1972 in Film - Awards

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Godfather - Albert S. Ruddy, Paramount

Best Director : Bob Fosse - Cabaret

Best Actor: Marlon Brando - The Godfather (declined)

Best Actress: Liza Minnelli - Cabaret

Best Supporting Actor ; Joel Grey - Cabaret

Best Supporting Actress : Eileen Heckart - Butterflies Are Free

Best Foreign Language Film: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie), directed by Luis Buñuel, France

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:

Best Picture: The Godfather

Best Actor: Marlon Brando - The Godfather

Best Actress: Liv Ullmann - The Emigrants

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture: Cabaret

Best Actor: Jack Lemmon - Avanti!

Best Actress: Liza Minnelli - Cabaret

Other

Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather

Best Foreign Language Film (tie): The Emigrants (Utvandrarna), Sweden

Best Foreign Language Film (tie): The New Land (Nybyggarna), Sweden

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), directed by Elio Petri, Italy

The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei), directed by Francesco Rosi, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury), directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy / France