1955 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 8th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Marcel Huet[1] | |
| Opening film | Du rififi chez les hommes |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Carmen Jones |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Golden Palm (Marty) |
| Number of films |
33 (In Competition)[2] 2 (Out of Competition) 40 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 26 April 1955 – 10 May 1955 |
| Website |
festival-cannes |
The 8th Cannes Film Festival was held on 26 April - 10 May 1955.[3] The Golden Palm went to the US film Marty by Delbert Mann.[4] The festival opened with Du rififi chez les hommes by Jules Dassin and closed with Carmen Jones by Otto Preminger.[5][6]
Jury
Marcel Pagnol, Jury President
- Marcel Pagnol (France) (president)
- Marcel Achard (France)
- Juan Antonio Bardem (Spain)
- A. Dignimont (France)
- Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (France)
- Leopold Lindtberg (Switzerland)
- Anatole Litvak (USA)
- Isa Miranda (Italy)
- Leonard Mosley (UK)
- Jean Nery (France)
- Sergei Yutkevich (Soviet Union)
- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (France) (short films)
- Herman van der Horst (Netherlands) (short films)
- Marcel Ichac (France) (short films)
- Karl Korn (West Germany) (short films)
- Jean Perdrix (France) (short films)
Feature film competition
- Bad Day at Black Rock by John Sturges
- Biraj Bahu by Bimal Roy
- Bolshaya Semya by Iosif Kheifits
- Boot Polish by Prakash Arora
- Carmen Jones by Otto Preminger
- Chikamatsu Monogatari by Kenji Mizoguchi
- Continente perduto by Leonardo Bonzi, Mario Craveri, Enrico Gras, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino and Giorgio Moser
- The Country Girl by George Seaton
- Det brenner i natt! by Arne Skouen
- Le Dossier noir by André Cayatte
- Du rififi chez les hommes by Jules Dassin
- East of Eden by Elia Kazan
- The End of the Affair by Edward Dmytryk
- Un extraño en la escalera by Tulio Demicheli
- Geroite na Shipka by Sergei Vasilyev
- Giv'a 24 Eina Ona by Thorold Dickinson
- L'oro di Napoli by Vittorio De Sica
- Hayat ou maut by Kamal El Sheikh
- Jedda by Charles Chauvel
- A Kid for Two Farthings by Carol Reed
- Liliomfi by Károly Makk
- Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs by Helmut Käutner
- Marcelino pan y vino by Ladislao Vajda
- Marty by Delbert Mann
- Die Mücke by Walter Reisch
- Onna no koyomi by Seiji Hisamatsu
- Psohlavci by Martin Frič
- Raíces by Benito Alazraki
- Romeo i Dzhulyetta by Lev Arnshtam and Leonid Lavrovsky
- Samba Fantástico by Jean Manzon and René Persin
- Senhime by Keigo Kimura
- Il segno di Venere by Dino Risi
- Stella by Michael Cacoyannis
Awards
- Golden Palm: Marty by Delbert Mann
- Jury Special Prize: Lost Continent by Leonardo Bonzi, Mario Craveri, Enrico Gras, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino and Giorgio Moser
- Best Actor:
- Spencer Tracy for Bad Day at Black Rock
- Sergei Lukyanov, Boris Andreyev, Aleksey Batalov, Sergei Kurilov, Vadim Medvedev, Boris Bityukov, Nikolai Gritsenko, Pavel Kadochnikov, Boris Kokovkin and Nikolai Sergeyev for Bolshaya Semya
- Best Actress: Yelena Dobronravova, Vera Kuznetsova, Klara Luchko, Yekaterina Savinova, Iya Arepina and Larisa Kronberg for Bolshaya Semya
- Best Director:
- Special Mention:
- Naaz for her child actress performance in Boot Polish
- Pablito Calvo for his child actor performance in Marcelino pan y vino
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Blinkity Blank
- Special Distinction - Short Film: Zolotaya antilopa by Lev Atamanov
- Best Short Documentary: Isole di fuoco by Vittorio De Seta
- Best Dramatic Film: East of Eden by Elia Kazan
- Best Lyrical Film: Romeo i Dzhulyetta by Lev Arnshtam and Leonid Lavrovsky
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- OCIC Award: Marty by Delbert Mann
- OCIC Award - Special Mention: Marcelino pan y vino by Ladislao Vajda
References
- ↑ "Posters 1955". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "Official Selection 1955: All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "1955 - Gold Cannes". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Awards 1955: All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Opening of the 1955 Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Last time of the 1955 festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
External links
- 1955 Cannes Film Festival
- Cannes Film Festival 1955
- Cannes Film Festival:1955 at Internet Movie Database
- 8ème Festival de Cannes
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