29th Berlin International Film Festival

The 29th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 20 to March 3, 1979.^[1]

Jury

• Julie Christie
• Romain Gary
• Ingrid Caven
• Georg Alexander
• Liliana Cavani
• Jörn Donner
• Paul Bartel
• Pál Gábor

Films in competition

• A ménesgazda by András Kovács
• David by Peter Lilienthal
• Die Ehe der Maria Braun by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Die erste Polka by Klaus Emmerich
• El corazón del bosque by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
• Ernesto by Salvatore Samperi
• Hardcore by Paul Schrader
• Iskanderija... lih? by Youssef Chahine
• Kassbach – Ein Porträt by Peter Patzak
• Kejsaren by Jösta Hagelbäck
• L'Adolescente by Jeanne Moreau
• L'amour en fuite by François Truffaut
• Meetings with Remarkable Men by Peter Brook
• Messidor by Alain Tanner
• Movie Movie by Stanley Donen
• Nosferatu the Vampyre by Werner Herzog
• Vinterbørn by Astrid Henning-Jensen

Awards

• Golden Bear: David by Peter Lilienthal
• Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize: Iskanderija... lih? by Youssef Chahine
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Astrid Henning-Jensen for Vinterbørn
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Hanna Schygulla for Die Ehe der Maria Braun
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Michele Placido for Ernesto!
• Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement:
  • Henning von Gierke for Nosferatu the Vampyre
  • Sten Holmberg for Kejsaren
• Silver Bear: Die Ehe der Maria Braun

References

External links

• 1979 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1979 at Internet Movie Database