7th Moscow International Film Festival

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7th Moscow International Film Festival
Location Moscow, Soviet Union
Founded1959
AwardsGrand Prix
Festival date20 July 3 August 1971
Website http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru

The 7th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 July to 3 August 1971. [1] The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian film Confessions of a Police Captain directed by Damiano Damiani, the Japanese film Live Today, Die Tomorrow! directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film The White Bird Marked with Black directed by Yuri Ilyenko.

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Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Akseli and Elina Akseli ja Elina Edvin Laine Finland
The White Bird Marked with Black Belaya ptitsa s chyornoj otmetinoj Yuri Ilyenko Soviet Union
The Birch Wood Brzezina Andrzej Wajda Poland
In the Family Em Família Paulo Porto Brazil
The Sandpit Generals The Sandpit Generals Hall Bartlett United States
Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment Goya – oder der arge Weg der Erkenntnis Konrad Wolf East Germany, Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia
Güemes: la tierra en armas Güemes – la tierra en armas Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Argentina
Girl Nyun Chị Nhung Nguyễn Đức Hinh, Đặng Nhật Minh North Vietnam
The Days of Water Los días del agua Manuel Octavio Gómez Cuba
Son-in-Law Khurgen khuu Dejidiin Gigjid Mongolia
Spaniards in Paris Españolas en París Roberto Bodegas Spain
The Key Klíč Vladimír Čech Czechoslovakia
Cromwell Cromwell Ken Hughes Great Britain
Mathias Kneissl Mathias Kneissl Reinhard Hauff West Germany
Last Crusade Mihai Viteazul Sergiu Nicolaescu Romania, France, Italy
Mon oncle Antoine Mon oncle Antoine Claude Jutra Canada
Knife السكين Knife Khaled Hammada Syria
L'Opium et le Bâton L'Opium et le Bâton Ahmed Rachedi Algeria
Wrathful Journey Gnevno patuvane Nikola Korabov Bulgaria
Confessions of a Police Captain Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica Damiano Damiani Italy
Sagina Mahato Sagina Mahato Tapan Sinha India
Hail, Mary! Салют, Мария!, Salyut, Maria! Iosif Kheifits Soviet Union
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! Hadaka no jukyusai Kaneto Shindo Japan
The Toth Family Isten hozta, őrnagy úr! Zoltán Fábri Hungary
Law Breakers Les Assassins de l'ordre Marcel Carné France, Italy
Fellagas Fellagas Omar Khlifi Tunisia, Bulgaria
Black Seed Crno seme Kiril Cenevski Yugoslavia
Mr. Naive Aghaye hallou Dariush Mehrjui Iran
Emitaï Emitaï Ousmane Sembène Senegal

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References

  1. "7th Moscow International Film Festival (1971)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2012.