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28th Berlin International Film Festival
The 28th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 February to 5 March 1978. Director Wolf Donner successfully managed to shift the festival's date from June to February, a change which has remained ever since. This was the first year the festival was held in February. The festival opened with '' Opening Night'' by John Cassavetes and closed with Steven Spielberg's out of competition film ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''. The jury awarded the Golden Bear to Spain for its contribution to the festival. The three Spanish films which were screened at the festival and won it were short film '' Ascensor'' directed by Tomás Muñoz and feature films '' La palabras de Max'' by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and ''Las truchas'' by José Luis García Sánchez. A new section for children was introduced at the festival. The ''Part 2'' of the retrospective dedicated to West German actress Marlene Dietrich was shown at the festival as well as the retrospective called "Censors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opening Night (1977 Film)
''Opening Night'' is a 1977 American psychological drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, and starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, and Cassavetes. Its plot follows a stage actress who, after witnessing the accidental death of one of her fans, is haunted by a recurring apparition of the deceased woman, spurring a nervous breakdown while she prepares for the premiere of a Broadway play. Though set in Connecticut and New York City, ''Opening Night'' was shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California, with the theatrical performance sequences taking place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Plot Myrtle Gordon is a famous but troubled middle-aged actress performing out-of-town previews in New Haven, Connecticut of a new play called ''The Second Woman'' before its Broadway run. While leaving the theatre after a performance, Myrtle signs autographs and encounters an obsessive teenaged fan, Nancy, who runs after Myrtle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone (; 3 January 1929 – 30 April 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter credited as the pioneer of the Spaghetti Western genre and widely regarded as one of the most influential directors in the history of cinema. Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots. His movies include the ''Dollars Trilogy'' of Westerns featuring Clint Eastwood: ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964), '' For a Few Dollars More'' (1965), and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966); and the ''Once Upon a Time'' films: ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' (1968), ''Duck, You Sucker!'' (1971), and ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984). Early life Born on 3 January 1929 in Rome, Leone was the son of the cinema pioneer Vincenzo Leone (known as director Roberto Roberti or Leone Roberto Roberti) and silent film actress Edvige Valcarenghi (Bice Valerian). During his schooldays, Leone was a classmate of his later musical collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Djulgerov
Georgi Djulgerov ( bg, Георги Дюлгеров) is a Bulgarian film director, screenwriter, producer and professor at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. Career Djulgerov was born in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 30 September 1943. After graduating from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow in 1970, he directed numerous feature films and several documentaries, many of which were shown in the competition or parallel programs of the international film festivals in Berlin, Locarno, Oberhausen, Avellino, Palermo, Rotterdam, Montreal, San Francisco, Batumi, Mons, Mannheim-Heidelberg, and Sarajevo. His movies have also been screened in special programs in Warsaw, Paris, New York, London, Frankfurt-am-Main, Moscow, Kiev, Vienna, Los Angeles, La Rochelle, Riga, Bratislava, Fujisawa, Genoa. In 1977, his film '' Advantage'' won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1990, ''The Camp'' was selected in the "Quinzaine des r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advantage (film)
''Advantage'' ( bg, Авантаж, translit. Avantazh) is a 1977 Bulgarian drama film directed by Georgi Djulgerov. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where Djulgerov won the Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury .... Cinema, State Socialism and Society in the Soviet Union and Eastern ... 1317818725 Sanja Bahun, John Haynes - 2014 A good example of the subversive nature of films, one that also exemplifies the new popularity of the cinéma vérité model, is director Georgi Djulgerov's Advantage (Avantazh, 1977). This extraordinarily ambitious film is based on the real-life story of social outcast and recidivist Lazar 86 Evgenija Garbolevsky. Cast * Rousy Chanev - Petela * Plamen Donchev - Gerchev * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sándor Simó
Sándor Simó (7 August 1934 – 4 September 2001) was a Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter. He produced 25 films and directed a further seven. His 1969 film ''Those Who Wear Glasses'' won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. His 1977 film '' My Father's Happy Years'' was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Those Who Wear Glasses ''Those Who Wear Glasses'' ( hu, Szemüvegesek) is a 1969 Hungarian black comedy film written and directed by Sándor Simó. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. One of the earliest examples of black comedy ...'' (1969) * '' My Father's Happy Years'' (1977) * ' (1983) * '' Whoops'' (1993) References External links * 1934 births 2001 deaths Hungarian film producers Hungarian male film actors Hungarian film directors Male screenwriters Hungarian male writers Writers from Budapest Male actors from Budapes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Father's Happy Years
''My Father's Happy Years'' ( hu, Apám néhány boldog éve) is a 1977 Hungarian drama film directed by Sándor Simó Sándor Simó (7 August 1934 – 4 September 2001) was a Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter. He produced 25 films and directed a further seven. His 1969 film ''Those Who Wear Glasses'' won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno .... It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Eszter Szakács - Anya, Törökné * Loránd Lohinszky - Apa, Török János * Irma Patkós - Irma néni * Judit Meszléry - Ilus, Szekeres felesége * Dezső Garas - Martin doktor * Georgiana Tarjan - Jutka (as Györgyi Tarján) * István Bujtor - Negrelli Zsiga * József Madaras - Szekeres Ede * Péter Harsányi - Fiú * Péter Andorai - Varga Ernő, kommunista * Péter Müller * Tamás Dunai - A gyárigazgató fia References External links * 1977 films 1970s Hungarian-language films 1977 drama films Films directed by Sándor Simó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Xavier
Nelson Agostini Xavier (30 August 1941 – 10 May 2017) was a Brazilian actor. He appeared in more than 95 films and television shows between 1959 and 2017. He starred in the 1964 film ''Os Fuzis'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1976 Xavier co-directed '' A Queda'' along with Ruy Guerra, a sequel to ''Os Fuzis''. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize. Xavier died on 10 May 2017 in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, of a lung disease. He was 75. Selected filmography * ''Fronteiras do Inferno'' (1959) * ''Cidade Ameaçada'' (1960) * ''Os Fuzis'' (1964) - Mário * ''Seara Vermelha'' (1964) * ''A Falecida'' (1965) - Timbira * ''Três Histórias de Amor'' (1966) - (segment "A Construção - Amor na Cidade") * ''Arrastão'' (1967) * ''El ABC do Amor'' (1967) - (segment "Pacto, O") * ''Massacre no Supermercado'' (1968) - Detective Chic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still a Portuguese colony. Biography Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. He subsequently immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, ''Os Cafajestes'' (1962). It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1964, Guerra directed ''Os Fuzis'', which placed him in the forefront of the emerging Cinema Novo movement. The film was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize. After that he directed the international production '' Tendres Chasseurs'' (1969) starring Sterling Hayden, and '' Os Deuses e os Mortos'' (1970). The tumultuous political landscape in 1970' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Queda
''A Queda'' is a 1976 Brazilian drama film directed by Ruy Guerra and Nelson Xavier. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. Cast * Nelson Xavier * Hugo Carvana * Cosme dos Santos * Lima Duarte * Perfeito Fortuna * Ruy Guerra * Leina Krespi * Carlos Eduardo Novaes * Paulo César Pereio * Tonico Pereira Antônio Carlos de Sousa Pereira (born 22 June 1948 in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro), better known as Tonico Pereira, is a Brazilian television and film actor. Filmography *''The rules of the game'' (2015-2016) .... Ascâncio *''Rio, I ... * Maria Sílvia References External links * 1976 films 1976 drama films 1970s Portuguese-language films Brazilian drama films Films directed by Ruy Guerra Films directed by Nelson Xavier Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winners {{1970s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larisa Shepitko
Larisa Yefimovna Shepitko (, uk, Лариса Юхимівна Шепітько, translit=Larysa Yukhymivna Shepitko; 6 January 1938 – 2 July 1979) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actress. She is considered one of the best female directors of all time, with her film '' The Ascent'' being the second film directed by a woman to win a Golden Bear and the third film directed by a woman to win a top award at a major European film festival (Cannes, Venice, Berlin). Shepitko was also considered one of the most prominent Soviet filmmakers during both the Khrushchev Thaw and the Era of Stagnation. The Khrushchev Thaw was a direct response to the limitations that were forced upon Soviet citizens during Stalin’s reign, and essentially marked the inception of an innovative return to the cinematic arts. Shepitko's career was cut short in 1979 when she was killed in a car accident while scouting locations for the film ''Farewell''. Her husband Elem Klimov created a 20-minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Carolina (director)
Ana Carolina (born 27 September 1945) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She directed seven films between 1969 and 2003. In 1978, she was a member of the jury at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Her 1982 film ''Heart and Guts'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Early career and documentary work Ana Carolina Teixeira Soares attended school with the intention of becoming a doctor, but instead changed direction and became a filmmaker.Foster, G. (1995). ''Women film directors: An International Bio-critical Dictionary''. Westport, Conn.: ull Greenwood Press.Pg. 66 She graduated in 1964 from ''University of São Paulo Med School''. Several years later she went to a School of Physiotherapy, taking special interest in university politics. She also spent a few of her early years in a Renaissance band called "Musikantiga". She was highly focused in her early years as a filmmaker, as she made 11 documentaries in her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Eceiza
Antonio Eceiza (14 September 1935 – 15 November 2011) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed eleven films between 1960 and 1995. He is notable for promoting the growth of Basque cinema. His 1977 film ''Mina, Wind of Freedom'' was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. Filmography * '' Día de paro'' (1960) * '' A través de San Sebastián'' (1960) * '' A través del fútbol'' (1962) * '' The Innocents'' (1963 - screenwriter) * ''Último encuentro'' (1967) * '' El próximo otoño'' (1967) * '' De cuerpo presente'' (1967) * ''Las secretas intenciones ''Las secretas intenciones'', is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa in 1992. Starring by Cristián Castro and Yolanda Andrade with Helena Rojo, Silvia Pasquel and David Ostrosky as the main antagonists. Cast * Cristiá ...'' (1970) * '' Mina, viento de libertad'' (1977) * '' El complot mongol'' (1978) * '' Ke arteko egunak'' (1990) * '' Felicidades Tovarich'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
