18th Venice International Film Festival
Italian film festival in 1957
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The 18th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1957.[1]
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Aparajito |
| Festival date | 25 August â 8 September 1957 |
| Website | Website |
French filmmaker René Clair was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Aparajito by Satyajit Ray.
Jury
- René Clair, French filmmaker - Jury President[2]
- Vittorio Bonicelli, Italian film critic
- Miguel Perez Ferrero, Spanish film critic and writer
- Ettore Giannini, Italian screenwriter
- Penelope Houston, British film critic
- Arthur Knight, American film critic
- Ivan Pyryev, Soviet filmmaker
Official Sections
The following films were selected to be screened:[3][4]
Main Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aparajito | ঠপরাà¦à¦¿à¦¤ | Satyajit Ray | India |
| The Baby Carriage | ä¹³æ¯è» | Tomotaka Tasaka | Japan |
| Bitter Victory | Nicholas Ray | United States | |
| Dreams in a Drawer | I sogni nel cassetto | Renato Castellani | Italy |
| An Eye for an Eye | Oeil pour oeil | André Cayatte | France |
| A Hatful of Rain | Fred Zinnemann | United States | |
| KanaÅ | Andrzej Wajda | Poland | |
| Malva | ÐалÑва | Vladimir Braun | Soviet Union |
| The Man Who Wagged His Tail | Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn | Ladislao Vajda | Spain, Italy |
| Only People | Samo ljudi | Branko Bauer | Yugoslavia |
| Los salvajes | Rafael Baledón | Mexico | |
| Shadow | Cien | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland |
| Something of Value | Richard Brooks | United States | |
| The Story of Esther Costello | David Miller | United Kingdom | |
| Throne of Blood | èèå·£å | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| White Nights | Le Notti Bianche | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| Women in My Life | Ùساء ÙÙ ØÙات٠| Fatin Abdulwahhab | Egypt |
Informativa
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | United States | |
| Albert Schweitzer | Jerome Hill | United States | |
| The Betrothed | æ°¸ãããæ¥ | Shigeo Tanaka | Japan |
| Carnival Night | Karnavalnaya noch | Eldar Ryazanov | Soviet Union |
| The Case of Doctor Laurent | Le cas du Docteur Laurent | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | France |
| City at Night | Città di notte | Leopoldo Trieste | Italy |
| Fugitive in Saigon | Mort en fraude | Marcel Camus | France |
| A Generation | Pokolenie | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
| Il Grido | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy | |
| Hell Drivers | Cy Endfield | United Kingdom | |
| Land of Men | Tierra de hombres | Ismael RodrÃguez | Mexico |
| Love Is at Stake | L'amour est en jeu | Marc Allégret | France |
| Miracle in Soho | Julian Amyes | United Kingdom | |
| Miracle of the White Suit | Un traje blanco | Rafael Gil | Spain |
| L'oceano ci chiama | Giorgio Ferroni, Giovanni Roccardi | Italy | |
| Patrouille de choc | Claude Bernard-Aubert | France | |
| The Real End of the Great War | Prawdziwy Koniec Wielkiej Wojny | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland |
| Rendez-vous à Melbourne | René Lucot | France | |
| Ritual of Love | Paradiso terrestre | Luciano Emmer, Robert Enrico | Italy |
| Sunday Romance | Bakaruhában | Imre Fehér | Hungary |
| The Teacher and the Miracle | El maestro | Aldo Fabrizi | Spain, Italy |
| Todo sea para bien | Carlos Rinaldi | Argentina | |
| Vintage Car | Dedecek automobil | Alfréd Radok | Czechoslovakia |
Official Awards
Main Competition
Independent Awards
New Cinema Award
- Best Film: Aparajito by Satyajit Ray
- Best Actor: Anthony Franciosa for A Hatful of Rain
- Best Actress: Eva Marie Saint for A Hatful of Rain