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The History of Cinema: 1971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Algeria - Italy

   
 

Decameron (Italy, 1971)

   
   

 

Australia

 

 

 

– The Australian Film Development Corporation is founded. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Bangladesh

 

 

 

The exiled Bangladeshi government form a film unit under the leadership of Abdul Jabbar Khan. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Chile

   
  Miguel Littin

 

 

 

- Miguel Littin becomes director of Chile Films and shoots Compañero presidente. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

China

 

 

 

- The Cantonese film industry declines into crisis as only one Cantonese film is made in 1971. [ADD]

   

 

 

   

 

Colombia

 

 

 

- Production of short films rockets as the government demands the exhibition of domestically-produced shorts at first-run cinemas in an attempt to protect the national industry. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Egypt

 

 

15/3 -

Youssef Chahine’s Al-Ikhtiyar (The Choice) premieres in Cairo. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Finland

 

 

 

The countrys first two-screen cinema is built. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Greece

 

 

 

Box office receipts fall by 10% following the introduction of TV in 1968. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

India

   
  K. Asif (1971)

 

 

9/3 -

Death of award-winning director K. Asif in Bombay at the age of 46. [ADD]

 

 

17/11 -

Veteran director and writer Debaki Bose dies in Calcutta at the age of 72. [ADD]

 

 

 

– The agreement between the government and the MPEEA expires. [ADD]

 

 

 

– The FFC’s directive to sponsor independent film-making is written into its official objectives. [ADD]

 

 

 

- A big increase in domestic film output makes India the world’s most prolific producer of feature films. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   

 

Italy

   
  Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini (1971)

 

 

13/11 -

Police seize Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Decameron by order of state prosecutors from Ancona and Sulmona.   The film is based on the tales by Boccaccio. [ADD]

 

 

2/12 -

Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis), Italian director Vittorio De Sica’s depiction of Italy’s involvement in the Holocaust, is released.   Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger, Lino Capolicchio star. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
   
 

Other Key Films of 1971

 

Algeria

 

 

 

Décembre  [ADD]

 

 

 

L’Opium et le baton (The Opium and the Baton) (Ahmed Rachedi) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Andorra

   
  El mas fabuloso golpe del far west (1971)
 

 

 

Baiser du Diable (The Devils Kiss) (Jordi Gigo) [ADD]

 

 

 

El mas fabuloso golpe del far west (Antonio de la Loma) [ADD]

 

 

 

Coneix Vostè Andorra? (Antoni Jover Dalmau) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Armenia

 

 

 

Khatabala (Yuri Yerzinkyan) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Australia

 

 

 

Outback (aka Wake in Fright) (Ted Kotcheff) [ADD]

 

 

 

Stork (Tim Burstall) [ADD]

 

 

 

Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Belgium

   
  Rendez-vous à Bray (1971)
 

 

 

Rendez-vous à Bray (André Delvaux) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Bolivia

 

 

 

El Coraje del pueblo (The Courage of the People) (Jorge Sanjines) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Brazil

 

 

 

Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês (How Tasty Was My little Frenchman) (Nelson Perreira dos Santos) [ADD]

 

 

 

Der Leone have sept cabeças (Glauber Rocher) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Burkino Faso

 

 

 

Le Sang des Parias (Mamadou Djimkola) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Canada

   
  Fortune and Men's Eyes (1971)
 

 

 

Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Harvey Hart) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Cuba

 

 

 

Los días del agua (Manuel Octavio Gómez) [ADD]

 

 

 

Una pelea cubana contra los demonios (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Cyprus

 

 

 

Agapes kai Kaimoi (Georgios Filis) [ADD]

 

 

 

Diakopes stin Kypro mas (Orestis Laskos) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Denmark

 

 

 

Kaere Irene (Christian Braad Thomsen) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Georgia

   
  Kvevri (1971)
 

 

 

Kvevri (The Jar) (Irakli Kvirikadze) [ADD]

 

 

 

There Lived a Song Thrush [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

West Germany

 

 

 

The Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski) [ADD]

 

 

 

Fata Morgana (Werner Herzog) [ADD]

 

 

 

Land des Schweigens und der Dunkley (Land of Silence and Darkness) (Werner Herzog) [ADD]

 

 

 

Pioniere in Ingolstadt (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) [ADD]

 

 

 

Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (Beware of a Holy Whore) (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Greece

   
  Evdokia (1971)
 

 

 

Abuse of Power (Stavros Tsiolis) [ADD]

 

 

 

Evdokia (Alexis Damianos) [ADD]

 

 

 

The Trojan Women (Michael Cacoyannis) [ADD]

 

 

 

What Did you do in the War, Thanassis? (Dinos Katsouridis, Thanassis Vengos) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Holland

 

 

 

Malpertuis (Harry Kümel) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Hungary

 

 

 

Szerelem (Love) (Károly Makk) [ADD]

 

 

 

Sinbad (Sinbad) (Zoltán Huszárik) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

India

   
  Calcutta 71 (1971)
 

 

 

Calcutta 71 (Mrinal Sen) [ADD]

 

 

 

Seemabaddha (Company Limited) (Satyajit Ray) [ADD]

 

 

 

Shantala! Court Chalu Aahe (Silence! The Court is in Session) (Satyadev Dubey) [ADD]

 

 

 

 

   
 

Italy

 

 

 

La Classe operaia va in Paradiso (Elio Petri) [ADD]

 

 

 

Durante l'estate (TV) (Ermanno Olmi) [ADD]

 

 

 

I Clowns (Federico Fellini) [ADD]

 

 

 

Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice) (Luchino Visconti) [ADD]

 

 

 

Socrate (Roberto Rossellini) [ADD]

   
   
   
 

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