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Opening film | Nickelodeon |
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Location | West Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear (The Ascent) |
Festival date | 24 June – 5 July 1977 |
Website | Website |
The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June – 5 July 1977.[1] The festival opened with Nickelodeon by Peter Bogdanovich.[2] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film The Ascent directed by Larisa Shepitko.[3] Since this edition, the annual Retrospective and Homage events has been coordinated jointly between the festival organization and the Deutsche Kinemathek.[4] The retrospective shown at the festival was dedicated to German actress Marlene Dietrich, which was divided into two parts, with Part 1 being shown this year along with the retrospective called Love, Death and Technology. Cinema of the Fantastical 1933–1945.[5] The guest of the Homage was West German filmmaker Wilfried Basse.[6]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[7]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:[8]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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The Fifth Seal | Az ötödik pecsét | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
Between the Lines | Joan Micklin Silver | USA | |
Black Litter | Camada negra | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Spain |
Cyclops | Циклопът Tsiklopŭt | Christo Christov | Bulgaria |
Day for My Love | Den pro mou lásku | Juraj Herz | Czechoslovakia |
The Conquest of the Citadel | Die Eroberung der Zitadelle | Bernhard Wicki | West Germany |
The Expulsion from Paradise | Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies | Niklaus Schilling | West Germany |
Don's Party | Bruce Beresford | Australia | |
The Anchorite | El anacoreta | Juan Estelrich | Spain, France |
Etuda o zkoušce | Evald Schorm | Czechoslovakia | |
Feniks | Petar Gligorovski | Yugoslavia | |
Grete Minde | Heidi Genée | West Germany, Austria | |
A Strange Role | Herkulesfürdöi emlék | Pál Sándor | Hungary |
Hitler – A career | Hitler - Eine Karriere | Joachim Fest and Christian Herrendoerfer | West Germany |
Jabberwocky | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom | |
The Late Show | Robert Benton | USA | |
The Devil Probably | Le diable probablement | Robert Bresson | France |
The Bricklayers | Los albañiles | Jorge Fons | Mexico |
Mama, I'm Alive | Mama, ich lebe | Konrad Wolf | East Germany, Soviet Union |
The Man Who Loved Women | L'Homme qui aimait les femmes | François Truffaut | France |
Nickelodeon | Peter Bogdanovich | USA | |
Ortsfremd ... wohnhaft vormals Mainzerlandstraße | Hedda Rinneberg and Hans Sachs | West Germany | |
Pigs Have Wings | Porci con le ali | Paolo Pietrangeli | Italy |
Сентиментальный роман Sentimentalnyy roman | Igor Maslennikov | Soviet Union | |
Tenda dos Milagres | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil | |
The Ascent | Восхождение Voskhozhdeniye | Larisa Shepitko | Soviet Union |
The Widowhood of Karolina Žašler | Vdovstvo Karoline Žašler | Matjaž Klopčič | Yugoslavia |
† | 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. |
The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Marlene Dietrich (Part 1):
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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Blonde Venus | Josef von Sternberg | USA | |
The Ship of Lost Souls | Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen | Maurice Tourneur | Germany |
The Blue Angel | Der blaue Engel | Josef von Sternberg | Germany |
Dishonored | Josef von Sternberg | USA | |
Dangers of the Engagement Period | Gefahren der Brautzeit | Fred Sauer | Germany |
Knight Without Armour | Jacques Feyder | United Kingdom | |
Morocco | Josef von Sternberg | USA | |
Shanghai Express | Josef von Sternberg | USA | |
The Devil Is a Woman | Josef von Sternberg | USA | |
The Scarlet Empress | Josef von Sternberg | USA | |
Tragedy of Love | Tragödie der Liebe | Joe May | Germany |
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Love, Death and Technology. Cinema of the Fantastical 1933–1945":
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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The Tunnel | Der Tunnel | Kurt Bernhardt | Germany |
Master of the World | Der Herr der Welt | Harry Piel | Germany |
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]