Cannes 1981 - Compétition
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1. Man of Iron (1981)
PG | 156 min | Drama, History
A few years after the events of Man of Marble (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Wieslawa Kosmalska
Votes: 3,794
Palme d'Or Prix du Jury Œcumenique
2. Mephisto (1981)
Unrated | 146 min | Drama
In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,592
Prix du scénario Prix de la Critique Internationale - F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I.
3. Possession (1981)
R | 124 min | Drama, Horror
A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent
Votes: 42,800 | Gross: $1.11M
Prix d'interprétation féminine pour Isabelle Adjani
4. Quartet (1981)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
Finding herself penniless after her art-dealer husband Stephan is convicted of theft, Marya Zelli accepts the hospitality of a strange couple, H.J. and Lois Heidler, who let her live in their home.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith, Alan Bates, Anthony Higgins
Votes: 1,880 | Gross: $0.01M
Prix d'interprétation féminine pour Isabelle Adjani
5. Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An Italian businessman decides whether to pay a ransom for his abducted son or not.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Anouk Aimée, Laura Morante, Victor Cavallo
Votes: 1,134
Prix d'interprétation masculine pour Ugo Tognazzi
6. Fact (1981)
91 min | Drama, War
This film only evokes one day, the last day of a Lithuanian village of which all the inhabitants have been massacred, shot and burnt by Nazi executioners Saturday, June 3td. 1944. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Almantas Grikevicius | Stars: Regimantas Adomaitis, Donatas Banionis, Juozas Budraitis, Uldis Dumpis
Votes: 100
Prix du meilleur second rôle féminin au Festival International du Film pour Elena Solovei
7. Chariots of Fire (1981)
PG | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
Votes: 65,870 | Gross: $58.97M
Prix du meilleur second rôle masculin au Festival International du Film pour Ian Holm Prix du Jury Œcuménique - Mention Spéciale
8. Bolero (1981)
173 min | Drama, Music
Through fabulous music, this movie tracks three generations of musicians and dancers from Russia, Germany, France and the U.S., from before World War II through the war and the Holocaust, ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Robert Hossein, Nicole Garcia, Geraldine Chaplin, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 2,747
Grand Prix de la Commission Supérieure Technique du cinéma français
9. Neige (1981)
90 min | Drama
Paris, Pigalle. Anita works as a waitress in a bar. When she learns that the police are looking for drug dealers, she tries to warn Bobby, who deals in the neighborhood.
Directors: Juliet Berto, Jean-Henri Roger | Stars: Juliet Berto, Jean-François Stévenin, Robert Liensol, Patrick Chesnais
Votes: 168
Prix du cinéma contemporain au Festival International du Film Ex-aequo
10. Looks and Smiles (1981)
104 min | Drama
Mick and Alan, two friends who have just left school, are full of dreams for the future. But against the background of Thatcher's Britain, the two soon wake up to reality. From acclaimed Director Ken Loach.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Graham Green, Carolyn Nicholson, Tony Pitts, Roy Haywood
Votes: 484
Prix du cinéma contemporain au Festival International du Film Ex-aequo Prix du Jury Œcuménique - Mention Spéciale
11. Excalibur (1981)
PG | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi
Votes: 67,145 | Gross: $34.97M
Prix de la meilleure contribution artistique au Festival International du Film
12. Light Years Away (1981)
105 min | Drama
A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds.
Director: Alain Tanner | Stars: Trevor Howard, Mick Ford, Bernice Stegers, Henri Virlojeux
Votes: 561
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury
13. Beau-père (1981)
13+ | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Marion falls in love with her stepfather, Remy.
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet, Geneviève Mnich
Votes: 3,705
14. Potteries (1981)
91 min | Drama
A furniture designer returns from a trip abroad to find a younger man has usurped his place in the business.
Director: István Gaál | Stars: Zygmunt Malanowicz, Katalin Gyöngyössy, Tamás Horváth, Irma Patkós
Votes: 25
15. Engel aus Eisen (1981)
105 min | Crime, Drama, History
BERLIN, 1948. During the few days of the blockade, a teenager, a man, and a young woman constitute a gang. They profit from the fear, the disorder, and the black market, and commit many, many thefts.
Director: Thomas Brasch | Stars: Hilmar Thate, Katharina Thalbach, Ulrich Wesselmann, Karin Baal
Votes: 100
16. Heaven's Gate (1980)
R | 219 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
During the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston
Votes: 17,142 | Gross: $3.48M
17. The Skin (1981)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, War
After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, the life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Many sacrifice their dignity and morale to survive.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King, Carlo Giuffrè
Votes: 1,292
18. Montenegro (1981)
R | 96 min | Drama, Comedy
A bored wealthy housewife on the verge of insanity cuts loose with some lively Yugoslavian immigrants who delight in their bohemian lifestyle.
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Susan Anspach, Erland Josephson, Per Oscarsson, Marianne Jacobi
Votes: 2,125
19. Passion of Love (1981)
117 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the 1860s, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier, is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He ... See full summary »
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Valeria D'Obici, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 1,020
20. Patrimonio nacional (1981)
112 min | Comedy
Second installment of the saga of the Leguineche's preceded by "The National Shotgun" and completed by "National III". After the death of Franco (1975) and the restoration of the monarchy, ... See full summary »
Director: Luis García Berlanga | Stars: Luis Ciges, Luis Escobar, Agustín González, José Luis López Vázquez
Votes: 977
21. Flame Top (1980)
155 min | Biography, Drama
The life of early-20th-century author, journalist, and revolutionary Algot Untola (also known as Maiju Lassila, Irmari Rantamala, and several more pseudonyms), one of the most enigmatic ... See full summary »
Directors: Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto | Stars: Asko Sarkola, Rea Mauranen, Kari Franck, Ari Suonsuu
Votes: 132
22. Thief (1981)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi
Votes: 38,954 | Gross: $11.49M
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