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44th Berlin International Film Festival
The 44th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1994. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-Irish film ''In the Name of the Father'' directed by Jim Sheridan. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian director, actor and producer Erich von Stroheim was shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Jeremy Thomas, producer (United Kingdom) - Jury President * Chinghiz Aitmatov, writer (Kyrgyzstan) * María Luisa Bemberg, director and screenwriter (Argentina) * Hsu Feng, actress and producer (Taiwan) * Morgan Freeman, actor (United States) * Francis Girod, actor, director and screenwriter (France) * Corinna Harfouch, actress (Germany) * Carlo Lizzani, director and screenwriter (Italy) * Wolfram Schütte, writer and film critic (Germany) * Susan Seidelman, director (United States) * Hayao Shibata, producer (Japan) Films in competition The following films were in competition for the Golden B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Seidelman
Susan Seidelman (Born December 11, 1952) is an American film director, producer, and writer. She first came to notice with '' Smithereens'' (1982), the earliest American independent feature to be screened in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Her next feature, ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985), co-starred Madonna in her first film. '' She-Devil'' (1989) starred Meryl Streep in her first starring comedic film role and Roseanne Barr in her first feature-film role. Seidelman's subsequent films mix comedy with drama, blending genres and pop-cultural references with a focus on women protagonists, particularly outsiders. She also works in television and directed the pilot episode of ''Sex and the City''. Early life and education Seidelman was born on December 11, 1952 in Abington, Pennsylvania and raised in a suburb of Philadelphia, the oldest daughter of a hardware manufacturer and a teacher.Green, Michelle"Since Making Madonna a Movie Star, Director Susan Seidelman Is No Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exile (1994 Film)
''Exile'' is a 1994 Australian drama film directed by Paul Cox. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was shot entirely on location in Tasmania. Plot In the 19th century a young man is banished to an island for stealing a few sheep. Cast * Aden Young as Peter Costello * Beth Champion as Mary * Claudia Karvan as Jean * Norman Kaye as Ghost Priest * David Field as Timothy Dullach * Chris Haywood as Village Priest * Barry Otto as Sheriff Hamilton * Hugo Weaving as Innes * Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Jean's Father * Nicholas Hope as MacKenzie * Gosia Dobrowolska as Midwife Production The film is based on a novel which was set in Scotland but Cox relocated it to Tasmania. Although an earlier script was written by another writer, Cox wrote the screenplay for the film over eight days while on holiday on a Greek Island. Half the budget was provided by the Film Finance Corporation.Andrew L. Urban, "Paul Cox: Exile", ''Cinema Papers'', August 1993 p6-9 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Garay (director)
Jesús Garay (born 1949) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His 1993 film '' The Window Over the Way'' was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Manderley'' (1981) * '' The Window Over the Way'' (1993) * ''Eloïse's Lover ''Eloïse's Lover'' ( ca, Eloïse, links=no) is a 2009 Catalan-language Spanish film directed by Jesús Garay, produced by José Antonio Pérez Giner and written by Cristina Moncunill. Plot The drama depicts a young woman, Asia, falling in lov ...'' (2009) References External links * 1949 births Living people Spanish film directors Spanish male screenwriters {{Spain-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Window Over The Way
''The Window Over the Way'' ( es, Los de enfrente) is a 1993 Spanish drama film directed by Jesús Garay. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Juanjo Puigcorbé as Adil Bey * Estelle Skornik as Sonia * Ben Gazzara Biagio Anthony Gazzara (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012) was an American actor and director of film, stage, and television. He received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Drama Desk Award, in addition to nominatio ... as John * Carme Elias References External links * 1993 films 1990s Spanish-language films 1993 drama films Films directed by Jesús Garay Spanish drama films 1990s Spanish films {{1990s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali-language films like ''Bagh Bahadur'', ''Tahader Katha'', ''Charachar'' and ''Uttara (film), Uttara''. Five of his films have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, ''Bagh Bahadur'' (1989), ''Charachar'' (1993), ''Lal Darja'' (1997), ''Mondo Meyer Upakhyan'' (2002) and ''Kaalpurush (2005 film), Kaalpurush'' (2008), while ''Dooratwa'' (1978) and ''Tahader Katha'' (1993) have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. As a director, he has won National Film Award for Best Direction twice, for ''Uttara'' (2000) and ''Swapner Din'' (2005). Over the years he has published several works of poetry including ''Govir Araley'', ''Coffin Kimba Suitcase'', ''Himjog'', ''Chhaata Kahini'', ''Roboter Gaan'', ''Sreshtha Kabita'', and ''Bhomboler Ascharya Kahini O Ananya Kabita''. Early life and education Buddhadeb Dasgupta was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charachar
''Charachar'' (English language:''Shelter of the Wings'', bn, চরাচর ) is a 1993 Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta based on a novel by Prafulla Roy. Plot Lakha (Rajit Kapoor) comes from a family of bird catchers, but questions the value of catching birds. He, and the older Bhushan ( Sadhu Meher), sell their caged birds to the local dealer. Lakha's wife, Sari (Laboni Sarkar), complains that he is not ambitious enough because he cares more for the birds than for her, and she starts meeting Natobar. Kalicharan, a city dealer, suggests they sell their birds directly to him. So Bhushan and Lakha take their next catch of birds on the train to Calcutta. Kalicharan invites them to a feast for the ceremony of the birds, with disastrous consequences. Cast *Shankar Chakraborty *Indrani Haldar as Gouri *Rajit Kapoor as Lakhinder * Sadhu Meher as Bhushan *Manoj Mitra *Laboni Sarkar as Sari Awards *1993 - National Film Award for Best Featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awarded the Golden Lion for his career. Biography The early times Monicelli was born in Rome to a well-do family from Ostiglia,. a ''comune'' in the province of Mantua, in the Northern Italian region of Lombardy, as the second of five children of Tomaso Monicelli, a journalist, and Maria Carreri, a housewife. His older half-brother, Giorgio (whose mother was actress Elisa Severi), worked as writer and translator. An older brother, Franco, was a journalist. Raised in Rome, Viareggio (Tuscany) and Milan,.. Monicelli lived a carefree youth, and many of the cinematic jokes he later shot in ''Amici Miei'' ( My Friends) were inspired by his own experiences during his youth in Tuscany. In Milan, he finished his third year of high school a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Goddamned Friends
''Dear Goddamned Friends'' ( it, Cari fottutissimi amici) is a 1994 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention. Plot In 1944 in Tuscany, a group of boxers facing the disasters of the Second World War, during the intrusive presence of the Germans and the Americans, organizes rigged matches to make some money and travel from town to town, hoping to participate in local fairs. A young black American soldier, believed missing, and a girl who refused to marry accompany the ramshackle group. Cast * Paolo Villaggio as Dieci * Massimo Ceccherini as Marlini * Vittorio Rap as Callicchero * Marco Graziani as Calamai * Giuseppe Oppedisano as Taddei * Elijah Raynard Childs as Washington * Béatrice Macola as Testa di rapa * Antonella Ponziani as Wilma * Stefano Davanzati as Drago * Paolo Hendel as Rag. Fortini * Novello Novelli as Zingaro * Eva Grimaldi as Topona * Sergio Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lienhard Wawrzyn
Lienhard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bill Lienhard, American basketball player * Bob Lienhard, American basketball player * Erwin Lienhard (1957–2019), Swiss cyclist * Fabian Lienhard (born 1993), Swiss cyclist *Fredy Lienhard, Swiss racing driver * Heinrich Lienhard, Swiss explorer * Jacob Lienhard, United States Marine Corps officer * John H. Lienhard, American engineer and historian *John H. Lienhard V, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Pepe Lienhard Pepe Lienhard (born Peter Rudolf Lienhard; 23 March 1946 in Lenzburg) is a Swiss bandleader and musician. Life Lienhard started a band called "The College Stompers" while he was still in school. He studied law at university but left without a d ..., Swiss musician * Siegfried Lienhard, Professor of Indology at Stockholm University * Walter Lienhard (1890–1973), Swiss sport shooter See also * Lienhardt * Lienhart * Linhardt * Linhart {{surname Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue One
''The Blue One'' (german: Der Blaue) is a 1994 German drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ... written and directed by Lienhard Wawrzyn. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast References External links * 1994 films 1994 drama films German drama films 1990s German-language films 1990s German films {{1990s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Münster (director)
Reinhard Münster (born 1955) is a German film director and screenwriter. His 1994 film ''Back to Square One'' was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Dorado – One Way'' (1984) * ' (1990) * ''Back to Square One The human back, also called the dorsum, is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck. It is the surface of the body opposite from the chest and the abdomen. The vertebral column ru ...'' (1994) References External links * 1955 births Living people Mass media people from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
