The 26th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 August 1973 in Locarno, Switzerland. Moritz de Hadeln's tenure as festival director was noted for shifting the festival away from its reputation as a festival for "young cinema" and students. The top three prizes were noted for all involving the stories of young men coming of age.

The festival awarded its top prize, the Golden Leopard, to The Illumination directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. The second prize went to Voyage with Jacob directed by Pal Gabor and the third prize, the Bronze Leopard, went to American Graffiti directed by George Lucas, which was the only American film awarded at the festival this year.

Jury The jury was presided over by German film critic , British director Thorold Dickinson, Hungarian filmmaker Istvan Szabo, Syrian director Nabil Maleh and Swiss filmmaker Daniel Schmid.

Official Sections

The following films were screened in these sections:

Main Program

Main Program / Feature Films In Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Abusuan The Family Henry Duparc 1972 Ivory Coast American Graffiti George Lucas 1973 USA Brannen Fire Haakon Sandoy 1973 Norway England Made Me Peter Duffell 1973 Great Britain Flugten The Escape Hans Kristensen 1973 Denmark Harlis The Sensuous Three Robert Van Ackeren 1972 Germany Iluminacja The Illumination Krzysztof Zanussi 1973 Poland Injun Fender Robert Cordier 1973 USA Je Cherche Les Miens I'm Looking for Mine Mikhail Boguine Russia Johnny VikThe Hunted Charles Nauman 1973 USA KLK an PTX – Die Rote Kapelle KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra Horst E. Brandt 1971 Germany La Mansion De La Locura The Mansion of Madness Juan Lopez Moctezuma 1973 Mexico Le Cousin Jules The Cousin Jules Dominique Benicheti 1972 France Le Train Rouge The Red Train Petra Amann 1972 Switzerland Les Vilaines Manieres The Nasty Manners Simon Edelstein 1973 Switzerland Maya Darpan Kumar Shahani 1972 India Storie Scellerate Bawdy Tales Sergio Citti 1973 Italia Stregone Di Cittâ Witch of Cittâ Gianfranco Bettetini 1973 Italia Thermoc Claude Faraldo France Tschetan, Der Indianerjunge Chetan, the Indian Boy Hark Bohm 1973 Germany Utazas JakabbalVoyage with Jacob Pal Gabor 1972 Hungary

Out of Competition Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Baltutlaemningen Johan Bergenstähle 1970 Sudan L'Invitation Claude Goretta 1973 Switzerland Sleuth Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1972 USA Tristan Et Iseult Tristan and Iseult Yvan Lagrande 1972 France

Main Program / Short Films Out of Competition (Award -Winning Films) Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Cinema Sebastian C. Schroeder 1972 Switzerland Dan Vise And Vise Vlatko Gilic 1972 Yugoslavia Für Ausländische Und Deutsche Arbeiter For Foreign and German Workers Kurt Rosenthal, Christine Trautmann 1973 Germany In Continuo Continuously Vlatko Gilic 1972 Yugoslavia Juda Quite Vlatko Gilic 1972 Yugoslavia Mitläufer Fellow Runner Noscha Christian, Vlada Majic 1972 Germany Sobre Un Primer Combate About a First Fight Octavio Cortazar 1972 Cuba

Special Sections Open Forum Al-Makhdu Un Tewfik Saleh 1972 Syria Alfred R Georg Radanowicz Switzerland Berliner Bettwurst Berlin Bedwurst Rosa von Praunheim (coordonné par) 1973 Germany Das War Der Wilde Westen That Was the Wild West George Dufaux Switzerland Der Scharlochrote Buchstabe The Scarlet Letter Wim Wenders 1973 Germany Die Bitteren Tränen Der Petra Von Kant The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1972 Germany Heat Paul Morissey 1972 USA Hollywood Paul Morissey USA Les Anges The Angels Jean Desvilles 1973 France Mecanica Nacional National Mechanics Luis Alcoriza 1972 Mexico Soplo De Splendor Splendor Breath Carlos Benito Para Spain Willow Springs Werner Schroeter 1973 Germany Wrom Wred George Dufaux Switzerland Year Of A Woman Sandra Hochman 1973 USATribute To Hans Richter Dreams That Money Can Buy Hans Richter USA Forty Years Of Experiment Hans Richter 1961 USA

Film Critics Week FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Camera Sutra The Sutra Room Robbe de Hert 1972 Belgium Die Wollands The Wollands Ingo Kratisch, Marianne Lüdcke Germany Ras Le Bol Fed Up Michel Huisman 1972 France Romantika Romance Zsolt Kézdi-Kovacs 1973 Hungary Viggen - Ett Militaerplan Historie Viggen - a Militaer Plan History Maj Wechselmann Sudan

Swiss Cinema

Swiss Information Swiss Information Der Tod Des Flohzirkusdiretores Oder Ottocaro Weiss Reformiert Seine Firma The Death of the Flea Circus Director or Ottocaro Weiss Reforms His Company Thomas Koerfer 1973 Switzerland Le Retour D'Afrique The Return of Africa Alain Tanner 1972 Switzerland Lo Stagionale The Seasonal Alvaro Bizzarri 1973 Switzerland Naive Maler In Der Ostschweiz Naive Painters in Eastern Switzerland Richard Dindo 1972 Switzerland

Swiss Cinema Retrospective 1920-1944 Swiss Cinema Retrospective 1920-1944 Chromophony Charles Blanc-Gatti 1939 Switzerland Cine-Journal Suisse Swiss Cine-Journal Switzerland Die Entstehung Der Eidgenossenschaft The Formation of the Confederation Emil Harder 1924 Switzerland Die Letzte Chance The Last Chance Léopold Lindtberg 1945 Switzerland Fusilier Wipf WIPF Rifge Léopold Lindtberg 1938 Switzerland Histoire De Monsieur Vieux-Bois History of Monsieur Vieux-Bois Lortac, Cavé 1922 Switzerland Il Neige Sur Le Haut-Pays It Snows on the Upper Charles-Georges Duvanel 1944 Switzerland Kirmes In Hooywood Julius Pinschewer 1929 Switzerland L'Annee Vigneronne The Wine Charles-Georges Duvanel 1940 Switzerland L'Or Dans La Montagne Gold in the Mountains Max Haufler 1939 Switzerland La Vocation D'Andre Carel Jean Choux 1925 Switzerland Les Ailes En Susse Wings in Switzerland Charles-Georges Duvanel 1929 Switzerland Manouche Gypsy Fred Surville 1943 Switzerland Meunier Tu Dors Meunier you Sleep Jean Varé 1930 France Märchen Vom Orient Fairy Tale of the Orient Julius Pinschewer 1930 Switzerland Rapt Dimitri Kirsanoff 1934 Switzerland Romeo Und Julia Auf Der Dorfe Romeo and Julia on the Village Valerian Schmidely, Hans Trommer 1941 Switzerland Schweizersymphonie Swiss Symphony Julius Pinschewer 1939 Switzerland Une Oeuvre, Un Peuple A Work, a People Robert Chessex, Charles-Georges Duvanel 1940 Switzerland Waarken Were Waiting Julius Pinschewer 1929 Switzerland

Official Awards International Jury

Golden Leopard: THE ILLUMINATION by Krzysztof Zanussi Silver Leopard: VOYAGE WITH JACOB by Pal Gabor Bronze Leopard: AMERICAN GRAFFITI by George Lucas International Jury special Prize: LE COUSIN JULES by Dominique Benicheti International Jury Mention: JE CHERCHE LES MIENS by Mikhail Boguine, INJUN FENDER by Robert Cordier, MAYA DARPAN by Kumar Shahani, STREGONE IN CITTÀ by Gianfranco Bettetini, TSCHETA, DER INDIANERJUNGE by Hark Bohm

FIPRESCI Jury

Vinicio Beretta (1922-1972) Prize: THE ILLUMINATION by Krzysztof Zanussi

Youth Jury

Youth Jury Prize: NAÏVE MALER IN DER OSTSCHWEIZ by Dindo Richard, LE TRAIN ROUGE by Petra Amann, ROMANTIKA by Zsolt Kézdi-Kovacs, DAN VISE by Vlatko Gilic, JUDA by Vlatko Gilic, LE COUSIN JULES by Dominique Benicheti, IN CONTINUO by Vlatko Gilic

Oecumenical Jury

Oecumenical Jury Prize: THE ILLUMINATION by Krzysztof Zanussi Oecumenical Jury special Mention: LE COUSIN JULES by Dominique Benicheti Source:

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