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1957 Cannes Film Festival

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Location
  
Cannes, France

Founded
  
1946

1957 Cannes Film Festival

Opening film
  
Around the World in 80 Days

Awards
  
Palme d'Or (Friendly Persuasion)

Number of films
  
31 (In Competition)1 (Out of Competition)29 (Short Film)

Festival date
  
2 May 1957 (1957-05-02) – 17 May 1957 (1957-05-17)

The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held on 2-17 May 1957. The Palme d'Or went to the Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler. The festival opened with Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson.

Contents

Jury

  • André Maurois (France) (president)
  • Jean Cocteau (France) (honorary president)
  • Maurice Genevoix (France)
  • Georges Huisman (France) (historian)
  • Maurice Lehmann (France)
  • Marcel Pagnol (France)
  • Michael Powell (UK)
  • Jules Romains (France)
  • Dolores del Río (Mexico)
  • George Stevens (USA)
  • Vladimir Volchek (Czechoslovakia)
  • Claude Aveline (France) (short films)
  • Roman Karmen (Soviet Union) (short films)
  • Albert Lamorisse (France) (short films)
  • Alberto Lattuada (Italy) (short films)
  • Jean Vivie (France) (CST official) (short films)

    • Feature film competition

  • The Bachelor Party by Delbert Mann
  • Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag by Kurt Jung-Alsen
  • La Casa del ángel by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
  • Celui qui doit mourir by Jules Dassin
  • Dolina miru by France Štiglic
  • Don Kikhot by Grigori Kozintsev
  • Elokuu by Matti Kassila
  • Faustina by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
  • Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler
  • Funny Face by Stanley Donen
  • Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans Khanna
  • Guendalina by Alberto Lattuada
  • High Tide at Noon by Philip Leacock
  • Ila Ayn by Georges Nasser
  • Kanał by Andrzej Wajda
  • Kome by Tadashi Imai
  • Két vallomás by Márton Keleti
  • La 'Moara cu noroc' by Victor Iliu
  • Le notti di Cabiria by Federico Fellini
  • Qivitoq by Erik Balling
  • Rekava by Lester James Peries
  • Rose Bernd by Wolfgang Staudte
  • Same Jakki by Per Høst
  • Shiroi sanmyaku by Sadao Imamura
  • Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin by Ernst Marischka
  • Det sjunde inseglet by Ingmar Bergman
  • Sorok pervyy by Grigori Chukhrai
  • Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut by Robert Bresson
  • Yangtse Incident by Michael Anderson
  • Zemya by Zahari Zhandov
  • Ztracenci by Miloš Makovec

    • Films out of competition

  • Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson

    • Awards

  • Palme d'Or: Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler
  • Jury Special Prize:
  • Kanał by Andrzej Wajda
  • The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
  • Best Actor: John Kitzmiller for Dolina miru
  • Best Actress: Giulietta Masina for Nights of Cabiria
  • Best Director: Robert Bresson for A Man Escaped
  • Special Mention: Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans Khanna
  • Special Award: The Forty-first by Grigori Chukhrai
  • Best Romantic Documentary: Shiroi sanmyaku by Sadao Imamura
  • Short Film Palme d'Or: Scurtă Istorie by Ion Popescu-Gopo
  • OCIC Award - Special Mention:
  • He Who Must Die by Jules Dassin
  • Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini

    • References

    1957 Cannes Film Festival Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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