# 27th Berlin International Film Festival

The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June to 5 July 1977. The festival opened with Nickelodeon by Peter Bogdanovich.
The Golden Bear was awarded to The Ascent directed by Larisa Shepitko. Since this edition the annual Retrospective and Homage events has been coordinated jointly between the festival organization and the Deutsche Kinemathek. The retrospective shown at the festival was dedicated to German actress Marlene Dietrich, which was divided into two parts, with Part 1 being shown this year along with the retrospective called Love, Death and Technology. Cinema of the Fantastical 1933–1945. The guest of the Homage was West German filmmaker Wilfried Basse.

## Juries

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:

### Main Competition

* Senta Berger, Austrian actress and producer – Jury President
* Ellen Burstyn, American actress
* Helène Vager, French producer
* Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West-German filmmaker, actor and producer
* Derek Malcolm, British journalist and film critic
* Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, Soviet filmmaker
* Ousmane Sembène, Senegalese filmmaker, producer and author
* Humberto Solás, Cuban filmmaker
* Basilio Martín Patino, Spanish filmmaker

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Anchorite | El anacoreta | Juan Estelrich | Spain, France |
| The Ascent | Восхождение | Larisa Shepitko | Soviet Union |
| A Strange Role | Herkulesfürdöi emlék | Pál Sándor | Hungary |
| Between the Lines | Between the Lines | Joan Micklin Silver | United States |
| Black Litter | Camada negra | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Spain |
| The Bricklayers | Los albañiles | Jorge Fons | Mexico |
| The Conquest of the Citadel | Die Eroberung der Zitadelle | Bernhard Wicki | West Germany |
| Cyclops | Циклопът | Christo Christov | Bulgaria |
| Day for My Love | Den pro mou lásku | Juraj Herz | Czechoslovakia |
| The Devil Probably | Le diable probablement | Robert Bresson | France |
| Don's Party | Don's Party | Bruce Beresford | Australia |
| Etuda o zkoušce | Etuda o zkoušce | Evald Schorm | Czechoslovakia |
| The Expulsion from Paradise | Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies | Niklaus Schilling | West Germany |
| Feniks | Feniks | Petar Gligorovski | Yugoslavia |
| The Fifth Seal | Az ötödik pecsét | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
| Grete Minde | Grete Minde | Heidi Genée | West Germany, Austria |
| Hitler: A Career | Hitler - Eine Karriere | Joachim Fest and Christian Herrendoerfer | West Germany |
| Jabberwocky | Jabberwocky | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom |
| The Late Show | The Late Show | Robert Benton | United States |
| Mama, I'm Alive | Mama, ich lebe | Konrad Wolf | East Germany, Soviet Union |
| The Man Who Loved Women | L'Homme qui aimait les femmes | François Truffaut | France |
| Nickelodeon (opening film) | Nickelodeon (opening film) | Peter Bogdanovich | United States |
| Ortsfremd ... wohnhaft vormals Mainzerlandstraße | Ortsfremd ... wohnhaft vormals Mainzerlandstraße | Hedda Rinneberg and Hans Sachs | West Germany |
| Pigs Have Wings | Porci con le ali | Paolo Pietrangeli | Italy |
| Sentimental Romance | Сентиментальный роман | Igor Maslennikov | Soviet Union |
| Tenda dos Milagres | Tenda dos Milagres | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| The Widowhood of Karolina Žašler | Vdovstvo Karoline Žašler | Matjaž Klopčič | Yugoslavia |

### Out of competition

* Caudillo, directed by Basilio Martín Patino (Spain)
* Per questa notte, directed by Carlo Di Carlo (Italy)

### Retrospective and Homage

The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Marlene Dietrich (Part 1):
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Blonde Venus | Blonde Venus | Josef von Sternberg | United States |
| The Blue Angel | Der blaue Engel | Josef von Sternberg | Germany |
| Dangers of the Engagement Period | Gefahren der Brautzeit | Fred Sauer | Germany |
| The Devil Is a Woman | The Devil Is a Woman | Josef von Sternberg | United States |
| United States ||
| Knight Without Armour | Knight Without Armour | Jacques Feyder | United Kingdom |
| Morocco | Morocco | Josef von Sternberg | United States |
| United States ||
| United States ||
| The Ship of Lost Souls | Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen | Maurice Tourneur | Germany |
| Tragedy of Love | Tragödie der Liebe | Joe May | Germany |
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Love, Death and Technology. Cinema of the Fantastical 1933–1945":
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Tunnel | Der Tunnel | Kurt Bernhardt | Germany |
| Master of the World | Der Herr der Welt | Harry Piel | Germany |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: The Ascent by Larisa Shepitko
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: The Devil Probably by Robert Bresson
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón for Black Litter
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Lily Tomlin for The Late Show
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Fernando Fernán Gómez for The Anchorite
* Silver Bear:
** A Strange Role by Pál Sándor
** The Bricklayers by Jorge Fons

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Award

* The Ascent by Larisa Shepitko
* Perfumed Nightmare by Kidlat Tahimik