1st Berlin International Film Festival
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The 1st annual Berlin International Film Festival
was held from June 6 to June 17, 1951. The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock
's Rebecca.
At this very first Berlin Festival, the Golden Bear
award was introduced, and it was awarded to the best film in each of five categories: drama, comedy, crime or adventure, music film, and documentary. This system disappeared already the following year, partly due to the fact that films that year were voted on by the audience.
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 6 to June 17, 1951. The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...
's Rebecca.
At this very first Berlin Festival, the 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....
award was introduced, and it was awarded to the best film in each of five categories: drama, comedy, crime or adventure, music film, and documentary. This system disappeared already the following year, partly due to the fact that films that year were voted on by the audience.
Jury
- Johannes Betzel
- Emil Dovifat
- Werner EisbrennerWerner EisbrennerWerner Friedrich Emil Eisbrenner was a German composer and conductor, best known for his film music.Eisbrenner studied church music and musical education from 1927 to 1929 at the Berlin Staatlichen Musikademie...
- Günther Geisler
- Walter Karsch
- Frau Lucht-Perske
- Fritz Podehl
- Tatjana Sais
- Ludwig Trautmann
Films in competition
- In Beaver ValleyIn Beaver ValleyIn Beaver Valley is a 1950 short documentary film directed by James Algar. The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries.-Awards:...
by James AlgarJames AlgarJames 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:...
(documentary) - Begone Dull CareBegone Dull CareBegone Dull Care is a visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart.Using drawn on film animation, McLaren and Lambart paint and scratch directly onto film stock to create a visual representation of Oscar Peterson's jazz music...
by Norman McLarenNorman McLarenNorman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada...
, Evelyn LambartEvelyn LambartEvelyn Lambart was a Canadian animator and technical director with the National Film Board of Canada, known for her early collaborations with Norman McLaren as well as her later films, as sole director....
(animated) - Blick ins Paradies by Hans FischerkoesenHans FischerkoesenHans Fischerkoesen, also known as Hans Fischerkösen or Hans Fischer, was a German commercial animator. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival Fischerkoesen's film Blick ins Paradies won the Bronze Medal award.- Filmography :* Radau Brüder * Spiel der Wellen *...
(documentary) - Bosch (art and science)
- CinderellaCinderella (1950 film)Cinderella is a 1950 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "Cendrillon" by Charles Perrault. Twelfth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film had a limited release on February 15, 1950 by RKO Radio Pictures. Directing credits go to Clyde Geronimi,...
by Wilfred JacksonWilfred JacksonWilfred Jackson was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons and the two segments Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria of Fantasia from The Walt Disney Company.Wilfred Jackson was born in Chicago,...
(animated/music film) - Der Film entdeckte Kunstwerke indianischer Vorzeit by Hans Cürlis (art and science)
- Der gelbe Dom by Eugen SchuhmacherEugen SchuhmacherEugen Schuhmacher was a German zoologist and pioneer of animal documentaries. Besides Bernhard Grzimek and Heinz Sielmann he belongs to the German documentary filmmakers with an international reputation.-Biography:Eugen Schuhmacher was born in Stuttgart, Germany...
(documentary) - Destination MoonDestination Moon (film)Destination Moon is an American science fiction feature film produced by George Pal, who later produced When Worlds Collide, The War of the Worlds, and The Time Machine. Pal commissioned the script by James O'Hanlon and Rip Van Ronkel...
by Irving PichelIrving PichelIrving Pichel was an American actor and film director. He married Violette Wilson, daughter of Jackson Stitt Wilson, a Methodist minister and Socialist mayor of Berkeley, California. Her sister was actress Viola Barry... - Dieu a besoin des hommesDieu a besoin des hommesDieu a besoin des hommes is a 1950 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Special Prize for an Excellent Film Achievement.-Cast:* Antoine Balpêtré - Le père Gourvennec, un pêcheur...
by Jean DelannoyJean DelannoyJean Delannoy was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family is from Haute-Normandie in the north of France... - Die Vier im JeepFour in a JeepFour in a Jeep is a 1951 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg.-Cast:* Ralph Meeker - Sergeant William Long* Viveca Lindfors - Franziska Idinger* Yossi Yadin - Sergeant Vassilij Voroshenko...
by Leopold LindtbergLeopold LindtbergLeopold Lindtberg was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director... - Dr. HollDr. HollDr. Holl is a 1951 German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Certificate of Honour award.-Cast:* Maria Schell - Angelika Alberti* Dieter Borsche - Dr...
by Rolf HansenRolf Hansen (director)Rolf Hansen was a German film director. He directed 20 films between 1936 and 1960.-Selected filmography:* Die grosse Liebe * Dr. Holl * Desires... - Goya by Luciano EmmerLuciano EmmerLuciano Emmer was an Italian film director. He was born in Milan. He won a Golden Globe in 1951 for Pictura...
(art and science) - Het gala-Concert (advertising film, i.e. commercial)
- Il Cammino della speranzaPath of HopePath of Hope is a 1950 Italian language drama film directed by Pietro Germi that belongs to the Italian neorealism film movement. It is based on Nino Di Maria's novel Cuori negli abissi...
by Pietro GermiPietro GermiPietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di... - Il Cristo proibitoThe Forbidden ChristThe Forbidden Christ is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Curzio Malaparte.-Cast:* Raf Vallone - Bruno Baldi* Rina Morelli - Mother Baldi* Alain Cuny - Antonio* Anna-Maria Ferrero - Maria* Elena Varzi - Nella* Gino Cervi - The Sexton...
by Curzio MalaparteCurzio MalaparteCurzio Malaparte , born Kurt Erich Suckert, was an Italian journalist, dramatist, short-story writer, novelist and diplomat... - Justice est faiteJustice Is DoneJustice Is Done is a 1950 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It tackles the subject of euthanasia by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill husband at his request...
by André CayatteAndré CayatteAndré Cayatte was a French New Wave filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility, themes which Cayatte persisted in affirming regardless of changing contemporary attitudes.Some of Cayatte's earlier films that covered these... - Kleine Nachtgespenster by Eugen SchuhmacherEugen SchuhmacherEugen Schuhmacher was a German zoologist and pioneer of animal documentaries. Besides Bernhard Grzimek and Heinz Sielmann he belongs to the German documentary filmmakers with an international reputation.-Biography:Eugen Schuhmacher was born in Stuttgart, Germany...
(documentary) - Leva på 'Hoppet'Leva på 'Hoppet'Leva på 'Hoppet' is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Göran Gentele. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award.-Cast:* Ingrid Thulin - Yvonne* Per Oscarsson - Per...
by Göran GenteleGöran GenteleGöran Gentele was a Swedish actor, director, and opera manager.Born in Stockholm, Gentele studied from 1944 until 1946 at the Dramatens elevskola, beginning a brief career as a film actor not long afterwards... - ...Sans laisser d'adresse...Sans laisser d'adresse...Sans laisser d'adresse is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear award.-Cast:* Bernard Blier - Émile Gauthier* Danièle Delorme - Thérèse Ravenaz...
by Jean-Paul Le Chanois - The Tales of HoffmannThe Tales of Hoffmann (film)The Tales of Hoffmann is a 1951 British film adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann, written, produced and directed by the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger working under the umbrella of their production company, The Archers...
by Michael PowellMichael Powell (director)Michael Latham Powell was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger...
, Emeric PressburgerEmeric PressburgerEmeric Pressburger was a Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a multiple-award-winning partnership known as The Archers and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel , The...
(music film) - The Browning VersionThe Browning Version (1951 film)The Browning Version is a 1951 British film based on the 1948 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and starred Michael Redgrave.-Plot:...
by Anthony AsquithAnthony AsquithAnthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations... - The Mating SeasonThe Mating Season (film)The Mating Season is a 1951 classic farce with elements of screwball comedy. A film made by Paramount Pictures, it was directed by Mitchell Leisen and produced by Charles Brackett from a screenplay by Charles Brackett, Richard Breen and Walter Reisch, based on the play Maggie by Caesar Dunn...
by Mitchell LeisenMitchell LeisenMitchell Leisen was an American director, art director, and costume designer.-Film career:He entered the film industry in the 1920s, beginning in the art and costume departments... - The Story of Time by Michael Stainer-Hutchins (advertising film, i.e. commercial)
- The Undefeated by Paul Dickson (documentary)
Awards
- Golden BearGolden BearAccording 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....
- Die Vier im JeepFour in a JeepFour in a Jeep is a 1951 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg.-Cast:* Ralph Meeker - Sergeant William Long* Viveca Lindfors - Franziska Idinger* Yossi Yadin - Sergeant Vassilij Voroshenko...
by Leopold LindtbergLeopold LindtbergLeopold Lindtberg was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director...
- Golden Bear for Best Drama - ...Sans laisser d'adresse...Sans laisser d'adresse...Sans laisser d'adresse is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear award.-Cast:* Bernard Blier - Émile Gauthier* Danièle Delorme - Thérèse Ravenaz...
by Jean-Paul Le Chanois - Golden Bear for Best Comedy - In Beaver ValleyIn Beaver ValleyIn Beaver Valley is a 1950 short documentary film directed by James Algar. The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries.-Awards:...
by James AlgarJames AlgarJames 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:...
- Golden Bear for Best Documentary - Justice est faiteJustice Is DoneJustice Is Done is a 1950 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It tackles the subject of euthanasia by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill husband at his request...
by André CayatteAndré CayatteAndré Cayatte was a French New Wave filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility, themes which Cayatte persisted in affirming regardless of changing contemporary attitudes.Some of Cayatte's earlier films that covered these...
- Golden Bear for Best Crime or Adventure Film - CinderellaCinderella (1950 film)Cinderella is a 1950 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "Cendrillon" by Charles Perrault. Twelfth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film had a limited release on February 15, 1950 by RKO Radio Pictures. Directing credits go to Clyde Geronimi,...
by Wilfred JacksonWilfred JacksonWilfred Jackson was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons and the two segments Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria of Fantasia from The Walt Disney Company.Wilfred Jackson was born in Chicago,...
- Golden Bear for Best Music Film
- Die Vier im Jeep
External links
- 1951 Berlin International Film Festival
- Berlin International Film Festival:1951 at Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet 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...