The 1st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 June 1951 at the Titiana-Palast cinema. The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca.
Festival poster
Göran Gentele
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Göran Gentele was a Swedish actor, director, and opera manager. He was director of the Royal Swedish Opera from 1963 to 1972 and briefly the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City
1st Berlin International Film Festival
…Cayatte Best Music Film: Cinderella by Wilfred Jackson Silver Bear: Best Drama Film: Path of Hope by Pietro Germi Best Comedy Film: Living on 'Hope' by Göran Gentele Best Music Film: The Tales of Hoffmann by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Bronze Bear: Best Drama Film: The Browning Version by Anthony Asquith…
Gentele (left) with Mattiwilda Dobbs and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 1966