# 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.

## Juries
### Main Competition

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President
* Ellen Burstyn, American actress
* Heiner Carow, East-German filmmaker
* Eberhard Junkersdorf, West-German producer
* Tom Luddy, American producer and co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival
* Heinz Rathsack, West-German film historian
* Daniel Schmid, Swiss filmmaker
* Andrei Smirnov, Soviet actor and filmmaker
* Tilda Swinton, British actress
* Anna-Lena Wibom, Swedish producer and actress
* Pavlos Zannas, Greek writer and film critic

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Bear Ye One Another's Burden | Einer trage des anderen Last | Lothar Warneke | East Germany |
| Broadcast News | Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | United States |
| Commissar | Комиссар | Aleksandr Askoldov | Soviet Union |
| The Felons | Hudodelci | Franci Slak | Yugoslavia |
| Ground Zero | Ground Zero | Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson | Australia |
| Hunting Time | Av Zamanı | Erden Kıral | Turkey |
| Jarrapellejos | Jarrapellejos | Antonio Giménez-Rico | Spain |
| Kung-Fu Master | Kung-Fu Master | Agnès Varda | France |
| Life Classes | Life Classes | William D. MacGillivray | Canada |
| Moonstruck | Moonstruck | Norman Jewison | United States |
| The Mother of Kings | Matka Królów | Janusz Zaorski | Poland |
| Phera | Phera | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | India |
| The Possessed | Les possédés | Andrzej Wajda | France |
| Red Sorghum | 紅高粱 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| Theophilos | Θεόφιλος | Lakis Papastathis | Greece |
| Verónico Cruz | La deuda interna | Miguel Pereira | Argentina, United Kingdom |
| Walker | Walker | Alex Cox | United States, Mexico, Spain |
| Wohin? | Wohin? | Herbert Achternbusch | West Germany |
| Yasemin | Yasemin | Hark Bohm | West Germany, Turkey |

### Out of competition

* Něco z Alenky, directed by Jan Švankmajer (Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom)
* Больше света Bol'se sveta!, directed by Marina Babak (Soviet Union)
* Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, directed by Taylor Hackford (United States)
* Cry Freedom, directed by Richard Attenborough (United Kingdom)
* Empire of the Sun, director Steven Spielberg (United States)
* Linie 1, directed by Reinhard Hauff (West Germany)
* Little Dorrit, directed by Christine Edzard (UK)
* Nuts, directed by Martin Ritt (United States)
* Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, directed by Godfrey Reggio (United States)
* September, directed by Woody Allen (United States)
* The Story of Asya Klyachina, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky (Soviet Union)

### Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective titled "The History of Colour Film":
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| A Colour Box | A Colour Box | Len Lye | United Kingdom |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Michael Curtiz | United States |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Norman Taurog | United States |
| A Matter of Life and Death | A Matter of Life and Death | Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell | United Kingdom |
| Anticipation of the Night | Anticipation of the Night | Stan Brakhage | United States |
| A Star Is Born | A Star Is Born | William A. Wellman | United States |
| The Band Concert | The Band Concert | Wilfred Jackson | United States |
| Barry Lyndon | Barry Lyndon | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Belle of New York | The Belle of New York | Charles Walters | United States |
| The Birth of The Robot | The Birth of The Robot | Len Lye | United Kingdom |
| Black Narcissus | Black Narcissus | Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell | United Kingdom |
| Blood and Sand | Blood and Sand | Rouben Mamoulian | United States |
| Brigadoon | Brigadoon | Vincente Minnelli | United States |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Das Cabinett des Dr.Caligari | Robert Wiene | Germany |
| Carmen Comes Home | カルメン故郷に帰る | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
| Circles | Kreise | Oskar Fischinger | Germany |
| Composition in Blue | Komposition in Blau | Oskar Fischinger | Germany |
| Concerning $1000 | Concerning $1000 | (unknown) | United States |
| La Cucaracha | La Cucaracha | Lloyd Corrigan | United States |
| Doctor X | Doctor X | Michael Curtiz | United States |
| Duel In The Sun | Duel In The Sun | King Vidor | United States |
| English Harvest | English Harvest | Humphrey Jennings | United Kingdom |
| Fantasia | Fantasia | James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield and Ben Sharpsteen | United States |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Sam Wood | United States |
| Four Around a Woman | Vier um die Frau | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| The Garden of Allah | The Garden of Allah | Richard Boleslawski | United States |
| Gate of Hell | 地獄門 | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Japan |
| Gloria! | Gloria! | Hollis Frampton | United States |
| Gold Diggers of Broadway | Gold Diggers of Broadway | Roy Del Ruth | United States |
| Gone To Earth | Gone To Earth | Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell | United Kingdom |
| Great Freedom No. 7 | Große Freiheit Nr. 7 | Helmut Käutner | Germany |
| The Great Sacrifice | Opfergang | Veit Harlan | Germany |
| Gypsy Sweetheart | Gypsy Sweetheart | Ralph Staub | United States |
| House of Usher | House of Usher | Roger Corman | United States |
| The Inhuman Woman | L'Inhumaine | Marcel L'Herbier | France |
| Johnny Guitar | Johnny Guitar | Nicholas Ray | United States |
| King of Jazz | King of Jazz | John Murray Anderson | United States |
| Late Autumn | 秋日和 | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
| Lola | Lola | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany |
| Made in U.S.A. | Made in U.S.A. | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| Märkische Fahrt | Märkische Fahrt | Kurt Rupli | Germany |
| Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress | Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress | William Wyler | United States |
| Moby Dick | Moby Dick | John Huston | United States |
| Mode in Paris und Berlin vor dem 1. Weltkrieg | Mode in Paris und Berlin vor dem 1. Weltkrieg | (unknown) | Germany |
| Moulin Rouge | Moulin Rouge | John Huston | United Kingdom |
| Münchhausen | Münchhausen | Josef von Báky | Germany |
| Muratti Marches On | Muratti greift ein | Oskar Fischinger | Germany |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum | Mystery of the Wax Museum | Michael Curtiz | United States |
| The Nightingale | Соловей-Соловушко | Nikolai Ekk | Soviet Union |
| One From The Heart | One From The Heart | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| On Parade | On Parade | George Pal | United Kingdom |
| The Passenger | Professione: reporter | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy, Spain, France |
| The Phantom Carriage | Körkarlen | Victor Sjöström | Sweden |
| Potsdam | Potsdam | (unknown) | Germany |
| The Pretty Miller Girl | La Belle Meunière | Marcel Pagnol | France |
| The Quiet Man | The Quiet Man | John Ford | United States |
| Ramona | Ramona | Henry King | United States |
| The Red Balloon | Le ballon rouge | Albert Lamorisse | France |
| The Red Shoes | The Red Shoes | Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell | United Kingdom |
| The River | Le Fleuve | Jean Renoir | France, India, United States |
| Senso | Senso | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| Serene Velocity | Serene Velocity | Ernie Gehr | United States |
| She Wore A Yellow Ribbon | She Wore A Yellow Ribbon | John Ford | United States |
| Sons of Liberty | Sons of Liberty | Michael Curtiz | United States |
| The Sword of Monte Cristo | The Sword of Monte Cristo | Maurice Geraghty | United States |
| The Story of Little Mook: Tales from Europe | Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck | Wolfgang Staudte | East Germany |
| Three Little Pigs | Three Little Pigs | Burt Gillett | United States |
| The Toll of the Sea | The Toll of the Sea | Chester M. Franklin | United States |
| The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine | The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine | Henry Hathaway | United States |
| The Trouble with Harry | The Trouble with Harry | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| The Tree of Wooden Clogs | L'albero d'egli zoccoli | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| Unser Hindenburg | Unser Hindenburg | (unknown) | Germany |
| The Viking | The Viking | Roy William Neill | United States |
| Way Down East | Way Down East | David Wark Griffith | United States |
| Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Frank Tashlin | United States |
| The Wrestler and the Clown | Борец и клоун | Boris Barnet and Konstantin Yudin | Soviet Union |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: Red Sorghum by Zhang Yimou
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Comissar by Aleksandr Askoldov
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Norman Jewison for Moonstruck
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Holly Hunter for Broadcast News
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Manfred Möck and Jörg Pose for Bear Ye One Another's Burden
* Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Matka Królów by Janusz Zaorski
* Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Verónico Cruz by Miguel Pereira

## Independent Awads
### FIPRESCI Award

* Comissar by Aleksandr Askoldov