29th Berlin International Film Festival

29th Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear (David)
Festival date	20 February – 3 March 1979
Website	Website

The 29th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February – 3 March 1979.^[1] The Golden Bear was awarded to the German film David directed by Peter Lilienthal.^[2]

Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter was removed from the festival after withdrawal of several countries from the festival in protest of its inclusion.^[3] The retrospective dedicated to Rudolph Valentino was shown at the festival.^[4]

Jury

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

Jörn Donner, Jury President

• Jörn Donner (Head of Jury)
• Julie Christie
• Romain Gary
• Ingrid Caven
• Georg Alexander
• Liliana Cavani
• Paul Bartel
• Pál Gábor

Films in competition

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

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
	A ménesgazda	András Kovács	Hungary
David	David	Peter Lilienthal	Germany
The Marriage of Maria Braun	Die Ehe der Maria Braun	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Germany
The First Polka	Die erste Polka	Klaus Emmerich	Germany
Heart of the Forest	El corazón del bosque	Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón	Spain
Ernesto	Ernesto	Salvatore Samperi	Italy
Hardcore	Hardcore	Paul Schrader	USA
Alexandria... Why?	Iskanderija... lih?	Youssef Chahine	Egypt
	Kassbach – Ein Porträt	Peter Patzak	Austria
	Kejsaren	Jösta Hagelbäck	Sweden
The Adolescent	L'Adolescente	Jeanne Moreau	France
Love on the Run	L'amour en fuite	François Truffaut	France
Meetings with Remarkable Men	Meetings with Remarkable Men	Peter Brook	United Kingdom
Messidor	Messidor	Alain Tanner	Switzerland
Movie Movie	Movie Movie	Stanley Donen	USA
Nosferatu the Vampyre	Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht	Werner Herzog	Germany
Winterborn	Vinterbørn	Astrid Henning-Jensen	Denmark

Key

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

Retrospective

1979 Retrospective poster, featuring Rudolph Valentino.

The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Rudolph Valentino:

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Eyes of Youth	Eyes of Youth	Albert Parker	USA
The Conquering Power	The Conquering Power	Rex Ingram	USA
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Rex Ingram	USA
The Sheik	The Sheik	George Melford	USA
Monsieur Beaucaire	Monsieur Beaucaire	Sidney Olcott	USA
The Eagle	The Eagle	Clarence Brown	USA

Awards

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

• Golden Bear: David by Peter Lilienthal
• Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: Iskanderija... lih? by Youssef Chahine
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Astrid Henning-Jensen for Vinterbørn
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Hanna Schygulla for Die Ehe der Maria Braun
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michele Placido for Ernesto!
• Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement:
  • Henning von Gierke for Nosferatu the Vampyre
  • Sten Holmberg for Kejsaren
• Silver Bear: Die Ehe der Maria Braun

References

1. "29th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
2. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1979". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
3. "Berlinale beginnings". Retrieved 25 June 2014.
4. "RETROSPECTIVE". Retrieved 8 June 2014.
5. "JURIES 1979". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

External links

• 29th Berlin International Film Festival 1979
• 1979 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1979 at Internet Movie Database