The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989.[2]
![]() Festival poster | |
Location | West Berlin, Germany |
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Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Rain Man |
No. of films | 375 films[1] |
Festival date | 10 – 21 February 1989 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The Golden Bear was awarded to American film Rain Man directed by Barry Levinson.[3]
The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer and another one dedicated to European productions of 1939 titled Europe 1939.[4]
Jury
editThe following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Rolf Liebermann, Swiss composer - Jury President
- Leslie Caron, French dancer and actress
- Chen Kaige, Chinese filmmaker
- Vadim Glowna, West-German actor and filmmaker
- Randa Haines, American filmmaker
- Vladimir Ignatovski, Bulgarian director of Bulgarska Nacionalna Filmoteka
- Adrian Kutter, West-German founder of the Biberach an der Riß Film Festival
- Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor
- Cliff Robertson, American actor
- Zdeněk Svěrák, Czech actor and screenwriter
- Boris Vasilyev, Soviet writer and screenwriter
Official Sections
editMain Competition
editThe following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
Out of Competition
edit- Farewell to False Paradise (Abschied vom falschen Paradies), directed by Tevfik Başer (West Germany)
- Another Woman, directed by Woody Allen (USA)
- The Break , directed by Frank Beyer (East Germany)
- Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears (USA)
- C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale , directed by Norbert Kückelmann (West Germany)
- Solovky Power (Власть Соловецкая. Свидетельства и документы), directed by Marina Goldovskaya (Soviet Union)
- War Requiem, directed by Derek Jarman (UK)
Retrospective
editThe following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Erich Pommer:[6]
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Europe 1939":[6]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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A Girl Must Live | Carol Reed | United Kingdom | |
Bel Ami | Willi Forst | Germany | |
Boefje | Detlef Sierck | Netherlands | |
British Movietone of the 07/09/1939 | (unknown) | United Kingdom | |
Cheer Boys Cheer | Walter Forde | United Kingdom | |
Crisis | Herbert Kline, Hanuš Burger and Alexander Hammid | United States | |
Constable Studer | Wachtmeister Studer | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
The Deserter | Le Déserteur | Léonide Moguy | France |
Daybreak | Le jour se lève | Marcel Carné | France |
Deutsche Kulturfilme (beinhaltet Alpenkorps im Angriff von Gösta Nordhaus und Germanen gegen Pharaonen von Anton Kutter) | (unknown) | Germany | |
Do It Now | (unknown) | United Kingdom | |
Dora Nelson | Mario Soldati | Italy | |
The Fight Continues | Борьба продолжается | Vasily Zhuravlyov | Soviet Union |
The First Days | Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt and Pat Jackson | United Kingdom | |
Fric-Frac | Maurice Lehmann | France | |
The Four Feathers | Zoltan Korda | United Kingdom | |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Sam Wood | United Kingdom | |
Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship | V lyudyakh В людях | Mark Donskoy | Soviet Union |
The Governor | Der Gouverneur | Victor Tourjansky | Germany |
Hotel Sacher | Erich Engel | Germany | |
The Journey to Tilsit | Die Reise nach Tilsit | Veit Harlan | Germany |
Kitty and the World Conference | Kitty und die Weltkonferenz | Helmut Käutner | Germany |
Kriegsbeginn in der Wochenschau | Helmut Käutner | Germany | |
The Lion Has Wings | Michael Powell, Brian Desmond Hurst and Adrian Brunel | United Kingdom | |
Love On The Wing | Norman McLaren | United Kingdom | |
MFI 754/MFI 812 newsreels | MFI 754/MFI 812 | (unknown) | Hungary |
Midsummer Night's Fire | Johannisfeuer | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Germany |
The New Teacher | Учитель | Sergei Gerasimov | Soviet Union |
The Oppenheim Family | Семья Оппенгейм | Grigori Roshal | Soviet Union |
Pathé Journal 06/09/1939 | (unknown) | France | |
Q Planes | Tim Whelan and Arthur B. Woods | United Kingdom | |
The Rules of the Game | La Règle du Jeu | Jean Renoir | France |
Shchors | Щорс | Alexander Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva | Soviet Union |
Spain | Испания | Esfir Shub | Soviet Union |
Spare Time | Humphrey Jennings | United Kingdom | |
The Spy in Black | Michael Powell | United Kingdom | |
There's No Tomorrow | Sans lendemain | Max Ophüls | France |
They Knew What They Wanted | Garson Kanin | United States | |
They Staked Their Lives | Med livet som insats | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
Threats | Menaces... | Edmond T. Gréville | France |
Three Sergeants | Drei Unteroffiziere | Werner Hochbaum | Germany |
Two Girls on the Street | Két lány az utcán | Andre DeToth | Hungary |
Ufa Tonwoche 440 vom 9.2.1939 | (unknown) | Germany | |
Ufa Tonwoche 468 vom 23.8.1939 | (unknown) | Germany | |
Ufa Tonwoche 469 vom 30.8.1939 | (unknown) | Germany | |
Ufa Tonwoche vom 7.9.1939 | (unknown) | Germany | |
Uproar in Damascus | Aufruhr in Damaskus | Gustav Ucicky | Germany |
The Vyborg Side | Выборгская сторона | Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg | Soviet Union |
War Library Items 1, 2, 3 | (unknown) | United Kingdom | |
The West Wall | Der Westwall | Fritz Hippler | Germany |
Official Awards
editThe following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
- Golden Bear: Rain Man by Barry Levinson
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Evening Bell by Wu Ziniu
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Dušan Hanák for I Love, You Love
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani for Camille Claudel
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Gene Hackman for Mississippi Burning
- Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Eric Bogosian for Talk Radio
- Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Kaipo Cohen and Gila Almagor for Aviya's Summer
- Honourable Mention: Gang of Four by Jacques Rivette
- Alfred-Bauer Prize: The Servant
Independent Awads
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "PROGRAMME 1989". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "39th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1989". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "JURIES 1989". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ a b "RETROSPECTIVE 1989". Retrieved 9 June 2020.