33rd Berlin International Film Festival
1983 film festival edition
The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film Tootsie, by Sydney Pollack.
The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to Ascendancy, directed by Edward Bennett, and La colmena, directed by Mario Camus.
The retrospective titled Exile. Six Actors from Germany was dedicated to German or Austrian actors Wolfgang Zilzer, Curt Bois, Dolly Haas, Francis Lederer, Elisabeth Bergner and Hertha Thiele, who were forced to leave Germany after the 1930s rise of the Nazi regime.
Juries
Main Competition
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
Jeanne Moreau, French actress - Jury President
Alex Bänninger, Swiss publicist and writer
Franco Brusati, Italian playwright and filmmaker
Elem Klimov, Soviet filmmaker
Ursula Ludwig, West-German actress
Kurt Maetzig, East-German filmmaker
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American filmmaker and producer
Franz Seitz, West-German filmmaker and producer
Huang Zongjiang, Chinese writer
Official Sections
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:
Out of competition
De vlaschaard, directed by Jan Gruyaert (Belgium, Netherlands)
Echtzeit, directed by Hellmuth Costard and Jürgen Ebert (West Germany)
Das Gespenst, directed by Herbert Achternbusch (West Germany)
In the King of Prussia, directed by Emile de Antonio (United States)
Class Enemy, directed by Peter Stein (West Germany)
Koyaanisqatsi, directed by Godfrey Reggio (United States)
War and Peace, directed by Stefan Aust, Axel Engstfeld, Alexander Kluge and Volker Schlöndorff (West Germany)
Sans Soleil, directed by Chris Marker (France)
Tootsie, directed by Sydney Pollack (United States)
Retrospective
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Exile.
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