7th Berlin International Film Festival

7th Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	West Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear: 12 Angry Men
Festival date	21 June – 2 July 1957
Website	Website
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The 7th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1957. ^[1]

The Golden Bear was awarded to 12 Angry Men directed by Sidney Lumet. ^[2] The International Federation of Film Critics awarded FIPRESCI Award for the first time this year. ^[1]

Juries

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

Main Competition

• Jay Carmody, American theatre critic - Jury President
• Jean de Baroncelli, French writer and film critic
• John Sutro, British producer
• Dalpathal Kothari, Indian
• Fernaldo Di Giammatteo, Italian historian and film critic
• Bunzaburo Hayashi, Japanese producer (Japan)
• Miguel Alemán Jr., Mexican producer
• Thorsten Eklann, Swedish journalist
• José María Escudero, Spanish director of photography
• Edmund Luft, West-German playwright, historian and film critic
• Ernst Schröder, West-German actor

Documentary and Short Film Competition

• Adolf Hübl, Austrian founder of the Bundesstaatliche Hauptstelle für Lichtbild und Bildungsfilm - Jury President
• Paul Heimann, West-German pedagogue
• Paul Louyet, Belgium producer
• Norman McLaren, Canadian director and producer
• Karl Naef, Swiss
• Yrjö Rannikko, Finish producer
• Ahmed Sefrioui, Moroccan

Official Sections

Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: ^[4]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production Country
12 Angry Men		Sidney Lumet	United States
1918		T. J. Särkkä	Finland
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin	Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin	Jacques Becker	France, Italy
Arashi	嵐	Hiroshi Inagaki	Japan
Be Dear to Me	Ingen tid til kærtegn	Annelise Hovmand	Denmark
Brahim		Jean Flechet	Morocco
El Hombre Señalado		Francis Lauric	Argentina
Fathers and Sons	Padri e figli	Mario Monicelli	Italy
Freedom		Vernon Messenger (uncredited)	Nigeria
The Girl from Corfu	Πρωτευουσιάνικες περιπέτειες Protevousianikes peripeteies	Yannis Petropoulakis	Greece
Hang Tuah		Phani Majumdar	Singapore, Malaysia
Happiness	Felicidad	Alfonso Corona Blake	Mexico
It Was Not in Vain	Nije bilo uzalud	Nikola Tanhofer	Yugoslavia
Jonas		Ottomar Domnick	West Germany
Kabuliwala	কাবুলিওয়ালা	Tapan Sinha	India
The Last Ones Shall Be First	Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein	Rolf Hansen	West Germany
Last Pair Out	Sista paret ut	Alf Sjöberg	Sweden
The Man in the Raincoat	L'Homme à l'imperméable	Julien Duvivier	France
Manuela		Guy Hamilton	United Kingdom
No Sun in Venice	Sait-on jamais...	Roger Vadim	France, Italy
Rendezvous with Forgotten Years	Stevnemøte med glemte år	Jon Lennart Mjøen	Norway
Secrets of Life		James Algar	United States
The Spanish Gardener		Philip Leacock	United Kingdom
Tausend Kleine Zeichen		Herbert Seggelke	West Germany
The Teahouse of the August Moon		Daniel Mann	United States
Tizoc	Tizoc: Amor indio	Ismael Rodríguez	Mexico
The Tough	الفتوة	Salah Abu Seif	Egypt
The Valley of the Lost Soul	亡魂谷	Chun Yen	Hong Kong
The Wayward Bus		Victor Vicas	United States
The Wedding Day	시집가는 날	Byung-il Lee	South Korea
Whom God Forgives	Amanecer en Puerta Oscura	José María Forqué	Spain
The Window to Luna Park	La finestra sul Luna Park	Luigi Comencini	Italy
Woman in a Dressing Gown		J. Lee Thompson	United Kingdom

Documentary and Short Film Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Big Bill Blues		Jean Delire	Belgium
Gente lontana		Lionetto Fabbri	Italy
The Good Earth	Đất Lành	Ramon A. Estella	South Vietnam
Happiness	Felicidad	Alfonso Corona Blake	Mexico
The Horse Boy	暴れん坊街道	Tomu Uchida	Japan
La revolución mexicana en sus murales		Luis Spota	Mexico
The Last Paradise	L'ultimo paradiso	Folco Quilici	Italy
Plitvicka jezera		Dragoslav Holub	Yugoslavia
Ruf der Götter		Dietrich Wawrzyn	West Germany
Secrets of Life		James Algar	United States
Tausend kleine Zeichen		Herbert Seggelke	West Germany

Official Awards

Sidney Lumet, winner of the Golden Bear at the event.

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

Main Competition

• Golden Bear: 12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Mario Monicelli for Fathers and Sons
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Yvonne Mitchell for Woman in a Dressing Gown
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Pedro Infante for Tizoc
• Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize:
  • Whom God Forgives by José María Forqué
  • Kabuliwala by Tapan Sinha

Documentary and Short Film Competition

• Golden Bear (Documentaries): The secrets of nature by James Algar
• Silver Bear (Documentaries): L'ultimo paradiso by Folco Quilici
• Short Film Golden Bear: Gente lontana by Lionetto Fabbri
• Silver Bear for Best Short Film:
  • Plitvička jezera by Šime Šimatović
  • Tausend kleine Zeichen by Herbert Seggelke
  • Big Bill Blues by Jean Delire

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Award

• Woman in a Dressing Gown by J. Lee Thompson
  • Honourable mention: Be Dear to Me by Annelise Hovmand

OCIC Award

• 12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet
  • Special Mention: Woman in a Dressing Gown by J. Lee Thompson

References

1. "7th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
2. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1957". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
3. "JURIES 1957". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
4. "PROGRAMME 1957". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

External links

• 7th Berlin International Film Festival 1957
• 1957 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1957 Archived 25 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database