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38th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
Opening filmLinie 1
LocationWest Berlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear: Red Sorghum
No. of films447 films[1]
Festival date12 – 23 February 1988
Websitehttp://www.berlinale.de
Berlin International Film Festival chronology

The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988.[2] The festival opened with musical film Linie 1 by Reinhard Hauff.[2]

The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou.[3]

The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled The History of Colour Film.[4] Originally West German actor Gert Fröbe was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which Moritz de Hadeln appointed the Italian film critic Guglielmo Biraghi as the Jury President.[2]

Juries

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Main Competition

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

Official Sections

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Main Competition

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The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Bear Ye One Another's Burden Einer trage des anderen Last Lothar Warneke East Germany
Broadcast News James L. Brooks United States
Commissar Комиссар Aleksandr Askoldov Soviet Union
The Felons Hudodelci Franci Slak Yugoslavia
Ground Zero Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson Australia
Hunting Time Av Zamanı Erden Kıral Turkey
Jarrapellejos Antonio Giménez-Rico Spain
Kung-Fu Master Agnès Varda France
Life Classes William D. MacGillivray Canada
Moonstruck Norman Jewison United States
The Mother of Kings Matka Królów Janusz Zaorski Poland
Phera Buddhadeb Dasgupta India
The Possessed Les possédés Andrzej Wajda France
Red Sorghum 紅高粱 Zhang Yimou China
Theophilos Θεόφιλος Lakis Papastathis Greece
Verónico Cruz La deuda interna Miguel Pereira Argentina, United Kingdom
Walker Alex Cox United States, Mexico, Spain
Wohin? Herbert Achternbusch West Germany
Yasemin Hark Bohm West Germany, Turkey

Out of competition

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1988 Retrospective poster, dedicated to Color Films[6]

Retrospective

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The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":[7]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
A Colour Box Len Lye United Kingdom
The Adventures of Robin Hood Michael Curtiz United States
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Norman Taurog
A Matter of Life and Death Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell United Kingdom
Anticipation of the Night Stan Brakhage United States
A Star Is Born William A. Wellman
The Band Concert Wilfred Jackson
Barry Lyndon Stanley Kubrick United Kingdom, United States
The Belle of New York Charles Walters United States
The Birth of The Robot Len Lye United Kingdom
Black Narcissus Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell United Kingdom
Blood and Sand Rouben Mamoulian United States
Brigadoon Vincente Minnelli
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Das Cabinett des Dr.Caligari Robert Wiene Germany
Carmen Comes Home カルメン故郷に帰る Keisuke Kinoshita Japan
Circles Kreise Oskar Fischinger Germany
Composition in Blue Komposition in Blau Oskar Fischinger
Concerning $1000 (unknown) United States
La Cucaracha Lloyd Corrigan
Doctor X Michael Curtiz
Duel In The Sun King Vidor
English Harvest Humphrey Jennings United Kingdom
Fantasia James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield and Ben Sharpsteen United States
For Whom the Bell Tolls Sam Wood
Four Around a Woman Vier um die Frau Fritz Lang Germany
The Garden of Allah Richard Boleslawski United States
Gate of Hell 地獄門 Teinosuke Kinugasa Japan
Gloria! Hollis Frampton United States
Gold Diggers of Broadway Roy Del Ruth
Gone To Earth Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell United Kingdom
Great Freedom No. 7 Große Freiheit Nr. 7 Helmut Käutner Germany
The Great Sacrifice Opfergang Veit Harlan
Gypsy Sweetheart Ralph Staub United States
House of Usher Roger Corman
The Inhuman Woman L'Inhumaine Marcel L'Herbier France
Johnny Guitar Nicholas Ray United States
King of Jazz John Murray Anderson
Late Autumn 秋日和 Yasujirō Ozu Japan
Lola Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany
Made in U.S.A. Jean-Luc Godard France
Märkische Fahrt Kurt Rupli Germany
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress William Wyler United States
Moby Dick John Huston
Mode in Paris und Berlin vor dem 1. Weltkrieg (unknown) Germany
Moulin Rouge John Huston United Kingdom
Münchhausen Josef von Báky Germany
Muratti Marches On Muratti greift ein Oskar Fischinger
Mystery of the Wax Museum Michael Curtiz United States
The Nightingale Соловей-Соловушко Nikolai Ekk Soviet Union
One From The Heart Francis Ford Coppola United States
On Parade George Pal United Kingdom
The Passenger Professione: reporter Michelangelo Antonioni Italy, Spain, France
The Phantom Carriage Körkarlen Victor Sjöström Sweden
Potsdam Potsdam (unknown) Germany
The Pretty Miller Girl La Belle Meunière Marcel Pagnol France
The Quiet Man John Ford United States
Ramona Henry King
The Red Balloon Le ballon rouge Albert Lamorisse France
The Red Shoes Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell United Kingdom
The River Le Fleuve Jean Renoir France, India, United States
Senso Luchino Visconti Italy
Serene Velocity Ernie Gehr United States
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon John Ford
Sons of Liberty Michael Curtiz
The Sword of Monte Cristo Maurice Geraghty
The Story of Little Mook: Tales from Europe Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck Wolfgang Staudte East Germany
Three Little Pigs Burt Gillett United States
The Toll of the Sea Chester M. Franklin
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine Henry Hathaway
The Trouble with Harry Alfred Hitchcock
The Tree of Wooden Clogs L'albero d'egli zoccoli Ermanno Olmi Italy
Unser Hindenburg (unknown) Germany
The Viking Roy William Neill United States
Way Down East David Wark Griffith
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Frank Tashlin
The Wrestler and the Clown Борец и клоун Boris Barnet and Konstantin Yudin Soviet Union

Official Awards

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Zhang Yimou, winner of the Golden Bear at the event

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]

Independent Awads

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References

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  1. ^ a b "PROGRAMME 1988". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "38th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b "PRIZES & HONOURS 1988". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  4. ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. ^ "JURIES 1988". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  6. ^ "RETROSPECTIVE". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  7. ^ "RETROSPECTIVE 1988". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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