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20th Berlin International Film Festival
The 20th annual Berlin International Film Festival was supposed to be held from 26 June to 7 July 1970. The festival opened with ''Klann – grand guignol'' by Patrick Ledoux. However, on 5 July the competition was cancelled and no major prizes were awarded, due to a controversy surrounding the participation of Michael Verhoeven's anti-war film '' o.k. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * George Stevens, director and screenwriter (United States) - Jury President * Klaus Hebecker, journalist and film critic (West Germany) * David Neves, director, screenwriter and producer (Brazil) * Véra Volmane, journalist, writer and film critic (France) * Billie Whitelaw, actress (United Kingdom) * Alberto Lattuada, director and screenwriter (Italy) * Dušan Makavejev, director and screenwriter (Yugoslavia) * Gunnar Oldin, journalist and film critic (Sweden) * Manfred Durniok, director and producer (West Germany) Films in competition The followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klann – Grand Guignol
''Klann – grand guignol'' is a 1969 French-Belgian mystery film directed by Patrick Ledoux. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Gabriel Cattand * Ursula Kubler Ursula may refer to: * Ursula (name), feminine name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name * ''Ursula'' (album), an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron *Ursula (crater), a crater on Titania, a moon of Uranus *Ursula (det ... * Marie Signe Ledoux * David McNeil as Poitou * Nathalie Vernier References External links * 1969 films 1960s French-language films 1960s mystery films Films directed by Patrick Ledoux French mystery films Belgian mystery films French-language Belgian films 1960s French films {{Belgium-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby In De Boom
An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. ''Infant'' (from the Latin word ''infans'', meaning 'unable to speak' or 'speechless') is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term ''baby''. The terms may also be used to refer to juveniles of other organisms. A newborn is, in colloquial use, an infant who is only hours, days, or up to one month old. In medical contexts, a newborn or neonate (from Latin, ''neonatus'', newborn) is an infant in the first 28 days after birth; the term applies to premature, full term, and postmature infants. Before birth, the offspring is called a fetus. The term ''infant'' is typically applied to very young children under one year of age; however, definitions may vary and may include children up to two years of age. When a human child learns to walk, they are called a toddler instead. Other uses In British English, an ''infant school'' is for children aged between four and seven. As a legal term, ''infancy'' is more lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) 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. Career Miguel Littin directed ''El Chacal de Nahueltoro'' (1969) becoming a figure of the New Latin American Cinema. Littin was exiled in México shortly after Augusto Pinochet came to power in a military coup, which ousted President Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973. His 1973 film '' The Promised Land'' was entered into the Cannes Film Festival, New York film festival and the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In México he directed several films: * ''Letters from Marusia'', based on a miners strike in Chile. ''Letters from Marusia'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. * ''El Recurso del Método'' (''Long Live the President'') based on Alejo Carpentier's novel '' El Recurso del método'' (''Reasons of State''); a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackal Of Nahueltoro
''Jackal of Nahueltoro'' ( es, El Chacal de Nahueltoro) is a 1969 Chilean drama film directed by Miguel Littín, based on the true story of Jorge Valenzuela Torres, a poor farmer who, during a drunken rampage in 1960, murdered his partner and five of her children. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival, winning the OCIC prize. It is considered by some to the best Chilean film of all time because it questions the morality of the death penalty and the social hypocrisy of trying to rehabilitate a man only to later execute him. Plot Jorge del Carmen Valenzuela Torres is a farmer who suffers from abuse and exploitation from childhood, leading to alcoholism. As an adult, he receives help from a poor woman named Rosa Rivas, who has five children from a previous marriage. Eventually, he marries her. However, in August 1960, while under the influence of alcohol, he gets into a fight with her and ends up murdering her and all of her children. He is arrested the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in the suspense, crime and psychological thriller genres. De Palma was a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors.Murray, Noel & Tobias, Scott (March 10, 2011)"Brian De Palma , Film , Primer" ''The A.V. Club''. Retrieved February 3, 2012. His direction often makes use of quotations from other films or cinematic styles, and bears the influence of filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard. His films have been criticized for their violence and sexual content but have also been championed by American critics such as Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael. His films include mainstream box office hits such as '' Carrie'' (1976), '' Dressed to Kill'' (1980), '' Scarface'' (1983), ''The Untouchables'' (1987), and '' Mission: Impossible'' (1996), as well as cult favorites such as ''Sisters'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionysus In '69
''Dionysus in '69'' is a 1970 film by Brian De Palma, Robert Fiore and Bruce Rubin. The film records a performance of The Performance Group's stage play of the same name, an adaptation of ''The Bacchae''. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Remi Barclay as Chorus/Herself * Samuel Blazer as Coryphaeus/Chorus/Himself * Jason Bosseau as Messenger/Chorus/Himself * Richard Dia as Cadmus/Chorus/Himself * William Finley as Dionysus/Chorus/Himself * Joan MacIntosh as Agave/Chorus/Herself * Vicki May as Chorus/Herself * Patrick McDermott as Tiresias/Chorus/Himself * Margaret Ryan as Chorus/Herself * Will Shepherd as Pentheus/Chorus/Himself * Ciel Smith as Agave/Chorus/Herself Production The film merges the final two performances of the play, from June and July 1969, the final one having been staged with more lighting, for better recording quality. In contrast to the previous non-recorded performances, actors are not fully naked during central sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kei Kumai
was a Japanese film director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he began work as a director's assistant. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his first film, '' Nihon rettō'', in 1965. His 1972 film '' Shinobu Kawa'' was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1973 film ''Rise, Fair Sun'' was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. ''Sandakan No. 8'' received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World War II. Kinuyo Tanaka won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards. Kumai's follow-up film was 1976's ''Cape of North'', starring French actress Claude Jade as a Swiss nun who falls in love with a Japanese engineer on a trip from Marseilles to Yokohama. His 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apart From Life
''Apart from Life'' ( ja, 地の群れ, translit. Chi no mure) is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Mizuho Suzuki as Unami * Hiroko Kino as Noriko Fukuji * Mugihito as Nobuo Tsuyama (as Makoto Terada) * Sen Hara as Kaneyo, Nobuo's grandmother * Tanie Kitabayashi as Matsuko Fukuji * Noriko Matsumoto as Eiko, Unami's wife * Tomoko Naraoka as Mitsuko * Asao Sano as Yuji, Mitsuko's husband * Jūkichi Uno (real name ; 27 September 1914 – 9 January 1988) was a Japanese actor. In 1950, he formed the with Osamu Takizawa and others. Personal life He is the father of musician Akira Terao. Filmography Honours *Medals of Honor (Japan), Medal wi ... as Shigeo Miyaji References External links * 1970 films 1970 drama films Japanese black-and-white films Films directed by Kei Kumai 1970s Japanese-language films Japanese drama films 1970s Japanese films {{1970s-Japan-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Deray
Jacques Deray (born Jacques Desrayaud; 19 February 1929 – 9 August 2003) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime and thriller films. Biography Born Jacques Desrayaud in Lyon, France, in 1929 to a family of Lyon industrialists. At the age of 19 he went to Paris to study drama under René Simon. Deray played minor roles on the stage and in films from the age of 19. From 1952, Deray worked as assistant to a number of directors, including Luis Buñuel, Gilles Grangier, Jules Dassin, and Jean Boyer. Deray's first film was the drama '' Le Gigolo'' released in 1960. Deray was fascinated by American film noir and began to focus on crime stories. Deray's early work includes ''Du rififi à Tokyo'', an homage to Jules Dassin's ''Rififi''. Deray's reputation was established with the 1969 film '' La Piscine'' which starred Romy Schneider and Alain Delon. ''La Piscine'' was not distributed widely outside France, but the follow-up gav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borsalino (film)
''Borsalino'' is a 1970 French gangster film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon and Catherine Rouvel. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2009, ''Empire'' named it No. 19 in a poll of "The 20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen… Probably". A sequel, '' Borsalino & Co.'', was released in 1974 with Alain Delon in the leading role. The film is based on real-life gangsters Paul Carbone and François Spirito, who collaborated with Nazi Germany during the occupation of France in World War II (though this is not mentioned in the film). Plot In 1930, in Marseille, a gangster named Siffredi is released from prison and searches for his former girlfriend, Lola. He finds her with Capella, another gangster. The two men fight over her but become friendly and form a partnership, fixing horseraces and prizefights. They are contacted by Rinaldi, a lawyer who works for Marello and Poli, the two crime bosses who contro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Louis Roy (director)
Jean-Louis Roy (; 1938 – 29 March 2020) was a Swiss film and television director. Biography From an early age, Roy frequented the cinemas of Plainpalais in Geneva. At the age of 12, he arranged film screenings with other children in his neighborhood. At the age of 16, Roy was hired by René Schenker to work at Télévision Genevoise, which would become Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR), as a sound producer. Due to the uncertainty for the future of television, Roy simultaneously began a photography apprenticeship. At TSR, he became cameraman, then a film editor, notably working for Claude Goretta. Goretta taught Roy cinematographic writing, allowing Roy to move to directing in 1963. The following year, he won the Rose d'Or with ''Happy End'', and Roy prided himself in showing that Switzerland's cinematography could compete with that of other nations. This would drive him to shoot a spy film, ''The Unknown Man of Shandigor'' in 1967, although the film was seen as not Swiss enough. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Out (1970 Film)
''Black Out'' is a 1970 Swiss film directed by Jean-Louis Roy. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Marcel Merminod as Émile Blummer * Lucie Avenay as Élise Blummer * Marcel Imhoff as Le pasteur * Georges Wod as Le capitaine Schnertz * Robert Bachofner as Le petit garçon * Michel Breton Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ... as Le vendeur References External links * 1970 films Swiss drama films 1970s French-language films French-language Swiss films 1970 drama films {{Switzerland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
