 Festival poster | |
| Location | West Berlin, Germany |
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| Founded | 1951 |
| Awards | Golden Bear: Wild Strawberries |
| Festival date | 27 June – 8 July 1958 |
| Website | Website |
| Berlin International Film Festival chronology | |
| 9th 7th | |
The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June to 8 July 1958 with the Zoo Palast as the main venue. The festival was opened by then West Berlin's newly elected mayor Willy Brandt.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Wild Strawberries directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Juries
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
Main Competition
- Frank Capra, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President
- Joaquim Novais Teixeira, Portuguese politician, writer and film critic
- Jean Marais, French actor
- Paul Rotha, British filmmaker
- L. B. Rao Indian
- Duilio Coletti, Italian filmmaker
- Michiko Tanaka, Japanese actress
- Gerhard T. Buchholz, West-German filmmaker and producer
- Willy Haas, West-German writer
- Gerhard Lamprecht, West-German filmmaker and producer
- Leopold Reitemeister, West-German art historian
Documentary and Short Film Competition
- Wali Eddine Sameh, Egyptian filmmaker - Jury President
- Günther Birkenfeld, West-German producer
- Werner Eisbrenner, West-German composer and conductor
- Adolf Forter, Swiss producer
- Anton Koolhaas, Dutch writer
- Jan-Olof Olsson, Swedish writer
- Edward Toner, Irish co-founder of the Irish Film Centre
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna of Brooklyn | Anna di Brooklyn | Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Lastricati | Italy |
| A Party in Hell | شب نشینی در جهنم | Samuel Khachikian and Mushegh Sarvarian | Iran |
| Ash Wednesday | Miércoles de ceniza | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico |
| A Time to Love and a Time to Die | Douglas Sirk | United States, West Germany | |
| Cairo Station | باب الحديد | Youssef Chahine | Egypt |
| The Defiant Ones | Stanley Kramer | United States | |
| The Devil's Pass | La Passe du diable | Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerffer | France |
| Djajaprana | Kotot Soekardi | Indonesia | |
| Do Aankhen Barah Haath | दो आँखें बारह हाथ | Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram | India |
| Girls in Uniform | Mädchen in Uniform | Géza von Radványi | West Germany, France |
| Ice Cold in Alex | J. Lee Thompson | United Kingdom | |
| It Happened in Broad Daylight | Es geschah am hellichten Tag | Ladislao Vajda | Switzerland, West Germany, Spain |
| The Girls Are Willing | Guld og grønne skove | Gabriel Axel | Denmark |
| Jun'ai Monogatari | 純愛物語 | Tadashi Imai | Japan |
| The Law Is the Law | La loi, c'est la loi | Christian-Jaque | France, Italy |
| Let's Make the Impossible! | ¡Viva lo imposible! | Rafael Gil | Spain |
| Miriam | William Markus | Finland | |
| Oi paranomoi | Οι παράνομοι | Nikos Koundouros | Greece |
| Strange Gods | Los dioses ajenos | Román Viñoly Barreto | Argentina |
| The Temptress and the Monk | 白夜の妖女 | Eisuke Takizawa | Japan |
| The Tenth of May | Der 10. Mai | Franz Schnyder | Switzerland |
| Una cita de amor | Emilio Fernández | Mexico | |
| Ut av mørket | Arild Brinchmann | Norway | |
| Wild Is the Wind | George Cukor | United States | |
| Wild Strawberries | Smultronstället | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| The Witch Beneath the Sea | Tumulto de Paixões | Zygmunt Sulistrowski | Brazil, United States |
Documentary and Short Film Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dream Road of the World | Traumstraße der Welt | Hans Domnick | West Germany |
| Glass | Glas | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |
| Jaguar | Sean Graham | Ghana | |
| Königin im Frauenreich | H. Zickendraht | Switzerland | |
| La lunga raccolta | Lionetto Fabbri | Italy | |
| Perri | N. Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright | United States | |
| Trans Canada Summer | Ronald Dick | Canada | |
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
Main Competition
- Golden Bear: Wild Strawberries by Ingmar Bergman
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Tadashi Imai for Jun'ai Monogatari
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anna Magnani for Wild Is the Wind
- Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones
- Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram
Documentary and Short Film Competition
- Golden Bear (Documentaries): Perri by N. Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright
- Silver Bear (Documentaries): Dream Road of the World by Hans Domnick
- Short Film Golden Bear: La lunga raccolta by Lionetto Fabbri
- Silver Bear for Best Short Film:
- Glass by Bert Haanstra
- Königin im Frauenreich by H. Zickendraht
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Award
- Ice Cold in Alex by J. Lee Thompson
- Smultronstället by Ingmar Bergman
- Special mention: Jaguar by Sean Graham
OCIC Award
- Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram
- Special Mention (Berlin Senate Education Prize): La Passe du diable by Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerffer
References
- "8th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- "Episode 3 / 1958: The Golden Key, Dialogue and the Defiance of a Front-Line City". Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "PRIZES & HONOURS 1958". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- "JURIES 1958". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- "PROGRAMME 1958". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
External links
- 8th Berlin International Film Festival 1958
- 1958 Berlin International Film Festival
- Berlin International Film Festival:1958 at Internet Movie Database
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