23rd Berlin International Film Festival

23rd Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear (Ashani Sanket)
Festival date	22 June – 3 July 1973
Website	Website

The 23rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June – 3 July 1973.^[1] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Indian film Ashani Sanket by Satyajit Ray.^[2]

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:^[3]

• David Robinson (Head of Jury)
• Freddy Buache
• Hiram Garcia Borja
• Eberhard Hauff
• Harish Khanna
• Paul Moor
• Walter Müller-Bringmann
• René Thévenet
• Paolo Valmarana

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
	Ashani Sanket	Satyajit Ray	India
Between Friends	Between Friends	Donald Shebib	Canada
The Experts	Die Sachverständigen	Norbert Kückelmann	Germany
The Tenderness of Wolves	Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe	Ulli Lommel	Germany
Georgia, Georgia		Stig Björkman	Sweden
	Habla, mudita	Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón	Spain
	Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu	André Cayatte	France
	Kanashimi no Belladonna	Eiichi Yamamoto	Japan
Property Is No Longer a Theft	La proprietà non è più un furto	Elio Petri	Italy
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe	Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire	Yves Robert	France
Wedding in Blood	Les Noces rouges	Claude Chabrol	France
The Seven Madmen	Los siete locos	Leopoldo Torre Nilsson	Argentina
Love Comes Quietly	Love Comes Quietly	Nikolai van der Heyde	Netherlands
Malicious	Malizia	Salvatore Samperi	Italy
Metzitzim	Metzitzim	Uri Zohar	Israel
Long Live the Island Frogs	Seomgaeguli manse	Jin-woo Jeong	South Korea
The 14	The 14	David Hemmings	United Kingdom
The Blockhouse	The Blockhouse	Clive Rees	United Kingdom
All Nudity Shall Be Punished	Toda Nudez Será Castigada	Arnaldo Jabor	Brazil
U-Turn	U-Turn	George Kaczender	Canada

Key

^†	Winner of the main award for best film in its section

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:^[2]

• Golden Bear: Ashani Sanket by Satyajit Ray
• Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu by André Cayatte
• Silver Bear:
  • The 14 by David Hemmings
  • Toda Nudez Será Castigada by Arnaldo Jabor
  • Die Sachverständigen by Norbert Kückelmann
  • Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire by Yves Robert
  • Los siete locos by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

• FIPRESCI Award
  • Wedding in Blood by Claude Chabrol

References

1. "23rd Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
2. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1973". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
3. "JURIES 1973". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

External links

• 23rd Berlin International Film Festival 1973
• 1973 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1973 at Internet Movie Database