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1952 Cannes Film Festival

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Opening film
  
An American in Paris

Founded
  
1946

Location
  
Cannes, France

1952 Cannes Film Festival

Awards
  
Grand Prize of the Festival (Two Cents Worth of Hope and Othello)

Number of films
  
43 (In Competition)1 (Out of Competition)51 (Short Film)

Festival date
  
23 April 1952 (1952-04-23) – 10 May 1952 (1952-05-10)

The 5th Cannes Film Festival was held from April 23 to May 10, 1952. The Grand Prize of the Festival went to the Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani and Othello by Orson Welles. The festival opened with An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli.

Contents

Jury

The jury at this festival was all French.

  • Maurice Genevoix (president)
  • Tony Aubin
  • Mme. Georges Bidault
  • Pierre Billon
  • Chapelain-Midy (artist)
  • Louis Chauvet (journalist)
  • A. De Rouvre
  • Guy Desson (MP official)
  • Gabrielle Dorziat
  • Jean Dréville
  • Jacques-Pierre Frogerais
  • André Lang
  • Jean Mineur (CNCF official)
  • Raymond Queneau
  • Georges Raguis (union official)
  • Charles Vildrac

    • Feature film competition

  • Amar Bhoopali by V. Shantaram
  • An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli
  • Arashi no naka no haha by Kiyoshi Saeki
  • La Ausente by Julio Bracho
  • Le Banquet des fraudeurs by Henri Storck
  • Il Cappotto by Alberto Lattuada
  • Cry, the Beloved Country by Zoltán Korda
  • Detective Story by William Wyler
  • Due soldi di speranza by Renato Castellani
  • Encore by Harold French, Pat Jackson and Anthony Pelissier
  • Fanfan la Tulipe by Christian-Jaque
  • Genji monogatari by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
  • Guardie e ladri by Mario Monicelli and Steno
  • Herz der Welt by Harald Braun
  • Hon dansade en sommar by Arne Mattsson
  • Ibn el-Nil by Youssef Chahine
  • Lailat gharam by Ahmed Badrakhan
  • Das Letzte Rezept by Rolf Hansen
  • María Morena by José María Forqué and Pedro Lazaga
  • The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti
  • Nami by Noboru Nakamura
  • Nekri politeia by Frixos Iliadis
  • Nous sommes tous des assassins by André Cayatte
  • Nødlanding by Arne Skouen
  • Othello by Orson Welles
  • Parsifal by Daniel Mangrané and Carlos Serrano de Osma
  • Pasó en mi barrio by Mario Soffici
  • Subida al cielo by Luis Buñuel
  • Surcos by José Antonio Nieves Conde
  • Tico-Tico no Fubá by Adolfo Celi
  • Trois femmes by André Michel
  • Umberto D. by Vittorio De Sica
  • Unter den tausend Laternen by Erich Engel
  • Viva Zapata! by Elia Kazan
  • Der Weibsteufel by Wolfgang Liebeneiner

    • Out of competition

  • Le Rideau cramoisi by Alexandre Astruc

    • Awards

  • Grand Prize of the Festival
  • Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
  • Othello by Orson Welles
  • Jury Special Prize: Nous sommes tous des assassins by André Cayatte
  • Best Actor: Marlon Brando for Viva Zapata!
  • Best Actress: Lee Grant for Detective Story
  • Best Director: Christian-Jaque for Fanfan la Tulipe
  • Best Screenplay: Piero Tellini for Guardie e ladri
  • Best Music: Sven Sköld for One Summer of Happiness
  • Best Lyrical Film: The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti
  • Best Short Film: Indisk By by Arne Sucksdorff
  • OCIC Award: Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
  • OCIC Award - Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus by Marcel Gibaud

    • References

    1952 Cannes Film Festival Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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