1956 Cannes Film Festival

The 9th Cannes Film Festival was held from 23 April to 10 May 1956.^[3] The Palme d'Or went to The Silent World by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle.^[4] The festival opened with Marie-Antoinette reine de France, directed by Jean Delannoy and closed with Il tetto by Vittorio De Sica.^[5][6]

Jury

• Maurice Lehmann (France) (president)
• Arletty (France)
• Louise de Vilmorin (France)
• Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (France)
• Henri Jeanson (France)
• Domenico Meccoli (Italy)
• Otto Preminger (USA)
• James Quinn (UK)
• Roger Regent (France)
• María Romero (Chile)
• Sergei Vasilyev (Soviet Union)
• Francis Bolen (Belgium) (short films)
• Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia) (short films)
• Henri Fabiani (France) (short films)
• Paul Grimault (France) (short films)
• Jean Perdrix (France) (short films)

Feature film competition

• Afacerea Protar by Haralambie Boros
• Cien by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
• Dalibor by Václav Krška
• La escondida by Roberto Gavaldón
• Il ferroviere by Pietro Germi
• Gli innamorati by Mauro Bolognini
• Hanka by Slavko Vorkapić
• The Harder They Fall by Mark Robson
• Ikimono no kiroku by Akira Kurosawa
• I'll Cry Tomorrow by Daniel Mann
• Körhinta by Zoltán Fábri
• To Koritsi me ta mavra by Michael Cacoyannis
• Maboroshi no uma by Koji Shima
• The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Nunnally Johnson
• The Man Who Knew Too Much by Alfred Hitchcock
• The Man Who Never Was by Ronald Neame
• Marie-Antoinette reine de France by Jean Delannoy
• Meeuwen sterven in de haven by Roland Verhavert, Ivo Michiels and Rik Kuypers
• Mat by Mark Donskoi
• Le Monde du silence by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
• Mozart by Karl Hartl
• Le mystère Picasso by Henri-Georges Clouzot
• Othello by Sergei Yutkevich
• Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
• Pedagogicheskaya poema by Aleksei Maslyukov and Mechislava Mayevskaya
• Seido no Kirisuto by Minoru Shibuya
• Seven Years in Tibet by Hans Nieter
• Shabab emraa by Salah Abu Seif
• Shevagyachya Shenga by Shantaram Athavale
• Sob o Céu da Bahia by Ernesto Remani
• Sommarnattens leende by Ingmar Bergman
• Talpa by Alfredo B. Crevenna
• Tarde de toros by Ladislao Vajda
• Il tetto by Vittorio De Sica
• Tochka parva by Boyan Danovski
• Toubib el affia by Henry Jacques
• El Último perro by Lucas Demare
• Walk Into Paradise by Lee Robinson
• Yield to the Night by J. Lee Thompson

Awards

Jacques-Yves Cousteau, One of the winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.

• Palme d'Or: The Silent World by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
• Jury Special Prize: The Mystery of Picasso by Henri-Georges Clouzot
• Best Acting Award: Susan Hayward for I'll Cry Tomorrow
• Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Othello
• Best Human Document: Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
• Best Poetic Humour: Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman
• Short Film Palme d'Or: The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse
• Special Mention - Investigative Documentary - Short Film: Together by Lorenza Mazzetti
• Best Fiction Film - Short: Magdana's Donkey by Tengiz Abuladze and Rezo Chkheidze
• OCIC Award: The Roof by Vittorio De Sica
• OCIC Award - Special Mention:
  • The Railroad Man by Pietro Germi
  • The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Nunnally Johnson
  • Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray

References

External links

• 1956 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival 1956
• Cannes Film Festival:1956 at Internet Movie Database
• 9ème Festival International du Film - Cannes