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The History of Cinema: 1978 |
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New Zealand |
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– The New Zealand Film Commission is founded with funding from the Arts Council. [ADD] |
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Palestinian filmmakers Ibrahim Mustapha Nasser and Abdel-Hafeth al Asmar are killed while filming an Israeli military operation in Lebanon. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Sweden |
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Ingmar Bergman’s Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata) features Ingrid Bergman in her first Swedish film in almost 40 years. She plays a concert pianist who returns to Sweden to visit the two daughters she has not seen for many years (Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman). [ADD] |
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Switzerland |
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Charles Chaplin’s coffin is stolen from the graveyard in Vevey by kidnappers who demand $600,000 for its return. Chaplin’s widow, Oona, refuses to pay. [ADD] |
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Charles Chaplin's coffin and body are recovered in the town of Noville, a few kilometres from the graveyard in Vevey from where they were stolen. No arrests are made. [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1978 |
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Morocco |
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Al-kanfoudi (Nabyl Lahlou) [ADD] |
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Alyam, Alyam (Ahmed El Manouni) [ADD] |
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The Days, The Days (Ahmed al-Manouni) [ADD] |
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A Hole in the Wall (Jillali Ferhati) [ADD] |
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Nigeria |
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The Boy is Good (Eddie Ugbomah) [ADD] |
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Paraguay |
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Cerro Cora [ADD] |
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Peru |
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Cuentos Inmorales (Jose Carlos Huayhuaca, Augusto Tamayo San Roman, Jose Luis Flores Guerra, Francisco Lombardi) [ADD] |
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Poland |
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Bez znieczulenia (Without Anaesthesia) (Andrzej Wajda) [ADD] |
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Spirala (The Spiral) (Krzysztof Zanussi) [ADD] |
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Szpital Przemienienia (The Transfiguration Hospital) (Edward Zebrowski) [ADD] |
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Zmory (Nightmares) (Wojciech Marczewski) [ADD] |
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Romania |
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Editie Speciala (Special Issue) (Mircea Daneliuc) [ADD] |
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Profetul, aurul si Ardelenii (The Prophet, The Gold and the Transylvanians) (Dan Pita) [ADD] |
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Singapore |
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Cleopatra Wong (Bobby A. Suarez) [ADD] |
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Sri Lanka |
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Gehenu Lamai (Sumithra Peries) [ADD] |
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Thailand |
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Ka Ma Jak Moung Nakorn (Yotin Thevarath) [ADD] |
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Kru Ban Nok (Rural Teacher) (Surasee Phatham) [ADD] |
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Mea Loung (The Wife) (Wijit Kunavuth) [ADD] |
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Pra Cha Chon Nok (On the Fringe of Society) (Manop Udomdej) [ADD] |
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Rak Talent (Cheeky Love) (Supawat Jongsiri) [ADD] |
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Thebrida Bar 21 (The Angel of Bar 21) (Euthana Mukdasanit) [ADD] |
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Wai Tok Kra (Chana Kraprayoon) [ADD] |
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Turkey |
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Kanal (The Canal) (Erden Kiral) [ADD] |
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Maden (The Mine) (Yavuz Ozkan) [ADD] |
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Sürü (The Herd) (Zeki Okten) [ADD] |
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Üç Bölümlük Kisa Filim (A Short Film in Three Parts) (Özcan Arca) [ADD] |
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Vietnam |
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The History of Cinema: 1978 |
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