6th Berlin International Film Festival

The International Film Festival took place in 1956 to 3 July 1956 by June 22.

Summary

As 1951, the Berlinale had its premiere, she had used without permission FIAPF a jury awarded the first Golden Bear. The FIAPF under said this, which is why the Berlinale noted since 1952, the winner of the Golden Bears by a public vote. 1955 FIAPF had now decided that the Berlinale rose to A Festival and an international jury could field.

Nevertheless, the organizers stuck to their audience vote and so in 1956 two Golden Bears were awarded one of the first international jury of the audience, which showed continued undiminished enthusiasm. The casual handling of the movie stars brought the Berlinale, the image of the " Festival of the little man " a. That changed, however, by the appreciation of the A- Festival: Before the festival venues barriers were now required and the stars you could just wave from a distance.

The decisions of the first international jury were heavily criticized by many commentators. Invitation to the Dance ( Invitation to the Dance ) by Gene Kelly them was too shallow for the grand prize of an A - Festival. Favorite of many critics was the Finnish Post The Unknown Soldier ( Tuntematon Sotilas ) Edin Laine was a disillusioned anti-war film based on a novel by Väinö Linna.

Two political actions of festival director Alfred Bauer created a stir: By protesting to the Senate, he prevented the independent performance of DEFA films. ( The event had been planned " international understanding " of the Berliner Zille society under the motto. ) To save his reputation as a politically impartial representative of the Berlinale, he was Alain Resnais ' film Night and Fog ( Nuit et Brouillard ) than special screening. The film documents the crimes of the Germans in Auschwitz and had previously been made ​​to appeal to the Federal Government in Cannes from the festival program, Justification: The film is not meant to " international understanding ".

International Jury

President of the first International Jury of the Berlinale was the French director Marcel Carné. He stood in front of the following judges:

• Ludwig Berger ( Germany )
• Leo J. Horster (USA )
• Kashiko Kawakita (Japan )
• W. G. Luckwell ( United Kingdom )
• G. V. Sampieri (Italy) and
• Ilse Urbach ( Germany ).

Competition

The winning film is highlighted in orange.

Award winners

Golden bear

• Jury decision: Invitation to the Dance
• Audience vote: Before Sunset
• Documentary: No Room for Wild Animals
• Short Film: Paris la nuit

Silver Bears

• International Award: Richard III.
• Audience vote: Wed tío Jacinto
• Prizes: The Long Arm ( The Long Arm) and the blonde witch (La sorcière )
• Director: Robert Aldrich for autumn storms ( Autumn Leaves )
• Actors: Burt Lancaster for trapeze ( trapeze )
• Actress Elsa Martinelli for Young Love in Rome ( Donatella )
• Documentary: Secrets of the Steppe ( The African Lion )
• Short Film: Rhythmetic
• Special Prize for Short Film: Spring in Kashmir ( Spring Comes to Kashmir ) and the sun of the Hittites ( Hitit günesi )

Bronze bear

• Audience vote: trapeze ( trapeze )

Large Golden Plaque

• No Room for Wild Animals

Large Silver Medal

• Secrets of the Steppe ( The African Lion )

Big Bronze Plaque

• Magic of Nature

Little Golden Plaque

• Company Arctic (Men Against the Arctic )

Small Silver Medal

• Ernst Reuter

Small Bronze Plaque

• Happy Africa Roman times (Les très riches heures de l' Afrique romaine )

Citation

• Love, bread and a thousand kisses ( Pane, amore e ... ) "for best comedic movie"
• With a newspaper covered (El camino de la vida ) " Best Director "
• The white snake woman ( Byaku fujin no Yoren ) "for the use of color "
• Short Film: ... can, however, be very, The long journey ( The Long Journey ) and the wooden shoe from the Loire Valley (Le sabotier du val de Loire)

OCIC Award

• The Unknown Soldier ( Tuntematon sotilas )
• Special mention: With a newspaper covered (El camino de la vida )

Sources and links

• Wolfgang Jacobsen: 50 years Berlinale - International Film Festival 1951-2000
• Berlinale 1956 in Internet Movie Database
• Berlinale Annual Archive

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