The 7th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 July to 3 August 1971. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian film Confessions of a Police Captain directed by Damiano Damiani, the Japanese film Live Today, Die Tomorrow! directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film The White Bird Marked with Black directed by Yuri Ilyenko.
Jury Grigori Kozintsev (USSR - President of the Jury) Chinghiz Aitmatov (USSR) Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (Senegal) Sergei Gerasimov (USSR) Erwin Geschonneck (East Germany) Karel Zeman (Czechoslovakia) Giuliano Montaldo (Italy) James Aldridge (Great Britain) Galsaniin Rinchensambu (Mongolia) Armando Robles Godoy (Peru) Beata Tyszkiewicz (Poland) Youssef Chahine (Egypt)
Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Akseli and Elina Akseli ja Elina Edvin Laine Finland The White Bird Marked with Black Belaya ptitsa s chyornoj otmetinoj Yuri Ilyenko Soviet Union The Birch Wood Brzezina Andrzej Wajda Poland In the Family Em Família Paulo Porto Brazil The Sandpit Generals The Sandpit Generals Hall Bartlett United States Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment Goya – oder der arge Weg der Erkenntnis Konrad Wolf East Germany, Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia Güemes: la tierra en armas Güemes – la tierra en armas Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Argentina Girl Nyun Chị Nhung Nguyễn Đức Hinh, Đặng Nhật Minh North Vietnam The Days of Water Los días del agua Manuel Octavio Gómez Cuba Son-in-Law Khurgen khuu Dejidiin Gigjid Mongolia Spaniards in Paris Españolas en París Roberto Bodegas Spain The Key Klíč Vladimír Čech Czechoslovakia Cromwell Cromwell Ken Hughes Great Britain Mathias Kneissl Mathias Kneissl Reinhard Hauff West Germany Last Crusade Mihai Viteazul Sergiu Nicolaescu Romania, France, Italy Mon oncle Antoine Mon oncle Antoine Claude Jutra Canada Knife السكين Knife Khaled Hammada Syria L'Opium et le Bâton L'Opium et le Bâton Ahmed Rachedi Algeria Wrathful Journey Gnevno patuvane Nikola Korabov Bulgaria Confessions of a Police Captain Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica Damiano Damiani Italy Sagina Mahato Sagina Mahato Tapan Sinha India Hail, Mary! Салют, Мария!, Salyut, Maria! Iosif Kheifits Soviet Union Live Today, Die Tomorrow! Hadaka no jukyusai Kaneto Shindo Japan The Toth Family Isten hozta, őrnagy úr! Zoltán Fábri Hungary Law Breakers Les Assassins de l'ordre Marcel Carné France, Italy Fellagas Fellagas Omar Khlifi Tunisia, Bulgaria Black Seed Crno seme Kiril Cenevski Yugoslavia Mr. Naive Aghaye hallou Dariush Mehrjui Iran Emitaï Emitaï Ousmane Sembène Senegal
Awards Golden Prize: Confessions of a Police Captain by Damiano Damiani Live Today, Die Tomorrow! by Kaneto Shindo The White Bird Marked with Black by Yuri Ilyenko Golden Prize for Direction: Andrzej Wajda for The Birch Wood Silver Prizes: Emitaï by Ousmane Sembène The Key by Vladimír Čech In the Family by Paulo Porto Special Prizes: Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment by Konrad Wolf The Days of Water by Manuel Octavio Gómez Prizes: Best Actor: Daniel Olbrychski for The Birch Wood Best Actor: Richard Harris for Cromwell Best Actress: Ada Rogovtseva for Hail, Mary! Best Actress: Idalia Anreus for The Days of Water Diplomas: Ensemble of actors for Son-in-Law Young actress: Kin Zung for Girl Nyun Prix FIPRESCI: The Days of Water by Manuel Octavio Gómez Special Mention: Little Big Man by Arthur Penn (non-competition film)
References
External links Moscow International Film Festival: 1971 at Internet Movie Database