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37th Berlin International Film Festival
The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film ''Tema'' directed by Gleb Panfilov. The retrospective was in honour of Armenian-American film and theatre director Rouben Mamoulian. The homage was dedicated to French couple Jean-Louis Barrault, actor and director, and Madeleine Renaud, actress. It was titled ''Renaud-Barrault au cinéma''. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Klaus Maria Brandauer, actor (Austria) - Jury President * Juliet Berto, actress and director (France) * Kathleen Carroll, film critic (United States) * Callisto Cosulich, film critic (Italy) * Victor Dyomin, actor and screenwriter (Soviet Union) * Reinhard Hauff, director and screenwriter (Germany) * Edmund Luft, playwright, film critic and film historian (West Germany) * Jiří Menzel, actor, director and screenwriter (Czechoslovakia) * Dan Pița, director and scr ... [...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] |
Edmund Luft
Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and nobles *Edmund the Martyr (died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia *Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946 *Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 *Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097) *Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne *Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249–1300), earl of Cornwall; English nobleman of royal descent *Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England * Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430–1456), English and Welsh nobleman *Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873), the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century In religion * Saint Edmund (dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comrades (1986 Film)
''Comrades'' is a 1986 British historical drama film directed by Bill Douglas and starring an ensemble cast including Robin Soans, Phil Davis, Keith Allen, Robert Stephens, Vanessa Redgrave and James Fox. Through the pictures of a travelling lanternist, it depicts the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, who were arrested and transported to Australia in 1834 for trying to improve their conditions by forming an early form of trade union.BFI Screenonline: ''Comrades (1986)'' Retrieved 2012-11-07 It was Bill Douglas's last film. Cast In credits order: * as George Loveless, leader of the Tolpuddle Martyrs * |
Randa Haines
Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945, in Los Angeles) is a film and television director and producer. Haines started her career as a script supervisor on several low-budget features in the 1970s, including ''Let's Scare Jessica to Death'' and ''The Groove Tube''. She is most famous for directing the critically acclaimed feature film ''Children of a Lesser God (film), Children of a Lesser God'' (1986), which starred William Hurt and Marlee Matlin, for which Matlin won the 1987 Academy Award as Best Actress, and which was nominated 5 Academy Awards including Academy Award for Best Picture. Haines also won the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989 she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2002 she was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. Haines received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for the film ''Children of a Lesser God (film), Children of a Lesser God'' (1986) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of A Lesser God (film)
''Children of a Lesser God'' is a 1986 American romantic drama film directed by Randa Haines from a screenplay written by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff based on Medoff's 1979 play of the same name. It stars William Hurt, Marlee Matlin (in her film debut), Piper Laurie, and Philip Bosco. The film's narrative follows two employees at a school for the deaf: a deaf custodian and a hearing speech teacher, whose conflicting ideologies on speech and deafness create tension and discord in their developing romantic relationship. ''Children of a Lesser God'' premiered at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear, while Haines received a Special Silver Bear. It was theatrically released on October 3, 1986, by Paramount Pictures to critical and commercial success. Reviewers praised Haines's direction, the screenplay, and particularly the performances of Hurt, Matlin, and Laurie. The film grossed $101.5 million worldwide on a $10.5 million budget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Ferrara
Giuseppe Ferrara (15 July 1932 – 25 June 2016) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Castelfiorentino, near , he founded at the high school an innovative film club, which proposes and critically analyzes neorealism movies; since then he showed a character of "novelty", often considered as "subversive". He graduated from the |
The Moro Affair
''The Moro Affair'' ( it, Il caso Moro) is a 1986 Italian crime film directed by Giuseppe Ferrara about the kidnapping of Aldo Moro in 1978. Plot Italy, 1978. The days of the imprisonment of Aldo Moro, a Christian Democrat statesman kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigades. A work discussed and contradictory that outshines the politician Moro to focus on the human drama. Cast * Gian Maria Volonté as Aldo Moro * Mattia Sbragia as 1st Brigadist * Bruno Zanin as 2nd Brigadist * Consuelo Ferrara as 3rd Brigadist * Enrica Maria Modugno as 4th Brigadist * Enrica Rosso as 5th Brigadist * Maurizio Donadoni as 6th Brigadist * Stefano Abbati as 7th Brigadist * Danilo Mattei as 8th Brigadist * Massimo Tedde as 9th Brigadist * Francesco Capitano as 10th Brigadist * Margarita Lozano as Nora Moro * Sergio Rubini as Giovanni Moro * Daniela De Silva as Maria Fida Moro * Emanuela Taschini as Anna Moro Release The film was released in Italy on 20 November 1986. References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Trueba
Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El País''. In 1980, he founded the monthly film magazine ''Casablanca'', which he edited and directed during its first two years. He is the author of ''Diccionario'' (Planeta 1997, Plot 2004, Galaxia Guttenberg 2006) and the editor of ''Diccionario del Jazz Latino'' (SGAE, 1998). Among other awards, he has won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with '' Belle Époque'' in 1994, the Goya Award as Best Director three times and a Silver Bear for ''Year of Enlightment'' at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. ''Miracle of Candeal'' won the Goya for Best Documentary, and ''Chico and Rita'' won the Goya for Best Feature Animation. In 1999, ''The Girl of Your Dreams'' was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Enlightment
''Year of Enlightment'' ( es, El año de las luces, and also released as ''The Year of the Awakening'') is a 1986 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba, starring Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú. The film is a coming of age story of a sixteen-year-old boy finding love and sex in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War. The film was awarded the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In the spring of 1940 in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil war, two sons of a fallen soldier, Manolo, a sixteen-year-old boy, and his eight-year-old little brother Jesús are suffering from symptoms of tuberculosis. Their much older brother, Pepe, takes them to a rural sanatorium in Sierra de Gata near the border with Portugal. They stay there to recover their health under the watch of Irene, the director. Manolo is the only adolescent, all the others are children. Starting his sexual awakening, he is smitten with Vicenta, the attractive woman in charge of the care of the chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Moore (director)
Tom Moore (born August 6, 1943) is an American theatre, television, and film director. Born in Meridian, Mississippi, Moore graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1961 and then earned a BA in Theatre from Purdue University in 1965, where he received the alumni distinction as both an Old Master and a Purdue Legacy. Moore began his career in the late 1960s, directing '' Loot'' at Brandeis University and ''Oh, What a Lovely War!'' at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His first major break came in 1972, when he directed the original Broadway production of '' Grease'', which eventually ran for 3,388 performances. His next project, the nostalgic World War II musical ''Over Here!'', starred Maxene and Patty Andrews and featured newcomers John Travolta, Marilu Henner, Treat Williams, and Ann Reinking in supporting roles; Moore was nominated for the 1974 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Additional Broadway credits include the 1978 revival of '' Once in a Lifet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'night, Mother (film)
''night, Mother'' is a 1986 American drama (film and television), drama film starring Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft. It was directed by Tom Moore (director), Tom Moore and written by Marsha Norman, based on Norman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the 'night, Mother, same name. The film was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. Tom Moore had also directed the play on Broadway. Plot Jessie is a middle-aged woman living with her widowed mother, Thelma. One night, Jessie calmly tells her mother that she plans to commit suicide that very evening. Jessie makes this revelation all while nonchalantly organizing household items and preparing to do her mother's nails. The resulting intense conversation between Jessie and Thelma reveals Jessie's reasons for her decision and how thoroughly she has planned her own death, culminating in a disturbing yet unavoidable climax. Cast *Sissy Spacek as Jessie Cates *Anne Bancroft as Thelma Cates *Ed Berke as Dawson Cates *Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Skármeta
Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic on November 7, 1940) is a Chilean writer, scriptwriter and director descending from Croatian immigrants from the Adriatic island of Brač, Dalmatia. He was awarded Chile's National Literature Prize in 2014. Biography and career Skármeta studied at Colegio San Luis of Antofagasta and at Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, a prestigious public high school of Santiago. His 1985 novel and film ''Ardiente paciencia'' ("Burning Patience") inspired the 1994 Academy Award-winning movie, ''Il Postino'' (''The Postman''). Passionate about cinema, Skármeta has written several scripts and directed at least two films. Subsequent editions of the book bore the title ''El cartero de Neruda'' (''Neruda's Postman''). His fiction has since received dozens of awards and has been translated into nearly thirty languages worldwide. Skármeta studied philosophy and literature both in Chile and at Columbia University in New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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