8th Berlin International Film Festival
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The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978...

was held from June 27 to July 8, 1958.

Jury

  • Frank Capra
    Frank Capra
    Frank Russell Capra was a Sicilian-born American film director. He emigrated to the U.S. when he was six, and eventually became a creative force behind major award-winning films during the 1930s and 1940s...

     (Head of Jury)
  • J. Novais Teixeira
  • Jean Marais
    Jean Marais
    -Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....

  • Paul Rotha
    Paul Rotha
    Paul Rotha was a British documentary film-maker, film historian and critic. He was educated at Highgate School....

  • L. B. Rao
  • Duilio Coletti
    Duilio Coletti
    Duilio Coletti was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977. His film Submarine Attack was entered into the 4th Berlin International Film Festival. He was a member of the jury at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Mr...

  • Michiko Tanaka
  • Gerhard T. Buchholz
  • Willy Haas
    Willy Haas
    Willy Haas was a German screenwriter. He wrote for 19 films between 1922 and 1933. He was a member of the jury at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* The Burning Soil...

  • Gerhard Lamprecht
    Gerhard Lamprecht
    Gerhard Lamprecht was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1920 and 1958. He also wrote for 26 films between 1918 and 1958...

  • Leopold Reitemeister

Films in competition

  • A Time to Love and a Time to Die
    A Time to Love and a Time to Die
    A Time to Love and a Time to Die is a 1958 CinemaScope drama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring John Gavin. It is based on the book by the German author, Erich Maria Remarque, set on the Eastern Front , and in Nazi Germany.-Cast:...

    by Douglas Sirk
    Douglas Sirk
    Douglas Sirk was a Danish-German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.-Life and work:...

  • Anna di Brooklyn by Carlo Lastricati, Vittorio De Sica
    Vittorio de Sica
    Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....

  • Bab el hadid
    The Iron Gate
    The Iron Gate is a 1958 Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 31st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Plot:A newsstand...

    by Youssef Chahine
    Youssef Chahine
    Youssef Chahine was an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since 1950. He was credited with launching the career of actor Omar Sharif...

  • Byakuya no yojo
    The Temptress and the Monk
    The Temptress and the Monk is a 1958 Japanese fantasy film directed by Eisuke Takizawa. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Yumeji Tsukioka - The Temptress* Ryoji Hayama - Socho* Tadashi Kobayashi - The Dwarf...

    by Eisuke Takizawa
  • Der 10. Mai
    Der 10. Mai
    Der 10. Mai is a 1957 Swiss drama film directed by Franz Schnyder. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Hans Gaugler - Fritz Steiner* Linda Geiser - Anna Marti* Therese Giehse - Ida Herz...

    by Franz Schnyder
    Franz Schnyder
    Franz Schnyder was a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1941 and 1968. His film Der 10...

  • Do Aankhen Barah Haath
    Do Aankhen Barah Haath
    Do Aankhen Barah Haath is a 1957 Hindi film directed by the Indian film director V. Shantaram, who also starred in the film. It is considered one of the classics of Hindi cinema and is based on morals of Gandhian philosophy. It won a Silver Bear at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and it...

    by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram
    V. Shantaram
    V. Shantaram is a renowned Indian filmmaker, film producer and actor. He is most known for his films like Dr...

  • Es geschah am hellichten Tag
    Es geschah am hellichten Tag
    Es geschah am hellichten Tag is the title of a 1958 Swiss suspense film directed by Ladislao Vajda. In 1997, it was remade under the same title as a German TV film, directed by Nico Hoffmann. There was also a Dutch remake of the film, by Rudolf Van Den Berg, under the title The Cold Light of Day...

    by Ladislao Vajda
  • Guld og grønne skove
    The Girls Are Willing
    The Girls Are Willing is a 1958 Danish film directed by Gabriel Axel. It was chosen as Denmark's official submission to the 31st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination...

    by Gabriel Axel
    Gabriel Axel
    Gabriel Axel is an Oscar winning Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for the Oscar-winning Babette's Feast , which he wrote and directed....

  • Ice-Cold in Alex
    Ice-Cold in Alex
    Ice-Cold in Alex is a British film based on the novel of the same name by British author Christopher Landon. Directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring John Mills, the film was a prizewinner at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival...

    by J. Lee Thompson
    J. Lee Thompson
    John Lee Thompson , better known as J. Lee Thompson, was an English film director, active in England and Hollywood.- Early years :...

  • Jun'ai monogatari
    Jun'ai monogatari
    Jun'ai monogatari is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival where Imai won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Shinjiro Ebara* Hitomi Nakahara* Eiji Okada* Isao Kimura...

    by Tadashi Imai
  • La legge è legge
    The Law Is the Law
    The Law Is the Law is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Totò - Giuseppe La Paglia* Fernandel - Ferdinand Pastorelli* Nino Besozzi - Il Maresciallo...

    by Christian-Jaque
    Christian-Jaque
    Christian-Jaque was a French filmmaker. He was married to actress Martine Carol from 1954 to 1959.Christian-Jaque was born at Paris....

  • Los dioses ajenos
    Los Dioses ajenos
    Los dioses ajenos is a 1958 Argentine film directed by Román Viñoly Barreto. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival....

    by Román Viñoly Barreto
    Román Viñoly Barreto
    Román Viñoly Barreto was a Uruguayan-Argentine film director.-Biography:...

  • Miriam
    Miriam (film)
    Miriam is a 1957 Finnish drama film directed by William Markus. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Anneli Sauli - Miriam* Irma Seikkula - Britta Allnes* Pentti Siimes - Hans Allnes* Leo Riuttu - Torvald Allnes...

    by William Markus
    William Markus
    William Markus was a Finnish film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 13 films between 1953 and 1965. His film Miriam was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...

  • Miércoles de ceniza
    Ash Wednesday (1958 film)
    Ash Wednesday is a 1958 Mexican drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:...

    by Roberto Gavaldón
    Roberto Gavaldón
    Roberto Gavaldón was a Mexican film director.Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico...

  • Mädchen in Uniform
    Mädchen in Uniform (1958 film)
    Mädchen in Uniform is a 1958 German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival...

    by Géza von Radványi
    Géza von Radványi
    Géza von Radványi , was a Hungarian film director, cinematographer, producer and writer.- Biography :...

  • Oi paranomoi
    Oi paranomoi
    Oi paranomoi is a 1958 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Koundouros. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Titos Vandis - Kosmas* Petros Fyssoun - Petros* Anestis Vlahos - Argyris* Nelly Angelidou - Maria...

    by Nikos Koundouros
    Nikos Koundouros
    Nikos Koundouros , is a Greek film director, born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete in 1926.He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and was later exiled because of his political beliefs to the Makronissos island. At the age of 28 he decided to follow a career in cinematography...

  • Shab-neshini dar jahannam
    A Party in Hell
    A Party in Hell is a 1956 Iranian film directed by Samuel Khachikian and Mushegh Sarvarian. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Reza Arham Sadr - Ahmad* Ebrahim Bagheri* Mehdi Reisfirooz* Rufia...

    by Samuel Khachikian
    Samuel Khachikian
    Samuel Khachikian was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, author, and film editor of Armenian descent. He was one of the most influential figures in Iran's movie industry and was nicknamed "Iran's Hitchcock"....

    , Mushegh Sarvarian
    Mushegh Sarvarian
    Mushegh Sarvarian was an Iranian film director.He directed a few movies and Shabneshini dar jahanam was the most famous and was one of the most important movies in the history of Iranian cinema...

  • Smultronstället
    Wild Strawberries (film)
    Wild Strawberries is a 1957 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, about an old man recalling his past. The original Swedish title is Smultronstället, which literally means "the wild strawberry patch", but idiomatically means an underrated gem of a place...

    by Ingmar Bergman
    Ingmar Bergman
    Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...

  • The Defiant Ones
    The Defiant Ones
    The Defiant Ones is a 1958 drama film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Charles McGraw, and Lon Chaney, Jr...

    by Stanley Kramer
    Stanley Kramer
    Stanley Earl Kramer was an American film director and producer. Kramer was responsible for some of Hollywood's most famous "message" movies...

  • Tumulto de Paixões by Zygmunt Sulistrowski
  • Una cita de amor
    Una cita de amor
    Una cita de amor is a 1958 Mexican drama film directed by Emilio Fernández. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Silvia Pinal - Soledad* Carlos López Moctezuma - Don Mariano...

    by Emilio Fernández
    Emilio Fernández
    Emilio "El Indio" Fernández was an actor, screenwriter and director of the cinema of Mexico. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria which won the Grand Prix at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.-Early life:Fernández was born in Mineral del Hondo, Coahuila...

  • Ut av mørket
    Ut av mørket
    Ut av mørket is a 1958 Norwegian film directed by Arild Brinchmann. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Urda Arneberg - Kari Holm* Pål Skjønberg - Per Holm, architect...

    by Alex Brinchmann
    Alex Brinchmann
    Alexander Brinchmann was a Norwegian children's physician and song writer, novelist, playwright and crime writer. He was a leader of the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1941 to 1945.-Personal life:...

    , Arild Brinchmann
    Arild Brinchmann
    Arild Brinchmann was a Norwegian stage producer, film producer and theatre director.He was born in Kristiania son of psychologist and writer Alex Brinchmann. He produced the two films Ut av mørket and Høysommer . Ut av mørket was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival...

  • Wild Is the Wind
    Wild Is the Wind
    Wild Is the Wind is a 1957 film which tells the story of a rancher who marries his Italian sister-in-law after the passing of his wife, but she falls in love with his young ranch-hand. It stars Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn and Anthony Franciosa....

    by George Cukor
    George Cukor
    George Dewey Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? , A Bill of Divorcement , Dinner at Eight , Little Women , David Copperfield , Romeo and Juliet and...

  • ¡Viva lo imposible!
    ¡Viva lo imposible!
    ¡Viva lo imposible! is a 1958 Spanish comedy film adapted from the play "¡Viva lo imposible! o el contable de las estrellas", by Miguel Mihura and Joaquín Calvo Sotelo, and directed by Rafael Gil...

    by Rafael Gil
    Rafael Gil
    Rafael Gil was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.- Filmography :*El hombre que se quiso matar .*Huella de luz. . –script too-*Viaje sin destino...


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....

    : Smultronstället
    Wild Strawberries (film)
    Wild Strawberries is a 1957 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, about an old man recalling his past. The original Swedish title is Smultronstället, which literally means "the wild strawberry patch", but idiomatically means an underrated gem of a place...

    by Ingmar Bergman
    Ingmar Bergman
    Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...

  • 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:*...

    : Tadashi Imai for Jun'ai monogatari
    Jun'ai monogatari
    Jun'ai monogatari is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival where Imai won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Shinjiro Ebara* Hitomi Nakahara* Eiji Okada* Isao Kimura...

  • 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 :*...

    : Anna Magnani
    Anna Magnani
    Anna Magnani was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four other international awards, for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in The Rose Tattoo....

     for Wild Is the Wind
    Wild Is the Wind
    Wild Is the Wind is a 1957 film which tells the story of a rancher who marries his Italian sister-in-law after the passing of his wife, but she falls in love with his young ranch-hand. It stars Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn and Anthony Franciosa....

  • 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 :*...

    : Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier
    Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE is a Bahamian American actor, film director, author, and diplomat.In 1963, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field...

     for The Defiant Ones
    The Defiant Ones
    The Defiant Ones is a 1958 drama film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Charles McGraw, and Lon Chaney, Jr...

  • Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury: Do Aankhen Barah Haath
    Do Aankhen Barah Haath
    Do Aankhen Barah Haath is a 1957 Hindi film directed by the Indian film director V. Shantaram, who also starred in the film. It is considered one of the classics of Hindi cinema and is based on morals of Gandhian philosophy. It won a Silver Bear at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival and it...

    by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram
    V. Shantaram
    V. Shantaram is a renowned Indian filmmaker, film producer and actor. He is most known for his films like Dr...


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