Berlin International Film Festival 1990

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The 1990 Berlin International Film Festival began on February 9 and ended on February 20, 1990 .

The Berlinale 1990 was dominated by the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Numerous international guests came to the festival not only to present films, but also to be photographed on the remains of the Wall. The festival also reacted to the events and showed seven previously unpublished forbidden GDR films in the forum. The oldest from 1965 by directors such as Jürgen Böttcher , Egon Günther , Gerhard Klein , Kurt Maetzig , Günter Stahnke , Frank Vogel and Herrmann Zschoche . In the competition, Frank Beyer's Trail of the Stones was shown as a special performance.

This year, in memory of Wolfgang Staudte, the " Wolfgang Staudte Prize " was awarded for the first time for a film by the International Forum of Young Films.

The festival opened with steel magnolias , which were shown out of competition in the competition.

competition

The following films were shown in the competition this year:

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
The asthenic syndrome Kira Muratova Soviet Union
Coming out Heiner Carow GDR Matthias Freihof , Dagmar Manzel , Michael Gwisdek
Tie me up! Pedro Almodovar Spain Victoria Abril , Antonio Banderas
Born on July 4th Oliver Stone United States Tom Cruise
The secret Francesco Maselli Italy Nastassja Kinski
The story of the servant Volker Schlöndorff USA , UK Natasha Richardson , Robert Duvall , Faye Dunaway , Aidan Quinn
A halálraítélt János Zsombolyai Hungary
Welcome Hark Bohm Germany Uwe Bohm , Barbara Auer
The silent scream David Hayman Great Britain Iain Glen
Larks on a thread Jiří Menzel Czechoslovakia
Miss Daisy and her chauffeur Bruce Beresford United States Morgan Freeman , Jessica Tandy , Dan Aykroyd
Music Box - The Whole Truth Constantin Costa-Gavras United States Jessica Lange , Armin Mueller-Stahl
A woman's revenge Jacques Doillon France Isabelle Huppert , Béatrice Dalle
The war of the roses Danny DeVito United States Michael Douglas , Kathleen Turner , Marianne Sägebrecht
The shadow makers Roland Joffé United States Paul Newman , John Cusack , Laura Dern
Marriage of convenience Michel Brault Canada Geneviève Bujold
The terrible girl Michael Verhoeven Germany Lena Stolze
The black angel Jacob Berger Spain , France , Switzerland , Belgium Belinda Becker , Steven Weber
Black snow Xie Fei China
Talvisota Pekka Parikka Finland
The guard Alexander Rogoshkin Soviet Union

International jury

The president of the international jury was the German cameraman Michael Ballhaus . He presided over the following jury: Wadim Abdraschitow , Suzana Amaral , Steven Bach , Roberto Benigni , Lívia Gyarmathy , Margaret Ménégoz , Helke Misselwitz , Otto Sander , Stephen Silverman and Rita Tushingham .

Award winners

Jessica Tandy with husband Hume Cronyn
  • Golden bear : music box and larks on a thread
  • Silver bears :
    • Special prize of the jury: The asthenic syndrome
    • Best director: Michael Verhoeven for The Terrible Girl
    • Best Actress: Jessica Tandy in Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur
    • Best Actors: Morgan Freeman in Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur and Iain Glen in The Silent Scream
    • Outstanding individual achievement: Xie Fei for directing Schwarzer Schnee
    • Special artistic achievement: Heiner Carow for Coming Out

Further prices

Honorary Golden Bear

Oliver Stone

The Honorary Golden Bear was awarded to Oliver Stone this year.

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