1981 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Winner and Nominees

Man of Iron

Andrzej Wajda

A worker becomes a “man of iron” forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love, a reporter searches for courage, and a nation undergoes historic change. …

Angels of Iron

Thomas Brasch

Beau Pere

Bertrand Blier

Bolero

Claude Lelouch

Chariots of Fire

Hugh Hudson

Excalibur

John Boorman

Fact

Almantas Grikevicius

Flame Top

Pirjo Honkasalo

Heaven’s Gate

Michael Cimino

Light Years Away

Alain Tanner

Looks and Smiles

Ken Loach

Mephisto

István Szabó

Montenegro

Dusan Makavejev

National Heritage

Luis García Berlanga

Neige

Juliet Berto

Passion of Love

Ettore Scola

Possession

Andrzej Zulawski

Potteries

István Gaál

Quartet

James Ivory

The Skin

Liliana Cavani

Thief

Michael Mann

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

Bernardo Bertolucci