The 9th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1975. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Polish film The Promised Land directed by Andrzej Wajda, the Soviet-Japanese film Dersu Uzala directed by Akira Kurosawa and the Italian film We All Loved Each Other So Much directed by Ettore Scola.
Jury Stanislav Rostotsky (USSR - President of the Jury) Sergio Amidei (Italy) Hortensia Bussi (Chile) Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia) Ravjagiin Dorjpalam (Mongolia) Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Poland) Ramu Kariat (India) Nevena Kokanova (Bulgaria) Komaki Kurihara (Japan) Ababakar Samb (Senegal) Jean-Daniel Simon (France) Iosif Kheifits (USSR) Sofiko Chiaureli (USSR) Monsef Charfeddin (Tunisia) Bert Schneider (USA)
Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Actor and the Savages Actorul şi sălbaticii Manole Marcus Romania The White Wall Den vita väggen Stig Björkman Sweden Great Expectations Great Expectations Joseph Hardy Great Britain Souvenir of Gibraltar Souvenir of Gibraltar Henri Xhonneux Belgium, France The Year of the Solar Eclipse Nar hirtsen jil Dshamjangijn Buntar Mongolia Girl from Hanoi Em bé Hà Nội Hải Ninh North Vietnam Dersu Uzala Dersu Uzala Akira Kurosawa Soviet Union, Japan Home for Christmas Jouluksi kotiin Jaakko Pakkasvirta Finland The House in the South La casa del Sur Sergio Olhovich Mexico The Other Francisco El otro Francisco Sergio Giral Cuba The Promised Land Ziemia obiecana Andrzej Wajda Poland How to Be an Adult Eya Dan Loku Lamayek Dharmasena Pathiraja Sri Lanka Kafr kasem Kafr kasem Borhane Alaouié Syria The Red Apple Krasnoe yabloko Tolomush Okeyev Soviet Union Castle of Sand Suna no utsuwa Yoshitarō Nomura Japan A Peasant on a Bicycle Selyaninat s koleloto Lyudmil Kirkov Bulgaria My Little Loves Mes petites amoureuses Jean Eustache France Between Day and Night Zwischen Nacht und Tag Horst E. Brandt East Germany We All Loved Each Other So Much C'eravamo tanto amati Ettore Scola Italy Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf Nazareno Cruz y el lobo Leonardo Favio Argentina The Legacy L'héritage Mohamed Bouamari Algeria 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence 141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból Zoltán Fábri Hungary La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu Souheil Ben-Barka Morocco The Condemned Totstellen Axel Corti Austria, West Germany Only the Wind Knows the Answer Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind Alfred Vohrer West Germany, France The Last Fleksnes Den siste Fleksnes Bo Hermansson Norway Thai Tigers Roar Payak rai thaiteep Sakka Charuchinda Thailand The Regent's Wife La Regenta Gonzalo Suárez Spain Red Sien Rooie Sien Frans Weisz Netherlands Allpakallpa Allpakallpa Bernardo Arias Peru La quema de Judas La quema de Judas Román Chalbaud Venezuela Sons of Quiet أبناء الصمت Sons of Quiet Minir Radi Egypt My Brother Has a Cute Brother Můj brácha má prima bráchu Stanislav Strnad Czechoslovakia The Republic of Užice Uzicka Republika Žika Mitrović Yugoslavia Xala Xala Ousmane Sembène Senegal Chorus Chorus Mrinal Sen India
Awards Golden Prize: The Promised Land by Andrzej Wajda Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa We All Loved Each Other So Much by Ettore Scola Silver Prizes: Chorus by Mrinal Sen My Brother Has a Cute Brother by Stanislav Strnad Allpakallpa by Bernardo Arias Special Prizes: Director: Zoltán Fábri for 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence The Year of the Solar Eclipse by Dshamjangijn Buntar Prizes: Best Actor Miguel Benavides for The Other Francisco Best Actor Georgi Georgiev-Getz for A Peasant on a Bicycle Best Actress Harriet Andersson for The White Wall Best Actress Fatima Bouamari for The Legacy Diploma: Kafr kasem by Borhane Alaouié The Republic of Užice by Žika Mitrović Girl from Hanoi by Hai Ninh Castle of Sand by Yoshitarō Nomura The Other Francisco by Sergio Giral Actress: Malini Fonseka for How to Be an Adult Prix FIPRESCI: Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa
References
External links Moscow International Film Festival: 1975 at Internet Movie Database