41st_Berlin_International_Film_Festival Knowpia

41st Berlin International Film Festival
	Festival poster
Opening film	Uranus
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear (La casa del sorriso)
No. of films	402 films
Festival date	15–26 February 1991
Website	Website
Berlin International Film Festival chronology
	42nd 40th

The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1991.^[2] The festival opened with Uranus by Claude Berri.^[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to Italian film La casa del sorriso directed by Marco Ferreri.^[3] The retrospective dedicated to Cold War films was shown at the festival.^[4]

Jury edit

Volker Schlöndorff, Jury President

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:^[5]

Volker Schlöndorff, director, screenwriter and producer (Germany) - Jury President
Chantal Akerman, director, screenwriter and actress (Belgium)
Laurie Anderson, musician and writer (United States)
José Luis Borau, director and screenwriter (Spain)
Judith Godrèche, actress and writer (France)
Yuri Klepikov, writer (Soviet Union)
Renate Krößner, actress (Germany)
Gillo Pontecorvo, director and screenwriter (Italy)
Simon Relph, producer (United Kingdom)
Catharina Stackelberg, screenwriter (Sweden)
Mircea Veroiu, director and screenwriter (Romania)

Films in competition edit

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:^[1]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Lovers	Amantes	Vicente Aranda	Spain
	Amelia Lópes O'Neill	Valeria Sarmiento	Chile, Switzerland, France, Spain
The Ballad of the Sad Café	The Ballad of the Sad Café	Simon Callow	UK, USA
The Mountain	Der Berg	Markus Imhoof	Switzerland
	Cabeza de Vaca	Nicolás Echevarría	Mexico, Spain, France, USA, UK
The Conviction	La condanna	Marco Bellocchio	Italy, Switzerland, France
Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch		Tian Zhuangzhuang	China, Hong Kong
Dances with Wolves	Dances with Wolves	Kevin Costner	USA
Snake Fang	Dandan-e-mar	Masoud Kimiai	Iran
Success	Erfolg	Franz Seitz Jr.	Germany
Fortune Express		Olivier Schatzky	France
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg	God afton, Herr Wallenberg	Kjell Grede	Sweden
The House of Smiles	La casa del sorriso	Marco Ferreri	Italy
Quiet Days in August	Isyhes meres tou Avgoustou	Pantelis Voulgaris	Greece
When the Stars Were Red	Ked hviezdy boli cervené	Dušan Trančík	Czechoslovakia, France
The Miracle	The Miracle	Neil Jordan	UK, Ireland
Mister Johnson	Mister Johnson	Bruce Beresford	USA
The Little Gangster	Le Petit criminel	Jacques Doillon	France
The Russia House	The Russia House	Fred Schepisi	USA
Satan		Viktor Aristov	Soviet Union
The Silence of the Lambs	The Silence of the Lambs	Jonathan Demme	USA
The Tango Player	Der Tangospieler	Roland Gräf	Germany
Ultrà		Ricky Tognazzi	Italy
Uranus	Uranus	Claude Berri	France
Captain Fracassa's Journey	Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa	Ettore Scola	France, Italy

Key edit

^†	Winner of the main award for best film in its section
The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.

Retrospective edit

1991 Retrospective poster, dedicated to Cold War films^[6]

The following films were shown in the retrospective:^[7]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Advise And Consent	Advise and Consent	Otto Preminger	USA
Angel Face	Angel Face	Otto Preminger	USA
Blood on the Moon	Blood on the Moon	Robert Wise	USA
Cape Fear	Cape Fear	J. Lee Thompson	USA
The Condemned Village	Das verurteilte Dorf	Martin Hellberg	East Germany
Divided Heaven	Der geteilte Himmel	Konrad Wolf	East Germany
Four in a Jeep	Die vier im Jeep	Leopold Lindtberg	Switzerland
Diplomatic Courier	Diplomatic Courier	Henry Hathaway	USA
Double Dynamite	Double Dynamite	Irving Cummings	USA
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the bomb	Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the bomb	Stanley Kubrick	UK
A Berlin Romance	Eine Berliner Romanze	Gerhard Klein	East Germany
Fail-Safe	Fail-Safe	Sidney Lumet	USA
Farewell, My Lovely	Farewell, My Lovely	Dick Richards	USA
For Eyes Only	For Eyes Only	János Veiczi	East Germany
	Frauenschicksale	Slatan Dudow	East Germany
From Russia with Love	From Russia with Love	Terence Young	UK
Funeral In Berlin	Funeral in Berlin	Guy Hamilton	UK
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes	Gentlemen Marry Brunettes	Richard Sale	USA
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Howard Hawks	USA
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison	John Huston	USA
His Kind of Woman	His Kind of Woman	John Farrow	USA
Home from the Hill	Home from the Hill	Vincente Minnelli	USA
Hot Blood	Hot Blood	Nicholas Ray	USA
Don Camillo in Moscow	Il compagno Don Camillo	Luigi Comencini	Italy, France
I Married a Communist	I Married a Communist	Robert Stevenson	USA
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Don Siegel	USA
Invasion U.S.A.	Invasion U.S.A.	Alfred E. Green	USA
I Was a Communist for the FBI	I Was a Communist for the FBI	Gordon Douglas	USA
Jet Pilot	Jet Pilot	Josef von Sternberg	USA
The Spies	Les Espions	Henri-Georges Clouzot	France, Italy
Macao	Macao	Josef von Sternberg	USA
Man on a Tightrope	Man on a Tightrope	Elia Kazan	USA
Montana Belle	Montana Belle	Allan Dwan	USA
One, Two, Three	One, Two, Three	Billy Wilder	USA
Out of the Past	Out of the Past	Jacques Tourneur	USA
Pursued	Pursued	Raoul Walsh	USA
Quatermass 2	Quatermass 2	Val Guest	UK
Red Dawn	Red Dawn	John Milius	USA
Red Planet Mars	Red Planet Mars	Harry Horner	USA
River of No Return	River of No Return	Otto Preminger	USA
Story of a Young Couple	Roman einer jungen Ehe	Kurt Maetzig	East Germany
Ryan's Daughter	Ryan's Daughter	David Lean	UK
Seven Days in May	Seven Days in May	John Frankenheimer	USA
Son of Paleface	Son of Paleface	Frank Tashlin	USA
The 27th Day	The 27th Day	William Asher	USA
The Big Lift	The Big Lift	George Seaton	USA
The Big Steal	The Big Steal	Don Siegel	USA
The Deadly Affair	The Deadly Affair	Sidney Lumet	UK
The Friends of Eddie Coyle	The Friends of Eddie Coyle	Peter Yates	USA
The Iron Curtain	The Iron Curtain	William A. Wellman	USA
The Kremlin Letter	The Kremlin Letter	John Huston	USA
The Looking Glass War	The Looking Glass War	Frank Pierson	UK
The Lusty Men	The Lusty Men	Nicholas Ray	USA
The Man Between	The Man Between	Carol Reed	UK
The Manchurian Candidate	The Manchurian Candidate	John Frankenheimer	USA
The Night of the Hunter	The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton	USA
The Outlaw	The Outlaw	Howard Hughes	UK
The Paleface	The Paleface	Norman Z. McLeod	USA
The Red Danube	The Red Danube	George Sidney	USA
The Red Menace	The Red Menace	R. G. Springsteen	USA
Red Nightmare	Red Nightmare	George Waggner	USA
The Revolt Of Mamie Stover	The Revolt of Mamie Stover (film)	Raoul Walsh	USA
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	Martin Ritt	UK
The Tall Men	The Tall Men	Raoul Walsh	USA
The Wonderful Country	The Wonderful Country	Robert Parrish	USA
The Yakuza	The Yakuza	Sydney Pollack	USA
The Young Lovers	The Young Lovers	Anthony Asquith	UK
Thunder Road	Thunder Road	Arthur Ripley	USA
Topaz	Topaz	Alfred Hitchcock	UK
Torn Curtain	Torn Curtain	Alfred Hitchcock	USA
Track of the Cat	Track of the Cat	William A. Wellman	USA
Escape from East Berlin	Tunnel 28	Robert Siodmak	USA, West Germany
Stop Train 349	Verspätung in Marienborn	Rolf Hädrich	West Germany
Walk East on Beacon	Walk East on Beacon	Alfred L. Werker	USA
Where Danger Lives	Where Danger Lives	John Farrow	USA

Awards edit

Marco Ferreri, winner of the Golden Bear at the festival

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:^[3]

Golden Bear: La casa del sorriso by Marco Ferreri
Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize:
- La condanna by Marco Bellocchio
- Satan by Viktor Aristov
Silver Bear for Best Director:
- Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
- Ricky Tognazzi for Ultrà
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Victoria Abril for Amantes
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Maynard Eziashi for Mister Johnson
Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves
Honourable Mention
FIPRESCI Award
- Le Petit criminel by Jacques Doillon

References edit

^ ^a ^b "PROGRAMME 1991". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b "41st Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1991". 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 August 2014.
^ "JURIES 1991". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
^ "RETROSPECTIVE 1991". Retrieved 28 August 2014.