13th Berlin International Film Festival

13th Berlin International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Berlin, Germany
Founded	1951
Awards	Golden Bear (Il diavolo and Bushidô zankoku monogatari)
Festival date	21 June – 2 July 1963
Website	Website

The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963.^[1] The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film Il diavolo directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Japanese film Bushidô zankoku monogatari directed by Tadashi Imai.^[2]

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:^[3]

• Wendy Toye (Head of Jury)
• Harry R. Sokal
• Fernando Ayala
• Jean-Pierre Melville
• B. R. Chopra
• Guglielmo Biraghi
• Masatora Sakurai
• Karl Malden
• Günther Engels

Films in competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:^[4]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
The Mistress	Älskarinnan	Vilgot Sjöman	Sweden
Bushido, Samurai Saga	Bushidô zankoku monogatari	Tadashi Imai	Japan
The Caretaker	The Caretaker	Clive Donner	United Kingdom
Chased by the Dogs	El less wal kilab	Kamal El Sheikh	Egypt
Freud	Freud	John Huston	USA
Garrincha: Hero of the Jungle	Garrincha - Alegria do Povo	Joaquim Pedro de Andrade	Brazil
To Bed or Not to Bed	Il diavolo	Gian Luigi Polidoro	Italy
The Immortal	L'Immortelle	Alain Robbe-Grillet	Turkey, Italy, France
The Reunion	La rimpatriata	Damiano Damiani	Italy, France
The Terrace	La terraza	Leopoldo Torre Nilsson	Argentina
The Suitor	Le soupirant	Pierre Étaix	France
Life and Death in Flanders	Leven en dood op het land	Emile Degelin	Belgium
Lilies of the Field	Lilies of the Field	Ralph Nelson	USA
The Innocents	Los inocentes	Juan Antonio Bardem	Argentina, Spain
Man and Beast	Mensch und Bestie	Edwin Zbonek	Germany, Yugoslavia
Young Aphrodites	Mikres Aphrodites	Nikos Koundouros	Greece
	Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico	Jorge Brum do Canto	Portugal
	Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam	Abrar Alvi	India
Heaven Sent	Un drôle de paroissien	Jean-Pierre Mocky	France
Stop Train 349	Verspätung in Marienborn	Rolf Hädrich	Italy, France, Germany
You Must Choose Life	Wähle das Leben	Erwin Leiser	Switzerland, Sweden, Austria
The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women	Yeolnyeomun	Shin Sang-ok	South Korea
	Yksityisalue	Maunu Kurkvaara	Finland

Key

^†	Winner of the main award for best film in its section

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:^[2]

• Golden Bear:
  • Il diavolo by Gian Luigi Polidoro
  • Bushidô zankoku monogatari by Tadashi Imai
• Silver Bear for Best Director: Nikos Koundouros for Mikres Aphrodites
• Silver Bear for Best Actress: Bibi Andersson for Älskarinnan
• Silver Bear for Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
• Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize: The Caretaker by Clive Donner
• Youth Film Award
  • Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: Merci, Monsieur Schmitz by Alain Champeaux, Pierre Vetrine
  • Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Ha-Martef by Natan Gross and Stop Train 349 by Rolf Hädrich
• Youth Film Award - Honorable Mention
  • Best Short Film Suitable for Young People: The Home-Made Car by James Hill
  • Best Feature Film Suitable for Young People: Lilies of the Field by Ralph Nelson
• FIPRESCI Award
  • Nikos Koundouros by Nikos Koundouros
  • FIPRESCI Award - Honorable Mention
  • The Reunion by Damiano Damiani
• Interfilm Award
  • Lilies of the Field by Ralph Nelson
• OCIC Award
  • Lilies of the Field by Ralph Nelson
• UNICRIT Award
  • The Innocents by Juan Antonio Bardem

References

1. "13th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
2. "PRIZES & HONOURS 1963". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
3. "JURIES 1963". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
4. "PROGRAMME 1963". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

External links

• 13th Berlin International Film Festival 1963
• 1963 Berlin International Film Festival
• Berlin International Film Festival:1963 at Internet Movie Database