# 41st Berlin International Film Festival

The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1991. The festival opened with Uranus by Claude Berri.
The Golden Bear was awarded to Italian film The House of Smiles directed by Marco Ferreri.
The retrospective dedicated to Cold War films was shown at the festival.

## Jury

The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
* Volker Schlöndorff, German filmmaker and producer - Jury President
* Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker and actress
* Laurie Anderson, American musician and writer
* José Luis Borau, Spanish filmmaker
* Judith Godrèche, French actress and writer
* Yuri Klepikov, Soviet writer
* Renate Krößner, German actress
* Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian filmmaker
* Simon Relph, British producer
* Catharina Stackelberg, Swedish screenwriter
* Mircea Veroiu, Romanian filmmaker

## 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 |
| Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Amelia Lópes O'Neill | Valeria Sarmiento | Chile, Switzerland, France, Spain |
| The Ballad of the Sad Café | The Ballad of the Sad Café | Simon Callow | United Kingdom, United States |
| Cabeza de Vaca | Cabeza de Vaca | Nicolás Echevarría | Mexico, Spain, France, United States, United Kingdom |
| Captain Fracassa's Journey | Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa | Ettore Scola | France, Italy |
| The Conviction | La condanna | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, Switzerland, France |
| Dances with Wolves | Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner | United States |
| Fortune Express | Fortune Express | Olivier Schatzky | France |
| Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg | God afton, Herr Wallenberg | Kjell Grede | Sweden |
| The House of Smiles | La casa del sorriso | Marco Ferreri | Italy |
| Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch | 大太監李蓮英 | Tian Zhuangzhuang | China, Hong Kong |
| The Little Gangster | Le Petit criminel | Jacques Doillon | France |
| Lovers | Amantes | Vicente Aranda | Spain |
| The Miracle | The Miracle | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| Mister Johnson | Mister Johnson | Bruce Beresford | United States |
| The Mountain | Der Berg | Markus Imhoof | Switzerland |
| Quiet Days in August | Ήσυχες μέρες του Αυγούστου | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece |
| The Russia House | The Russia House | Fred Schepisi | United States |
| Satan | Сатана | Viktor Aristov | Soviet Union |
| The Silence of the Lambs | The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | United States |
| Snake Fang | دندان مار | Masoud Kimiai | Iran |
| Success | Erfolg | Franz Seitz Jr. | Germany |
| The Tango Player | Der Tangospieler | Roland Gräf | Germany |
| Ultrà | Ultrà | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy |
| Uranus | Uranus | Claude Berri | France |
| When the Stars Were Red | Ked hviezdy boli cervené | Dušan Trančík | Czechoslovakia, France |

### Retrospective

The following films were shown in the retrospective:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| The 27th Day | The 27th Day | William Asher | United States |
| Advise And Consent | Advise and Consent | Otto Preminger | United States |
| Angel Face | Angel Face | Otto Preminger | United States |
| A Berlin Romance | Eine Berliner Romanze | Gerhard Klein | East Germany |
| The Big Lift | The Big Lift | George Seaton | United States |
| The Big Steal | The Big Steal | Don Siegel | United States |
| Blood on the Moon | Blood on the Moon | Robert Wise | United States |
| Cape Fear | Cape Fear | J. Lee Thompson | United States |
| The Condemned Village | Das verurteilte Dorf | Martin Hellberg | East Germany |
| Four in a Jeep | Die vier im Jeep | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
| The Deadly Affair | The Deadly Affair | Sidney Lumet | United Kingdom |
| Diplomatic Courier | Diplomatic Courier | Henry Hathaway | United States |
| Divided Heaven | Der geteilte Himmel | Konrad Wolf | East Germany |
| Don Camillo in Moscow | Il compagno Don Camillo | Luigi Comencini | Italy, France |
| Double Dynamite | Double Dynamite | Irving Cummings | United States |
| Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the bomb | Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the bomb | Stanley Kubrick | United Kingdom |
| Escape from East Berlin | Tunnel 28 | Robert Siodmak | United States, West Germany |
| Fail-Safe | Fail-Safe | Sidney Lumet | United States |
| Farewell, My Lovely | Farewell, My Lovely | Dick Richards | United States |
| For Eyes Only | For Eyes Only | János Veiczi | East Germany |
| Frauenschicksale | Frauenschicksale | Slatan Dudow | East Germany |
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Peter Yates | United States |
| From Russia with Love | From Russia with Love | Terence Young | United Kingdom |
| Funeral In Berlin | Funeral In Berlin | Guy Hamilton | United Kingdom |
| Gentlemen Marry Brunettes | Gentlemen Marry Brunettes | Richard Sale | United States |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Howard Hawks | United States |
| Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | John Huston | United States |
| His Kind of Woman | His Kind of Woman | John Farrow | United States |
| Home from the Hill | Home from the Hill | Vincente Minnelli | United States |
| Hot Blood | Hot Blood | Nicholas Ray | United States |
| I Married a Communist | I Married a Communist | Robert Stevenson | United States |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | United States |
| Invasion U.S.A. | Invasion U.S.A. | Alfred E. Green | United States |
| The Iron Curtain | The Iron Curtain | William A. Wellman | United States |
| I Was a Communist for the FBI | I Was a Communist for the FBI | Gordon Douglas | United States |
| Jet Pilot | Jet Pilot | Josef von Sternberg | United States |
| The Kremlin Letter | The Kremlin Letter | John Huston | United States |
| The Looking Glass War | The Looking Glass War | Frank Pierson | United Kingdom |
| The Lusty Men | The Lusty Men | Nicholas Ray | United States |
| Macao | Macao | Josef von Sternberg | United States |
| The Man Between | The Man Between | Carol Reed | United Kingdom |
| The Manchurian Candidate | The Manchurian Candidate | John Frankenheimer | United States |
| Man on a Tightrope | Man on a Tightrope | Elia Kazan | United States |
| Montana Belle | Montana Belle | Allan Dwan | United States |
| The Night of the Hunter | The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | United States |
| One, Two, Three | One, Two, Three | Billy Wilder | United States |
| Out of the Past | Out of the Past | Jacques Tourneur | United States |
| The Outlaw | The Outlaw | Howard Hughes | United Kingdom |
| The Paleface | The Paleface | Norman Z. McLeod | United States |
| Pursued | Pursued | Raoul Walsh | United States |
| Quatermass 2 | Quatermass 2 | Val Guest | United Kingdom |
| The Red Danube | The Red Danube | George Sidney | United States |
| Red Dawn | Red Dawn | John Milius | United States |
| The Red Menace | The Red Menace | R. G. Springsteen | United States |
| Red Nightmare | Red Nightmare | George Waggner | United States |
| Red Planet Mars | Red Planet Mars | Harry Horner | United States |
| The Revolt Of Mamie Stover | The Revolt Of Mamie Stover | Raoul Walsh | United States |
| River of No Return | River of No Return | Otto Preminger | United States |
| Ryan's Daughter | Ryan's Daughter | David Lean | United Kingdom |
| Seven Days in May | Seven Days in May | John Frankenheimer | United States |
| Son of Paleface | Son of Paleface | Frank Tashlin | United States |
| The Spies | Les Espions | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France, Italy |
| The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Martin Ritt | United Kingdom |
| Stop Train 349 | Verspätung in Marienborn | Rolf Hädrich | West Germany |
| Story of a Young Couple | Roman einer jungen Ehe | Kurt Maetzig | East Germany |
| The Tall Men | The Tall Men | Raoul Walsh | United States |
| Thunder Road | Thunder Road | Arthur Ripley | United States |
| Topaz | Topaz | Alfred Hitchcock | United Kingdom |
| Torn Curtain | Torn Curtain | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| Track of the Cat | Track of the Cat | William A. Wellman | United States |
| Walk East on Beacon | Walk East on Beacon | Alfred L. Werker | United States |
| Where Danger Lives | Where Danger Lives | John Farrow | United States |
| The Wonderful Country | The Wonderful Country | Robert Parrish | United States |
| The Yakuza | The Yakuza | Sydney Pollack | United States |
| The Young Lovers | The Young Lovers | Anthony Asquith | United Kingdom |

## Official Awards

The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
* Golden Bear: The House of Smiles by Marco Ferreri
* Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize:
** The Conviction by Marco Bellocchio
** Satan by Viktor Aristov
* Silver Bear for Best Director:
** Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
** Ricky Tognazzi for Ultrà
* Silver Bear for Best Actress: Victoria Abril for Amantes
* Silver Bear for Best Actor: Maynard Eziashi for Mister Johnson
* Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves
* Honourable Mention:
** Snake Fang
** The Little Gangster by Jacques Doillon
** Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Award

* The Little Gangster by Jacques Doillon