39th Berlin International Film Festival
The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989.[2] 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]
 Festival poster | |
| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear (Rain Man) |
| No. of films | 375 films[1] |
| Festival date | 10 – 21 February 1989 |
| Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
Jury
Rolf Liebermann, Jury President
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Rolf Liebermann, composer (Switzerland) - Jury President
- Leslie Caron, dancer and actress (France)
- Chen Kaige, director (China)
- Vadim Glowna, actor and director (West Germany)
- Randa Haines, director and screenwriter (United States)
- Vladimir Ignatovski, director of Bulgarska Nacionalna Filmoteka (Bulgaria)
- Adrian Kutter, founder of the Biberach an der Riß Film Festival (West Germany)
- Francisco Rabal, actor (Spain)
- Cliff Robertson, actor (United States)
- Zdeněk Svěrák, actor and screenwriter (Czechoslovakia)
- Boris Vasilyev, writer and screenwriter (Soviet Union)
Films in competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:[1]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Accused | The Accused | Jonathan Kaplan | USA |
| Gang of Four | La bande des quatre | Jacques Rivette | France |
| Bankomatt | Villi Hermann | Switzerland, Italy | |
| Camille Claudel | Bruno Nuytten | France | |
| Hope and Pain | Dauntaun hirozu | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
| Esquilache | Josefina Molina | Spain | |
| Fallada: The Last Chapter | Fallada – letztes Kapitel | Roland Gräf | East Germany |
| The Striker with Number 9 | I fanela me to 9 | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece |
| American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy | Histoires d'Amérique | Chantal Akerman | Belgium, France |
| Ivan and Alexandra | Ivan i Aleksandra | Ivan Nitchev | Bulgaria |
| I Love, You Love | Ja milujem, ty miluješ | Dušan Hanák | Czechoslovakia |
| Joan of Arc of Mongolia | Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia | Ulrike Ottinger | West Germany, France |
| Summer of Aviya | Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya | Eli Cohen | Israel |
| Before the Bat's Flight Is Done | Mielött befejezi röptét a denevér | Péter Tímár | Hungary |
| Mississippi Burning | Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | USA |
| The Dark Night | La noche oscura | Carlos Saura | Spain, France |
| Pestalozzi's Mountain | Pestalozzis Berg | Peter von Gunten | East Germany, Switzerland, Italy |
| Rain Man | Rain Man | Barry Levinson | USA |
| Resurrected | Resurrected | Paul Greengrass | United Kingdom |
| The Servant | Sluga | Vadim Abdrashitov | Soviet Union |
| Talk Radio | Talk Radio | Oliver Stone | USA |
| Evening Bell | Wan zhong | Wu Ziniu | China |
Out of competition
- 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)
- Власть Соловецкая. Свидетельства и документы Vlast Solovetskaya. Svidetelstva i dokumenty, directed by Marina Goldovskaya (Soviet Union)
- War Requiem, directed by Derek Jarman (UK)
Key
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section
Retrospective
The 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Girl Must Live | Carol Reed | United Kingdom | |
| Uproar in Damascus | Aufruhr in Damaskus | Gustav Ucicky | Germany |
| Bel Ami | Bel Ami | Willi Forst | Germany |
| Wilton's Zoo | Boefje | Detlef Sierck | Netherlands |
| The Fight Continues | Борьба продолжается Borba prodolschajetsa | Vasily Zhuravlyov | Soviet Union |
| 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 | USA | |
| The Governor | Der Gouverneur | Victor Tourjansky | Germany |
| The West Wall | Der Westwall | Fritz Hippler | Germany |
| Deutsche Kulturfilme (beinhaltet Alpenkorps im Angriff von Gösta Nordhaus und Germanen gegen Pharaonen von Anton Kutter) | (unknown) | Germany | |
| The Journey to Tilsit | Die Reise nach Tilsit | Veit Harlan | Germany |
| Do It Now | (unknown) | United Kingdom | |
| Dora Nelson | Dora Nelson | Mario Soldati | Italy |
| Three Sergeants | Drei Unteroffiziere | Werner Hochbaum | Germany |
| Fric-Frac | Fric-Frac | Maurice Lehmann | France |
| Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Sam Wood | United Kingdom | |
| Hotel Sacher | Hotel Sacher | Erich Engel | Germany |
| Spain | Испания Ispanija | Esfir Shub | Soviet Union |
| Midsummer Night's Fire | Johannisfeuer | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Germany |
| Two Girls on the Street | Két lány az utcán | Andre DeToth | Hungary |
| Kitty and the World Conference | Kitty und die Weltkonferenz | Helmut Käutner | Germany |
| Kriegsbeginn in der Wochenschau | Helmut Käutner | Germany | |
| The Rules of the Game | La Règle du Jeu | Jean Renoir | France |
| The Deserter | Le Déserteur | Léonide Moguy | France |
| Daybreak | Le Jour Se Lève | Marcel Carné | France |
| Love On The Wing | Norman McLaren | United Kingdom | |
| They Staked Their Lives | Med livet som insats | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
| Threats | Menaces... | Edmond T. Gréville | France |
| MFI 754/MFI 812 newsreels | MFI 754/MFI 812 | (unknown) | Hungary |
| Pathé Journal of the 06/09/1939 | Pathé Journal 06/09/1939' | (unknown) | France |
| Q Planes | Tim Whelan and Arthur B. Woods | United Kingdom | |
| There's No Tomorrow | Sans lendemain | Max Ophüls | France |
| The Oppenheim Family | Семья Оппенгейм Semja Oppengejm | Grigori Roshal | Soviet Union |
| Spare Time | Humphrey Jennings | United Kingdom | |
| Shchors | Щорс Shchors | Alexander Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva | Soviet Union |
| The First Days | Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt and Pat Jackson | United Kingdom | |
| The Four Feathers | Zoltan Korda | United Kingdom | |
| The Lion Has Wings | Michael Powell, Brian Desmond Hurst and Adrian Brunel | United Kingdom | |
| The Spy in Black | Michael Powell | United Kingdom | |
| They Knew What They Wanted | Garson Kanin | USA | |
| 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 | |
| The New Teacher | Учитель Uchitel | Sergei Gerasimov | Soviet Union |
| Constable Studer | Wachtmeister Studer | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
| War Library Items 1, 2, 3 | (unknown) | United Kingdom | |
| Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship | V lyudyakh В людях | Mark Donskoy | Soviet Union |
| The Vyborg Side | Выборгская сторона Vyborgskaya storona | Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg | Soviet Union |
Awards
Barry Levinson, winner of the Golden Bear at the event
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]
- Golden Bear: Rain Man by Barry Levinson
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Wan zhong by Wu Ziniu
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Dušan Hanák for Ja milujem, ty miluješ
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani for Camille Claude
- 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 Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya
- Honourable Mention: La bande des quatre by Jacques Rivette
- Alfred-Bauer Prize: Sluga
- 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.
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