Film festival
The 16th Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 10 September 1955.[1]
Italian film critic Mario Gromo was appointed as the president of the jury.[2] The Golden Lion was awarded to Ordet, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.[3]
Jury
Main Competition (Venezia 16)
- Mario Gromo, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President[2]
- Antonín Martin Brousil, Czechoslovak film critic and historian
- Piero Gadda Conti, Italian novelist and film critic
- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, French actor, film director and critic
- Arthur Knight, American film critic and historian
- Emilio Lonero, Italian journalist and film critic
- Roger Manvell, British film historian
- Domenico Meccoli, Italian journalist, film critic and screenwriter
- Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Italian art critic and historian
Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| Abandoned |
Gli sbandati |
Francesco Maselli |
Italy
|
| After the Storm |
Después de la tormenta |
Roberto Gavaldón |
Mexico
|
| The Big Knife |
Robert Aldrich |
United States
|
| Boris Godunov |
Борис Годунов |
Vera Stroyeva |
Soviet Union
|
| Ciske the Rat |
Ciske de Rat |
Wolfgang Staudte |
West Germany, Netherlands
|
| The Deep Blue Sea |
Anatole Litvak |
United Kingdom
|
| The Devil's General |
Des Teufels General |
Helmut Käutner |
West Germany
|
| Doctor at Sea |
Ralph Thomas |
United Kingdom
|
| 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements |
Hans Richter |
United States
|
| El canto del gallo |
Rafael Gil |
Spain
|
| Friends for Life |
Amici per la pelle |
Franco Rossi |
Italy, France, Spain
|
| From My Life |
Z mého života |
Václav Krška |
Czechoslovakia
|
| The Grasshopper |
Попрыгунья |
Samson Samsonov |
Soviet Union
|
| Il bidone |
Federico Fellini |
Italy, France
|
| Interrupted Melody |
Curtis Bernhardt |
United States
|
| Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje |
झनक झनक पायल बाजे |
V. Shantaram |
India
|
| John and Julie |
William Fairchild |
United Kingdom
|
| The Kentuckian |
Burt Lancaster |
United States
|
| La Tierra del Fuego se apaga |
Emilio Fernández |
Argentina, Mexico
|
| Le Amiche |
Michelangelo Antonioni |
Italy
|
| Les héros sont fatigués |
Yves Ciampi |
France, West Germany
|
| Les mauvaises rencontres |
Alexandre Astruc |
France
|
| The Little Rebels |
Chiens perdus sans collier |
Jean Delannoy |
France, Italy
|
| Mãos Sangrentas |
Carlos Hugo Christensen |
Brazil, Argentina
|
| The Mask and Destiny |
修禅寺物語 |
Noboru Nakamura |
Japan
|
| Men of the Blue Cross |
Błękitny krzyż |
Andrzej Munk |
Poland
|
| Moment of Decision |
Trenutki odločitve |
František Čáp |
Yugoslavia
|
| The Naked Dawn |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
United States
|
| Ordet |
Carl Theodor Dreyer |
Denmark
|
| Pride |
Orgullo |
Manuel Mur Oti |
Spain
|
| Princess Yang Kwei Fei |
楊貴妃 |
Kenji Mizoguchi |
Japan, Hong Kong
|
| Seagulls Die in the Harbour |
Meeuwen sterven in de haven |
Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels, Roland Verhavert |
Belgium
|
| To a New Shore |
К новому берегу |
Leonid Lukov |
Soviet Union
|
| To Catch a Thief |
Alfred Hitchcock |
United States
|
| Troubled Road, a Man Decides |
Неспокоен път |
Dako Dakovski |
Bulgaria
|
Official Awards
The following official awards were presented at the 15th edition:[3]
Main Competition
References
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