Jury

• Jutta Brückner
  Jutta Brückner
  Jutta Brückner is a German film director and screenwriter. She directed nine films between 1975 and 2005. She was the head of the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...
  
   (Head of the Jury)
• Denis Héroux
  Denis Héroux
  Denis Héroux, OC is a Canadian film director and producer.-Biography:Héroux wanted to become a teacher when he collaborated with Denys Arcand and Stéphane Venne on the 1962 film about life as a student, Seul ou avec d’autres...
  
  
• Astrid Henning-Jensen
• Irina Petrovna Kuptschenko
• Peter Bichsel
  Peter Bichsel
  Peter Bichsel is a popular Swiss-German writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten....
  
  
• Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
  Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
  Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi is a Spanish film director and producer.He was born in Madrid on March 22, 1927 and began working in the production firm Emisora Films as an assistant manager, film editor, scriptwriter, lead producer, and finally director. In 1955 he founded his own production company,...
  
  
• Chatrichalerm Yukol
  Chatrichalerm Yukol
  His Serene Highness Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol is a Thai film director, screenwriter and film producer. A prolific director since the 1970s, among his films is the 2001 historical epic, The Legend of Suriyothai. A member of the Thai royal family, his official royal title is Mom Chao, or M.C., the...
  
  
• Jerzy Plazewski
• Italo Zingarelli
  Italo Zingarelli
  Italo Zingarelli was an Italian film producer. He produced 26 films between 1954 and 1995. In 1981, he was a member of the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
  

Films in competition

• Akaler Sandhane
  Akaler Sandhane
  Akaler Sandhane is a 1980 Indian Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen.- Plot :In September 1980, a film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943. It was a man made famine, a side- product of the war, and the film crew will create the tragedy...
  
  by Mrinal Sen
  Mrinal Sen
  Mrinal Sen is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the...
  
  
• Barnens ö by Kay Pollak
  Kay Pollak
  Kay Pollak is an Academy Award-nominated Swedish film director. After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with As It Is in Heaven , a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
  
  
• Das Boot ist voll
  The Boat Is Full
  -Cast:* Tina Engel - Judith Krueger* Hans Diehl - Hannes Krueger* Martin Walz - Olaf Landau* Curt Bois - Lazar Ostrowskij* Ilse Bahrs - Frau Ostrowskij* Gerd David - Karl Schneider* Renate Steiger - Anna Flueckiger* Mathias Gnädinger - Franz Flueckiger...
  
  by Markus Imhoof
  Markus Imhoof
  Markus Imhoof is a Swiss screenwriter and film director. He won a Silver Bear at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Boat Is Full , which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
  
  
• Deprisa, Deprisa
  Deprisa, Deprisa
  Deprisa, Deprisa is a 1981 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. In the English-speaking world, it has been released under the titles Faster, Faster and Fast, Fast. It tells the story of a gang of juvenile delinquents.-Plot:...
  
  by Carlos Saura
  Carlos Saura
  Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...
  
  
• Der Erfinder
  The Inventor
  The Inventor is a 1981 Swiss-German comedy film directed by Kurt Gloor. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Bruno Ganz - Jakob Nüssli* Walo Lüönd - Otti* Verena Peter - Martha Nüssli...
  
  by Kurt Gloor
  Kurt Gloor
  Kurt Gloor was a Swiss film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed eleven films between 1967 and 1992....
  
  
• Der Neger Erwin
  Der Neger Erwin
  Der Neger Erwin is a 1981 German film directed by and starring Herbert Achternbusch. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Herbert Achternbusch - Der Neger Erwin* Annamirl Bierbichler - Die Wirtin Susn...
  
  by Herbert Achternbusch
• Dvadtsat shest dney iz zhizni Dostoevskogo
  Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky
  Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky is a 1981 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where Anatoly Solonitsyn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.-Cast:...
  
  by Aleksandr Zarkhi
  Aleksandr Zarkhi
  Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Aleksandr Zarkhi was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and received Stalin Prize in 1946...
  
  
• Gorączka
  Fever (1981 film)
  Fever is a 1981 Polish drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where Barbara Grabowska won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.-Cast:* Barbara Grabowska - Kama* Adam Ferency - Wojtek Kielza...
  
  by Agnieszka Holland
  Agnieszka Holland
  Agnieszka Holland is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish cinema, Holland is one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Head On
  Head On (1980 film)
  Head On is a 1980 Canadian drama film directed by Michael Grant. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Sally Kellerman - Michelle Keys* Stephen Lack - Peter Hill* Lawrence Dane - Frank Keys* J.P...
  
  by Michael Grant
• Il minestrone
  Il minestrone
  Il minestrone is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Roberto Benigni - Il maestro* Franco Citti - Francesco* Ninetto Davoli - Giovanni...
  
  by Sergio Citti
  Sergio Citti
  Sergio Citti was an Italian film director and screenwriter, born in Rome. He often worked with Pier Paolo Pasolini, but also worked for others such as Ettore Scola. His own films include We Free Kings, which won an award.His 1981 film Il minestrone was entered into the 31st Berlin International...
  
  
• Kamionat
  The Truck
  The Truck is a 1980 Bulgarian drama film directed by Christo Christov. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Grigor Vachkov - Dedleto* Lilyana Kovacheva - Milena* Veselin Vulkov - Shteryo* Stefan Dimitrov - Doktorat...
  
  by Christo Christov
  Christo Christov
  Christo Christov was a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1969 and 1997. His 1976 film Cyclops was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. Five years later, his film The Truck was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film...
  
  
• Köszönöm, megvagyunk
  Köszönöm, megvagyunk
  Köszönöm, megvagyunk is a 1981 Hungarian drama film directed by László Lugossy. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* József Madaras - B...
  
  by László Lugossy
  László Lugossy
  László Lugossy is a Hungarian film director.In 1976, his film Man Without a Name was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement. His 1981 film Köszönöm, megvagyunk was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film...
  
  
• La provinciale
  La provinciale (1981 film)
  La provinciale is a 1981 French-Swiss drama film directed by Claude Goretta. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Nathalie Baye - Christine* Angela Winkler - Claire* Bruno Ganz - Remy* Patrick Chesnais - Pascal...
  
  by Claude Goretta
  Claude Goretta
  Claude Goretta is an internationally successful television producer and film director. His 1981 film La provinciale was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven
  Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven
  Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven is a 1981 Belgian drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Andrien. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.-Cast:* Jan Decleir - Jacob* Nicole Garcia - Elizabeth...
  
  by Jean-Jacques Andrien
  Jean-Jacques Andrien
  Jean-Jacques Andrien is a Belgian film director. Le Monde deem his film Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven , to be the first great Film of a Walloon cinema This film addresses two problems; the first is that of Belgium's region, site of a bitter conflict between Flemish and Walloon inhabitants,...
  
  
• Luang ta
  Luang ta
  Luang ta is a 1980 Thai film directed by Permphol Cheyaroon. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival....
  
  by Permphol Cheyaroon
• Maravillas
  Maravillas
  Maravillas is a 1981 Spanish film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Cristina Marcos - Maravillas* Fernando Fernán Gómez - Fernando* Enrique San Francisco - Chessman...
  
  by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
  Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
  Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director. His 1973 film Habla, mudita was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Camada negra at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival...
  
  
• Milka – elokuva tabuista
  Milka – A Film About Taboos
  Milka – A Film About Taboos is a 1980 Finnish drama film directed by Rauni Mollberg. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:...
  
  by Rauni Mollberg
  Rauni Mollberg
  Rauni Mollberg was a Finnish film director who directed movies and TV movies.In 1963 Mollberg directed movies for YLE. He directed a version of The Unknown Soldier in 1985, 30 years after Edvin Laine directed the original version of it. Mollberg's movie's plot was same as Laine's movie...
  
  
• Tribute
  Tribute (film)
  Tribute is a play by Bernard Slade.The plot focuses on Scottie Templeton, a popular actor who has spent his life shirking responsibility. When he discovers he is terminally ill with leukemia, he attempts to reconnect with his long-estranged son....
  
  by Bob Clark
  Bob Clark
  Benjamin "Bob" Clark was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing and writing the script with Jean Shepherd to the 1983 Christmas film A Christmas Story...
  
  
• Tsigoineruwaizen
  Zigeunerweisen (film)
  is a 1980 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on Hyakken Uchida's novel, Disk of Sarasate. It takes its title from a gramophone recording of Pablo de Sarasate's violin composition, Zigeunerweisen, which features prominently in the story...
  
  by Seijun Suzuki
  Seijun Suzuki
  , born Seitaro Suzuki on May 24, 1923, is a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned by film enthusiasts worldwide for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility...
  
  
• Vrijdag
  Vrijdag
  Vrijdag is a 1980 Belgian-Dutch drama film directed by Hugo Claus, based on his 1969 play . It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Frank Aendenboom - Georges* Jakob Beks - Model voor Jules...
  
  by Hugo Claus
  Hugo Claus
  Hugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director...
  
  
• Yen gui lai by Jinggong Fu

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....
  
  : Deprisa, Deprisa
  Deprisa, Deprisa
  Deprisa, Deprisa is a 1981 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. In the English-speaking world, it has been released under the titles Faster, Faster and Fast, Fast. It tells the story of a gang of juvenile delinquents.-Plot:...
  
  by Carlos Saura
  Carlos Saura
  Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...
  
  
• Silver Bear - Special 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...
  
  : Akaler Sandhane
  Akaler Sandhane
  Akaler Sandhane is a 1980 Indian Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen.- Plot :In September 1980, a film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943. It was a man made famine, a side- product of the war, and the film crew will create the tragedy...
  
  by Mrinal Sen
  Mrinal Sen
  Mrinal Sen is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the...
  
  
• 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 :*...
  
  : Barbara Grabowska
  Barbara Grabowska
  Barbara Grabowska was a Polish actress. She starred in the 1981 film Fever. The film was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival, where Grabowska won the Silver Bear for Best Actress....
  
   for Gorączka
  Fever (1981 film)
  Fever is a 1981 Polish drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where Barbara Grabowska won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.-Cast:* Barbara Grabowska - Kama* Adam Ferency - Wojtek Kielza...
  
  
• 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 :*...
  
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  • Anatoly Solonitsyn
    Anatoly Solonitsyn
    Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn was a Soviet actor.-Work:Solonitsyn is best known in the west for his roles in several of Andrei Tarkovsky's films, including Dr...
    
     for Dvadtsat shest dney iz zhizni Dostoevskogo
    Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky
    Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky is a 1981 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where Anatoly Solonitsyn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.-Cast:...
    
    
  • Jack Lemmon
    Jack Lemmon
    John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts , Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925June...
    
     for Tribute
    Tribute (film)
    Tribute is a play by Bernard Slade.The plot focuses on Scottie Templeton, a popular actor who has spent his life shirking responsibility. When he discovers he is terminally ill with leukemia, he attempts to reconnect with his long-estranged son....
    
    
• Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Markus Imhoof
  Markus Imhoof
  Markus Imhoof is a Swiss screenwriter and film director. He won a Silver Bear at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Boat Is Full , which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
  
   for Das Boot ist voll
  The Boat Is Full
  -Cast:* Tina Engel - Judith Krueger* Hans Diehl - Hannes Krueger* Martin Walz - Olaf Landau* Curt Bois - Lazar Ostrowskij* Ilse Bahrs - Frau Ostrowskij* Gerd David - Karl Schneider* Renate Steiger - Anna Flueckiger* Mathias Gnädinger - Franz Flueckiger...
  
  
• Honourable Mention:
  • Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven
    Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven
    Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven is a 1981 Belgian drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Andrien. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.-Cast:* Jan Decleir - Jacob* Nicole Garcia - Elizabeth...
    
    
  • Tsigoineruwaizen
    Zigeunerweisen (film)
    is a 1980 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on Hyakken Uchida's novel, Disk of Sarasate. It takes its title from a gramophone recording of Pablo de Sarasate's violin composition, Zigeunerweisen, which features prominently in the story...
    
    

External links

• 1981 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1981 at Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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