38th Berlin International Film Festival explained

38th Berlin International Film Festival
Opening:Linie 1
Location:West Berlin, Germany
Founded:1951
Awards:Golden Bear

Red Sorghum

Number:447 films
Date:12  - 23 February 1988
Website:http://www.berlinale.de
Chronology:Berlin International Film Festival
Preceded By:37th
Followed By:39th

The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988.[1] The festival opened with musical film Linie 1 by Reinhard Hauff.

The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou.

The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled The History of Colour Film.[2] Originally West German actor Gert Fröbe was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which Moritz de Hadeln appointed the Italian film critic Guglielmo Biraghi as the Jury President.

Juries

Main Competition

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[3]

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[4]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
Bear Ye One Another's BurdenEiner trage des anderen Last Lothar WarnekeEast Germany
Broadcast News James L. BrooksUnited States
CommissarКомиссар Aleksandr AskoldovSoviet Union
The FelonsHudodelci Franci SlakYugoslavia
Ground Zero Bruce Myles, Michael PattinsonAustralia
Hunting TimeAv Zamanı Erden KıralTurkey
JarrapellejosAntonio Giménez-RicoSpain
Kung-Fu Master Agnès VardaFrance
Life Classes William D. MacGillivrayCanada
MoonstruckNorman JewisonUnited States
The Mother of KingsMatka Królów Janusz ZaorskiPoland
PheraBuddhadeb DasguptaIndia
The PossessedLes possédés Andrzej WajdaFrance
Red Sorghum 紅高粱Zhang YimouChina
TheophilosΘεόφιλοςLakis PapastathisGreece
Verónico CruzLa deuda interna Miguel PereiraArgentina, United Kingdom
WalkerAlex CoxUnited States, Mexico, Spain
Wohin?Herbert AchternbuschWest Germany
YaseminHark BohmWest Germany, Turkey

Out of competition

Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":[5]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
A Colour BoxUnited Kingdom
The Adventures of Robin HoodMichael CurtizUnited States
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Norman Taurog
A Matter of Life and DeathUnited Kingdom
Anticipation of the NightStan BrakhageUnited States
A Star Is Born
The Band ConcertWilfred Jackson
Barry LyndonStanley KubrickUnited Kingdom, United States
The Belle of New YorkUnited States
The Birth of The RobotUnited Kingdom
Black NarcissusUnited Kingdom
Blood and SandRouben MamoulianUnited States
BrigadoonVincente Minnelli
The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariDas Cabinett des Dr.CaligariRobert WieneGermany
Carmen Comes Homeカルメン故郷に帰るKeisuke KinoshitaJapan
CirclesKreiseOskar FischingerGermany
Composition in BlueKomposition in BlauOskar Fischinger
Concerning $1000(unknown)United States
La CucarachaLloyd Corrigan
Doctor XMichael Curtiz
Duel In The SunKing Vidor
English HarvestUnited Kingdom
FantasiaJames Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield and Ben SharpsteenUnited States
For Whom the Bell Tolls Sam Wood
Four Around a WomanVier um die FrauFritz LangGermany
The Garden of AllahUnited States
Gate of Hell地獄門Teinosuke KinugasaJapan
Gloria! Hollis FramptonUnited States
Gold Diggers of BroadwayRoy Del Ruth
Gone To Earth United Kingdom
Great Freedom No. 7Große Freiheit Nr. 7Germany
The Great SacrificeOpfergangVeit Harlan
Gypsy SweetheartRalph StaubUnited States
House of Usher Roger Corman
The Inhuman WomanL'InhumaineMarcel L'HerbierFrance
Johnny GuitarNicholas RayUnited States
King of JazzJohn Murray Anderson
Late Autumn秋日和 Japan
LolaRainer Werner FassbinderWest Germany
Made in U.S.A.Jean-Luc GodardFrance
Märkische FahrtKurt RupliGermany
William WylerUnited States
Moby DickJohn Huston
Mode in Paris und Berlin vor dem 1. Weltkrieg(unknown)Germany
Moulin RougeUnited Kingdom
MünchhausenJosef von BákyGermany
Muratti Marches OnMuratti greift einOskar Fischinger
Mystery of the Wax MuseumUnited States
The NightingaleСоловей-СоловушкоNikolai EkkSoviet Union
One From The Heart United States
On ParadeUnited Kingdom
The PassengerProfessione: reporterMichelangelo AntonioniItaly, Spain, France
The Phantom CarriageKörkarlenVictor SjöströmSweden
PotsdamPotsdam(unknown)Germany
The Pretty Miller GirlLa Belle MeunièreMarcel PagnolFrance
The Quiet Man John FordUnited States
Ramona
The Red BalloonLe ballon rougeAlbert LamorisseFrance
The Red Shoes Emeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited Kingdom
The RiverLe FleuveFrance, India, United States
SensoItaly
Serene VelocityUnited States
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Sons of Liberty
The Sword of Monte Cristo
The Story of Little Mook: Tales from EuropeDie Geschichte vom kleinen MuckWolfgang StaudteEast Germany
Three Little PigsBurt GillettUnited States
The Toll of the SeaChester M. Franklin
The Trail Of The Lonesome PineHenry Hathaway
The Trouble with HarryAlfred Hitchcock
The Tree of Wooden ClogsL'albero d'egli zoccoliErmanno OlmiItaly
Unser Hindenburg(unknown)Germany
The VikingRoy William NeillUnited States
Way Down EastDavid Wark Griffith
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?Frank Tashlin
The Wrestler and the ClownБорец и клоунBoris Barnet and Konstantin YudinSoviet Union

Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[6]

Independent Awads

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 38th Berlin International Film Festival . 4 March 2011 . berlinale.de.
  2. Web site: RETROSPECTIVE. 5 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20170304113847/http://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/sektionen_sonderveranstaltungen/retrospektive/index.html. 4 March 2017. dead.
  3. Web site: JURIES 1988 . 9 June 2014 . berlinale.de . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023105148/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/04_jury_1988/04_Jury_1988.html. 23 October 2013 . live.
  4. Web site: PROGRAMME 1988. 9 June 2014 . berlinale.de. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109180342/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/02_programm_1988/02_Programm_1988.html. 9 November 2013 . live.
  5. Web site: RETROSPECTIVE 1988 . 5 August 2014.
  6. Web site: PRIZES & HONOURS 1988. 9 June 2014 . berlinale.de. https://web.archive.org/web/20140101063851/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/03_preistr_ger_1988/03_Preistraeger_1988.html. 1 January 2014 . live.

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