14th Berlin International Film Festival

The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1964.[1] The Swedish film 491 by Vilgot Sjöman was rejected by festival director Alfred Bauer owing to its controversial nature.[1] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Turkish film Susuz Yaz directed by Metin Erksan.[2]

14th Berlin International Film Festival
Festival poster
LocationWest Berlin, Germany
Founded1951
AwardsGolden Bear (Susuz Yaz)
Festival date26 June – 7 July 1964
WebsiteWebsite

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[3]

International feature film jury

  • Anthony Mann, director (United States) - Jury President
  • Hermann Schwerin, jurist and film producer (West Germany)
  • Lucas Demare, director, screenwriter and producer (Argentina)
  • Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, actor, director, screenwriter and film critic (France)
  • Yorgos Javellas, director and screenwriter (Greece)
  • Richard Todd, actor (United Kingdom)
  • Takashi Hamama (United Arab Emirates)
  • Gerd Ressing, historian and journalist (West Germany)

International documentary and short jury

  • Girija Kanta Mookerjee, diplomat, educator and writer (India) - Jury President
  • Ferdinand Kastner, film critic (Austria)
  • Burhan Arpad, journalist and writer (Turkey)
  • Hans-Joachim Hossfeld, director (West Germany)
  • Peter Schamoni, director, screenwriter and producer (West Germany)
  • Aud Thagaard, film critic (Norway)
  • Roland Verhavert, director (Belgium)

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:[4]

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Circe Manuel Antín Argentina
Time of the Innocent Die Zeit der Schuldlosen Thomas Fantl West Germany
Soft Hands الأيدي الناعمة‎ al-aydi al-nā'ima Mahmoud Zulfikar Egypt
Faust Michael Suman USA
Destination Death Herrenpartie Wolfgang Staudte West Germany, Yugoslavia
She and He 彼女と彼 Kanojo to kare Susumu Hani Japan
This Summer at Five Kesällä kello 5 Erkko Kivikoski Finland
In the Affirmative L'Amour avec des si Claude Lelouch France
La Difficulté d'être infidèle Bernard Toublanc-Michel France, Italy
Bebo's Girl La ragazza di Bube Luigi Comencini Italy
La visita Antonio Pietrangeli Italy, France
Weeping for a Bandit Llanto por un bandido Carlos Saura Spain, France, Italy
The Escaped Los evadidos Enrique Carreras Argentina
The Big City মহানগর Mahānagar Satyajit Ray India
Night Must Fall Karel Reisz United Kingdom
にっぽん昆虫記 Nippon Konchūki Shōhei Imamura Japan
Of Human Bondage Ken Hughes and Henry Hathaway United Kingdom
The Guns Os Fuzis Ruy Guerra Brazil
School for Suicide Selvmordsskolen Knud Leif Thomsen Denmark
Susuz Yaz Metin Erksan Turkey
The Pawnbroker Sidney Lumet USA
Tonio Kröger Rolf Thiele West Germany, France
Documentary and short film
English title Original title Director(s) Country
IX. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964 Theo Hörmann Austria
The Human Dutch Alleman Bert Haanstra Netherlands
Aanmelding Rob Houwer Netherlands
An Engineer's Assistant ある機関助士 Aru kikan joshi Noriaki Tsuchimoto Japan
Kirdi Max Lersch Austria
Kontraste Wolfgang Urchs West Germany
Olle Olson Hagalund Rune Ericson Sweden
Polish Passion Polnische Passion Janusz Piekałkiewicz Poland
Signale Raimund Ruehl West Germany
Sunday Lark Sanford Semel USA

Key
† Winner of the main award for best film in its section

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[2]

International jury awards

Documentaries and short films jury awards

Independent jury awards

References
  1. "14th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  2. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1964". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. "JURIES 1964". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  4. "PROGRAMME 1964". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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