in Life is Sweet
- Best Foreign Film: la belle noiseuse of Jacques Rivette
Jupiter
- Best international film: The Dead Poets Club by Peter Weir
- Best Director: Oliver Stone for Born July 4th
- Best Actor: Robin Williams in The Dead Poets Club
- Best Actress: Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Kirk Douglas
- Amanda : Hermann and the King of Belgium by Erik Gustavson (Best Norwegian Film), Judou by Zhang Yimou
- American Comedy Awards : Macaulay Culkin in Kevin - Home Alone (Funniest Leading Actor), Meryl Streep in Greetings from Hollywood (Funniest Leading Actress), Al Pacino in Dick Tracy (Funniest Supporting Actor), Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost - Message from Sam (Funniest Supporting Actress)
- American Society of Cinematographers Award : Allen Daviau for Bugsy
- Australian Film Institute Award : Proof by Jocelyn Moorhouse
- David di Donatello : Mediterraneo and At the End of the Day (Best Italian Film) and Cyrano by Bergerac and Hamlet (Best Foreign Film)
- Directors Guild of America Award : Kevin Costner for Dances With Wolves
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Manfred Krug for his complete works
- Evening Standard British Film Award : The Krays by Peter Medak
- Genie Award : Black Robe - On the Iroquois River by Bruce Beresford
- Goya 1991 : Ay Carmela! - Song of Freedom by Carlos Saura
- Guldbagge : Good evening, Mr. Wallenberg from Kjell Grede
- Independent Spirit Awards 1991 : Grifters by Stephen Frears (Best Picture) and Sweetie by Jane Campion (Best Foreign Picture)
- Konrad Wolf Prize : Katharina Thalbach
- Louis Delluc Prize : The seventh string by Alain Corneau
- Nastro d'Argento : Open doors by Gianni Amelio and Nikita by Luc Besson
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia by Martin Scorsese
- People's Choice Award : Ghost - Message from Sam by Jerry Zucker (Best Drama), Pretty Woman by Garry Marshall (Best Comedy), Mel Gibson (Most Popular Actor), Julia Roberts (Most Popular Actress)
- Political Film Society Award for Democracy : City of Hope by John Sayles
- Political Film Society Award for Peace : Boyz n the Hood - Boys in the quarter by John Singleton
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : Boyz n the Hood - Boys in the John Singleton neighborhood
- Price of the German Film Critics : Karniggels of Detlev Buck
- Robert : Let the polar bears dance by Birger Larsen (best Danish film), Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore (best foreign film)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián : Butterfly Wings by Juanma Bajo Ulloa (Golden Shell)
- Sundance Film Festival : Poison by Todd Haynes (Grand Jury Prize)
- Toronto International Film Festival : King of Fishermen by Terry Gilliam (Audience Award)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : Martha and I by Jirí Weiss
- Warsaw International Film Festival : The Two Lives of Veronika by Krzysztof Kieślowski (Audience Award)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Avalon by Barry Levinson (Best Original Screenplay), Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 7th: Max Morrow , Canadian actor
February
- February 5: Henriette Confurius , German-Dutch actress
- February 10: Emma Roberts , American actress
- February 18: Malese Jow , American actress
- February 21: Joe Alwyn , British actor
- February 28: Sarah Bolger , Irish actress
April to June
April
- April 21: Frank Dillane , British actor
- April 28: Aleisha Allen , American actress
June
- June 4th: Jordan Hinson , American actress
- June 18: Willa Holland , American actress
- June 19: Charlotte Bellmann , German actress
- June 27: Madylin Sweeten , American actress
- June 29: Addison Timlin , American actress
July to September
July
- July 3: Grant Rosenmeyer , American actor
- July 6th: Hazel Franke , German actress
- July 6th: Victoire Thivisol , French actress
- July 9: Kai Michael Müller , German actor
- July 9: Mitchel Musso , American actor
- July 9: Jonas Wandschneider , Danish actor
- July 12: Erik Per Sullivan , American actor
- July 16: Randall Bentley , American actor
- July 18: Florian Wünsche , German actor
August
- August 5: Brooke Marie Bridges , American actress
- August 14: Charlotte Nicdao , Australian actress
- August 17: Austin Butler , American actor
- August 26: Dylan O'Brien , American actor
September
- September 4th: Carter Jenkins , American actor
- September 9: Kelsey Chow , American actress
- September 19: Sem Veeger , Dutch actress
- September 20: Spencer Locke , American actress
- September 24th: Julia Krombach , German actress
- September 25: Emmy Clarke , American actress
- September 25: Shin Lim , Canadian-American magician and card artist
October to December
October
- October 6: Roshon Fegan , American actor and singer
- October 17th: Tessa James , Australian actress
- October 18: Tyler Posey , American actor
- October 23: Sophie Oda , American actress
- October 31: Jordan-Claire Green , American actress
November
- November 4: Bee Vang , American actor
- November 6th: Iris Mareike Steen , German actress
- November 14: Graham Patrick Martin , American actor
December
- December 23: Sofia Black-D'Elia , American actress
- December 26th: Eden Sher , American actress
deceased
January to March
January
- January 4th: Richard Maibaum , American screenwriter (* 1909)
- January 10: Malte Jaeger , German actor (* 1911)
- January 11th: Sepp Ketterer , German cameraman (* 1899)
- January 12: Keye Luke , American actor (* 1904)
- January 14th: Heli Finkenzeller , German actress (* 1914)
- January 19: John Russell , American actor (born 1921)
- January 23: Annie Markart , German actress (* 1907)
- January 25: Lilian Bond , British actress (* 1908)
- January 30th: John McIntire , American actor (born 1907)
February
- February 5: Dean Jagger , American actor (* 1903)
- February 7th: Werner Fuetterer , German actor (* 1907)
- February 22nd: Ladislav Fialka , Czechoslovak actor (* 1931)
March
- March 5: Salvo Randone , Italian actor (* 1906)
- March 13: Göran Strindberg , Swedish cameraman (* 1917)
- March 16: Trude Herr , German actress (* 1927)
- March 18: Vilma Bánky , Hungarian actress (* 1898)
April to June
April
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- April 6: David Lean , British director (born 1908)
- APRIL 9: Maurice Binder , designer of James Bond - header (* 1925)
- April 10: Erich Fritze , German actor and voice actor (* 1923)
- April 10: Kevin Peter Hall , American actor (born 1955)
- April 10: Natalie Schafer , American actress (* 1900)
- April 26: Carmine Coppola , American composer (* 1910)
- April 26: Ezio Marano , Italian actor (* 1927)
- April 29: Ken Curtis , American country singer and actor (* 1916)
May
- May 1: Richard Thorpe , American director (* 1896)
- May 7: Wolfgang Reichmann , German actor (* 1932)
- May 15: Ronald Lacey , British actor (born 1935)
- May 30th: Joe Berger , Austrian actor (* 1939)
June
- June 8th: Heidi Brühl , German actress (* 1941)
- June 14th: Peggy Ashcroft , British actress (born 1907)
- June 16: Adina Mandlová , Czech actress (* 1910)
- June 19: Jean Arthur , American actress (* 1900)
- June 23: Michael Pflegehar , German film director (* 1933)
- June 26: Wolfgang Zilzer , German-American actor (* 1901)
- June 28: Nikolas Vogel , Austrian actor and cameraman (* 1967)
- June 29: Vladimír Leraus , Czech actor (* 1905)
July to September
July
- July 1: Michael Landon , American actor (* 1936)
- July 2: Lee Remick , American actress (* 1935)
- July 5: Mildred Dunnock , American actress (born 1901)
- July 6: Thorley Walters , British actor (born 1913)
- July 8: James Franciscus , American actor (born 1934)
- July 8: Lotte Palfi-Andor , German actress (* 1903)
- July 10: Gerome Ragni , American actor (* 1942)
- July 11: James McCallion , American actor (born 1918)
- July 12: Willi Schwabe , German actor, singer and presenter (* 1915)
- July 18: Bruno Mondi , German cameraman (* 1903)
August
- August 7th: Kalina Jędrusik , Polish singer and actress (* 1931)
- August 16: Luigi Zampa , Italian director (* 1905)
- August 18: David Gale , British actor (born 1936)
- August 22: Colleen Dewhurst , Canadian actress (born 1924)
September
- September 3: Jean Bourgoin , French cameraman († 1913)
- September 3: Frank Capra , American film director (* 1897)
- September 3: Falk Harnack , German director (* 1913)
- September 4: Tom Tryon , American actor and writer (* 1926)
- September 7th: Ben Piazza , American actor (* 1934)
- September 8: Brad Davis , American actor (born 1949)
- September 10: Michel Soutter , Swiss director (* 1932)
- September 13: Joe Pasternak , Hungarian-American producer (* 1901)
- September 20: Irén Sütő , Hungarian actress (* 1926)
- September 27: Oona O'Neill , American actress, fourth wife of Charlie Chaplin (* 1925)
- September 21: Angelo Rossitto , American actor (* 1908)
- September 28: Helga Sommerfeld , German actress (* 1941)
October to December
October
- October 9: Thalmus Rasulala , American actor (* 1939)
- October 12: Anton Färber , German actor (* 1906)
- October 12: Aline MacMahon , American actress (* 1899)
- October 12: Regis Toomey , American actor (* 1898)
- October 21: Frank Barufski , German actor and presenter (* 1905)
- October 22: Joy Harington , British actress and producer (born 1914)
- October 24: Gene Roddenberry , American screenwriter and producer (born 1921)
- October 26: Henry Wilson Allen , American writer and screenwriter (born 1912)
- October 27: Franz Kutschera , Austrian actor and director (* 1909)
- October 27: Andrzej Panufnik , Polish composer (* 1914)
- October 29: John DeCuir , American production designer and art director (* 1918)
November
- November 2: Irwin Allen , American producer (born 1916)
- November 2: Hannes Messemer , German actor (* 1924)
- November 3: Roman Wilhelmi , Polish actor (* 1936)
- November 5: Fred MacMurray , American actor (born 1908)
- November 6: Gene Tierney , American actress (* 1920)
- November 9: Yves Montand , French actor (* 1921)
- November 15: Tony Richardson , British director (born 1928)
- November 19: Reggie Nalder , Austrian actor (* 1907)
- November 21: Daniel Mann , American director (* 1912)
- November 22nd: Imai Tadashi , Japanese director (* 1912)
- November 23: Klaus Kinski , German actor (* 1926)
- November 24th: Anton Furst , American production designer (* 1944)
- November 24th: Freddie Mercury , British musician (* 1946)
- November 29: Ralph Bellamy , American actor (born 1904)
- November 30th: Hans Lietzau , German actor and director (* 1913)
- November 30th: Erna Sander , German costume designer (* 1914)
December
- December 12th: Eleanor Boardman , American actress (* 1898)
- December 13: Jan Hendriks , German actor (* 1928)
- December 19: Paul Maxwell , Canadian actor (born 1921)
- December 25th: Curt Bois , German actor (* 1901)
- December 25th: Orane Demazis , French actress (* 1894)
- December 26th: Arturo Gemmiti , Italian documentary film director (* 1909)
Web links
Commons : 1991 Film Year - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 1991 , insidekino.com. Retrieved August 14, 2010