16th Venice International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Festival date | 25 August – 9 September 1955 |
| Website | Website |
The 16th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 9 September 1955.[1]
Jury
- Mario Gromo: Head of Jury[2]
- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze : France
- Arthur Knight: USA
- Roger Manvell: UK
- Piero Gadda Conti: Italy
- Emilio Lonero: Italy
- Domenico Meccoli: Italy
- Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti: Italy
In Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Girlfriends | Le Amiche | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| Amici per la pelle | Franco Rossi | Italy | |
| The Swindle | Il bidone | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| The Word | Ordet | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark |
| The Big Knife | Robert Aldrich | United States | |
| Blekitny krzyz | Andrzej Munk | Poland | |
| Ciske de Rat | Wolfgang Staudte | Netherlands | |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Anatole Litvak | UK | |
| Heroes and Sinners | Les héros sont fatigués | Yves Ciampi | France |
| The Kentuckian | Burt Lancaster | USA | |
| Bad Liaisons | Les Mauvaises rencontres | Alexandre Astruc | France |
| The Grasshopper | Poprygunya | Samson Samsonov | Soviet Union |
| To Catch a Thief | Alfred Hitchcock | USA | |
| Princess Yang Kwei-Fei | Yôkihi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
Awards
Awards for 1955[3]
- Gold Lion
- Best Film - Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
- Silver Lion
- Volpi Cup
- Best Actor (ex aequo) - Curd Jürgens & Kenneth More
- Best Actress - Not Awarded
- OCIC Award
- Best Film -Amici per la pelle (Franco Rossi)
- Best Short Film - The Bespoke Overcoat (Jack Clayton)
- Honorable Mention - Ciske de Rat (Wolfgang Staudte)
- Pasinetti Award
- Best Film Poprygunya (Samson Samsonov)
- Most Promising New Director - Alexandre Astruc (Bad Liaisons)
- Biennale Medal
References
- ↑ "The 1950′s". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Juries for the 1950′s". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Venice Film Festival". IMDb. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ Poprygunya on IMDb
- ↑ Ivan Bratanov on IMDb
- ↑ Dako Dakovski on IMDb
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