9th Moscow International Film Festival

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9th Moscow International Film Festival
Location Moscow, Soviet Union
Founded1959
AwardsGrand Prix
Festival date10–23 July 1975
Website http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru

The 9th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1975. [1] The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Polish film The Promised Land directed by Andrzej Wajda, the Soviet-Japanese film Dersu Uzala directed by Akira Kurosawa and the Italian film We All Loved Each Other So Much directed by Ettore Scola.

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Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Actor and the Savages Actorul şi sălbaticii Manole Marcus Romania
The White Wall Den vita väggen Stig Björkman Sweden
Great Expectations Great Expectations Joseph Hardy Great Britain
Souvenir of Gibraltar Souvenir of Gibraltar Henri Xhonneux Belgium, France
The Year of the Solar Eclipse Nar hirtsen jil Dshamjangijn Buntar Mongolia
Girl from Hanoi Em bé Hà Nội Hải Ninh North Vietnam
Dersu Uzala Dersu Uzala Akira Kurosawa Soviet Union, Japan
Home for Christmas Jouluksi kotiin Jaakko Pakkasvirta Finland
The House in the South La casa del Sur Sergio Olhovich Mexico
The Other Francisco El otro Francisco Sergio Giral Cuba
The Promised Land Ziemia obiecana Andrzej Wajda Poland
How to Be an Adult Eya Dan Loku Lamayek Dharmasena Pathiraja Sri Lanka
Kafr kasem Kafr kasem Borhane Alaouié Syria
The Red Apple Krasnoe yabloko Tolomush Okeyev Soviet Union
Castle of Sand Suna no utsuwa Yoshitarō Nomura Japan
A Peasant on a Bicycle Selyaninat s koleloto Lyudmil Kirkov Bulgaria
My Little Loves Mes petites amoureuses Jean Eustache France
Between Day and Night Zwischen Nacht und Tag Horst E. Brandt East Germany
We All Loved Each Other So Much C'eravamo tanto amati Ettore Scola Italy
Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf Nazareno Cruz y el lobo Leonardo Favio Argentina
The Legacy L'héritage Mohamed Bouamari Algeria
141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence 141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból Zoltán Fábri Hungary
La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu Souheil Ben-Barka Morocco
The Condemned Totstellen Axel Corti Austria, West Germany
Only the Wind Knows the Answer Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind Alfred Vohrer West Germany, France
The Last Fleksnes Den siste Fleksnes Bo Hermansson Norway
Thai Tigers Roar Payak rai thaiteep Sakka Charuchinda Thailand
The Regent's Wife La Regenta Gonzalo Suárez Spain
Red Sien Rooie Sien Frans Weisz Netherlands
Allpakallpa Allpakallpa Bernardo Arias Peru
La quema de Judas La quema de Judas Román Chalbaud Venezuela
Sons of Quiet أبناء الصمت Sons of Quiet Minir Radi Egypt
My Brother Has a Cute Brother Můj brácha má prima bráchu Stanislav Strnad Czechoslovakia
The Republic of Užice Uzicka Republika Žika Mitrović Yugoslavia
Xala Xala Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Chorus Chorus Mrinal Sen India

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References

  1. "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.