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5th Venice International Film Festival

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The 5th Venice International Film Festival was held between 10 August - 3 September 1937. The new Palazzo del Cinema building was completed for this year's festival. It has been used as the venue since, excluding the years 1940 to 1948.

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Jury

  • Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (president) (Italy)
  • Luigi Chiarini (Italy)
  • Sandro De Feo (Italy)
  • Luigi Freddi (Italy)
  • Mario Gromo (Italy)
  • René Jeanne (France)
  • Neville Kearney (UK)
  • Oswald Lehnich (Germany)
  • Karl Meltzer (Germany)
  • Georges Lourau (France)
  • Ryszard Ordynski (Poland)
  • Esodo Pratelli (Italy)
  • Louis Vilani (Hungary)

    • In-Competition films

  • A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman
  • Der Herrscher by Veit Harlan
  • Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty
  • Kid Galahad by Michael Curtiz
  • La grande illusion by Jean Renoir
  • Les perles de la couronne by Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry
  • Marked Woman by Lloyd Bacon
  • Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone
  • Shall We Dance by Mark Sandrich
  • Theodora Goes Wild by Ryszard Bolesławski
  • Victoria the Great by Herbert Wilcox
  • Winterset by Alfred Santell
  • Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier

    • Awards

  • Best Foreign Film: Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier
  • Best Italian Film: Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone
  • Volpi Cup:
  • Best Actor: Emil Jannings for Der Herrscher
  • Best Actress: Bette Davis for Kid Galahad and Marked Woman
  • Special Recommendation:
  • Batalión by Miroslav Cikán
  • Kōjō no Tsuki by Keisuke Sasaki
  • Mária növér by Viktor Gertler
  • Sant Tukaram by Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal
  • The Flying Doctor by Miles Mander
  • Honorable Mention:
  • Barbara Radziwillówna by Joseph Lejtes
  • Trzy etiudy Chopina by Eugeniusz Cekalski, Stanislaw Wohl
  • Best Director: Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltán Korda
  • Best Screenplay: Les perles de la couronne by Sacha Guitry, Christian-Jaque
  • Best Cinematography: Winterset by J. Peverell Marley

    • References

    5th Venice International Film Festival Wikipedia
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