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18th Berlin International Film Festival
The 18th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1968. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Swedish film ''Ole dole doff'' directed by Jan Troell. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Luis García Berlanga, director, screenwriter and actor (Spain) - Jury President * Peter Schamoni, director, screenwriter, producer and actor (West Germany) * Alex Viany, director, screenwriter and journalist (Brazil) * Georges de Beauregard, producer (France) * Alexander Walker, film critic (United Kingdom) * Domenico Meccoli, screenwriter and film critic (Italy) * Carl-Eric Nordberg, literary and film critic (Sweden) * Gordon Hitchens, film critic (United Kingdom) * Karsten Peters, actor and film critic (West Germany) Films in competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: Young Canadian Film A non-competitive program highlighting recent films by new and emerging Canadian film directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Lelouch
Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, actor and film producer, producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical acclaim for his 1966 romantic melodrama film ''A Man and a Woman, A Man and A Woman''. At the 39th Academy Awards in 1967, ''A Man and a Woman'' won Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Lelouch was also nominated for Best Director. While his films have gained him international recognition since the 1960s, Lelouch's methods and style of film are known for attracting criticism. Life and career Lelouch was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris to Charlotte (née Abeilard) and Simon Lelouch. His father was born to an Algerian Jewish family while his mother was a Conversion to Judaism, convert to Judaism. Lelouch says that his first contact with cinema was very young: "My mother hid me in mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Pereira Dos Santos
Nelson Pereira dos Santos (22 October 1928 21 April 2018) was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as ''Vidas secas (film), Vidas Secas'' (Barren Lives), based on the Vidas Secas, book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos. Biography Pereira dos Santos, named in honor of Almirante Horatio Nelson, was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Himself a frequenter of the cinema, Pereira dos Santos's father brought his very young son to the movie theater for the first time. By secondary school Pereira dos Santos was already fond of literature, and at 15 years old he joined the Brazilian Communist Party and became close to one of its other members, Astrojildo Pereira, Astrogildo Pereira. At the time the party was considered illegal by the government of Getúlio Vargas. The first feature film he directed was ''Rio 40°'', which was released in 1955. The film is a chronicle of life in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and it influenced several other directors, spurring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunger For Love
''Hunger for Love'' ( pt, Fome de Amor) is a 1968 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. It was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Arduíno Colassanti - Felipe * Leila Diniz - Ulla * Paulo Porto Paulo Porto (1 September 1917 – 3 July 1999) was a Brazilian actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He appeared in 32 films and television shows between 1947 and 1988. He starred in the 1973 film ''All Nudity Shall Be Punished'' ... - Alfredo References External links * 1968 drama films 1968 films 1960s Portuguese-language films Brazilian black-and-white films Brazilian drama films Films directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos {{1960s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Muzii
Enzo Muzii (13 January 1926 – 2 February 2014) was an Italian film director, writer and photographer. In 1968 he won the Jury Grand Prix at the Berlin International Film Festival for his film ''Something Like Love ''Something Like Love'' ( it, Come l'amore) is a 1968 Italian drama film directed by Enzo Muzii. It was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury. Cast * Alfred Lynch ...''. Selected works *''Punto di non ritorno'', Adelphi, Milano, 1990 *''Silenzio, si vive: romanzo di profilo,'' Aragno, Torino, 2003 *''Fuori dai giochi: tre storie,'' Aragno, Torino, 2005, vincitore del Premio II Ceppo nel 2006 *''Il tempo parlerà,'' Aragno, Torino, 2006 References External links * 1926 births 2014 deaths Italian film directors Italian male writers Italian photographers {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Like Love
''Something Like Love'' ( it, Come l'amore) is a 1968 Italian drama film directed by Enzo Muzii. It was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury. Cast * Alfred Lynch * Anna Maria Guarnieri Anna Maria Guarnieri (born 20 August 1933, in Milan) is an Italian actress, notable for her work in theatre and film and as a voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an ... * Giuseppe Salierno * Valentino Esposito * Paul Theodore Flynn * Valentino Macchi * Giulio Mascoli * Gioia Ramaglia * Barbara Ruffo References External links * 1968 films 1960s Italian-language films 1968 drama films Italian black-and-white films Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winners 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronik Der Anna Magdalena Bach
''The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach'' (german: Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach) is a 1968 film by the French filmmaking duo of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet. It was their first full-length feature film, and reportedly took a decade to finance. The film stars renowned harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt as Johann Sebastian Bach and Christiane Lang as Anna Magdalena Bach. The orchestral music was performed by Concentus Musicus and conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. It is the first of several Straub-Huillet films to be based on works of classical music. The film was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival. Though, as on all of their films, Straub and Huillet contributed to the film equally, Straub is the officially credited director. Cast * Gustav Leonhardt – Johann Sebastian Bach * Christiane Lang – Anna Magdalena Bach * Paolo Carlini – Hölzel * Ernst Castelli – Steger * Hans-Peter Boye – Born * Joachim Wolff – Rector * Rainer Kirchner – S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Nelson
Ralph Nelson (August 12, 1916 – December 21, 1987) was an American film and television director, producer, writer, and actor. He was best known for directing '' Lilies of the Field'' (1963), '' Father Goose'' (1964), and ''Charly'' (1968), films which won Academy Awards. Life and career Nelson was born in Long Island City, New York. He served in the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor in World War II. Before the war ended, he had a play on Broadway: "The Wind Is Ninety" ran from June to September 1945. Kirk Douglas was in the cast. Nelson directed the acclaimed episode "A World of His Own" of ''The Twilight Zone'' (he should ''not'' be confused with ''The Twilight Zone's'' production manager, Ralph ''W.'' Nelson). He also directed both the television and film versions of Rod Serling's ''Requiem for a Heavyweight.'' He directed ''Charly,'' the 1968 film version of ''Flowers for Algernon,'' for which Cliff Robertson won an Academy Award, as well as several racially prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charly
''Charly'' (marketed and stylized as ''CHAЯLY'') is a 1968 American drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on ''Flowers for Algernon'', a science-fiction short story (1958) and subsequent novel (1966) by Daniel Keyes. The film stars Cliff Robertson as Charly Gordon, an intellectually disabled adult who is selected by two doctors to undergo a surgical procedure that triples his IQ as it had done for a laboratory mouse who underwent the same procedure. The film also stars Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Dick Van Patten and Barney Martin. Robertson had played the same role in a 1961 television adaptation titled " The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon," an episode of the anthology series ''The United States Steel Hour''. The film received positive reviews and was a success at the box office and later in home media sales. Robertson won Best Actor at the Academy Awards. Plot Charly Gordon is an intellectually disabled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's ''Germany Year Zero'', Alberto Lattuada's '' The Mill on the Po'' (both 1948) and Giuseppe De Santis' ''Bitter Rice'' (1949), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story. After directing documentaries, he debuted as a feature director with the admired World War II drama ''Achtung! Banditi!'' (1951). Respected for his awarded drama '' Chronicle of Poor Lovers'' (1954), he has proven a solid director of genre films, notably crime films such as '' The Violent Four'' (1968) and '' Crazy Joe'' (1974) or crime-comedy ''Roma Bene'' (1971). His film ''L'oro di Roma'' (1961) examined events around the final deportation of the Jews of Rome and the Roman roundup, ''grande razzia'', of October 1943. For his 1968 film ''Bandits in Milan'' he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandits In Milan
''Bandits in Milan'' ( it, Banditi a Milano; also known as ''The Violent Four'') is a 1968 Italian crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. It is the debut film of Agostina Belli. Production Like director Carlo Lizzani's previous film ''Wake Up and Die'' is based on a real life event, specifically a bank robbery that went wrong in Milan on 25 September 1967. Cast * Gian Maria Volonté as Piero Cavallero * Tomas Milian as Commissario Basevi * Don Backy as Sante Notarnicola * Ray Lovelock as Donato 'Tuccio' Lopez * Ezio Sancrotti as Adriano Rovoletto 'Bartolini' * Piero Mazzarella as Piva * Laura Solari as Tuccio's Mother * Peter Martell as The Protector * Margaret Lee as Prostitute * Carla Gravina as Anna * Luigi Rossetti as Robber * María Rosa Sclauzero as Piero's Secretary * Ida Meda as Moglie di Piero * Tota Ruta as Club Hitman * Evi Rossi Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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