Berlin International Film Festival 1976

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The Berlin International Film Festival 1976 Film Year took place from June 25th to July 6th, 1976.

This was the last festival under the direction of the founding director Alfred Bauer , whose contract expired on November 30, 1976. Bauer then retired.

On the 200th anniversary of the United States' Declaration of Independence , the history of the United States was the focus of the festival. George Stevens Jr. showed his documentary America at the Movies, Robert Altman Buffalo Bill and the Indians . The competition also included the Watergate film Die Unbrechlichen (out of competition) by Alan J. Pakula, and the program of the International Forum of New Films featured the documentary The Unquiet Death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg . Another critical contribution to American history was the revival of Charlie Chaplin's film A King in New York .

The biggest scandal took place during the forum. The Japanese film In the Realm of the Senses by Nagisa Ōshima was confiscated by the public prosecutor during the Berlinale premiere and banned after a court hearing. The ban was not lifted until 1978 and the film was released in German cinemas.

competition

The following films were shown in the competition:

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
Baghé sangui Parviz Kimiavi Iran
Buffalo Bill and the Indians Robert Altman United States Paul Newman , Joel Gray , Harvey Keitel
Canoa Felipe Cazals Mexico
Dokter Pulder zaait papavers Bert Haanstra Netherlands
Expropiación Mario Robles Venezuela , Peru
Fogo Morto Marcos Farias Brazil
F for Fairbanks Maurice Dugowson France Patrick Dewaere , Miou-Miou , Michel Piccoli
A divine creature Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Italy Laura Antonelli , Terence Stamp , Michele Placido
Honjin satsujin jiken Yoichi Takabayashi Japan Akira Nakao , Takahiro Tamura
Hotel Pacific Janusz Majewski Poland , Czechoslovakia Marek Kondrat , Roman Wilhelmi
identification László Lugossy Hungary
Long vacation from '36 Jaime Camino Spain Ángela Molina
Dear Michele Mario Monicelli Italy
The man who fell from the sky Nicolas Roeg Great Britain David Bowie , Rip Torn
Mozart - Notes of a Youth Klaus Kirschner Germany
Nights and days Jerzy Antczak Poland Jadwiga Barańska , Jerzy Binczycki
Konrad Steiner's sudden loneliness Kurt Gloor Switzerland
Lifeguard in winter Goran Paskaljević Yugoslavia Irfan Mensur , Gordana Kosanovic
pocket money François Truffaut France
The examining magistrate and the forest Rangel Vulchanov Bulgaria
Lost life Ottokar Runze Germany Gerhard Olschewski , Marius Müller-Westernhagen , Gert Haucke
The white steamer Bolotbek Shamschiev Soviet Union

International jury

The jury president was the Polish director Jerzy Kawalerowicz . He headed the following jury: Marjorie Bilbow (Great Britain), Michel Ciment (France), Guido Cincotti (Italy), Georgi Daniela (USSR), Wolf Hart (Germany), Bernard R. Kantor (USA), Fernando Macotela (Mexico), Márta Mészáros (Hungary), Hannes Schmidt (Germany) and Shūji Terayama (Japan).

Award winners

Further prices

  • FIPRESCI Prize (competition): Long Vacation of '36 by Jaime Camino
  • FIPRESCI Prize (Forum): The Falling Throne by Nina Shivdasani and Kaddu Beykat by Safi Faye
  • Interfilm Award - Otto Sibelius Prize (competition): The sudden loneliness of Konrad Steiner by Kurt Gloor
  • Interfilm Award - Otto Sibelius Prize (Forum): Al hayatt al yawmiyah fi quariah suriyah by Omar Amiralay
  • Berliner Morgenpost reader award : pocket money from François Truffaut

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