 Festival poster | |
| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Rain Man |
| No. of films | 375 films |
| Festival date | 10 – 21 February 1989 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
| Berlin International Film Festival chronology | |
| 40th 38th | |
The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989.
The Golden Bear was awarded to American film Rain Man directed by Barry Levinson.
The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer and another one dedicated to European productions of 1939 titled Europe 1939.
Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
- 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
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
Out of Competition
- Farewell to False Paradise (Abschied vom falschen Paradies), directed by Tevfik Başer (West Germany)
- Another Woman, directed by Woody Allen (USA)
- The Break [de], directed by Frank Beyer (East Germany)
- Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears (USA)
- C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale [de], 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
The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Erich Pommer:
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Europe 1939":
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
- 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
FIPRESCI Award
UNICEF Award
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "RETROSPECTIVE 1989". Retrieved 9 June 2020.
External links
- 39th Berlin International Film Festival 1989
- 1989 Berlin International Film Festival
- Berlin International Film Festival:1989 at Internet Movie Database
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