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Location | West Berlin, Germany |
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Founded | 1951 |
Awards | Golden Bear ( Rain Man) |
No. of films | 375 films [1] |
Festival date | 10 – 21 February 1989 |
Website | http://www.berlinale.de |
The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989. [2] The Golden Bear was awarded to American film Rain Man directed by Barry Levinson. [3] The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer and another one dedicated to European productions of 1939 titled Europe 1939. [4]
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: [5]
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: [1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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The Accused | The Accused | Jonathan Kaplan | USA |
Gang of Four | La bande des quatre | Jacques Rivette | France |
Bankomatt | Villi Hermann | Switzerland, Italy | |
Camille Claudel | Bruno Nuytten | France | |
Hope and Pain | Dauntaun hirozu | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
Esquilache | Josefina Molina | Spain | |
Fallada: The Last Chapter | Fallada – letztes Kapitel | Roland Gräf | East Germany |
The Striker with Number 9 | I fanela me to 9 | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece |
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy | Histoires d'Amérique | Chantal Akerman | Belgium, France |
Ivan and Alexandra | Ivan i Aleksandra | Ivan Nitchev | Bulgaria |
I Love, You Love | Ja milujem, ty miluješ | Dušan Hanák | Czechoslovakia |
Joan of Arc of Mongolia | Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia | Ulrike Ottinger | West Germany, France |
Summer of Aviya | Ha-Kayitz Shel Aviya | Eli Cohen | Israel |
Before the Bat's Flight Is Done | Mielött befejezi röptét a denevér | Péter Tímár | Hungary |
Mississippi Burning | Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | USA |
The Dark Night | La noche oscura | Carlos Saura | Spain, France |
Pestalozzi's Mountain | Pestalozzis Berg | Peter von Gunten | East Germany, Switzerland, Italy |
Rain Man | Rain Man | Barry Levinson | USA |
Resurrected | Resurrected | Paul Greengrass | United Kingdom |
The Servant | Sluga | Vadim Abdrashitov | Soviet Union |
Talk Radio | Talk Radio | Oliver Stone | USA |
Evening Bell | Wan zhong | Wu Ziniu | China |
† | Winner of the main award for best film in its section |
The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Erich Pommer: [6]
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Europe 1939": [6]
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: [3]