Jury

• Eleanor Perry
  Eleanor Perry
  Eleanor Perry was an American writer known primarily for her screenplays.Born Eleanor Irene Rosenfeld in Cleveland, Ohio, she attended Western Reserve University, where she wrote for the college's literary magazine. Together with her first husband, attorney Leo G...
  
   (Head of Jury)
• Fritz Drobilitsch-Walden
• Francis Cosne
  Francis Cosne
  Francis Cosne was a French film producer and screenwriter. He produced 28 films between 1948 and 1979. In 1972, he was a member of the jury at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• Rita Tushingham
  Rita Tushingham
  -Career:Born in Liverpool, Tushingham began her career as a stage actress at the Liverpool Playhouse. Her screen debut was in A Taste of Honey...
  
  
• Tinto Brass
  Tinto Brass
  Giovanni Brass , better known as Tinto Brass, is an Italian filmmaker. He is noted especially for his work in the erotic genre, with films such as Così fan tutte , Paprika, Monella and Trasgredire...
  
  
• Yukichi Shinada
• Julio Coll
  Julio Coll
  Julio Coll was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 37 films between 1947 and 1971. In 1972, he was a member of the jury at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• Hans Hellmut Kirst
  Hans Hellmut Kirst
  Hans Hellmut Kirst was a distinguished German novelist and the author of 46 books, many of which were translated into English...
  
  
• Herbert Oberscherningkat

Films in competition

• Afternoon of a Champion by Frank Simon
• Den forsvundne fuldmægtig
  The Missing Clerk
  The Missing Clerk is a 1971 Danish comedy film directed by Gert Fredholm. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Ove Sprogøe - Teodor Amsted* Bodil Kjer - Mrs...
  
  by Gert Fredholm
  Gert Fredholm
  Gert Fredholm is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1967. His 1971 film Den forsvundne fuldmægtig was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Filmography:...
  
  
• Detenuto in attesa di giudizio
  In Prison Awaiting Trial
  In Prison Awaiting Trial is a 1971 Italian drama film directed by Nanni Loy. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival where Alberto Sordi won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award.-Cast:* Alberto Sordi - Giuseppe Di Noi...
  
  by Nanni Loy
  Nanni Loy
  Nanni Loy was an Italian film, theatre and TV director.Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia...
  
  
• Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
  The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
  The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is a 1972 German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, based on his own play. This film has an all female cast and is set in the home of the protagonist, Petra von Kant. It follows the changing dynamics in her relationships with the other women...
  
  by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...
  
  
• Hammersmith Is Out
  Hammersmith Is Out
  Hammersmith Is Out is a 1972 comedy film based on the legend of Faust. It is directed by Peter Ustinov, who starred in the film alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames, and George Raft.-Plot:...
  
  by Peter Ustinov
  Peter Ustinov
  Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter...
  
  
• I racconti di Canterbury
  The Canterbury Tales (film)
  The Canterbury Tales is a 1972 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and based on the medieval narrative poem The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is the second film in Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life'...
  
  by Pier Paolo Pasolini
  Pier Paolo Pasolini
  Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
  
  
• João en het mes
  João and the Knife
  João and the knife is a 1972 Brazilian drama film directed by Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Joffre Soares - João* Ana Maria Miranda - Maria* Joao-Augusto Azevedo - Judge...
  
  by George Sluizer
  George Sluizer
  George Sluizer , is a Dutch filmmaker whose credits include features as well as documentary films....
  
  
• L'udienza
  L'udienza
  L'udienza is a 1971 Italian-French drama film directed by Marco Ferreri. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Enzo Jannacci - Amedeo* Claudia Cardinale - Aiche* Ugo Tognazzi - Aureliano Diaz...
  
  by Marco Ferreri
• La casa sin fronteras
  A House Without Boundaries
  A House Without Boundaries is a 1972 Spanish drama film directed by Pedro Olea. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* María Arias* Charly Bravo* Geraldine Chaplin* Luis Ciges* Jesús Fernández* José Franco...
  
  by Pedro Olea
• La Vieille Fille
  The Old Maid (1972 film)
  The Old Maid is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Blanc. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival where Blanc won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - Muriel Bouchon...
  
  by Jean-Pierre Blanc
  Jean-Pierre Blanc
  Jean-Pierre Blanc was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed six films between 1972 and 1993. He won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival for La Vieille Fille....
  
  
• Le Bar de la Fourche
  The Bar at the Crossing
  The Bar at the Crossing is a 1972 French adventure film directed by Alain Levent. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.- Plot :Vincent Van Horst is a hard-drinking bon viveur who loves his freedom and his women...
  
  by Alain Levent
  Alain Levent
  Alain Levent was a French cinematographer and film director. He worked on 80 films between 1960 and 2007...
  
  
• Lo B'Yom V'Lo B'Layla
  Neither by Day Nor by Night
  Neither by Day Nor by Night is a 1972 Israeli-American drama film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Haim Anitar - Akira* Misha Asherov - Doctor* Miriam Bernstein-Cohen - Sokolova...
  
  by Steven Hilliard Stern
  Steven Hilliard Stern
  Steven Hilliard Stern is a Canadian television and documentary director, producer and writer....
  
  
• Lukket avdeling
  Lukket avdeling
  Lukket avdeling is a 1972 Norwegian drama film directed by Arnljot Berg. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Roy Bjørnstad - Vestfold* Carsten Byhring - Vålerenga* Vegard Hall - Gamlingen* Erik Hivju - Harry...
  
  by Arnljot Berg
  Arnljot Berg
  Arnljot Berg was a Norwegian film director. He directed eight films between 1966 and 1974. His 1972 film Lukket avdeling was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival and his 1974 film Bobby's War was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.-Filmography:* Før...
  
  
• Man sku være noget ved musikken
  Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon!
  Oh, to Be on the Bandwagon! is a 1972 Danish drama film directed by Henning Carlsen. It was entered in the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival...
  
  by Henning Carlsen
  Henning Carlsen
  Henning Carlsen is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of Cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger was nominated for the Palme D'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film...
  
  
• Olympia - Olympia by Jochen Bauer
• Reshma Aur Shera
  Reshma Aur Shera
  Reshma Aur Shera is a 1972 Hindi film starring Waheeda Rehman as Reshma and Sunil Dutt as Shera. Sunil Dutt had also produced and directed the film. The film also stars Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Raakhee and Amrish Puri...
  
  by Sunil Dutt
  Sunil Dutt
  Sunil Dutt , born Sunil Balraj Dutt, was an Indian Hindi movie actor , producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government...
  
  
• Seokhwachon
  Oyster Village
  Oyster Village is a 1972 South Korean film directed by Jeong Jin-woo. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Synopsis:...
  
  by Jin-woo Jeong
• Smekmånad
  Honeymoon (1972 film)
  Honeymoon is a 1972 Swedish drama film directed by Claes Lundberg. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Lena-Pia Bernhardsson - Eva* Carl Billquist - Salesman* Christer Enderlein - Carl* Lena Lindgren - Inger...
  
  by Claes Lundberg
• The Hospital
  The Hospital
  The Hospital is a 1971 black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. The script was written by Paddy Chayefsky, who was awarded the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.-Plot:...
  
  by Arthur Hiller
  Arthur Hiller
  Arthur Hiller, OC is a Canadian film director. His filmography includes 33 major studio releases, including the 1970 film Love Story...
  
  
• The Possession of Joel Delaney
  The Possession of Joel Delaney
  The Possession of Joel Delaney is a 1972 horror film starring Shirley MacLaine and Perry King, and directed by Waris Hussein. It is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Ramona Stewart....
  
  by Waris Hussein
  Waris Hussein
  Waris Hussein is a British-Indian television director and film director best known for his many productions for British television....
  
  
• Top of the Heap
  Top of the Heap (film)
  Top of the Heap is a 1972 American drama film directed by and starring Christopher St. John. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Christopher St. John - George Lattimer* Paula Kelly - Black Chick* Florence St...
  
  by Christopher St. John
  Christopher St. John
  Christopher St. John is an African-American film and television actor. He is also a film producer, film director and screenwriter. He also played a minor role in Remington Steele.-Career:...
  
  
• Tragovi crne devojke
  Traces of a Black Haired Girl
  Traces of a Black Haired Girl is a 1972 Yugoslav film directed by Zdravko Randić. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Pavle Vujisic - Paja* Boris Dvornik* Neda Spasojevic - Slavica* Ruzica Sokic...
  
  by Zdravko Randić
• Yakusoku
  The Rendezvous
  is a 1972 Japanese film directed by Kōichi Saitō. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Keiko Kishi - Woman on parole* Kenichi Hagiwara - Burglar* Yoshie Minami - Supervisor* Rentarô Mikuni - Detective* Jin Nakayama...
  
  by Kōichi Saitō
  Kōichi Saitō (film director)
  was a Japanese film director and photographer.-Career:Born in Tokyo, Saitō started studying at Rikkyo University but ended up graduating from the Tokyo College of Photography...
  
  

Awards

• Golden Bear
  Golden Bear
  According to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
  
  : I racconti di Canterbury
  The Canterbury Tales (film)
  The Canterbury Tales is a 1972 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and based on the medieval narrative poem The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is the second film in Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life'...
  
  by Pier Paolo Pasolini
  Pier Paolo Pasolini
  Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...
  
  
• Silver Bear for Best Director
  Silver Bear for Best Director
  The Silver Bear for Best Director is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for best achievement in direction.-Awards:-Repeated winners:*Mario Monicelli *Satyajit Ray *Carlos Saura -External links:*...
  
  : Jean-Pierre Blanc
  Jean-Pierre Blanc
  Jean-Pierre Blanc was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed six films between 1972 and 1993. He won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival for La Vieille Fille....
  
   for La Vieille Fille
  The Old Maid (1972 film)
  The Old Maid is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Blanc. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival where Blanc won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - Muriel Bouchon...
  
  
• Silver Bear for Best Actress
  Silver Bear for Best Actress
  The Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*...
  
  : Elizabeth Taylor
  Elizabeth Taylor
  Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age...
  
   for Hammersmith Is Out
  Hammersmith Is Out
  Hammersmith Is Out is a 1972 comedy film based on the legend of Faust. It is directed by Peter Ustinov, who starred in the film alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames, and George Raft.-Plot:...
  
  
• Silver Bear for Best Actor
  Silver Bear for Best Actor
  The Silver Bear for Best Actor is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actor.- Awards :- External links :*...
  
  : Alberto Sordi
  Alberto Sordi
  Alberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films....
  
   for Detenuto in attesa di giudizio
  In Prison Awaiting Trial
  In Prison Awaiting Trial is a 1971 Italian drama film directed by Nanni Loy. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival where Alberto Sordi won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award.-Cast:* Alberto Sordi - Giuseppe Di Noi...
  
  
• Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Peter Ustinov
  Peter Ustinov
  Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter...
  
   for Hammersmith Is Out
  Hammersmith Is Out
  Hammersmith Is Out is a 1972 comedy film based on the legend of Faust. It is directed by Peter Ustinov, who starred in the film alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames, and George Raft.-Plot:...
  
  
• Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize
  Jury Grand Prix
  The Jury Grand Prix is a Silver Bear award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition...
  
  : The Hospital
  The Hospital
  The Hospital is a 1971 black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring George C. Scott as Dr. Herbert Bock. The script was written by Paddy Chayefsky, who was awarded the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.-Plot:...
  
  by Arthur Hiller
  Arthur Hiller
  Arthur Hiller, OC is a Canadian film director. His filmography includes 33 major studio releases, including the 1970 film Love Story...
  
  

External links

• 1972 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1972 at Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...