Name: Gossip and Gossips - 70 Years of the Berlinale
Uploaded: 2020-02-19T05:00:00.000+01:00
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Description: Weather-wise, Berlin has little to offer in February other than frost and snow. But the Berlinale is a game-changer. Some stars come not for the films at all, but for the gossip. Others for the glamour, and one to see a boxing match.

La Berlinale - 70 ans d'histoire(s)

70 Jahre Berlinale

Gossip and Gossips

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Berlinale 70: I pettegolezzi

Weather-wise, Berlin has little to offer in February other than frost and snow. But the Berlinale is a game-changer. Some stars come not for the films at all, but for the gossip. Others for the glamour, and one to see a boxing match.

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70 Years of the Berlinale

Weather-wise, Berlin has little to offer in February other than frost and snow. But the Berlinale is a game-changer. Some stars come not for the films at all, but for the gossip. Others for the glamour, and one to see a boxing match. <br /><br />

Some stars don't come to the Berlinale for the films, but for the food, the travel and the gossip

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The first international Berlinale film festival took place on 6th June, 1951. The enthusiasm for the films and the stars was immediate. For visitors from East Berlin, screenings were organized at a reduced price in a separate room. That year, it was Disney’s Cinderella that enchanted audiences.

A few short years after the war, Berlin and its people needed a pick-me-up. The Berlinale was the perfect choice

Glamour Rises From the Rubble

In the early years, Gary Cooper, Sophia Loren, Richard Widmark, Jean Gabin, Henry Fonda and Cary Grant would grace the Berlinale and trigger huge crowds of doting fans. Some things never change: Romy Schneider and Julia Roberts also had their moments of fame, and their moments of escape.

In the early years, Gary Cooper, Sophia Loren, Richard Widmark, Jean Gabin, Henry Fonda and Cary Grant would grace the Berlinale and trigger huge crowds of doting fans

The Stars

In 1970, the festival was interrupted after the screening of the film by Michael Verhoeven, OK, a parable about the Vietnam War. 16 years later, controversy reignites over the film Stammheim. When the film received the Golden Bear, the president, Gina Lollobrigida, immediately declared: "I was against this film." In 1976, people got flustered over Realm of the Senses, by the great Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, over accusations that it was pornography. 

The Berinale has had its fair share of drama throughout the years

Scandal!

Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard remains a must-see. A major work of the New Wave, it was awarded a Silver Bear. Another film that made an impression: Taxi. Iranian director Jafar Panahi, banned from practicing his profession, decides to film the clients in his taxi. A work which earned him the Golden Bear in absentia, because he was not allowed to leave his country.

The Berlinale highlights unique, daring work from around the world

The Great Classics

Films aren't just works of art, they are also political, especially as the USSR and GDR were increasingly featured in the festival. In 1990 the first Berlinale was held in a reunified Berlin.

Films aren't just works of art, they are also political

The World Has Changed

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The Berlinale has a unique award dedicated to gay and queer cinema

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70 Years of the Berlinale

70 Years of the Berlinale

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