Italian film festival in 1955
The16thVenice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 10 September 1955.[1]
Italian film criticMario Gromo was appointed as the president of the jury.[2] TheGolden Lion was awarded toOrdet, directed byCarl Theodor Dreyer.[3]
Main Competition (Venezia 16)
[edit]- 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
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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| 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 |
The following official awards were presented at the 15th edition:[3]
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