Jury

• Marcel Carné
  Marcel Carné
  -Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...
  
  
• Bill Luckwell
• Giuseppe Vittorio Sampieri
• Koichi Kawakita
  Koichi Kawakita
  is a special effects artist.-Biography:In 1958, Kawakita was a member of the Jury at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival....
  
  
• Leo J. Horster
• Ilse Urbach
• Ludwig Berger
  Ludwig Berger (director)
  Ludwig Berger was a German film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He directed 36 films between 1920 and 1969...
  
  

Films in competition

• ...erwachsen sein dagegen sehr by Wolf Hart
• Autumn Leaves
  Autumn Leaves (film)
  Autumn Leaves is a 1956 Columbia Pictures drama film starring Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson in an older woman/younger man tale of mental illness. The screenplay was written by Jean Rouverol and Hugo Butler, though it was credited to Jack Jevne, Rouverol and Butler being blacklisted at the time...
  
  by Robert Aldrich
  Robert Aldrich
  Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly , The Big Knife , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte , The Flight of the Phoenix , The Dirty Dozen , and The Longest Yard .-Biography:Robert...
  
  
• Byaku fujin no yoren
  The Legend of the White Serpent (1956 film)
  aka Madame White Snake is a 1956 color Japanese film directed by Shirō Toyoda. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Honourable Mention award....
  
  by Shirō Toyoda
  Shiro Toyoda
  was a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Kyoto, Toyoda moved to Tokyo in his teens and began studying under the pioneering film director Eizō Tanaka. He joined Shōchiku's Kamata studio in 1924 and worked as an assistant director under Yasujirō Shimazu...
  
  
• Donatella
  Donatella
  Donatella is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival Elsa Martinelli won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.-Cast:* Elsa Martinelli - Donatella* Gabriele Ferzetti - Maurizio...
  
  by Mario Monicelli
  Mario Monicelli
  Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
  
  
• El camino de la vida
  The Road of Life
  The Road of Life is a 1956 Mexican drama film directed by Alfonso Corona Blake. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Honourable Mention award....
  
  by Alfonso Corona Blake
  Alfonso Corona Blake
  Alfonso Corona Blake was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 27 films between 1956 and 1971...
  
  
• Ernst Reuter by Wolfgang Kiepenheuer
• Hitit günesi
• Invitation to the Dance
  Invitation to the Dance (film)
  Invitation to the Dance is a 1956 anthology film consisting of three distinct stories, all starring and directed by Gene Kelly.The film is unusual in that it has no spoken dialogue, with the characters performing their roles entirely through dance and mime...
  
  by Gene Kelly
  Gene Kelly
  Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer...
  
  
• Kein Platz für wilde Tiere by Bernhard Grzimek
  Bernhard Grzimek
  Bernhard Klemens Maria Grzimek was a renowned Silesian-German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West-Germany.-Early years:Grzimek was born in Neisse , Upper Silesia...
  
  , Michael Grzimek
  Michael Grzimek
  Michael Grzimek was a German zoologist, conservationalist and filmmaker.- Life :...
  
  
• La Sorcière
  La Sorcière (film)
  La Sorcière is a 1956 drama film directed by André Michel based on a screenplay by Paul Andréota and Jacques Companéez. Adapted from the Alexander Kuprin novel Olesya...
  
  by André Michel
  André Michel
  André Michel was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1947 and 1983. He is the father of novelist Natacha Michel who is also a political activist and militant...
  
  
• Le sabotier du Val de Loire by Jacques Demy
  Jacques Demy
  Jacques Demy was one of the most approachable filmmakers to appear in the wake of the French New Wave. Uninterested in the formal experimentation of Alain Resnais, or the political agitation of Jean-Luc Godard, Demy instead created a self-contained fantasy world closer to that of François...
  
  
• Les très riches heures de l'Afrique romaine by Jean Lehérissey
• Men Against the Arctic
  Men Against the Arctic
  Men Against the Arctic is a 1955 short documentary film directed by Winston Hibler. It won an Academy Award in 1956 for Documentary Short Subject. It was also entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:*...
  
  by Winston Hibler
  Winston Hibler
  Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, film producer and director.He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and died in Burbank, California.-Selected filmography:* Seal Island...
  
  
• Mi tío Jacinto
  Uncle Hyacynth
  Uncle Hyacynth is a 1956 Spanish drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear .-Cast:* Pablito Calvo - Pepote* Antonio Vico - Jacinto* José Marco Davó - Inspector...
  
  by Ladislao Vajda
• Pane, amore e...
  Pane, amore e...
  Scandal in Sorrento or Pane, amore e... is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. This is the third film of the trilogy, formed by Bread, Love and Dreams in 1953, Bread, Love and Jealousy in 1954. First and only one directed by Dino Risi, and starring Sophia Loren rather than Gina...
  
  by Dino Risi
• Paris la nuit by Jacques Baratier
  Jacques Baratier
  Jacques Baratier was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films. His film Goha won the Jury Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  
• Rythmetic
  Rythmetic
  Rythmetic is a 1956 Canadian short animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award....
  
  by Norman McLaren
  Norman McLaren
  Norman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada...
  
  
• Richard III
  Richard III (1955 film)
  Richard III is a 1955 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play of the same name, also incorporating elements from his Henry VI, Part 3. It was directed and produced by Sir Laurence Olivier, who also played the lead role. The cast includes many noted Shakespearean actors,...
  
  by Laurence Olivier
  Laurence Olivier
  Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
  
  
• Spring Comes to Kashmir by Ravi Prakash
• The African Lion
  The African Lion
  The African Lion is a 1955 feature-length documentary that was released by Walt Disney Productions as part of its True-Life Adventures series. The film, which was shot over a three year period focuses on the life of the lions within the complexity of the Africa ecosystem...
  
  by James Algar
  James Algar
  James Algar was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He received the Disney Legends award in 1998.He was born in Modesto, California and died in Carmel, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• The Long Arm
  The Long Arm (film)
  The Long Arm is a 1956 British crime film starring Jack Hawkins, directed by Charles Frend and produced by Michael Balcon. In the US it's known as The Third Key.-Plot:...
  
  by Charles Frend
  Charles Frend
  Charles Frend was an English film director.Charles Frend started his career at British International Pictures in 1931 and after editing Hitchcock's Waltzes from Vienna moved to Gaumont British Pictures in 1933 where he worked as an editor on Alfred Hitchcock's movies Secret Agent , Sabotage and...
  
  
• The Long Journey
• Trapeze
  Trapeze (film)
  Trapeze is a 1956 circus film directed by Carol Reed and starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida, making her debut in American films....
  
  by Carol Reed
  Carol Reed
  Sir Carol Reed was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out , The Fallen Idol , The Third Man and Oliver!...
  
  
• Vor Sonnenuntergang
  Before Sundown
  Before Sundown is a 1956 German drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear .-Cast:* Hans Albers - Generaldirektor Mathias Clausen* Annemarie Düringer - Inken Peters...
  
  by Gottfried Reinhardt
• Zauber der Natur by Richard Mostler

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....
  
  : Invitation to the Dance
  Invitation to the Dance (film)
  Invitation to the Dance is a 1956 anthology film consisting of three distinct stories, all starring and directed by Gene Kelly.The film is unusual in that it has no spoken dialogue, with the characters performing their roles entirely through dance and mime...
  
  by Gene Kelly
  Gene Kelly
  Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer...
  
  
• 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:*...
  
  : Robert Aldrich
  Robert Aldrich
  Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly , The Big Knife , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte , The Flight of the Phoenix , The Dirty Dozen , and The Longest Yard .-Biography:Robert...
  
   for Autumn Leaves
  Autumn Leaves (film)
  Autumn Leaves is a 1956 Columbia Pictures drama film starring Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson in an older woman/younger man tale of mental illness. The screenplay was written by Jean Rouverol and Hugo Butler, though it was credited to Jack Jevne, Rouverol and Butler being blacklisted at the time...
  
  
• 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 :*...
  
  : Elsa Martinelli
  Elsa Martinelli
  Elsa Martinelli is an Italian actress and former fashion model.Born Elisa Tia in Grosseto, Tuscany, she moved to Rome with her family and in 1953 was discovered by Roberto Capucci who introduced her to the world of fashion. She became a model and began playing small roles in films...
  
   for Donatella
  Donatella
  Donatella is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival Elsa Martinelli won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.-Cast:* Elsa Martinelli - Donatella* Gabriele Ferzetti - Maurizio...
  
  
• 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 :*...
  
  : Burt Lancaster
  Burt Lancaster
  Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile...
  
   for Trapeze
  Trapeze (film)
  Trapeze is a 1956 circus film directed by Carol Reed and starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida, making her debut in American films....
  
  
• Silver Bear for an Outstanding Single Achievement: The Long Arm
  The Long Arm (film)
  The Long Arm is a 1956 British crime film starring Jack Hawkins, directed by Charles Frend and produced by Michael Balcon. In the US it's known as The Third Key.-Plot:...
  
  by Charles Frend
  Charles Frend
  Charles Frend was an English film director.Charles Frend started his career at British International Pictures in 1931 and after editing Hitchcock's Waltzes from Vienna moved to Gaumont British Pictures in 1933 where he worked as an editor on Alfred Hitchcock's movies Secret Agent , Sabotage and...
  
  
• Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution: La Sorcière
  La Sorcière (film)
  La Sorcière is a 1956 drama film directed by André Michel based on a screenplay by Paul Andréota and Jacques Companéez. Adapted from the Alexander Kuprin novel Olesya...
  
  by André Michel
  André Michel
  André Michel was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1947 and 1983. He is the father of novelist Natacha Michel who is also a political activist and militant...
  
  
• Silver Bear: Richard III
  Richard III (1955 film)
  Richard III is a 1955 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play of the same name, also incorporating elements from his Henry VI, Part 3. It was directed and produced by Sir Laurence Olivier, who also played the lead role. The cast includes many noted Shakespearean actors,...
  
  by Laurence Olivier
  Laurence Olivier
  Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
  
  
• Honourable Mention (Director): El camino de la vida
  The Road of Life
  The Road of Life is a 1956 Mexican drama film directed by Alfonso Corona Blake. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Honourable Mention award....
  
  by Alfonso Corona Blake
  Alfonso Corona Blake
  Alfonso Corona Blake was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 27 films between 1956 and 1971...
  
  
• Honourable Mention (Colour): Byaku fujin no yoren
  The Legend of the White Serpent (1956 film)
  aka Madame White Snake is a 1956 color Japanese film directed by Shirō Toyoda. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Honourable Mention award....
  
  by Shirō Toyoda
  Shiro Toyoda
  was a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Kyoto, Toyoda moved to Tokyo in his teens and began studying under the pioneering film director Eizō Tanaka. He joined Shōchiku's Kamata studio in 1924 and worked as an assistant director under Yasujirō Shimazu...
  
  
• Honourable Mention (Best Humorous Film): Pane, amore e...
  Pane, amore e...
  Scandal in Sorrento or Pane, amore e... is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. This is the third film of the trilogy, formed by Bread, Love and Dreams in 1953, Bread, Love and Jealousy in 1954. First and only one directed by Dino Risi, and starring Sophia Loren rather than Gina...
  
  by Dino Risi

External links

• 1956 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1956 at Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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