30th Berlin International Film Festival
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The 30th annual Berlin International Film Festival
was held from February 18 to February 29, 1980.
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...
was held from February 18 to February 29, 1980.
Jury
- Ingrid ThulinIngrid ThulinIngrid Lilian Thulin was a Swedish film actress.-Biography:Thulin was born in Sollefteå, Ångermanland, northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna and Adam Thulin, a fisherman...
(Head of the Jury) - Betsy BlairBetsy BlairBetsy Blair was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London.Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur dancer, performed on radio, and worked as a model, before joining the chorus of Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe in 1940...
- Mathieu CarrièreMathieu CarrièreMathieu Carrière is a German actor.Carrière grew up in Berlin and Lübeck; he attended the Jesuit boarding school Lycée Saint-François-Xavier in Vannes, France, a school which had previously been attended by the director of Carrière's first major film, Volker Schlöndorff. In 1969 Carrière moved to...
- Alberto IsaacAlberto IsaacAlberto Isaac was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...
- Peter KernPeter KernPeter Kern is an Austrian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He has appeared in 70 films since 1957 and directed a further 23. He starred in the 1978 film Flaming Hearts, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival...
- Károly Makk
- Alexander MittaAlexander MittaAlexander Naumovich Mitta is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor.Mitta's birth name was Alexander Naumovich Rabinovich . He studied engineering , then worked as a cartoonist in art and humour magazines...
- Alexandre TraunerAlexandre TraunerAlexandre Trauner was a set designer.After studying painting at l'École des beaux-arts de Budapest, he emigrated to Paris in 1929, where he became the assistant of set designer Lazare Meerson, working on such films as À nous la liberté in 1932 and La Kermesse héroïque in 1935)...
- Angel Wagenstein
Films in competition
- Bizalom by István SzabóIstván SzabóIstván Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...
- Chiedo asiloSeeking Asylum (film)Seeking Asylum is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.-Cast:* Roberto Benigni - Roberto* Francesca De Sapio - Chiara...
by Marco Ferreri - Der Preis fürs ÜberlebenDer Preis fürs ÜberlebenDer Preis fürs Überleben is a 1980 German drama film directed by Hans Noever. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Michel Piccoli - René Winterhalter* Martin West - Joseph C...
by Hans NoeverHans NoeverHans Noever is a German film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 13 films between 1973 and 1986. His 1980 film Der Preis fürs Überleben was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:... - Deutschland bleiche Mutter by Helma Sanders-BrahmsHelma Sanders-BrahmsHelma Sanders-Brahms is a German film director, screenwriter, producer and actress.She studied acting then German and English. She first worked in TV and then trained as a film director with Sergio Corbucci and Pier Paolo Pasolini making a large number of films often commissioned by German...
- DyrygentThe Orchestra ConductorThe Orchestra Conductor is a 1980 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Andrzej Seweryn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.-Cast:* John Gielgud - John Lasocki...
by Andrzej WajdaAndrzej WajdaAndrzej Wajda is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School"... - DüşmanThe Enemy (1979 film)The Enemy is a 1979 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed by Yılmaz Güney with Zeki Ökten during Güney's second imprisonment, featuring Aytaç Arman as Ismail an overqualified young Turkish worker who unable to find employment is reduced to poisoning the local stray dogs and begging...
by Zeki Ökten, Yılmaz GüneyYilmaz GüneyYılmaz Güney, was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist and actor from Turkey. Many of his works are devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey.- Biography :... - El crimen de Cuenca by Pilar MiróPilar MiróPilar Miró was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.She directed TVE from 1986 to 1989, and in the 90's, the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I. In 1992, her film Beltenebros won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 42nd Berlin International Film...
- HeartlandHeartland (film)Heartland is a 1979 American film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. The film is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West, and is based on a 1914 published reminiscence by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader.Though...
by Richard Pearce - KorpinpolskaThe Raven's DanceThe Raven's Dance is a 1980 Finnish film directed by Markku Lehmuskallio. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention.-Cast:* Pertti Kalinainen - Petteri* Paavo Katajasaari - The father...
by Markku LehmuskallioMarkku LehmuskallioMarkku Lehmuskallio is a Finnish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He has directed 26 films since 1973. His 1980 film The Raven's Dance was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention.-Selected filmography:* The Raven's Dance * Seven... - La Mort en directDeath WatchDeath Watch is a 1980 science fiction film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is based on the novel The Unsleeping Eye by David G. Compton, also known as The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe...
by Bertrand TavernierBertrand TavernierBertrand Tavernier is a French director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.-Life and career:Tavernier was born in Lyon, the son of Geneviève and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, several years president of the French PEN club. Tavernier wanted to become a filmmaker since the age of thirteen... - La Viuda de MontielThe Widow of MontielThe Widow of Montiel is a 1979 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Littín. It is based on a short story of the same name by Gabriel García Marquez...
by Miguel LittínMiguel LittinMiguel Ernesto Littín Cucumides is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born to a Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides.... - Le Voyage en douceLe Voyage en douceLe Voyage en douce is a 1980 French drama film directed by Michel Deville. The screenplay is shaped around 15 different sexual anecdotes, penned by 15 writers. The film stars Dominique Sanda and Geraldine Chaplin...
by Michel DevilleMichel DevilleMichel Deville is a French film director and screenwriter.Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors... - Les Bons débarras by Francis MankiewiczFrancis MankiewiczFrancis Mankiewicz was a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1945, his family moved to Montreal, where Francis would spend all his childhood. He was a relative of Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Herman J...
- Marigolds in AugustMarigolds in August (film)Marigolds in August is a 1980 South African drama film directed by Ross Devenish, based on the play of the same name by Athol Fugard. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Berlin Bear Anniversary Prize.-Cast:...
by Ross DevenishRoss DevenishRoss Devenish is a South African film director. His 1980 film Marigolds in August, which entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Berlin Bear Anniversary Prize.-External links:... - MarmeladupproretMarmalade RevolutionMarmalade Revolution is a 1980 Swedish drama film directed by and starring Erland Josephson. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Erland Josephson - Karl Henrik Eller* Bibi Andersson - Anna-Berit* Marie Göranzon - Maj...
by Erland JosephsonErland JosephsonErland Josephson is a Swedish actor and author. He is best known to international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Theodoros Angelopoulos.-Biography:... - Moskva slezam ne veritMoscow Does Not Believe In TearsMoscow Does not Believe in Tears is a 1980 Soviet film made by Mosfilm. It was written by Valentin Chernykh and directed by Vladimir Menshov. The leading roles were played by Menshov's wife Vera Alentova and by Aleksey Batalov. The film won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in...
by Vladimir MenshovVladimir MenshovVladimir Valentinovich Menshov is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Like many other Russian filmmakers, he studied acting and directing at the state film school VGIK, the world's oldest educational... - Palermo oder WolfsburgPalermo or WolfsburgPalermo or Wolfsburg is a 1980 film by Werner Schroeter. It tells the story of an Italian immigrant who comes to West Germany in search of work.-Cast:* Nicola Zarbo - Nicola* Otto Sander - Staatsanwalt* Ida Di Benedetto - Giovanna...
by Werner SchroeterWerner SchroeterWerner Schroeter was a German film director and screenwriter, who some consider among the most important German writer-directors of the post-war period.-Biography:... - Rude BoyRude Boy (film)Rude Boy is a 1980 British film directed by Jack Hazan and David Mingay and filmed in 1978 and early 1979.The film, part fiction, part rockumentary, tells the story of Ray Gange, a Clash fan who leaves his job in a Soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band...
by Jack Hazan, David Mingay - Solo SunnySolo SunnySolo Sunny is a 1980 East German drama film directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Renate Krößner won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.-Cast:* Renate Krößner - Sunny...
by Konrad WolfKonrad WolfKonrad Wolf was an East German film director, son of Friedrich Wolf, brother of Markus Wolf....
, Wolfgang Kohlhaase - TransitTransit (1979 film)Transit is a 1979 Israeli drama film directed by Daniel Wachsmann. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Itzhak Ben-Zur* Gedalia Besser* Yair Elazar* Ruth Geller* Fanny Lubitsch* Gita Luka* Amnon Moskin...
by Daniel WachsmannDaniel WachsmannDaniel Wachsmann is an Israeli writer, producer and director of plot films, documentaries and television dramas.-Filmography:1975: My Father - First Prize at the International Film Festival, Mannheim, Germany...
Awards
- Golden BearGolden BearAccording to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
:- HeartlandHeartland (film)Heartland is a 1979 American film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. The film is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West, and is based on a 1914 published reminiscence by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader.Though...
by Richard Pearce - Palermo oder WolfsburgPalermo or WolfsburgPalermo or Wolfsburg is a 1980 film by Werner Schroeter. It tells the story of an Italian immigrant who comes to West Germany in search of work.-Cast:* Nicola Zarbo - Nicola* Otto Sander - Staatsanwalt* Ida Di Benedetto - Giovanna...
by Werner SchroeterWerner SchroeterWerner Schroeter was a German film director and screenwriter, who some consider among the most important German writer-directors of the post-war period.-Biography:...
- Heartland
- Silver Bear - Special Jury PrizeJury Grand PrixThe Jury Grand Prix is a Silver Bear award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition...
: Chiedo asiloSeeking Asylum (film)Seeking Asylum is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.-Cast:* Roberto Benigni - Roberto* Francesca De Sapio - Chiara...
by Marco Ferreri - Silver Bear for Best DirectorSilver Bear for Best DirectorThe Silver Bear for Best Director is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for best achievement in direction.-Awards:-Repeated winners:*Mario Monicelli *Satyajit Ray *Carlos Saura -External links:*...
: István SzabóIstván SzabóIstván Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...
for Bizalom - Silver Bear for Best ActressSilver Bear for Best ActressThe Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*...
: Renate Krößner for Solo SunnySolo SunnySolo Sunny is a 1980 East German drama film directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Renate Krößner won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.-Cast:* Renate Krößner - Sunny... - Silver Bear for Best ActorSilver Bear for Best ActorThe Silver Bear for Best Actor is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actor.- Awards :- External links :*...
: Andrzej SewerynAndrzej SewerynAndrzej Seweryn is a Polish and French actor and director. One of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France and Germany. He is also one of only three non-French actors to be hired by the Paris-based Comédie-Française.- Biography :Andrzej...
for DyrygentThe Orchestra ConductorThe Orchestra Conductor is a 1980 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Andrzej Seweryn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.-Cast:* John Gielgud - John Lasocki... - Berlin Bear Anniversary Prize: Marigolds in AugustMarigolds in August (film)Marigolds in August is a 1980 South African drama film directed by Ross Devenish, based on the play of the same name by Athol Fugard. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Berlin Bear Anniversary Prize.-Cast:...
by Ross DevenishRoss DevenishRoss Devenish is a South African film director. His 1980 film Marigolds in August, which entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Berlin Bear Anniversary Prize.-External links:... - Honourable Mention:
- Rude BoyRude Boy (film)Rude Boy is a 1980 British film directed by Jack Hazan and David Mingay and filmed in 1978 and early 1979.The film, part fiction, part rockumentary, tells the story of Ray Gange, a Clash fan who leaves his job in a Soho sex shop to become a roadie for the band...
- KorpinpolskaThe Raven's DanceThe Raven's Dance is a 1980 Finnish film directed by Markku Lehmuskallio. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention.-Cast:* Pertti Kalinainen - Petteri* Paavo Katajasaari - The father...
- DüşmanThe Enemy (1979 film)The Enemy is a 1979 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed by Yılmaz Güney with Zeki Ökten during Güney's second imprisonment, featuring Aytaç Arman as Ismail an overqualified young Turkish worker who unable to find employment is reduced to poisoning the local stray dogs and begging...
- Rude Boy
External links
- 1980 Berlin International Film Festival
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