The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988. The festival opened with musical film Linie 1 by Reinhard Hauff.
The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou.
The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled The History of Colour Film. 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.
Juries
Main Competition The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President Ellen Burstyn, American actress Heiner Carow, East-German filmmaker Eberhard Junkersdorf, West-German producer Tom Luddy, American producer and co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival Heinz Rathsack, West-German film historian Daniel Schmid, Swiss filmmaker Andrei Smirnov, Soviet actor and filmmaker Tilda Swinton, British actress Anna-Lena Wibom, Swedish producer and actress Pavlos Zannas, Greek writer and film critic
Official Sections
Main Competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear: English title Original title Director(s) Production CountryBear Ye One Another's BurdenEiner trage des anderen Last Lothar WarnekeEast GermanyBroadcast News James L. BrooksUnited StatesCommissarКомиссар Aleksandr AskoldovSoviet UnionThe FelonsHudodelci Franci SlakYugoslaviaGround Zero Bruce Myles, Michael PattinsonAustraliaHunting TimeAv Zamanı Erden KıralTurkeyJarrapellejosAntonio Giménez-RicoSpainKung-Fu Master Agnès VardaFranceLife Classes William D. MacGillivrayCanadaMoonstruckNorman JewisonUnited StatesThe Mother of KingsMatka Królów Janusz ZaorskiPolandPheraBuddhadeb DasguptaIndiaThe PossessedLes possédés Andrzej WajdaFranceRed Sorghum 紅高粱Zhang YimouChinaTheophilosΘεόφιλοςLakis PapastathisGreeceVerónico CruzLa deuda interna Miguel PereiraArgentina, United Kingdom WalkerAlex CoxUnited States, Mexico, SpainWohin?Herbert AchternbuschWest GermanyYaseminHark BohmWest Germany, Turkey
Out of competition
Něco z Alenky, directed by Jan Švankmajer (Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom) Больше света Bol'se sveta!, directed by Marina Babak (Soviet Union) Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, directed by Taylor Hackford (United States) Cry Freedom, directed by Richard Attenborough (United Kingdom) Empire of the Sun, director Steven Spielberg (United States) Linie 1, directed by Reinhard Hauff (West Germany) Little Dorrit, directed by Christine Edzard (UK) Nuts, directed by Martin Ritt (United States) Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, directed by Godfrey Reggio (United States) September, directed by Woody Allen (United States) The Story of Asya Klyachina, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky (Soviet Union)
Retrospective The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film": English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryA Colour BoxLen Lye United KingdomThe Adventures of Robin HoodMichael CurtizUnited StatesThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer Norman TaurogA Matter of Life and DeathEmeric Pressburger and Michael Powell United KingdomAnticipation of the NightStan BrakhageUnited StatesA Star Is BornWilliam A. Wellman The Band ConcertWilfred JacksonBarry LyndonStanley KubrickUnited Kingdom, United StatesThe Belle of New YorkCharles Walters United StatesThe Birth of The RobotLen Lye United KingdomBlack NarcissusEmeric Pressburger and Michael Powell United KingdomBlood and SandRouben MamoulianUnited StatesBrigadoonVincente MinnelliThe Cabinet of Dr. CaligariDas Cabinett des Dr.CaligariRobert WieneGermany Carmen Comes Homeカルメン故郷に帰るKeisuke KinoshitaJapanCirclesKreiseOskar FischingerGermanyComposition in BlueKomposition in BlauOskar FischingerConcerning $1000(unknown)United StatesLa CucarachaLloyd CorriganDoctor XMichael CurtizDuel In The SunKing VidorEnglish HarvestHumphrey Jennings United KingdomFantasiaJames Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield and Ben SharpsteenUnited StatesFor Whom the Bell Tolls Sam WoodFour Around a WomanVier um die FrauFritz LangGermanyThe Garden of AllahRichard Boleslawski United StatesGate of Hell地獄門Teinosuke KinugasaJapanGloria! Hollis FramptonUnited StatesGold Diggers of BroadwayRoy Del RuthGone To Earth Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell United KingdomGreat Freedom No. 7Große Freiheit Nr. 7Helmut Käutner GermanyThe Great SacrificeOpfergangVeit HarlanGypsy SweetheartRalph StaubUnited StatesHouse of Usher Roger CormanThe Inhuman WomanL'InhumaineMarcel L'HerbierFranceJohnny GuitarNicholas RayUnited StatesKing of JazzJohn Murray AndersonLate Autumn秋日和 Yasujirō Ozu JapanLolaRainer Werner FassbinderWest GermanyMade in U.S.A.Jean-Luc GodardFranceMärkische FahrtKurt RupliGermanyMemphis Belle: A Story of a Flying FortressWilliam WylerUnited StatesMoby DickJohn HustonMode in Paris und Berlin vor dem 1. Weltkrieg(unknown)GermanyMoulin RougeJohn Huston United KingdomMünchhausenJosef von BákyGermanyMuratti Marches OnMuratti greift einOskar FischingerMystery of the Wax MuseumMichael Curtiz United StatesThe NightingaleСоловей-СоловушкоNikolai EkkSoviet UnionOne From The Heart Francis Ford Coppola United StatesOn ParadeGeorge Pal United KingdomThe PassengerProfessione: reporterMichelangelo AntonioniItaly, Spain, FranceThe Phantom CarriageKörkarlenVictor SjöströmSwedenPotsdamPotsdam(unknown)GermanyThe Pretty Miller GirlLa Belle MeunièreMarcel PagnolFranceThe Quiet Man John FordUnited StatesRamonaHenry King The Red BalloonLe ballon rougeAlbert LamorisseFranceThe Red Shoes Emeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited KingdomThe RiverLe FleuveJean Renoir France, India, United StatesSensoLuchino Visconti ItalySerene VelocityErnie Gehr United StatesShe Wore A Yellow RibbonJohn Ford Sons of LibertyMichael Curtiz The Sword of Monte Cristo Maurice Geraghty The Story of Little Mook: Tales from EuropeDie Geschichte vom kleinen MuckWolfgang StaudteEast GermanyThree Little PigsBurt GillettUnited StatesThe Toll of the SeaChester M. FranklinThe Trail Of The Lonesome PineHenry HathawayThe Trouble with HarryAlfred HitchcockThe Tree of Wooden ClogsL'albero d'egli zoccoliErmanno OlmiItalyUnser Hindenburg(unknown)GermanyThe VikingRoy William NeillUnited StatesWay Down EastDavid Wark GriffithWill Success Spoil Rock Hunter?Frank TashlinThe Wrestler and the ClownБорец и клоунBoris Barnet and Konstantin YudinSoviet Union
Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: Golden Bear: Red Sorghum by Zhang Yimou Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Comissar by Aleksandr Askoldov Silver Bear for Best Director: Norman Jewison for Moonstruck Silver Bear for Best Actress: Holly Hunter for Broadcast News Silver Bear for Best Actor: Manfred Möck and Jörg Pose for Bear Ye One Another's Burden Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Matka Królów by Janusz Zaorski Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Verónico Cruz by Miguel Pereira
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Award Comissar by Aleksandr Askoldov
References
External links 38th Berlin International Film Festival 1988 1988 Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival:1988 at Internet Movie Database