38th Berlin International Film Festival

The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988.[2] The festival opened with musical film Linie 1 by Reinhard Hauff.[2]

38th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmLinie 1
LocationWest Berlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear: Red Sorghum
No. of films447 films[1]
Festival date12 – 23 February 1988
Websitehttp://www.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival chronology

The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou.[3]

The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled The History of Colour Film.[4] Originally West German actor Gert Fröbe was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which Moritz de Hadeln appointed the Italian film critic Guglielmo Biraghi as the Jury President.[2]

Juries

Main Competition

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
Bear Ye One Another's BurdenEiner trage des anderen LastLothar WarnekeEast Germany
Broadcast NewsJames L. BrooksUnited States
CommissarКомиссарAleksandr AskoldovSoviet Union
The FelonsHudodelciFranci SlakYugoslavia
Ground ZeroBruce Myles, Michael PattinsonAustralia
Hunting TimeAv ZamanıErden KıralTurkey
JarrapellejosAntonio Giménez-RicoSpain
Kung-Fu MasterAgnès VardaFrance
Life ClassesWilliam D. MacGillivrayCanada
MoonstruckNorman JewisonUnited States
The Mother of KingsMatka KrólówJanusz ZaorskiPoland
PheraBuddhadeb DasguptaIndia
The PossessedLes possédésAndrzej WajdaFrance
Red Sorghum紅高粱Zhang YimouChina
TheophilosΘεόφιλοςLakis PapastathisGreece
Verónico CruzLa deuda internaMiguel PereiraArgentina, United Kingdom
WalkerAlex CoxUnited States, Mexico, Spain
Wohin?Herbert AchternbuschWest Germany
YaseminHark BohmWest Germany, Turkey

Out of competition

1988 Retrospective poster, dedicated to Color Films[6]

Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":[7]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
A Colour BoxLen LyeUnited Kingdom
The Adventures of Robin HoodMichael CurtizUnited States
The Adventures of Tom SawyerNorman Taurog
A Matter of Life and DeathEmeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited Kingdom
Anticipation of the NightStan BrakhageUnited States
A Star Is BornWilliam A. Wellman
The Band ConcertWilfred Jackson
Barry LyndonStanley KubrickUnited Kingdom, United States
The Belle of New YorkCharles WaltersUnited States
The Birth of The RobotLen LyeUnited Kingdom
Black NarcissusEmeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited Kingdom
Blood and SandRouben MamoulianUnited States
BrigadoonVincente Minnelli
The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariDas Cabinett des Dr.CaligariRobert WieneGermany
Carmen Comes Homeカルメン故郷に帰るKeisuke KinoshitaJapan
CirclesKreiseOskar FischingerGermany
Composition in BlueKomposition in BlauOskar Fischinger
Concerning $1000(unknown)United States
La CucarachaLloyd Corrigan
Doctor XMichael Curtiz
Duel In The SunKing Vidor
English HarvestHumphrey JenningsUnited Kingdom
FantasiaJames Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield and Ben SharpsteenUnited States
For Whom the Bell TollsSam Wood
Four Around a WomanVier um die FrauFritz LangGermany
The Garden of AllahRichard BoleslawskiUnited States
Gate of Hell地獄門Teinosuke KinugasaJapan
Gloria!Hollis FramptonUnited States
Gold Diggers of BroadwayRoy Del Ruth
Gone To EarthEmeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited Kingdom
Great Freedom No. 7Große Freiheit Nr. 7Helmut KäutnerGermany
The Great SacrificeOpfergangVeit Harlan
Gypsy SweetheartRalph StaubUnited States
House of UsherRoger Corman
The Inhuman WomanL'InhumaineMarcel L'HerbierFrance
Johnny GuitarNicholas RayUnited States
King of JazzJohn Murray Anderson
Late Autumn秋日和Yasujirō OzuJapan
LolaRainer Werner FassbinderWest Germany
Made in U.S.AJean-Luc GodardFrance
Märkische FahrtKurt RupliGermany
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying FortressWilliam WylerUnited States
Moby DickJohn Huston
Mode in Paris und Berlin vor dem 1. Weltkrieg(unknown)Germany
Moulin RougeJohn HustonUnited Kingdom
MünchhausenJosef von BákyGermany
Muratti Marches OnMuratti greift einOskar Fischinger
Mystery of the Wax MuseumMichael CurtizUnited States
The NightingaleСоловей-СоловушкоNikolai EkkSoviet Union
One From The HeartFrancis Ford CoppolaUnited States
On ParadeGeorge PalUnited Kingdom
The PassengerProfessione: reporterMichelangelo AntonioniItaly, Spain, France
The Phantom CarriageKörkarlenVictor SjöströmSweden
PotsdamPotsdam(unknown)Germany
The Pretty Miller GirlLa Belle MeunièreMarcel PagnolFrance
The Quiet ManJohn FordUnited States
RamonaHenry King
The Red BalloonLe ballon rougeAlbert LamorisseFrance
The Red ShoesEmeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited Kingdom
The RiverLe FleuveJean RenoirFrance, India, United States
SensoLuchino ViscontiItaly
Serene VelocityErnie GehrUnited States
She Wore A Yellow RibbonJohn Ford
Sons of LibertyMichael Curtiz
The Sword of Monte CristoMaurice Geraghty
The Story of Little Mook: Tales from EuropeDie Geschichte vom kleinen MuckWolfgang StaudteEast Germany
Three Little PigsBurt GillettUnited States
The Toll of the SeaChester M. Franklin
The Trail Of The Lonesome PineHenry Hathaway
The Trouble with HarryAlfred Hitchcock
The Tree of Wooden ClogsL'albero d'egli zoccoliErmanno OlmiItaly
Unser Hindenburg(unknown)Germany
The VikingRoy William NeillUnited States
Way Down EastDavid Wark Griffith
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?Frank Tashlin
The Wrestler and the ClownБорец и клоунBoris Barnet and Konstantin YudinSoviet Union

Official Awards

Zhang Yimou, winner of the Golden Bear at the event

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]

Independent Awads

References