Claudia Cardinale, one of the most successful and well-known European Actresses,
will be awarded a Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement on Friday 15 February
. The Golden Bear will be presented to her prior to the screening of Federico
Fellini's 8 1/2, screening this year as part of Retrospektive "European
60s".
After her film debut at the age of 17, the Tunisian born actress, Claudia Cardinale
celebrated national and international success. Since then she has acted in over
100 films and worked with some of the world's most renowned directors, including:
Sergio Leone (Once Upon A Time In The West, 1968), the above mentioned
Federico Fellini and Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, 1982). She has acted
alongside actors such Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Marcello Mastroiani, Lee
Marvin, Anthony Quinn, Helmut Berger and Klaus Kinski. Unforgettable is her
performance with Peter Sellers in the Hollywood production, The Pink Panther,
1964. Some of her most successful films are those directed by Luchino Visconti:
Rocco and his Brothers (1960), The Leopard (1963) and Conversation
Piece (1975)
Claudia Cardinale was a guest of the Festival in 1985 with Un été
ŕ La Goulette.
