1958 Cannes Film Festival
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The 11th Cannes Film Festival took place from 2 to 18 May 1958.[4] French writer Marcel Achard served as Jury President for the main competition.
Founded1946
No. of films26 (In Competition)[3]
Official poster of the 11th Cannes Film Festival[1] | |
| Location | Cannes, France |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Cranes Are Flying[2] |
| No. of films | 26 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 2 May 1958 â 18 May 1958 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The Palme d'Or was awarded to The Cranes Are Flying by Mikhail Kalatozov.[5]
Juries
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1958 competition:[6]
Main Competition
- Marcel Achard, French writer - Jury President
- Tomiko Asabuki, Japanese
- Bernard Buffet, French painter
- Jean De Baroncelli, French film critic
- Helmut Käutner, West-German filmmaker
- Dudley Leslie, British writer
- Madeleine Robinson, French actress
- Ladislao Vajda, Hungarian filmmaker
- Charles Vidor, American filmmaker
- Sergei Yutkevich, Soviet filmmaker
- Cesare Zavattini, Italian writer
Short Films Competition
- Norman McLaren, Canadian animator
- Jean Mitry, French film theorist, critic and filmmaker
- Krishna Riboud, India historian
- Edmond Séchan, French cinematographer and film director
- Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film educator
Official Selections
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brink of Life | Nära livet | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Richard Brooks | United States | |
| La caleta olvidada | Bruno Gebel | Chile | |
| The Cranes Are Flying | ÐеÑÑÑ Ð¶ÑÑавли | Mikhail Kalatozov | Soviet Union |
| Desire Under the Elms | Delbert Mann | United States | |
| The Flute and the Arrow | En Djungelsaga | Arne Sucksdorff | Sweden |
| Girl and the River | L'eau vive | François Villiers | France |
| Goha | Jacques Baratier | ||
| Iron Flower | Vasvirág | János Herskó | Hungary |
| The Long, Hot Summer | Martin Ritt | United States | |
| A Man of Straw | L'uomo di paglia | Pietro Germi | Italy |
| A Matter of Dignity | Το ÏÎµÎ»ÎµÏ Ïαίο ÏÎμα | Michael Cacoyannis | Greece |
| Mon Oncle | Jacques Tati | France, Italy | |
| Nine Lives | Ni Liv | Arne Skouen | Norway |
| Orders to Kill | Anthony Asquith | United Kingdom | |
| Parash Pathar | পরশ পাথর | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Pardesi | Хождение за ÑÑи моÑÑ | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin | India, Soviet Union |
| Rosaura at 10 O'Clock | Rosaura a las diez | Mario Soffici | Argentina |
| Sissi â Fateful Years of an Empress | Sissi â Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin | Ernst Marischka | Austria |
| Snow Country | éªå½ | ShirÅ Toyoda | Japan |
| The Spessart Inn | Das Wirtshaus im Spessart | Kurt Hoffmann | West Germany |
| Suburban Romance | Žižkovská romance | ZbynÄk Brynych | Czechoslovakia |
| The Thistles of the Baragan | Ciulinii BÄrÄganului | Louis Daquin | Romania |
| Vengeance | La Venganza | Juan Antonio Bardem | Spain |
| Visages de bronze | Bernard Taisant | France | |
| Young Husbands | Giovani mariti | Mauro Bolognini | Italy |
Out of Competition
The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- A.B.C. by John Fernhout
- Auf den Spuren des Lebens by Fritz Heydenreich
- Dubrovacki pasteli by Marijan Vajda
- Egy masodperc tortenete by Ãgoston Kollányi
- Gloria dei Medici by Antonio Petrucci
- Goya, una vida apasionada by José MarÃa Ochoa
- Grafica cloveku by France Kosmac
- Horyû-Ji by Susumu Hani
- La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession by Henri Gruel
- La Seine a rencontré Paris by Joris Ivens
- Les mystères d'une goutte d'eau by Ann H. Matzner Dr.
- Log Drive by Raymond Garceau
- Mandu by Neil Gokhale
- Nagrodzone uczucia by Walerian Borowczyk & Jan Lenica
- Nez nam narostla kridla by JiÅÃ BrdeÄka
- à saisons ô châteaux by Agnès Varda
- Perameren hylkeenpyytajat by Ulf Backstrom
- Sapte Arte by Ion Popescu-Gopo
- Sintra by João Mendes
- The Story of a Roof by Jamie Uys
- Trees And Jamaica Daddy by Lew Keller
- Voici le pays d'Israel by Jean Lehérissey
- Y gorakh salianskykh by Leonid Belokurov, Y. Przyjemski
- Zimniy prazdnik by Mikhail Slutsky
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Palme d'Or: The Cranes Are Flying by Mikhail Kalatozov[2]
- Best Director: Ingmar Bergman for Brink of Life
- Best Screenplay: Massimo Franciosa, Pasquale Festa Campanile and Pier Paolo Pasolini for Young Husbands
- Best Actress: Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs and Ingrid Thulin for Brink of Life
- Best Actor: Paul Newman for The Long, Hot Summer
- Jury Prize:
- Goha by Jacques Baratier
- Visages de bronze by Bernard Taisant
- Jury Special Prize: Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati
- Special Mention: Tatiana Samoilova for The Cranes Are Flying
Short Films Competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or:
- La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession by Henri Gruel and Jean Suyeux
- La Seine a rencontré Paris by Joris Ivens
- Special Prize:
- Auf den Spuren des Lebens by Fritz Heydenreich
- Nez nam narostla kridla by Jiri Brnecka