Fortnight 1972

Directors’ Fortnight

The Fortnight selection includes Paul Morrissey’s Heat, Morrissey’s earlier, The Chelsea Girl had be selected for Cannes in 1967, but was not shown due to censorship problems. Other names, to become Fortnight regulars, enrich the selection: Ken Loach, les frères Taviani, James Ivory, Werner Herzog and Werner Schroeter.

Feature Film selection

World premiere
Film in competition for the Œil d'Or Award
Film in competition for the Caméra d'Or Award

AL Makhdu’un

Tewfik Salah

Feature film / 107' / Fortnight 1972
With Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala, Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Saleh Kholoki, Thanaa Debsi

Alianza Para El Progreso

Julio Luduena

Feature film / 108' / Fortnight 1972
With Alicia Quintas, Carlos del Burgo, Carlota Escudero, Francisco Rivas, Hector Malamud, Ismael Ibanez, Juana de Manet, Lelio Lesser, Lorenzo Quinteros, Marcia Bell, Mario Fogo, Norberto Pagani, Pura Soleil, Roberto Carnaghi, Roberto Zabala

All The Advantages

Christopher Mason

Feature film / 70' / Fortnight 1972
With Allan Rowe, Andrew Greenwood, Diane Telegen, Nicolette Mc Kenzie

Brzezina

Andrzej Wajda

Feature film / 99' / Fortnight 1972
With Alina Szpak, Andrzej Kotkowski, Daniel Olbrychski, Danuta Wodynska, Elzbieta Zolek, Emilia Krakowska, Irena Skwierczynska, Jan Domanski, Jerzy Próchnicki, Marek Perepeczko, Mieczyslaw Stoor, Olgierd Lukaszewicz

Der Tod Der Maria Malibran

Werner Schr?ter

Feature film / 104' / Fortnight 1972
With Anette Tissier, Candy Darling, Christine Kaufmann, Ingrid Caven, Magdalena Montezuma

Die Zelle

Horst Bienek

Feature film / 93' / Fortnight 1972
With Fried Gartner, Helmut Pick, K H Mauthe, Robert Naegele, Wolf Martienzen

Emitai

Ousmane Sembene

Feature film / 90' / Fortnight 1972
With Ibou Camara, Michel Remaudeau, Ousmane Camara, Pierre Blanchard, Robert Fontaine

Faire La Déménageuse

José Varela

Feature film / 90' / Fortnight 1972
With C. Boicuyer, Jim Andrieux, Olympia Carlesi

Family Life

Ken Loach

Feature film / 107' / Fortnight 1972
With Allan Mc Naughton, Bill Dean, Grace Cave, Hilary Martin, Johnny Gee, Malcom Tierney, Michael Riddall, Sandy Ratcliff

Film-Portrait

Jerome Hill

Feature film / 93' / Fortnight 1972
With Albert Schweitzer, Brigitte Bardot, C.G. Jung, Cyd Charisse, Edwina Saint Clair, Ernest Borgnine, Grandma Moses, Jérôme Hill, Tina Louise

Hail

Fred Levinson

Feature film / 90' / Fortnight 1972
With Constance Forslund, Dan Resin, Gary Sandy, Joseph Sirola, K Callan, Pat Ripley, Phil Foster, Richard Schull, Willard Waterman

Heat

Paul Morrisey

Feature film / 115' / Fortnight 1972
With Andrea Feldman, Bonnie Walder, Eric Emerson, Gary Koznocha, Harold Childe, Joe Dallesandro, John Hallowell, Lester Persky, Pat Ast, Pat Palermon, Ray Vestal, Sylvia Miles

Homolka a Tobolka

Jaroslav Papousek

Feature film / 100' / Fortnight 1972
With Eugen Jegorov, Eva Emmerová, Frantisek Husak, Helena Ruzicková, Iva Janzurová, Jaroslava Schallerová, Jirí Cutka, Jirí Hrzán, Josef Sebanek, Ladislav Smoljak, Ludmila Roubíková, Marie Motlová, Sona Smoljaková, Stanislav Ditrich, Vera Kresadlová

Il Gesto

Marcello Grottesi

Feature film / 90' / Fortnight 1972
With Enzo Petrillo, Ilse Steppat, Irene von Meyendorff, Marcello Grottesi, Willy Birgel

Kokuhakuteki Joyu-Ron

Yoshishige Yoshida

Feature film / 123' / Fortnight 1972
With Ineko Arima, Mariko Okada, Ruriko Asaoka

La Tecnica E Il Rito

Miklos Jancso

Feature film / 80' / Fortnight 1972
With Adalberto Maria Merli, Anna Zinnemann, Brizio Montinaro, Emilio Bonucci, Fabio Gamma, Francesco Ferrini, Jozsef Madaras, Luigi Diberti, Luigi Montini, Marco Guglielmi, Marzio Margine, Piero Faggioni, Sergio Enria

Land Des Schweigens Und Der Dunkelheit

Werner Herzog

Feature film / 89' / Fortnight 1972
With Elsa Fehrer, Fini Straubinger, Heinrich Fleischmann, M. Baaske, Resi Mittermeier, Rolf Illig, Vladimir Kokol

Le Journal d’un suicidé

Stanislav Stanojevic

Feature film / 90' / Fortnight 1972
With Alex Kinoo, André Dumas, Bernard Haller, Catherine Derain, Delphine Seyrig, Gabrielle Robinne, Henri Poirier, Jean Rupert, Marie-France Pisier, Paul Pavel, Pierre-Henri Deleau, Roger Trapp, Roland Bertin, Sacha Pitoëff, Sami Frey

Le Sang

Jean-Daniel Pollet

Feature film / 85' / Fortnight 1972
With Claude Melki, Les trétaux libres

Les Soleils de l’île de pâques

Pierre Kast

Feature film / / Fortnight 1972

Los Dias De Agua

Manuel Octavio Gomez

Feature film / 115' / Fortnight 1972
With Adolfo Llauradó, Idalia Anreus, Mario Balmaseda, Raúl Pomares

Los Dias Del Amor

Alberto Isaac

Feature film / 89' / Fortnight 1972
With Anita Blanch, Arturo Beristáin, Héctor Ortega, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Marcela López Rey, Maricarmen Legoretta, Rosalía Orozco

Luminous Procuress

Steven Arnold

Feature film / 74' / Fortnight 1972
With Cherel Fitzpatrick, Doro Franco, Pandora, Ronald Farrell, Steve Solberg

Marjoe

Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan

Feature film / 90' / Fortnight 1972
With Marjoe

Postschi

Darius Merhjui

Feature film / / Fortnight 1972
With Ahmad Reza Ahmadi, Ali Nassirian, Bahman Fersi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Jaleh Sam

Que Hacer?

Bill. Yarhaus, James Becket, Nina Serrano, Raul Ruiz, Saul Landau

Feature film / 90' / Fortnight 1972
With Aníbal Reyna, Luis Alarcon, Pablo de la Barra, Richard Stahl, Sandra Archer

Reed, Mexico Insurgente

Paul Leduc

Feature film / 124 / Fortnight 1972
With Carlos Castañón, Carlos Fernández del Real, Claudio Obregón, Eduardo López Rojas, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Francisco Laviella, Héctor García, Heraclio Zepeda, Hugo Velázquez, Juan Ángel Martínez, Luis Jasso, Luis Suárez, Lynn Tillet, Max Kerlow, Víctor Fosado

San Michele Aveva Un Gallo

Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Feature film / 90' / Fortnight 1972
With Cinzia Bruno, Daniele Dublino, Francesco Sanvilli, Giulio Brogi, Giuseppe Scarcella, Lorenzo Piani, Marcello Di Martire, Renato Cestiè, Renato Niccolai, Renato Scarpa, Samy Pavel, Sergio Serafini, Stefano Guerrieri, Virgina Ciuffini, Vito Cipolla, Vittorio Fanfoni

São Bernardo

Leon Hirszman

Feature film / 120' / Fortnight 1972
With Andrey Salvador, Isabel Ribeiro, Jofré Soares, José Policena, Joseph Guerreiro, Labanca, Mario Lago, Nildo Parente, Othon Bastos, Rodolfo Arena, Vanda Lacerda

Savages

James Ivory

Feature film / 105' / Fortnight 1972
With Anne Francine, Asha Puthli, Christopher Pennock, Eva Saleh, Kathleen Widdoes, Lewis J. Stadlen, Margaret Brewster, Martin Kove, Neil Fitzgerald, Russ Thacker, Salome Jens, Sam Waterston, Susan Blakely, Thayer David, Ultra Violet

Shura

Toshio Matsumoto

Feature film / 134' / Fortnight 1972
With Juro Kara, Katsuo Nakamura, Masao Imafuku, Yasuko Sanjo

Smattes

Jean-Claude Labrecque

Feature film / 92' / Fortnight 1972
With Bernard Assiniwi, Colette Cortois, Daniel Pilon, Denis André, Donald Pilon, Gaétan Lafrance, Jean Brisson, Jean Perraud, Louise Laparé, Lucie Mathieu, Marc Mathieu, Marcel Martel, Marcel Sabourin, Paul Desmarteaux, Pierre Dagenais

Summer Soldiers/ Sama soruja

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Feature film / 2h / Fortnight 1972
With Barry Cotton, Greg Antonacci, Hideo Kanze, Hisashi Igawa, John Nathan, Kazuo Kitamura, Keith Sykes, Kunie Tanaka, Reisen Lee, Shoichi Ozawa, Takeshi Katô, Tamao Nakamura, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Toshiko Kobayashi

The People

John Korty

Feature film / 75' / Fortnight 1972
With Andrew Crichton, Anne Walters, Chris Valentine, Dan O’Herlihy, David Petch, Diane Varsi, Dorothy Drady, Jack Dahlgren, Johanna Baer, Kim Darby, Laurie Walters, Mary Rose McMaster, Stephanie Valentine, Tony Dario, William Shatner

Week-End A Sochaux

Groupe Medvedkine

Feature film / 1h10' / Fortnight 1972

Wezwanie

Wojciech Solarz

Feature film / 94' / Fortnight 1972
With Boleslaw Plotnicki, Hanna Skarzanka, Irena Karek, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Zygmunt Malanowiccz

Short & medium film selection

World premiere

Autoportrait D’un Pornographe

Robert Swaim

Short film / 14' / Fortnight 1972
With Daniel Langlet, Jacqueline Staup

Camille Ou La Comédie Catastrophique

Claude Miller

Short film / 35' / Fortnight 1972
With Francis Girod, Jeanne Goupil, Juliet Berto, Marc Chapiteau, Michel Delahaye, Philippe Léotard, Viviane Gosset