The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961. The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film The Naked Island directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film Clear Skies directed by Grigori Chukhrai.
Jury Sergei Yutkevich (USSR - President of the Jury) Chinghiz Aitmatov (USSR) Zoltán Várkonyi (Hungary) Luchino Visconti (Italy) Sergei Gerasimov (USSR) Karel Zeman (Czechoslovakia) Mehboob Khan (India) Joshua Logan (USA) Léon Moussinac (France) Roger Manvell (Great Britain) Francisco Piña (Mexico) Walieddin Youssef Samih (Egypt) Jerzy Toeplitz (Poland) Huang Guang (China) Michael Tschesno-Hell (East Germany) Liviu Ciulei (Romania) Borislav Sharaliev (Bulgaria)
Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Alba Regia Alba Regia Mihály Szemes Hungary Das Riesenrad Das Riesenrad Géza von Radványi West Germany Big Request Concert Das große Wunschkonzert Arthur Maria Rabenalt Austria Det store varpet Nils R. Müller NorwayWarriors for Freedom Pedjuang Usmar Ismail IndonesiaWilliam Tell Wilhelm Tell Michel Dikoff SwitzerlandSunrise at Campobello Vincent J. Donehue United StatesThe Children of Bullerbyn Village Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn Olle Hellbom SwedenEverybody Go Home Tutti a casa Luigi Comencini Italy, FranceThe Naked Island Hadaka no shima Kaneto Shindo JapanThirst Setea Mircea Drăgan RomaniaEnclosure L'Enclos Armand Gatti France, YugoslaviaWe Were Young A byahme mladi Binka Zhelyazkova BulgariaKukuli Kukuli Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama, Cesar Villanueva PeruKurulubedda Kurulubedda L. S. Ramachandran CeylonChaudhvin Ka Chand Chaudhvin Ka Chand Mohammed Sadiq IndiaTo My Father in Ulan Bator Ulaan-Baatart baygaa miniy aavd Dejidiin Jigjid MongoliaThe Beginning and the End بداية ونهاية Salah Abu Seif Egypt Nebeski odred Bosko Boskovic, Ilija Nikolic YugoslaviaThe Fire on the Second Line Lửa Trung Tuyến Phạm Văn Khoa North VietnamThe Last Winter Den sidste vinter Frank Dunlop, Anker Sørensen, Edvin Tiemroth Denmark, West GermanyThe Haunted Castle Das Spukschloß im Spessart Kurt Hoffmann West GermanyProfessor Mamlock Professor Mamlock Konrad Wolf East GermanyThe Trials of Oscar Wilde The Trials of Oscar Wilde Ken Hughes United KingdomStories of the Revolution Historias de la revolución Tomás Gutiérrez Alea CubaTumangan River Tumangan River Chen San In North KoreaTonight a City Will Die Dziś w nocy umrze miasto Jan Rybkowski PolandA Revolutionary Family Geming jiating Shui Hua China Skandaali tyttökoulussa Edvin Laine FinlandJuana Gallo Juana Gallo Miguel Zacarías MexicoFetters Pouta Karel Kachyňa CzechoslovakiaClear Skies Chistoe nebo Grigori Chukhrai Soviet UnionThis Earth Is Mine Esta tierra es mía Hugo del Carril Argentina
Awards Grand Prix: The Naked Island by Kaneto Shindo Clear Skies by Grigori Chukhrai Special Golden Prize: Everybody Go Home by Luigi Comencini Golden Prizes: Professor Mamlock by Konrad Wolf We Were Young by Binka Zhelyazkova Silver Prizes: Alba Regia by Mihály Szemes Thirst by Mircea Drăgan The Haunted Castle by Kurt Hoffmann Director: Armand Gatti for Enclosure Actor: Peter Finch for The Trials of Oscar Wilde Actor: Bambang Hermanto for Warriors for Freedom Actress: Yu Lan for A Revolutionary Family Director of photography: Boguslaw Lambach for Tonight a City Will Die Decorator Bill Constable and costume designer Terence Morgan for The Trials of Oscar Wilde
References
External links Moscow International Film Festival: 1961 at Internet Movie Database