The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988.[2] The festival opened with musical film Linie 1byReinhard Hauff.[2]
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Festival poster
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Opening film | Linie 1 |
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Location | West Berlin, Germany |
Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear: Red Sorghum |
No. of films | 447 films[1] |
Festival date | 12 – 23 February 1988 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
Berlin International Film Festival chronology | |
The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou.[3]
The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled The History of Colour Film.[4] Originally West German actor Gert Fröbe was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which Moritz de Hadeln appointed the Italian film critic Guglielmo Biraghi as the Jury President.[2]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
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Bear Ye One Another's Burden | Einer trage des anderen Last | Lothar Warneke | East Germany |
Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | United States | |
Commissar | Комиссар | Aleksandr Askoldov | Soviet Union |
The Felons | Hudodelci | Franci Slak | Yugoslavia |
Ground Zero | Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson | Australia | |
Hunting Time | Av Zamanı | Erden Kıral | Turkey |
Jarrapellejos | Antonio Giménez-Rico | Spain | |
Kung-Fu Master | Agnès Varda | France | |
Life Classes | William D. MacGillivray | Canada | |
Moonstruck | Norman Jewison | United States | |
The Mother of Kings | Matka Królów | Janusz Zaorski | Poland |
Phera | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | India | |
The Possessed | Les possédés | Andrzej Wajda | France |
Red Sorghum | 紅高粱 | Zhang Yimou | China |
Theophilos | Θεόφιλος | Lakis Papastathis | Greece |
Verónico Cruz | La deuda interna | Miguel Pereira | Argentina, United Kingdom |
Walker | Alex Cox | United States, Mexico, Spain | |
Wohin? | Herbert Achternbusch | West Germany | |
Yasemin | Hark Bohm | West Germany, Turkey |
The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":[7]
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[3]