Opening film | Rebecca |
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Location | West Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Four in a Jeep Without Leaving an Address In Beaver Valley Justice Is Done and Cinderella |
Festival date | 6–17 June 1951 |
Website | Website |
The 1st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 June 1951 at the Titiana-Palast cinema. [1] The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca . [1]
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 because FIAPF (Federation Internationale des Associations des Producteurs de Films) stated that the awarding of prizes by an expert jury was reserved for "A-festivals" only. Instead, the next year's festival awards were voted on by the audience.
The following people from West Germany were announced as being on the jury for the festival: [2]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear awards: [3]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Drama | |||
The Browning Version | Anthony Asquith | United Kingdom | |
Das gestohlene Jahr | Wilfried Fraß | Austria, West Germany | |
Dr. Holl | Rolf Hansen | West Germany | |
The Forbidden Christ | Il Cristo proibito | Curzio Malaparte | Italy |
Girls in Uniform | Muchachas de uniforme | Alfredo B. Crevenna | Mexico |
God Needs Men | Dieu a besoin des hommes | Jean Delannoy | France |
Path of Hope | Il cammino della speranza | Pietro Germi | Italy |
Miss Julie | Fröken Julie | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
Four in a Jeep | Die Vier im Jeep | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
Das seltsame Leben des Herrn Bruggs | Erich Engel | West Germany | |
Comedy | |||
Without Leaving an Address | ...Sans laisser d'adresse | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | France |
Geheimnis einer Ehe | Helmut Weiss | West Germany | |
Living on 'Hope' | Leva på 'Hoppet' | Göran Gentele | Sweden |
The Mating Season | Mitchell Leisen | United States | |
Documentaries | |||
The Undefeated | Paul Dickson | United States | |
In Beaver Valley | James Algar | United States | |
Thrillers and adventures | |||
Justice Is Done | Justice est faite | André Cayatte | France |
Destination Moon | Irving Pichel | United States | |
Music film | |||
Cinderella | Wilfred Jackson | United States | |
The Tales of Hoffmann | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
Culture Films and Documentaries | |||
Begone Dull Care | Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart | Canada | |
Der gelbe Dom | Eugen Schuhmacher | West Germany | |
Kleine Nachtgespenster | Eugen Schuhmacher | ||
Art and Science Films | |||
Der Film entdeckte Kunstwerke indianischer Vorzeit | Hans Cürlis | West Germany | |
Goya | Luciano Emmer | Italy | |
Il paradiso perduto | Luciano Emmer and Enrico Gras | ||
Advertising Film | |||
Blick ins Paradies | Hans Fischerkoesen | West Germany | |
Het gala-Concert | ? | Netherlands | |
The Story of Time | Michael Stainer-Hutchins | United Kingdom |
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