1958

7th Mannheim Culture And Documentary Film Week
12. to 17. May 1958

Festival Director
Dr. Kurt Joachim Fischer
Organisation Management
Dr. Bernhard Künzig
Sponsorship
City of Mannheim in cooperation with the SPIO and the Association of German Cultural Film Producers
Mayor
Dr. Hans Mayor Of Culture
Dr. Christoph Andritzky
Venues
Alster-Lichtspiele

The Jury

International Jury

Dr. Hans Reschke, GER
Otto Sonnenfeld, IL
Marcello Baldi, IT
Emile Degelin, BE
René Marjac, FR
Hilmar Hoffmann, GER
Wilhelm Herrmann, GER

Awards

Filmdukat

BYL SOBIE RAZ - Jan Lenica, Valerian Borowcziyk, PL 1957
TOUTE LA MÉMOIRE DU MONDE - Alain Resnais, FR 1956
LA PREMIÈRE NUIT - Georges Franju, FR 1958
PODWÓJNE ZYCIE WAZKI - Stanislaw Kokesz, PL 1956
SURPRISE BOOGIE - Albert Pierru, FR 1956

Special Commendation Award Of The Jury

PAUL TOMKOWICZ: STREET-RAILWAY SWITCHMAN - Roman Kroitor, CA 1954
DOM STARYCH KOBIET - Jan Łomnicki, PL 1957

Programme

Unfortunately no complete programme of the 7th Mannheim Culture and Documentary Film Week has been preserved.
Altogether 201 films from 23 countries were shown.