8th Berlin International Film Festival

{{Infobox Film festival

| name = 8th Berlin International Film Festival

| image = 8th Berlin International Film Festival poster.jpg

| caption = Festival poster

| opening =

| closing =

| location = West Berlin, Germany

| founded = 1951

| awards = Golden Bear:
Wild Strawberries

| host =

| date = 27 June – 8 July 1958

| website = [http://www.berlinale.de Website]

| chronology = Berlin International Film Festival

| preceded_by = 7th

| followed_by = 9th

}}

The 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June to 8 July 1958 with the Zoo Palast as the main venue.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/01_jahresblatt_1958/01_Jahresblatt_1958.html |title=8th Berlin International Film Festival |access-date=31 December 2009 |work=berlinale.de}} The festival was opened by then West Berlin's newly elected mayor Willy Brandt.{{cite web |url=http://www.hkw.de/en/hkw/geschichte/50/1958.php |title=Episode 3 / 1958: The Golden Key, Dialogue and the Defiance of a Front-Line City |access-date=13 June 2014 |archive-date=6 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606064042/http://hkw.de/en/hkw/geschichte/50/1958.php |url-status=dead }}

The Golden Bear was awarded to Wild Strawberries directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Juries

File:Capra-signed 1930s.jpg, Jury President]]

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/04_jury_1958/04_Jury_1958.html |title=JURIES 1958 |access-date=7 June 2014 |work=berlinale.de | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131023100447/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/04_jury_1958/04_Jury_1958.html| archive-date=23 October 2013 |url-status= live}}

= Main Competition =

Frank Capra, American filmmaker and producer - Jury President
Joaquim Novais Teixeira, Portuguese politician, writer and film critic
Jean Marais, French actor
Paul Rotha, British filmmaker
L. B. Rao Indian
Duilio Coletti, Italian filmmaker
Michiko Tanaka, Japanese actress
Gerhard T. Buchholz, West-German filmmaker and producer
Willy Haas, West-German writer
Gerhard Lamprecht, West-German filmmaker and producer
Leopold Reitemeister, West-German art historian

= Documentary and Short Film Competition =

Wali Eddine Sameh, Egyptian filmmaker - Jury President
Günther Birkenfeld, West-German producer
Werner Eisbrenner, West-German composer and conductor
Adolf Forter, Swiss producer
Anton Koolhaas, Dutch writer
Jan-Olof Olsson, Swedish writer
Edward Toner, Irish co-founder of the Irish Film Centre

Official Sections

= Main Competition =

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/02_programm_1958/02_Programm_1958.html |title=PROGRAMME 1958|access-date=7 June 2014 |work=berlinale.de| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109155239/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/02_programm_1958/02_Programm_1958.html| archive-date=9 November 2013 | url-status= live}}

class="wikitable" width="78%" cellpadding="5"
width="25%" \| English title ! width="25%" \| Original title ! width="20%" \| Director(s) ! width="30%" \| Production Country
Anna of Brooklyn \|Anna di Brooklyn \|Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Lastricati \|Italy
A Party in Hell \|شب‌ نشینی در جهنم \|Samuel Khachikian and Mushegh Sarvarian \|Iran
Ash Wednesday \|Miércoles de ceniza \|Roberto Gavaldón \|Mexico
colspan="2" \|A Time to Love and a Time to Die \|Douglas Sirk \|United States, West Germany
Cairo Station \|باب الحديد \|Youssef Chahine \|Egypt
colspan="2" \|The Defiant Ones \|Stanley Kramer \|United States
The Devil's Pass \|La Passe du diable \|Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerffer \|France
colspan="2" \|Djajaprana \|Kotot Soekardi \|Indonesia
Do Aankhen Barah Haath \|दो आँखें बारह हाथ \|Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram \|India
Girls in Uniform \|Mädchen in Uniform \|Géza von Radványi \|West Germany, France
colspan="2" \|Ice Cold in Alex \|J. Lee Thompson \|United Kingdom
It Happened in Broad Daylight \|Es geschah am hellichten Tag \|Ladislao Vajda \|Switzerland, West Germany, Spain
The Girls Are Willing \|Guld og grønne skove \|Gabriel Axel \|Denmark
Jun'ai Monogatari \|純愛物語 \|Tadashi Imai \|Japan
The Law Is the Law \|La loi, c'est la loi \|Christian-Jaque \|France, Italy
Let's Make the Impossible! \|¡Viva lo imposible! \|Rafael Gil \|Spain
colspan="2" \|Miriam \|William Markus \|Finland
Oi paranomoi \|Οι παράνομοι \|Nikos Koundouros \|Greece
Strange Gods \|Los dioses ajenos \|Román Viñoly Barreto \|Argentina
The Temptress and the Monk \|白夜の妖女 \|Eisuke Takizawa \|Japan
The Tenth of May \|Der 10. Mai \|Franz Schnyder \|Switzerland
colspan="2" \|Una cita de amor \|Emilio Fernández \|Mexico
colspan="2" \|Ut av mørket \|Arild Brinchmann \|Norway
colspan="2" \|Wild Is the Wind \|George Cukor \|United States
style="background:#FFDEAD;" \|*Wild Strawberries* \|*Smultronstället* \|Ingmar Bergman \|Sweden
The Witch Beneath the Sea \|Tumulto de Paixões \|Zygmunt Sulistrowski \|Brazil, United States

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width="25%" | English title

! width="25%" | Original title

! width="20%" | Director(s)

! width="30%" | Production Country

Anna of Brooklyn

|Anna di Brooklyn

|Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Lastricati

|Italy

A Party in Hell

|شب‌ نشینی در جهنم

|Samuel Khachikian and Mushegh Sarvarian

|Iran

Ash Wednesday

|Miércoles de ceniza

|Roberto Gavaldón

|Mexico

colspan="2" |A Time to Love and a Time to Die

|Douglas Sirk

|United States, West Germany

Cairo Station

|باب الحديد

|Youssef Chahine

|Egypt

colspan="2" |The Defiant Ones

|Stanley Kramer

|United States

The Devil's Pass

|La Passe du diable

|Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerffer

|France

colspan="2" |Djajaprana

|Kotot Soekardi

|Indonesia

Do Aankhen Barah Haath

|दो आँखें बारह हाथ

|Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram

|India

Girls in Uniform

|Mädchen in Uniform

|Géza von Radványi

|West Germany, France

colspan="2" |Ice Cold in Alex

|J. Lee Thompson

|United Kingdom

It Happened in Broad Daylight

|Es geschah am hellichten Tag

|Ladislao Vajda

|Switzerland, West Germany, Spain

The Girls Are Willing

|Guld og grønne skove

|Gabriel Axel

|Denmark

Jun'ai Monogatari

|純愛物語

|Tadashi Imai

|Japan

The Law Is the Law

|La loi, c'est la loi

|Christian-Jaque

|France, Italy

Let's Make the Impossible!

|¡Viva lo imposible!

|Rafael Gil

|Spain

colspan="2" |Miriam

|William Markus

|Finland

Oi paranomoi

|Οι παράνομοι

|Nikos Koundouros

|Greece

Strange Gods

|Los dioses ajenos

|Román Viñoly Barreto

|Argentina

The Temptress and the Monk

|白夜の妖女

|Eisuke Takizawa

|Japan

The Tenth of May

|Der 10. Mai

|Franz Schnyder

|Switzerland

colspan="2" |Una cita de amor

|Emilio Fernández

|Mexico

colspan="2" |Ut av mørket

|Arild Brinchmann

|Norway

colspan="2" |Wild Is the Wind

|George Cukor

|United States

style="background:#FFDEAD;"

|Wild Strawberries

|Smultronstället

|Ingmar Bergman

|Sweden

The Witch Beneath the Sea

|Tumulto de Paixões

|Zygmunt Sulistrowski

|Brazil, United States

= Documentary and Short Film Competition =

class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
width="25%" \| English title ! width="25%" \| Original title ! width="20%" \| Director(s) ! width="30%" \| Production Country
Dream Road of the World \|Traumstraße der Welt \|Hans Domnick \|West Germany
Glass \|Glas \|Bert Haanstra \|Netherlands
colspan="2" \|Jaguar \|Sean Graham \|Ghana
colspan="2" \|Königin im Frauenreich \|H. Zickendraht \|Switzerland
colspan="2" \|La lunga raccolta \|Lionetto Fabbri \|Italy
style="background:#FFDEAD;" \| colspan="2" \|Perri \|N. Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright \|United States
colspan="2" \|Trans Canada Summer \|Ronald Dick \|Canada

class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"

width="25%" | English title

! width="25%" | Original title

! width="20%" | Director(s)

! width="30%" | Production Country

Dream Road of the World

|Traumstraße der Welt

|Hans Domnick

|West Germany

Glass

|Glas

|Bert Haanstra

|Netherlands

colspan="2" |Jaguar

|Sean Graham

|Ghana

colspan="2" |Königin im Frauenreich

|H. Zickendraht

|Switzerland

colspan="2" |La lunga raccolta

|Lionetto Fabbri

|Italy

style="background:#FFDEAD;"

| colspan="2" |Perri

|N. Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright

|United States

colspan="2" |Trans Canada Summer

|Ronald Dick

|Canada

Official Awards

File:Ingmar Bergman Smultronstallet.jpg, winner of the Golden Bear at the event.]]

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html |title=PRIZES & HONOURS 1958 |access-date=7 June 2014 |work=berlinale.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121020/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html |archive-date=15 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}

= Main Competition =

Golden Bear: Wild Strawberries by Ingmar Bergman
Silver Bear for Best Director: Tadashi Imai for Jun'ai Monogatari
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Anna Magnani for Wild Is the Wind
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize: Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram

= Documentary and Short Film Competition =

Golden Bear (Documentaries): Perri by N. Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright
Silver Bear (Documentaries): Dream Road of the World by Hans Domnick
Short Film Golden Bear: La lunga raccolta by Lionetto Fabbri
Silver Bear for Best Short Film:
Glass by Bert Haanstra
Königin im Frauenreich by H. Zickendraht

Independent Awards

= [[International Federation of Film Critics#FIPRESCI Award|FIPRESCI Award]] =

Ice Cold in Alex by J. Lee Thompson
Smultronstället by Ingmar Bergman
Special mention: Jaguar by Sean Graham

= OCIC Award =

Do Aankhen Barah Haath by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram
Special Mention (Berlin Senate Education Prize): La Passe du diable by Jacques Dupont and Pierre Schoendoerffer

References

External links

[http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/awards.php?award_id=berlin&year=1958 8th Berlin International Film Festival 1958]
[http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/01_jahresblatt_1958/01_Jahresblatt_1958.html 1958 Berlin International Film Festival]
[https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Berlin_International_Film_Festival/1958 Berlin International Film Festival:1958] at Internet Movie Database

Category:1958 film festivals

Category:1958 in West Germany

Category:1950s in Berlin