The 27th Locarno Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 August 1974 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival showcased films from 17 countries. A retrospective of Swiss cinema was organized and sent by ex-artistic director Freddy Buache. One film which received considerable attention was Die Rote Pest [The Red Plague] (1938), a Swiss film that, at the time, was considered anonymously created and was theorized to be produced by ultra-conservative bankers and Nazis. Other films of note were Roland Klick's gay film Supermarket and John Waters' underground film Pink Flamingos.
The Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize, was awarded to 25 Fire Engine Street directed by Istvan Szabo.
Jury
International Competition
Dominique Benichetti, French film director Robert Cordier, Belgium-U.S director. Simon Edelstein, Swiss director Ansano Giannarelli, Italian director Imre Gyoengyoessy, Hungarian director Yuli Raizman, Soviet director John Russel Taylor, British writer Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish director Source:
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 27 Down Bombay-Varanasi Express Awtar Krishna Kaul 1974 India A Bigger Splash Jack Hazan 1974 Great Britain Al YazerlyThe Adventure Kaiss Al-Zubaidi Syria Aundar Anapu Ignorant Rafael Corkidi 1974 Mexico Celine Et Julie Vont En Bateau Celine and Julie Go Boating Jacques Rivette 1974 France Claudine John Berry 1974 United States Contes Immoraux Immoral Tales Walerian Borowczyk 1974 France Daisy Miller Peter Bogdanovich 1974 United States Der Nackte Mann Auf Dem Sportplatz The Naked Man on the Sports Field Konrad Wolf 1974 Germany Die Auslieferung The Delivery Peter van Gunten 1974 Switzerland La Brigade The Brigade René Gilson 1974 France La Gueule Ouverte The Mouth Agape Maurice Pialat 1974 France Lyutyy Fierce Tolomouch Okeev Russia Maa On Syntinen Laulu The Earth is a Sinful Song Rauni Mollberg 1973 Finland Montreal Main Frank Vitale 1974 Canada Mors Hus Mother's House Per Blom 1974 Norway Mulungu Week Beat Kuert Switzerland On N'Engraisse Pas Les Cochons A L'Eau Claire Pigs Are Seldom Clean Jean-Pierre Lefebvre 1973 Canada Palec boży Thumb Shoes Antoni Krauze 1974 Poland Prevroiavane Na Divite Zaitsi Breadcrumbs Edourad Zakhariev 1973 Bulgaria Supermarkt Supermarket Roland Klick 1974 Germany Tüzolto Utca 25 25 Fire Engine Street Istvan Szabo 1973 Hungary
Main Program / Feature Films Out of Competition Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Jatun Auka Jaitun Oka Jorge Sanjinés Bolivia La Paloma The Dove Daniel Schmid 1974 Switzerland Le Milieu Du Monde The Middle of the World Alain Tanner 1974 Switzerland
Critics Week FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Week Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Die Letzten Heimposamenter The Last Home Posevia Yves Yersin Switzerland Giron Manuel Herrera 1972 Cuba Kimen The Germ Erik Solbakken Norway La Folle De Toujane Nicole Le Garrec, René Vautier France La Victoria The Victory Peter Lilienthal Germany Leben Mit Uwe Life with Uwe Lothar Warneke Germany
Special Sections
Special Information Program Main Program / Special Information Program Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Romans O Vljublennyh Andrei Mikhalkov-Kontchalovsky 1974 Russia Steppenwolf Fred Haines 1974 Switzerland Zagreb À Locarno Zagreb in Locarno
Tribute To Italian Cinema Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country La Circostanza The Circumstance Ermanno Olmi 1973 Italy
Free Forum Free Forum Alice In Den Städten Alice in the Cities Wim Wenders Germany Der Schwarze Engel The Black Angel Werner Schroeter Germany La Maman Et La Putain The Mom and the Whore Jean Eustache France Lancelot Du Lac Robert Bresson France Martha Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany Mean Streets Martin Scorsese United States Out One Spectre Jacques Rivette France Pink Flamingos John Waters United States San Michele Aveva Un Gallo St. Michael Had a Rooster Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani Italy Some Call It Loving James B. Harris United States Sweet Movie Dušan Makavejev France, Canada Yek Tefach E Sadeh Sohrab Shahid-Saless Iran
Swiss Cinema Swiss Cinema Retrospective (1920-1948) Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country 13 Grand'Rue Jean Brocher 1934 Switzerland Afrikaflug II Africa Flight II Walter Mittelholzer 1930 Switzerland Die Rote PestThe Red Plague Franz Riedweg von Blomberg 1938 Switzerland Kleine Scheidegg (Im Banne Der Jungfrau) Little Scheidegg (in the Banna of the Virgin) Richard Schwieizer 1937 Switzerland L'Appel De La Montagne The Mountain Call Arthur Adrien Porchet 1923 Switzerland Le Voyage Imprevu Unplanned Journey Jean de Limur 1934 Switzerland Notre Armee Our Army Jacques Béranger, Arthur Adrien Porchet 1939 Switzerland Petronella Hannes Schwarz 1927 SwitzerlandSwiss Information Le Troisieme Cri The Third Cry Igaal Niddam Switzerland Smog Christian Mottier Switzerland Tag Der Affen Day of the Monkey Uli Meier SwitzerlandSwiss Information - Special Projections Ticino Program Armand Schulthess - J'ai Le Telephone Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf Switzerland Cerchiamo Per Subito Operai, Offriamo... We Look for Workers for Immediately, We Offer... Villi Hermann Switzerland La Nuova Mappa The New Map Thomas Schütz, Balthasar von Schenk Switzerland
Official Awards
International Jury
Golden Leopard: TÜZOLTO UTCA 25 by Istvan Szabo International Jury Second Prize, Silver Leopard: A BIGGER SPLASH by Jack Hazan, PALEC BOZY by Antoni Krauze International Jury Prize: CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING by Jacques Rivette International Jury special Prize for the best first Feature: THE EARTH IS A SINFUL SONG by Rauni Molberg International Jury Mention: LYUTYY by Tolomouch Okeev, DIE AUSLIEFERUNG by Peter van Gunten Oecumenical Jury
Oecumenical Prize: 27 DOWN BOMBAY-VARANASI EXPRESS by Awtar Krishna Kaul, TÜZOLTO UTCA 25 by Istvan Szabo Oecumenic Jury recommendation: PREVROIAVANE NA DIVITE ZAITSI by Edourad Zakhariev, THE EARTH IS A SINFUL SONG by Rauni Molberg, KIMEN by Erik Solbakken, AUNDAR ANAPU by Rafael Corkidi Oecumenical Jury Special Mention: Alain Tanner FIPRESCI Jury
International Critic's Award: LA CIRCOSTANZA by Ermanno Olmi Cinegram Prize: A BIGGER SPLASH by Jack Hazan Source: References
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