38th Berlin International Film Festival


The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988. The festival opened with musical film Linie 1 by Reinhard Hauff. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film Red Sorghum directed by Zhang Yimou.
The retrospective was dedicated to colour films and it was titled The History of Colour Film. Originally West German actor Gert Fröbe was selected as Jury President but later he had to decline due to illness, after which Moritz de Hadeln appointed the Italian film critic Guglielmo Biraghi as the Jury President.

Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:
English titleOriginal titleDirectorCountry
Hunting TimeAv ZamanıErden KıralTurkey
Broadcast NewsBroadcast NewsJames L. BrooksUSA
Verónico CruzLa deuda internaMiguel PereiraArgentina, United Kingdom
Bear Ye One Another's BurdenEiner trage des anderen LastLothar WarnekeEast Germany
Ground ZeroGround ZeroBruce Myles, Michael PattinsonAustralia
The FelonsHudodelciFranci SlakYugoslavia
JarrapellejosAntonio Giménez-RicoSpain
CommissarKomissarAleksandr AskoldovSoviet Union
Kung-Fu MasterAgnès VardaFrance
Life ClassesLife ClassesWilliam D. MacGillivrayCanada
The Mother of KingsMatka KrólówJanusz ZaorskiPoland
MoonstruckMoonstruckNorman JewisonUSA
PheraBuddhadeb DasguptaIndia
The PossessedLes possédésAndrzej WajdaFrance
Red SorghumZhang YimouChina
TheophilosLakis PapastathisGreece
WalkerWalkerAlex CoxUSA, Mexico, Spain
Wohin?Herbert AchternbuschWest Germany
YaseminYaseminHark BohmWest Germany, Turkey

Out of competition

Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":
English titleOriginal titleDirectorCountry
A Colour BoxLen LyeUnited Kingdom
Late Autumn秋日和 AkibiyoriYasujirō OzuJapan
A Matter of Life and DeathEmeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited Kingdom
Anticipation of The NightStan BrakhageUSA
A Star Is BornWilliam A. WellmanUSA
Barry LyndonStanley KubrickUnited Kingdom, USA
Black NarcissusEmeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited Kingdom
Blood and SandRouben MamoulianUSA
The Wrestler and the ClownБорец и клоун Borets i klounBoris Barnet and Konstantin YudinSoviet Union
BrigadoonVincente MinnelliUSA
Concerning $1000USA
The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariDas Cabinett des Dr.CaligariRobert WieneGermany
The Story of Little Mook: Tales from EuropeDie Geschichte vom kleinen MuckWolfgang StaudteEast Germany
Doctor XMichael CurtizUSA
Duel In The SunKing VidorUSA
FantasiaJames Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield and Ben SharpsteenUSA
For Whom the Bell TollsSam WoodUSA
Gloria!Hollis FramptonUSA
Gold Diggers of BroadwayRoy Del RuthUSA
Gone To EarthEmeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited Kingdom
Great Freedom No. 7Große Freiheit Nr. 7Helmut KäutnerGermany
Gypsy SweetheartRalph StaubUSA
The NightingaleСоловей-Соловушко Solovey-SolovushkoNikolai EkkSoviet Union
House of UsherRoger CormanUSA
Gate of Hell地獄門 JigokumonTeinosuke KinugasaJapan
Johnny GuitarNicholas RayUSA
Four Around a WomanVier um die FrauFritz LangGermany
Carmen Comes Homeカルメン故郷に帰る Karumen kokyō ni kaeruKeisuke KinoshitaJapan
King of JazzJohn Murray AndersonUSA
Composition in BlueKomposition in BlauOskar FischingerGermany
The Phantom CarriageKörkarlenVictor SjöströmSweden
CirclesKreiseOskar FischingerGermany
The Pretty Miller GirlLa Belle MeunièreMarcel PagnolFrance
La CucarachaLloyd CorriganUSA
The Tree of Wooden ClogsL'albero d'egli zoccoliErmanno OlmiItaly
The Red BalloonLe ballon rougeAlbert LamorisseFrance
The Inhuman WomanL'InhumaineMarcel L'HerbierFrance
LolaRainer Werner FassbinderWest Germany
Made in U.S.A.Jean-Luc GodardFrance
Märkische FahrtKurt RupliGermany
William WylerUSA
Moby DickJohn HustonUSA
Mode in Paris und Berlin vor dem 1. WeltkriegGermany
Muratti Marches OnMuratti greift einOskar FischingerGermany
Moulin RougeJohn HustonUnited Kingdom
The Adventures of Baron MunchausenMünchhausenJosef von BákyGermany
One From The HeartFrancis Ford CoppolaUSA
On ParadeGeorge PalUnited Kingdom
The Great SacrificeOpfergangVeit HarlanGermany
PotsdamPotsdamGermany
The PassengerProfessione: reporterMichelangelo AntonioniItaly, Spain, France
RamonaHenry KingUSA
SensoSensoLuchino ViscontiItaly
Serene VelocityErnie GehrUSA
She Wore A Yellow RibbonJohn FordUSA
Sons of LibertyMichael CurtizUSA
The Adventures of Robin HoodMichael CurtizUSA
The Adventures of Tom SawyerNorman TaurogUSA
The Band ConcertWilfred JacksonUSA
The Belle of New YorkCharles WaltersUSA
The Birth of The RobotLen LyeUnited Kingdom
English HarvestHumphrey JenningsUnited Kingdom
The Garden of AllahRichard BoleslawskiUSA
Mystery of the Wax MuseumMichael CurtizUSA
The Quiet ManJohn FordUSA
The Red ShoesEmeric Pressburger and Michael PowellUnited Kingdom
The RiverLe FleuveJean RenoirFrance, India, USA
The Sword of Monte CristoMaurice GeraghtyUSA
The Toll of the SeaChester M. FranklinUSA
The Trail Of The Lonesome PineHenry HathawayUSA
The Trouble with HarryAlfred HitchcockUSA
The VikingRoy William NeillUSA
Three Little PigsBurt GillettUSA
Unser HindenburgGermany
Way Down EastDavid Wark GriffithUSA
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?Frank TashlinUSA

Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: