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First European Film Awards

An audience of millions watched the first European Film Awards ceremony

A special programme at the first European Film Awards. Some 300 million TV viewers watched the first European Film Awards in West Berlin, where best film went to A Short Film about Killing by Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski, best young film was Pedro Almod贸var's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and best director was Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire. How Spielberg and Disney joined forces to make toon history with Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Reviews of Alan Bennett's Single Spies, a double bill at the Royal National Theatre, London, and the RSC's revival of The Churchill Play by Howard Brenton.

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28 minutes

主播大秀 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project