8th Venice International Film Festival
Film festival
Official festival poster by Giorgio Zucchiatti | |
Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Grand International Prize of Venice – The Strike |
Festival date | 23 August – 15 September 1947 |
Website | www |
Venice Film Festival chronology | |
The 8th Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 15 September 1947.[1] Screenwriter Vinicio Marinucci was appointed as the president of the jury.[2] Formally, it still was not the Golden Lion to designate the highest honor of the event. The prize was known as the Grand International Prize of Venice,[3] which was awarded to The Strike, directed by Karel Steklý.[4]
Jury
Main Competition (Venezia 8)[2]
- Vinicio Marinucci, Italian screenwriter and journalist (Jury President)
- Hugo Mauerhofer, Swiss film scholar
- Antonín Martin Brousil, Czechoslovak film critic and historian
- Jacques Ibert, French composer
- Fabrizio Malipiero, Danish entrepreneur
- Cirly Ray, British journalist
- William Karol, Mexican film producer
- Dimitri Jeriomin, Soviet writer
- Jeanne Contini, American journalist
Official selection
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Admiral Nakhimov | Адмирал Нахимов | Vsevolod Pudovkin | Soviet Union |
Angelina | L'onorevole Angelina | Luigi Zampa | Italy |
Bethsabée | Léonide Moguy | France | |
The Bouquinquant Brothers | Les frères Bouquinquant | Louis Daquin | France |
Čapek's Tales | Čapkovy povídky | Martin Frič | Czechoslovakia |
Devil in the Flesh | Le Diable au corps | Claude Autant-Lara | France |
Ditte, Child of Man | Ditte menneskebarn | Bjarne Henning-Jensen | Denmark |
Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani | डॉक्टर कोटनिस की अमर कहानी | V. Shantaram | India |
Enamorada | Emilio Fernández | Mexico | |
Farrebique, or the Four Seasons | Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons | Georges Rouquier | France |
Flesh Will Surrender | Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo | Alberto Lattuada | Italy |
Frieda | Basil Dearden | United Kingdom | |
Gallant Journey | William A. Wellman | United States | |
The Great Glinka | Glinka (Глинка) | Lev Arnshtam | Soviet Union |
Iris and the Lieutenant | Iris och löjtnantshjärta | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
It Happened on 5th Avenue | Roy Del Ruth | United States | |
La mujer de todos | Julio Bracho | Mexico | |
La selva de fuego | Fernando de Fuentes | Mexico | |
Leave Her to Heaven | John M. Stahl | United States | |
Madness Rules | Matto regiert | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
Major Barbara | Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, David Lean | United Kingdom | |
Money | Pengar | Nils Poppe | Sweden |
Monsieur Vincent | Maurice Cloche | France | |
The Murderers Are Among Us | Die Mörder sind unter uns | Wolfgang Staudte | Germany |
Odd Man Out | Carol Reed | United Kingdom | |
The Overlanders | Harry Watt | United Kingdom, Australia | |
The Pearl | La perla | Emilio Fernández | Mexico, United States |
Quai des Orfèvres | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France | |
Reina santa | Rafael Gil | Spain, Portugal | |
Shakuntala | शकुन्तला | V. Shantaram | India |
Spellbound | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | |
The Story of G.I. Joe | William A. Wellman | United States | |
The Stranger | Orson Welles | United States | |
The Strike | Siréna | Karel Steklý | Czechoslovakia |
Temptation Harbour | Lance Comfort | United Kingdom | |
They Made Me a Fugitive | Alberto Cavalcanti | United Kingdom | |
Those Blasted Kids | De pokkers unger | Astrid Henning-Jensen, Bjarne Henning-Jensen | Denmark |
Tomorrow Is Forever | Irving Pichel | United States | |
Torment | Hets | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
Tragic Hunt | Caccia tragica | Giuseppe De Santis | Italy |
Twilight | Crepúsculo | Julio Bracho | Mexico |
Uomini senza domani | Gianni Vernuccio | Italy |
- Highlighted title indicates Grand International Prize winner.
Awards
Official selection
The following official awards were presented at the 8th edition:[4]
In Competition
- Grand International Prize of Venice: The Strike by Karel Steklý
- International Award for Best Actress: Anna Magnani for Angelina
- International Award for Best Actor: Pierre Fresnay for Monsieur Vincent
- Best Cinematography: The Pearl
- Best Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot for Quai des Orfèvres
- Best Score: The Strike
- Best Screenplay: Spring
References
- ^ "ASAC Data: Year 1947" (in Italian). Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019.
- ^ a b "ASAC Data: Juries" (in Italian). Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019.
- ^ "The 1940s". Carnival of Venice. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.
- ^ a b "ASAC Data: Awards" (in Italian). Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019.
External links
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