14th Moscow International Film Festival


The 14th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 28 June to 12 July 1985. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film Come and See directed by Elem Klimov, the American film A Soldier's Story directed by Norman Jewison and the Greek film The Descent of the Nine directed by Christos Siopahas.

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The following films were selected for the main competition:
English titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction country
Hell TrainTrain d'enferRoger HaninFrance
Anne DevlinAnne DevlinPat MurphyIreland
A Soldier's StoryA Soldier's StoryNorman JewisonUnited States
Cool Jazz and CoconutsKókóstré og Hvítir MávarJakob Frímann MagnússonIceland
BuamamaBuamamaBenamar BahtiAlgeria
Twist and ShoutTro, håb og kærlighedBille AugustDenmark
Eternal FireFuego eternoJosé Ángel RebolledoSpain
WodzekWodzekOliver HerbrichWest Germany
KingpinKingpinMike WalkerNew Zealand
The Lady in ColoursLa Dame en couleursClaude JutraCanada
Girl from Mt. HuangshanHuang shan lai de gu niangZhang Yuan, Yu Yan FuChina
Wild DogsJíbaroDaniel Díaz TorresCuba
The Days of TormentsJours de tourmentesPaul ZoumbaraBurkina Faso
Woman in a HatKobieta w kapeluszuStanisław RóżewiczPoland
The Rigorous FateEl rigor del destinoGerardo VallejoArgentina
Come and SeeIdi i smotriElem KlimovSoviet Union
Private ResistanceDe ijssaloonDimitri Frenkel FrankNetherlands
The Clan – Tale of the FrogsKlaani: Tarina Sammakoitten suvustaMika KaurismäkiFinland
Where Others Keep SilentWo andere schweigenRalf KirstenEast Germany
The Descent of the NineI kathodos ton 9Christos SiopahasGreece
End of an EraYuganthayaLester James PeriesSri Lanka
The Red CountessA vörös grófnöAndrás KovácsHungary
The LoverAl-ashiqMuhir FeneryIraq
Tora-san's Forbidden LoveOtoko wa tsurai yo: torajiro shinjitsu ichiroYoji YamadaJapan
The Love Doesn't Come BackBao gio cho toi thang muoiDang Nhat MinhVietnam
Mexican, You Can Do ItMexicano ¡Tú puedes!José EstradaMexico
MineMineAtıf YılmazTurkey
The Shooting PartyThe Shooting PartyAlan BridgesGreat Britain
On the ThresholdLars i portenLeif ErlsboeNorway
Åke and His WorldÅke och hans världAllan EdwallSweden
The Boy Who Had EverythingThe Boy Who Had EverythingStephen WallaceAustralia
Prologue of the Undeclared WarPrologue of the Undeclared WarG. JigjidsurenMongolia
RafflRafflChristian BergerAustria
The RingRingulSergiu NicolaescuRomania
Avaete, Seed of RevengeAvaeté - Semente da VingançaZelito VianaBrazil
Scalpel, PleaseSkalpel, prosímJiří SvobodaCzechoslovakia
HopscotchPisingañaLeopoldo PinzónColombia
Soldier SaburSoldier SaburAbdul LatifAfghanistan
SaltSogumShin Sang-okNorth Korea
SaaranshSaaranshMahesh BhattIndia
The PiperEl zamarAtef El-TayebEgypt
ReferenceKharakteristikaChristo ChristovBulgaria
The Man Who Knew MoreMardi ke ziad midanestYadollah SamadiIran
Unseen WonderČudo neviđenoŽivko NikolićYugoslavia
A Joke of DestinyScherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da stradaLina WertmüllerItaly

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