page_title: 1979 Cannes Film Festival
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: 1979 Cannes Film Festival / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Volker Schlöndorff Deutsch: Volker Schlöndorff Español: Volker Schlöndorff Esperanto: Volker Schlöndorff Français&#160;: Volker Schlöndorff Galego: Volker Schlöndorff Italiano: Volker Schlöndorff Nederlands: Volker Schlöndorff 日本語: フォルカー・シュレンドルフ Norsk bokmål: Volker Schlöndorff Polski: Volker Schlöndorff Português: Volker Schlöndorff Русский: Фолькер Шлёндорф Suomi: Volker Schlöndorff Svenska: Volker Schlöndorff Türkçe: Volker Schlöndorff 中文: 沃克•施隆多夫
context_page_description: The 32nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 24 May 1979. The Palme d'Or went to Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola, which was screened as a work in progress, and Die Blechtrommel by Volker Schlöndorff.
  The festival opened with Hair, directed by Miloš Forman and closed with À nous deux, directed by Claude Lelouch.
  Françoise Sagan, the President of the Jury raised a controversy as she complained that Robert Favre Le Bret, director of the Festival, had stepped out of his role and had put pressure on the jury for the choice of Coppola's film, while she had defended The Tin Drum to the last minute of the competition. Finally the Palme d'Or was given to both films.
caption: Volker Schlöndorff, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.
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