2nd Moscow International Film Festival
The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961.[1] The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film The Naked Island directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film Clear Skies directed by Grigori Chukhrai.
| Location | Moscow, Soviet Union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1959 |
| Awards | Grand Prix |
| Festival date | 9–23 July 1961 |
| Website | http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru |
Jury
- Sergei Yutkevich (USSR - President of the Jury)
- Chinghiz Aitmatov (USSR)
- Zoltán Várkonyi (Hungary)
- Luchino Visconti (Italy)
- Sergei Gerasimov (USSR)
- Karel Zeman (Czechoslovakia)
- Mehboob Khan (India)
- Joshua Logan (USA)
- Leon Moussinac (France)
- Roger Manwell (Great Britain)
- Francisco Piña (Mexico)
- Walieddin Youssef Samih (Egypt)
- Jerzy Toeplitz (Poland)
- Huang Guang (China)
- Michael Tschesno-Hell (East Germany)
- Liviu Ciulei (Romania)
- Borislav Sharaliev (Bulgaria)
Films in competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alba Regia | Alba Regia | Mihály Szemes | Hungary |
| Das Riesenrad | Das Riesenrad | Géza von Radványi | West Germany |
| Big Request Concert | Das große Wunschkonzert | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Austria |
| N/A | Det store varpet | Nils R. Müller | Norway |
| Warriors for Freedom | Pedjuang | Usmar Ismail | Indonesia |
| William Tell | Wilhelm Tell | Michel Dikoff | Switzerland |
| Sunrise at Campobello | N/A | Vincent J. Donehue | United States |
| The Children of Bullerbyn Village | Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn | Olle Hellbom | Sweden |
| Everybody Go Home | Tutti a casa | Luigi Comencini | Italy, France |
| The Naked Island | Hadaka no shima | Kaneto Shindo | Japan |
| Thirst | Setea | Mircea Drăgan | Romania |
| Enclosure | L'Enclos | Armand Gatti | France, Yugoslavia |
| We Were Young | A byahme mladi | Binka Zhelyazkova | Bulgaria |
| Kukuli | Kukuli | Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama, Cesar Villanueva | Peru |
| Kurulubedda | Kurulubedda | L. S. Ramachandran | Ceylon |
| Chaudhvin Ka Chand | Chaudhvin Ka Chand | Mohammed Sadiq | India |
| To My Father in Ulan Bator | Ulaan-Baatart baygaa miniy aavd | Dejidiin Jigjid | Mongolia |
| The Beginning and the End | بداية ونهاية | Salah Abu Seif | Egypt |
| N/A | Nebeski odred | Bosko Boskovic, Ilija Nikolic | Yugoslavia |
| The Fire on the Second Line | Lửa Trung Tuyến | Phạm Văn Khoa | North Vietnam |
| The Last Winter | Den sidste vinter | Frank Dunlop, Anker Sørensen, Edvin Tiemroth | Denmark, West Germany |
| The Haunted Castle | Das Spukschloß im Spessart | Kurt Hoffmann | West Germany |
| Professor Mamlock | Professor Mamlock | Konrad Wolf | East Germany |
| The Trials of Oscar Wilde | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | Ken Hughes | United Kingdom |
| Stories of the Revolution | Historias de la revolución | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba |
| Tumangan River | Tumangan River | Chen San In | North Korea |
| Tonight a City Will Die | Dziś w nocy umrze miasto | Jan Rybkowski | Poland |
| A Revolutionary Family | Geming jiating | Shui Hua | China |
| N/A | Skandaali tyttökoulussa | Edvin Laine | Finland |
| Juana Gallo | Juana Gallo | Miguel Zacarías | Mexico |
| Fetters | Pouta | Karel Kachyňa | Czechoslovakia |
| Clear Skies | Chistoe nebo | Grigori Chukhrai | Soviet Union |
| This Earth Is Mine | Esta tierra es mía | Hugo del Carril | Argentina |
Awards
- Grand Prix:
- The Naked Island by Kaneto Shindo
- Clear Skies by Grigori Chukhrai
- Special Golden Prize: Everybody Go Home by Luigi Comencini
- Golden Prizes:
- Silver Prizes:
- Alba Regia by Mihály Szemes
- Thirst by Mircea Drăgan
- The Haunted Castle by Kurt Hoffmann
- Director: Armand Gatti for Enclosure
- Actor: Peter Finch for The Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Actor: Bambang Hermanto for Warriors for Freedom
- Actress: Yu Lan for A Revolutionary Family
- Director of photography: Boguslaw Lambach for Tonight a City Will Die
- Decorator Bill Constable and costume designer Terence Morgan for The Trials of Oscar Wilde
References
- "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
External links
- Moscow International Film Festival: 1961 at Internet Movie Database
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