Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
The Golden Bear is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. Location - Berlin, Germany Founded 1951 February.
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- DirectorLeopold LindtbergStarsViveca LindforsRalph MeekerYossi YadinSoviet, British, French and American allies patrol post-war Vienna.German jury vote - Golden Bear Drama - 1951
1 win & 2 nominations - DirectorJean-Paul Le ChanoisStarsBernard BlierDanièle DelormePierre TrabaudThérèse Ravenaz is a charming young woman but also the victim of a seducer who abandoned her as soon as she told him that she was expecting his baby. To trace her unworthy lover, she boards a taxi driven by friendly cabdriver Emile Gauthier, who agrees to help her. But street after street, district after district, the seducer is nowhere to be found in Paris. And when she finally achieves the end of her quest, there is no Holy Grail. She learns that the rotter is already married. Fortunately, Emile has a heart of gold.German jury vote - Golden Bear Comedies - 1951
2 wins - DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerMogens LindGet a glimpse of "nature's own engineer" hard at work. A young male beaver must defend his new family against hungry predators, mischievous river otters and the ever-impending threat of winter.German jury vote - Golden Bear Documentaries - 1951
Won 1 Oscar.
Another 3 wins - DirectorAndré CayatteStarsMichel AuclairAntoine BalpêtréRaymond BussièresStory of a French woman doctor who admits to mercifully killing her lover, also a doctor who has cancer.German jury vote - Golden Bear Thrillers and adventures - 1951
4 wins - DirectorsClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsIlene WoodsJames MacDonaldEleanor AudleyWhen Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.German jury vote - Golden Bear Music Film - 1951
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 4 wins & 4 nominations - DirectorArne MattssonStarsEdvin AdolphsonUlla JacobssonJohn ElfströmAfter graduation, a Swedish youth goes to live with his uncle in the countryside and immediately takes a liking to a local girl.Audience vote - 1952
2 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsYves MontandCharles VanelPeter van EyckIn a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.Audience vote - 1953
Top Rated Movies #189
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award.
Another 5 wins - DirectorDavid LeanStarsCharles LaughtonJohn MillsBrenda de BanzieWidower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.Audience vote - 1954
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 win & 4 nominations - DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsMaria SchellCurd JürgensHeidemarie HatheyerIn the early Fifties Pauline Karka (Maria Schell) comes to Berlin. She is pregnant and totally penniless. She meets the laundry owner Anna John (Heidemarie Hatheyer) who always yearned to become a mother but hasn't been able to. Paulines child is born and the two women agree that Anna John will keep the newborn as her own baby. As Pauline is going to move to West Germany, she wants to see her child once again for the last time but Anna John refuses. Pauline panics and kidnaps by mistake the terminally ill kid of the neighbor woman. Meanwhile Anna John instructs her brother Bruno (Curd Jürgens) to get rid of Pauline but Bruno stumbles and kills himself with his own knife before he could find Pauline.Audience vote - 1955
3 wins & 3 nominations. - DirectorsGene KellyJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsGene KellyIgor YouskevitchClaire SombertThree different stories are told through a notably unusual way - no words, just dance.International jury - 1956
1 win & 1 nomination - DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.International jury - 1957
Top Rated Movies #5
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 16 wins & 8 nominations - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.International jury - 1958
Top Rated Movies #148
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Another 16 wins & 2 nominations - DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsGérard BlainJean-Claude BrialyJuliette MaynielA pair of cousins share a flat, but animosity begins to build between the two when a woman gets involved.International jury - 1959
1 win - DirectorCésar Fernández ArdavínStarsMarco PaolettiJuanjo MenéndezCarlos CasaravillaThe story of Lazarillo, a poor boy who must live by his wits after being sold to a series of cruel masters.International Jury - 1960
7 wins - DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsJeanne MoreauMarcello MastroianniMonica VittiA day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.International Jury - 1961
6 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsAlan BatesJune RitchieThora HirdAfter his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.International Jury - 1962
Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards.
Another 1 win - DirectorGian Luigi PolidoroStarsAlberto SordiGunilla Elm-TornkvistAnne-Charlotte SjöbergSordi gives a deep and touching comic performance as an Italian fur merchant who is going to Sweden for the first time to attend the annual fur auctions in Stockholm. The movie depicts the clash between his fantasies about sex in Sweden with the reality of what he finds.International Jury - 1963
Won 1 Golden Globe.
Another 1 win & 1 nomination - DirectorTadashi ImaiStarsKinnosuke NakamuraEijirô TônoKyôko KishidaAfter a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he's about to repeat their mistakes.International Jury - 1963
2 wins - DirectorMetin ErksanStarsErol TasHülya KoçyigitUlvi DoganA farmer has a violent dispute with his fellow villagers by claiming ownership of the water that comes out of his land. He is as sexually frustrated as he is greedy.International Jury - 1964
2 wins - DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsEddie ConstantineAnna KarinaAkim TamiroffAn agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.International Jury - 1965
1 win - DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsDonald PleasenceFrançoise DorléacLionel StanderIn search of help, two wounded gangsters on the run find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.International Jury - 1966
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 win. - DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsJean-Pierre LéaudCatherine-Isabelle DuportJacqueline BirA fast-paced comedy about a young Belgian car nut and hairdresser's apprentice, his girlfriend, and their legal and illegal attempts to get a Porsche under him for his nearing debut race.International Jury - 1967
2 wins - DirectorJan TroellStarsPer OscarssonAnn-Marie GyllenspetzKerstin TideliusA weak and tormented teacher is pushed to the limit by his obnoxious students.International Jury - 1968
5 wins - DirectorZelimir ZilnikStarsMilja VujanovicBogdan TirnanicCedomir RadovicA group of young persons are going to make a revolution, but in real life everything is not the same as in smart books.International Jury - 1969
2 wins - DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsDominique SandaLino CapolicchioHelmut BergerThe story of the Finzi-Continis, a noble family of Ferrara, during the Jewish persecution in Italy's 1930s.International Jury - 1971
Won 1 Oscar.
Another 10 wins & 3 nominations