The 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1985.[2] The retrospective was dedicated to Special effects.[3]
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The Golden Bear was jointly awarded awarded to The Woman and the Strangler directed by Rainer Simon and Wetherby directed by David Hare.[4]
Jean Marais, Jury President
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:[5]
- Jean Marais, French actor - Jury President
- Max von Sydow, Swedish actor
- Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and filmmaker
- Regimantas Adomaitis, Soviet actor
- Sheila Benson, American journalist and film critic
- Wolfgang Kohlhaase, East German writer
- Onat Kutlar, Turkish poet, essayist and screenwriter
- Luis Megino, Spanish writer and producer
- Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart, West-German head of the Goethe-Institut of New York
- Chris Sievernich [de], West-German producer
- István Szabó, Hungarian filmmaker
Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:[1]
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Retrospective
1985 Retrospective poster, dedicated to special effects[6]
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Special Effects":[7]
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| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production Country |
| 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea |
Richard Fleischer |
United States |
| 7 Faces of Dr. Lao |
George Pal |
| The 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
Nathan H. Juran |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man |
Charles Lamont |
| Münchhausen |
Josef von Báky |
Germany |
| Again and Again, Good Luck |
Immer wieder Glück |
Ferdinand Diehl |
West Germany |
| Air Mail |
John Ford |
United States |
| Alien |
Ridley Scott |
United States, United Kingdom |
| Beauty and the Beast |
La Belle et la Bête |
Jean Cocteau |
France |
| The Birds |
Alfred Hitchcock |
United States |
| Blithe Spirit |
David Lean |
United Kingdom |
| Captain Sindbad |
Byron Haskin |
United States, West Germany |
| Citizen Kane |
Orson Welles |
United States |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Steven Spielberg |
| Darby O'Gill and the Little People |
Robert Stevenson |
| Das Boot |
Wolfgang Petersen |
West Germany |
| Destination Moon |
Irving Pichel |
United States |
| The Devil-Doll |
Tod Browning |
| The Empire Strikes Back |
Irvin Kershner |
| End of the World |
La fin du monde |
Abel Gance |
France |
| Eraserhead |
David Lynch |
United States |
| The Exorcist |
William Friedkin |
| The Fabulous Baron Munchausen |
Baron Prášil |
Karel Zeman |
Czechoslovakia |
| Forbidden Planet |
Fred McLeod Wilcox |
United States |
| Georges Méliès – short films from the years 1896 to 1912 |
Georges Méliès |
France |
| Godzilla |
ゴジラ |
Ishirō Honda |
Japan |
| The Golden Key |
Zolotoy Klyuchik |
Aleksandr Ptushko |
Soviet Union |
| Hardware Wars |
Ernie Fosselius |
United States |
| The Haunting |
Robert Wise |
United Kingdom |
| Heart of Stone |
Das kalte Herz |
Paul Verhoeven |
East Germany |
| The Haunted Castle |
Das Spukschloß im Spessart |
Kurt Hoffmann |
West Germany |
| The Incredible Shrinking Man |
Jack Arnold |
United States |
| The Incredible Shrinking Woman |
Joel Schumacher |
| The Invisible Man |
James Whale |
| The Invisible Man Returns |
Joe May |
| The Invisible Woman |
Edward Sutherland |
| Invisible Agent |
Edwin L. Marin |
| Island of Lost Souls |
Erle C. Kenton |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
Stanley Kramer |
| Jason and the Argonauts |
Don Chaffey |
United States, United Kingdom |
| Journey to the Beginning of Time |
Cesta do praveku |
Karel Zeman |
Czechoslovakia |
| The Lost World |
Harry O. Hoyt |
United States |
| Magic Seed |
Волшебное зерно |
Fyodor Filippov and Valentin Kadochnikov |
Soviet Union |
| Man with a Movie Camera |
Человек с киноаппаратом |
Dziga Vertov |
| Marry Poppins |
Robert Stevenson |
United States |
| Metropolis |
Fritz Lang |
Germany |
| The Mysterious Island |
Lucien Hubbard, Maurice Tourneur and Benjamin Christensen |
United States |
| The New Gulliver |
Новый Гулливер |
Aleksandr Ptushko |
Soviet Union |
| Operation Undersea |
Winston Hibler and Hamilton Luske |
United States |
| Orpheus |
Orphée |
Jean Cocteau |
France |
| Poltergeist |
Tobe Hooper |
United States |
| San Francisco |
W. S. Van Dyke |
| Serials: Flying heroes and smoking spaceships (includes Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe) |
Serials: Fliegende Helden und qualmende Raumschiffe |
Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor and others |
| Silent Running |
Douglas Trumbull |
| The Son of Kong |
Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion |
Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion |
Theo Mezger |
West Germany |
| Star Wars |
George Lucas |
United States, United Kingdom |
| The Student of Prague |
Der Student von Prag |
Stellan Rye |
Germany |
| Sylvia and the Ghost |
Sylvie et le fantôme |
Claude Autant-Lara |
France |
| Synthetischer Film |
Helmut Herbst |
West Germany |
| Testament of Orpheus |
Le testament d'Orphée |
Jean Cocteau |
France |
| Things to Come |
William Cameron Menzies |
United Kingdom |
| This Island Earth |
Joseph Newman and Jack Arnold |
United States |
| Tommy |
Ken Russell |
United Kingdom |
| Topper Returns |
Roy Del Ruth |
United States |
| Universe |
Colin Low and Roman Kroitor |
Canada |
| The War Of The Worlds |
Byron Haskin |
United States |
| The Wizard Of Oz |
Victor Fleming |
| The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm |
Henry Levin and George Pal |
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The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:[4]
- Brigitte Tast: Als Farbe das Grau, als Format der Innenblick. 35. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 1985, Schellerten 2014, ISBN 978-3-88842-045-0
