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1st Moscow International Film Festival

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Location
  
Moscow, USSR

Awards
  
Grand Prix

Website
  
Website

Founded
  
1959

Festival date
  
3–17 August 1959

The 1st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 3 to 17 August 1959. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Soviet film Destiny of a Man directed by Sergei Bondarchuk.

Contents

Jury

  • Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury)
  • Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia)
  • Emma Väänänen (Finland)
  • Thorold Dickinson (Great Britain)
  • Christian-Jaque (France)
  • Kálmán Nádasdy (Hungary)
  • Hans Rodenberg (East Germany)
  • Bimal Roy (India)
  • Henri Storck (Belgium)
  • Jerzy Toeplitz (Poland)
  • Kiyohiko Ushihara (Japan)
  • Zhang Junxiang (China)
  • Sergei Yutkevich (USSR)

    • Films in competition

    The following films were selected for the main competition:

    Awards

  • Grand Prix: Destiny of a Man by Sergei Bondarchuk
  • Golden Medals:
  • Aren't We Wonderful? by Kurt Hoffmann
  • The Day Shall Dawn by A. J. Kardar
  • Escape from the Shadows by Jiří Sequens
  • Silver Medals:
  • Actors: Wieńczysław Gliński, Bronisław Pawlik and Aleksander Sewruk for The Eagle
  • Actress: Pureviin Tsevelsuren for Messenger of the People
  • Director of Photography: Un Thak for Legend of Chunhyang
  • Composer: Ustad Vilayat Khan for Jalsaghar
  • Director: Lewis Gilbert for A Cry from the Streets
  • Diplomas:
  • Koji Shima for Unforgettable Trail
  • Jean Valère for The Verdict

    • References

    1st Moscow International Film Festival Wikipedia
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