36th Berlin International Film Festival
# 36th Berlin International Film Festival

The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986. The festival opened with Ginger and Fred by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to West German film Stammheim directed by Reinhard Hauff. The retrospective was in honour of German actress and film producer Henny Porten and the homage was dedicated to American film director Fred Zinnemann. Claude Lanzmann's 9 hour long documentary film Shoah about The Holocaust was screened at the Young Filmmakers Forum (renamed the International Forum of New Cinema in 1987).

## Jury

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

* Gina Lollobrigida, actress (Italy) - Jury President
* Rudi Fehr, editor (United Kingdom)
* Lindsay Anderson, director (United Kingdom)
* August Coppola, academic (United States)
* Werner Grassmann, producer, director and screenwriter (West Germany)
* Otar Iosseliani, director and screenwriter (Soviet Union)
* Norbert Kückelmann, director and screenwriter (West Germany)
* Françoise Maupin, journalist and film critic (France)
* Rosaura Revueltas, actress (Mexico)
* Naoki Togawa, writer and co-founder of Polska Szkoła Filmowa (Poland)
* Jerzy Toeplitz, film critic (Japan)

## Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| Love Me! | Älska mej | Kay Pollak | Sweden |
| Anne Trister | Anne Trister | Léa Pool | Canada |
| At Close Range | At Close Range | James Foley | USA |
| Dawn | L'Aube | Miklós Jancsó | France, Israel |
| The Berlin Affair | Interno Berlinese | Liliana Cavani | Italy, West Germany |
| Caravaggio | Caravaggio | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom |
| Camorra | Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti | Lina Wertmüller | Italy |
| My First Two Hundred Years | Első kétszáz évem | Gyula Maár | Hungary |
| Flight North | Flucht in den Norden | Ingemo Engström [de] | West Germany, Finland |
| | Gilsoddeum | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| The House on the River | Das Haus am Fluß | Roland Gräf | East Germany |
| | Heidenlöcher | Wolfram Paulus | Austria, West Germany |
| The Smile of the Lamb | Hiuch HaGdi | Shimon Dotan | Israel |
| Hour of the Star | A Hora da Estrela | Suzana Amaral | Brazil |
| Mania | Mania | Giorgos Panousopoulos | Greece |
| The Mass Is Ended | La messa è finita | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister | Mon beau-frère a tué ma sœur | Jacques Rouffio | France |
| | Pas în doi | Dan Pița | Romania |
| The Journey of a Young Composer | Akhalgazrda kompozitoris mogzauroba | Georgiy Shengelaya | Soviet Union |
| Red Kiss | Rouge Baiser | Véra Belmont | France, West Germany |
| My Darling, My Darling | Skapa moya, skapi moy | Eduard Zahariev | Hungary, Bulgaria |
| | Stammheim | Reinhard Hauff | West Germany |
| | Teo el pelirrojo | Paco Lucio | Spain |
| Trouble in Mind | Trouble in Mind | Alan Rudolph | USA |
| Gonza the Spearman | Yari no gonza | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan |

## Out of competition

* Ginger and Fred, directed by Federico Fellini (Italy, France, West Germany)
* Heilt Hitler!, directed by Herbert Achternbusch (West Germany)
* Out of Africa, directed by Sydney Pollack (USA)
* L'Unique, directed by Jérôme Diamant-Berger (France)
* The Journey of Natty Gann, directed by Jeremy Kagan (USA)
* To Live and Die in L.A., directed by William Friedkin (USA)
* Karins ansikte, directed by Ingmar Bergman (Sweden)

## Key

    $^†$ Winner of the main award for best film in its section The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively.

## Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective in honour of Henny Porten:

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman | 24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau | Robert Land | Germany |
| Alexandra | Alexandra | Curt A. Stark | Germany |
| Anna Boleyn | Anna Boleyn | Ernst Lubitsch | Germany |
| | Carola Lamberti – Eine vom Zirkus | Hans Müller | East Germany |
| Christa Hartungen | Christa Hartungen | Rudolf Biebrach | Germany |
| The Ancient Law | Das alte Gesetz | E. A. Dupont | Germany |
| The Beggar Student | Der Bettelstudent | Franz Porten | Germany |
| | Der Müller und sein Kind | Adolf Gärtner | Germany |
| | Der Optimist | E. W. Emo | Germany |
| | Der Schatten des Meeres | Curt A. Stark | Germany |
| The Blue Lantern | Die blaue Laterne | Rudolf Biebrach | Germany |
| The Lady, the Devil and the Model | Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell | Rudolf Biebrach | Germany |
| The Vulture Wally | Die Geierwally | E. A. Dupont | Germany |
| The Long Intermission | Die große Pause | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| The Buchholz Family | Familie Buchholz | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| | Funiculi-Funicula | Franz Porten | Germany |
| | Hann, Hein und Henny! | Rudolf Biebrach | Germany |
| Backstairs | Hintertreppe | Leopold Jessner and Paul Leni | Germany |
| Kohlhiesel's Daughters | Kohlhiesels Töchter | Ernst Lubitsch | Germany |
| The Comedians | Komödianten | G. W. Pabst | Germany |
| | Künstlerliebe | Adolf Gärtner | Germany |
| Lotte | Lotte | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| Louise, Queen of Prussia | Luise, Königin von Preußen | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| | Meissner Porzellan | Franz Porten | Germany |
| Mother and Child | Mutter und Kind | Hans Steinhoff | Germany |
| Marriage of Affection | Neigungsehe | Carl Froelich | Germany |
| Rose Bernd | Rose Bernd | Alfred Halm | Germany |
| Scandalous Eva | Skandal um Eva | G. W. Pabst | Germany |
| | Tragödie eines Streiks | Adolf Gärtner | Germany |
| | Um Haaresbreite | Curt A. Stark | Germany |
| | Verkannt | (unknown) | Germany |
| Escape | Zuflucht | Carl Froelich | Germany |

The following films were shown in the homage dedicated to Fred Zinnemann:

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| - | - | - | - |
| Act of Violence | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| A Hatful of Rain | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| A Man for All Seasons | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| Behold a Pale Horse | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| Benjy | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| Eyes in the Night | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| Forbidden Passage | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| Five Days One Summer | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| From Here to Eternity | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| High Noon | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| Julia | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| Kid Glove Killer | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| Oklahoma! | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| Fishermen's Nets | Redes | Fred Zinnemann and Emilio Gómez Muriel | Mexico |
| Teresa | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| That Mothers Might Live | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| The Day of the Jackal | | Fred Zinnemann | United Kingdom, France |
| That Mothers Might Live | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| The Member of the Wedding | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| The Men | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| The Nun's Story | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| The Search | | Fred Zinnemann | USA, Switzerland |
| The Seventh Cross | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| The Story of Doctor Carver | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| The Sundowners | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |
| While America Sleeps | | Fred Zinnemann | USA |

The film Le Brasier ardent by Ivan Mosjoukine and Alexandre Volkoff was also shown in the retrospective as a tribute to the Cinémathèque Française for its 50th anniversary.

## Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:

* Golden Bear: Stammheim by Reinhard Hauff
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: La messa è finita by Nanni Moretti
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Georgiy Shengelaya for Akhalgazrda kompozitoris mogzauroba
* Silver Bear for Best Actress:
   * Charlotte Valandrey for Rouge Baiser
   * Marcélia Cartaxo for A Hora da Estrela
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Tuncel Kurtiz for Hiuch HaGdi
* Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Caravaggio
* Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Yari no gonza
* Honourable Mention: Pas în doi
* FIPRESCI Award
   * Stammheim by Reinhard Hauff
