# 39th Berlin International Film Festival

The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989.
The Golden Bear was awarded to American film Rain Man directed by Barry Levinson.
The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer and another one dedicated to European productions of 1939 titled Europe 1939.

## Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* Rolf Liebermann, Swiss composer - Jury President
* Leslie Caron, French dancer and actress
* Chen Kaige, Chinese filmmaker
* Vadim Glowna, West-German actor and filmmaker
* Randa Haines, American filmmaker
* Vladimir Ignatovski, Bulgarian director of Bulgarska Nacionalna Filmoteka
* Adrian Kutter, West-German founder of the Biberach an der Riß Film Festival
* Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor
* Cliff Robertson, American actor
* Zdeněk Svěrák, Czech actor and screenwriter
* Boris Vasilyev, Soviet writer and screenwriter

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| The Accused | The Accused | Jonathan Kaplan | United States |
| American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy | Histoires d'Amérique | Chantal Akerman | Belgium, France |
| Aviya's Summer | הקיץ של אביה | Eli Cohen | Israel |
| Bankomatt | Bankomatt | Villi Hermann | Switzerland, Italy |
| Before the Bat's Flight Is Done | Mielött befejezi röptét a denevér | Péter Tímár | Hungary |
| Camille Claudel | Camille Claudel | Bruno Nuytten | France |
| The Dark Night | La noche oscura | Carlos Saura | Spain, France |
| Esquilache | Esquilache | Josefina Molina | Spain |
| Evening Bell | 晚鐘 | Wu Ziniu | China |
| Fallada: The Last Chapter | Fallada – letztes Kapitel | Roland Gräf | East Germany |
| Gang of Four | La bande des quatre | Jacques Rivette | France |
| Hope and Pain | ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
| I Love, You Love | Ja milujem, ty miluješ | Dušan Hanák | Czechoslovakia |
| Ivan and Alexandra | Иван и Александра | Ivan Nitchev | Bulgaria |
| Joan of Arc of Mongolia | Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia | Ulrike Ottinger | West Germany, France |
| Mississippi Burning | Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | United States |
| Pestalozzi's Mountain | Pestalozzis Berg | Peter von Gunten | East Germany, Switzerland, Italy |
| Rain Man | Rain Man | Barry Levinson | United States |
| Resurrected | Resurrected | Paul Greengrass | United Kingdom |
| The Servant | Sluga | Vadim Abdrashitov | Soviet Union |
| The Striker with Number 9 | Η φανέλα με το 9 | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece |
| Talk Radio | Talk Radio | Oliver Stone | United States |

### Out of Competition

* Farewell to False Paradise (Abschied vom falschen Paradies), directed by Tevfik Başer (West Germany)
* Another Woman, directed by Woody Allen (USA)
* The Break [de], directed by Frank Beyer (East Germany)
* Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears (USA)
* C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale [de], directed by Norbert Kückelmann (West Germany)
* Solovky Power (Власть Соловецкая. Свидетельства и документы), directed by Marina Goldovskaya (Soviet Union)
* War Requiem, directed by Derek Jarman (UK)

### Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective dedicated to Erich Pommer:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Asphalt | Asphalt | Joe May | Germany |
| A Waltz Dream | Ein Walzertraum | Ludwig Berger | Germany |
| Barbed Wire | Barbed Wire | Rowland V. Lee | United States |
| The Blackguard | Die Prinzessin und der Geiger | Graham Cutts | Germany, United Kingdom |
| The Blue Angel | Der blaue Engel | Josef von Sternberg | Germany |
| Bombs on Monte Carlo | Bomben auf Monte Carlo | Hanns Schwarz | United States |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari | Robert Wiene | Germany |
| Children, Mother, and the General | Kinder, Mütter und ein General | László Benedek | Germany |
| The Congress Dances | Der Kongreß tanzt | Erik Charell | Germany |
| Dance, Girl, Dance | Dance, Girl, Dance | Dorothy Arzner | United States |
| Dr. Mabuse the Gambler | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| The Empress and I | Ich und die Kaiserin | Friedrich Hollaender | Germany |
| Faust | Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage | F. W. Murnau | Germany |
| Fire Over England | Fire Over England | William K. Howard | United Kingdom |
| F.P.1 - Floating Platform 1 Does Not Answer | F.P.1 antwortet nicht | Karl Hartl | Germany |
| Homecoming | Heimkehr | Joe May | Germany |
| Hotel Imperial | Hotel Imperial | Mauritz Stiller | United States |
| I by Day, You by Night | Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht | Ludwig Berger | Germany |
| Illusion in a Minor Key | Illusion in Moll | Rudolf Jugert | West Germany |
| Inquest | Voruntersuchung | Robert Siodmak | Germany |
| Inquest | Zwei blaue Jungen | Alwin Neuß | Germany |
| Jamaica Inn | Jamaica Inn | Alfred Hitchcock | United Kingdom |
| Liliom | Liliom | Fritz Lang | France |
| The Man in Search of His Murderer | Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht | Robert Siodmak | Germany |
| Manon Lescaut | Manon Lescaut | Arthur Robison | Germany |
| Metropolis | Metropolis | Fritz Lang | Germany |
| Michael | Michael | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Germany |
| Nights on the Road | Nachts auf den Straßen | Rudolf Jugert | Germany |
| Peter the Pirate | Pietro, der Korsar | Arthur Robison | Germany |
| Quick | Quick | Robert Siodmak | Germany |
| They Knew What They Wanted | They Knew What They Wanted | Garson Kanin | United States |
| The Three from the Filling Station | Die Drei von der Tankstelle | Wilhelm Thiele | Germany |
| Variety | Varieté | E. A. Dupont | Germany |
| Vessel of Wrath | Vessel of Wrath | Erich Pommer | United Kingdom |
| The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna | The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna | Hanns Schwarz | Germany |
The following films were shown in the retrospective "Europe 1939":
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| A Girl Must Live | A Girl Must Live | Carol Reed | United Kingdom |
| Bel Ami | Bel Ami | Willi Forst | Germany |
| Boefje | Boefje | Detlef Sierck | Netherlands |
| British Movietone of the 07/09/1939 | British Movietone of the 07/09/1939 | (unknown) | United Kingdom |
| Cheer Boys Cheer | Cheer Boys Cheer | Walter Forde | United Kingdom |
| Crisis | Crisis | Herbert Kline, Hanuš Burger and Alexander Hammid | United States |
| Constable Studer | Wachtmeister Studer | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
| The Deserter | Le Déserteur | Léonide Moguy | France |
| Daybreak | Le jour se lève | Marcel Carné | France |
| Deutsche Kulturfilme (beinhaltet Alpenkorps im Angriff von Gösta Nordhaus und Germanen gegen Pharaonen von Anton Kutter) | Deutsche Kulturfilme (beinhaltet Alpenkorps im Angriff von Gösta Nordhaus und Germanen gegen Pharaonen von Anton Kutter) | (unknown) | Germany |
| Do It Now | Do It Now | (unknown) | United Kingdom |
| Dora Nelson | Dora Nelson | Mario Soldati | Italy |
| The Fight Continues | Борьба продолжается | Vasily Zhuravlyov | Soviet Union |
| The First Days | The First Days | Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt and Pat Jackson | United Kingdom |
| Fric-Frac | Fric-Frac | Maurice Lehmann | France |
| The Four Feathers | The Four Feathers | Zoltan Korda | United Kingdom |
| Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Sam Wood | United Kingdom |
| Gorky 2: My Apprenticeship | V lyudyakh В людях | Mark Donskoy | Soviet Union |
| The Governor | Der Gouverneur | Victor Tourjansky | Germany |
| Hotel Sacher | Hotel Sacher | Erich Engel | Germany |
| The Journey to Tilsit | Die Reise nach Tilsit | Veit Harlan | Germany |
| Kitty and the World Conference | Kitty und die Weltkonferenz | Helmut Käutner | Germany |
| Kriegsbeginn in der Wochenschau | Kriegsbeginn in der Wochenschau | Helmut Käutner | Germany |
| The Lion Has Wings | The Lion Has Wings | Michael Powell, Brian Desmond Hurst and Adrian Brunel | United Kingdom |
| Love On The Wing | Love On The Wing | Norman McLaren | United Kingdom |
| MFI 754/MFI 812 newsreels | MFI 754/MFI 812 | (unknown) | Hungary |
| Midsummer Night's Fire | Johannisfeuer | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Germany |
| The New Teacher | Учитель | Sergei Gerasimov | Soviet Union |
| The Oppenheim Family | Семья Оппенгейм | Grigori Roshal | Soviet Union |
| Pathé Journal 06/09/1939 | Pathé Journal 06/09/1939 | (unknown) | France |
| Q Planes | Q Planes | Tim Whelan and Arthur B. Woods | United Kingdom |
| The Rules of the Game | La Règle du Jeu | Jean Renoir | France |
| Shchors | Щорс | Alexander Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva | Soviet Union |
| Spain | Испания | Esfir Shub | Soviet Union |
| Spare Time | Spare Time | Humphrey Jennings | United Kingdom |
| The Spy in Black | The Spy in Black | Michael Powell | United Kingdom |
| There's No Tomorrow | Sans lendemain | Max Ophüls | France |
| They Knew What They Wanted | They Knew What They Wanted | Garson Kanin | United States |
| They Staked Their Lives | Med livet som insats | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
| Threats | Menaces... | Edmond T. Gréville | France |
| Three Sergeants | Drei Unteroffiziere | Werner Hochbaum | Germany |
| Two Girls on the Street | Két lány az utcán | Andre DeToth | Hungary |
| Ufa Tonwoche 440 vom 9.2.1939 | Ufa Tonwoche 440 vom 9.2.1939 | (unknown) | Germany |
| Ufa Tonwoche 468 vom 23.8.1939 | Ufa Tonwoche 468 vom 23.8.1939 | (unknown) | Germany |
| Ufa Tonwoche 469 vom 30.8.1939 | Ufa Tonwoche 469 vom 30.8.1939 | (unknown) | Germany |
| Ufa Tonwoche vom 7.9.1939 | Ufa Tonwoche vom 7.9.1939 | (unknown) | Germany |
| Uproar in Damascus | Aufruhr in Damaskus | Gustav Ucicky | Germany |
| The Vyborg Side | Выборгская сторона | Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg | Soviet Union |
| War Library Items 1, 2, 3 | War Library Items 1, 2, 3 | (unknown) | United Kingdom |
| The West Wall | Der Westwall | Fritz Hippler | Germany |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: Rain Man by Barry Levinson
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Evening Bell by Wu Ziniu
* Silver Bear for Best Director: Dušan Hanák for I Love, You Love
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani for Camille Claudel
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Gene Hackman for Mississippi Burning
* Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Eric Bogosian for Talk Radio
* Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Kaipo Cohen and Gila Almagor for Aviya's Summer
* Honourable Mention: Gang of Four by Jacques Rivette
* Alfred-Bauer Prize: The Servant

## Independent Awads
### FIPRESCI Award

* Gang of Four by Jacques Rivette

### UNICEF Award

* Juliana by Chaski Group (Peru)