17th Berlin International Film Festival
The 17th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June – 4 July 1967. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Belgian film '' Le départ'' directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Thorold Dickinson, director, screenwriter and producer (United Kingdom) - Jury President * Rüdiger von Hirschberg, producer (West Germany) * Knud Leif Thomsen, director and screenwriter (Denmark) * Michel Aubriant, journalist and writer (France) * Sashadhar Mukerjee, producer (India) * Aleksandar Petrović, director and screenwriter (Yugoslavia) * Willard Van Dyke, filmmaker and photographer (United States) * Manfred Delling, journalist and writer (West Germany) Films in competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: Key : Awards The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: * Golden Bear: '' Le départ'' by Jerzy Skolimowski * Silver Bear for Best Director: Živojin Pavlov ...
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West Berlin
West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1990, the territory was claimed by the West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) which was heavily disputed by the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. However, West Berlin de facto aligned itself politically with the FRG on 23 May 1949, was directly or indirectly represented in its federal institutions, and most of its residents were citizens of the FRG. West Berlin was formally controlled by the Western Allies and entirely surrounded by the Soviet Union, Soviet-controlled East Berlin and East Germany. West Berlin had great symbolic significance during the Cold War, as it was widely considered by westerners an "island of free world, freedom" and America's most loyal counterpa ...
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