1954 Cannes Film Festival

none 1954 Cannes Film Festival CFF54poster.jpg Official poster of the 7th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Piva.http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/posters.html Posters 1954 festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131226220425/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/posters.html 26 December 2013 dmy 43 (In Competition) Le Grand Jeu Cannes, France Grand Prix:Gate of Hell 1954 03 25 y – 1954 04 09 y 1946 festival-cannes.com/en Cannes Film Festival 1953 1955 The 7th Cannes Film Festival took place from 25 March to 9 April 1954. French writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau served as jury president for the main competition. This was the last festival with a predominantly French jury. The Grand Prix was awarded, as the highest prize of the Festival, to Gate of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa.http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1954.htm 7ème Festival International du Film - Cannes cinema-francais.fr fr 7 July 2017 As the festival was becoming more and more a pole of showbiz attraction, scandals and romances of stars were appearing in the press. In 1954, the Simone Silva affair during the Cannes Festival ended up in the destruction of her career as an actress and her premature death, three years later.https://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/parcours/0002/1952-1959-celebrities-politics-and-the-film-world.html 1952-1959: Celebrities, politics and the film world fresques.ina.fr 3 June 2017 The festival opened with Flesh and the Woman by Robert Siodmak.1954 - Le Grand Jeu http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1954.htm 7 July 2017 "cannes-fest.com" fr Juries Main Competition Jean Cocteau, French writer and filmmaker - Jury PresidentJuries 1954 : All the Juries http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allJury.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allJury.html 4 March 2016 festival-cannes.fr dmy Jean Aurenche, French writer André Bazin, French film critic Luis Buñuel, Spanish filmmaker Henri Calef, French fimmaker Guy Desson, French MP official Philippe Erlanger, French Michel Fourre-Cormeray, French Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French CNC official Jacques Ibert, French composer Georges Lamousse, French Senate official André Lang, French Noël-Noël, French actor Georges Raguis, French union official Short Films Competition Henning Jensen, Danish filmmaker, actor and editor Albert Lamorisse, French filmmaker Jean Queval, French journalist Jean Tedesco, French filmmaker Jean Vivie, French CST official Official Sections In Competition The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allSelections.html Official Selection 1954: All the Selection festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allSelections.html 26 December 2013 dmy English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryAdventures of the Barber of SevilleAventuras del barbero de SevillaLadislao VajdaFrance, SpainAll Is Possible in GranadaTodo es posible en GranadaCarlos Blanco and José Luis Sáenz de HerediaSpainAs Long as You're Near MeSolange Du da bistHarald BraunWest GermanyBefore the DelugeAvant le délugeAndré CayatteFrance, ItalyBeneath the 12-Mile ReefRobert D. WebbUnited StatesThe Blazing Sunصراع في الواديYoussef ChahineEgyptThe Boy and the FogEl Niño y la nieblaRoberto GavaldónMexicoBread of LoveKärlekens brödArne MattssonSwedenChronicle of Poor LoversCronache di poveri amantiCarlo LizzaniItalyCircus FandangoCirkus FandangoArne SkouenNorwayComediansCómicosJuan Antonio BardemSpainFive Boys from Barska StreetPiatka z ulicy BarskiejAleksander FordPolandFlesh and the WomanLe Grand JeuRobert SiodmakFrance, ItalyFrom Here to EternityFred ZinnemannUnited StatesGate of Hell地獄門Teinosuke KinugasaJapanThe Great AdventureDet Stora ÄdventyretArne SucksdorffSwedenThe Great Warrior SkanderbegВеликий воин Албании СкандербегSergei YutkevichSoviet Union, AlbaniaAn Inlet of Muddy WaterにごりえTadashi ImaiJapanThe KidnappersPhilip LeacockUnited KingdomKiskrajcárMárton KeletiHungaryKnave of HeartsMonsieur RipoisRené ClémentFrance, United KingdomKnights of the Round TableRichard ThorpeUnited KingdomKomediantiVladimír VlcekCzechoslovakiaThe Last BridgeDie Letzte BrückeHelmut KäutnerAustria, YugoslaviaLittle Boy LostGeorge SeatonUnited StatesThe Living DesertJames AlgarLove in a Hot ClimateSang et lumièresGeorges Rouquier and Ricardo Muñoz SuayFrance, SpainLove Letter恋文Kinuyo TanakaJapanMaddalenaAugusto GeninaFrance, ItalyMan of AfricaCyril FrankelUnited KingdomMarina's DestinyСудьба МариныIsaak Shmaruk and Viktor IvchenkoSoviet UnionThe Martyr of CalvaryEl Mártir del CalvarioMiguel MoraytaMexicoMayurpankhKishore SahuIndiaMemories of a MexicanMemorias de un MexicanoCarmen ToscanoMexicoThe MonsterالوحشSalah Abu SeifEgyptNaked AmazonFeitiço do AmazonasZygmunt SulistrowskiBrazilNeapolitan CarouselCarosello napoletanoEttore GianniniItalyPamposhEzra MirIndiaSi mis campos hablaranJosé BohrChileSong of the SeaO Canto do MarAlberto CavalcantiBrazilStars of the Russian BalletМастера русского балетаHerbert RappaportSoviet UnionTwo Acres of LandDo Bigha ZaminBimal RoyIndiaWindfall in AthensΚυριακάτικο ΞύπνημαMichael CacoyannisGreece Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: 30em Apollon kai Dafni by Thanassis Meritzis Aptenodytes forsteri (Les Pingouins) by Mario Marret Aquarium by Ágoston Kollányi The Blakes Slept Here by Jacques Bernard Brunius Christophe Plantin, imprimeur des humanistes du XVIeme siècle by Gaston Vermaillen Der dom zu Koeln by Ulrich Kayser El Greco en su obra maestra : El entierro del Conde Orgaz by Juan Serra Er is altijd een tockomst by Kees Stip Exploratieboren by Bert Haanstra Feminine Fashions by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani Il fiume della vita by Enrico Castelli Gattinara Folk Dances of India by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani Det gjelder livet by Titus Vibe Müller Una goccia d'acqua by Enzo Trovasilli Highlands of Iceland by Magnus Johannsson Hokusai by Hiroshi Teshigahara Jaktflygare by Helge Sahlin Jyske kyst by Søren Melson Kék vércsék erdejében by István Homoki-Nagy Koziołeczek by Lechosław Marszałek Kutna hora by Fr. Lukas Land of Enlightment by Mohan Wadhwani Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne by Johan Jacobsen Lumière by P. Paviot Miniatury kodesku behema by Stanisław Lenartowicz Le mystère de la Licorne by Arcady, Jean-Claude See Nouveaux horizons by Marcel Ichac Nytt land under svillene by Per Opsahl cs O kohoutkovi a slepičce by Zdenec Miler A Drop Too Much (O sklenicku víc) by Bretislav Pojar L'Ombre de St Michel by Jean Pichonnier, Paul Pichonnier De Opsporing van Aardolie by Bert Haanstra The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Brian Borthwick, John Halas Pik droujby by I. Goutman Plastik im Freien by Adalbert Baltes The Pleasure Garden by James Broughton Polyot na lunu by Vladimir Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg Promenade au Luxembourg by Philippe Schneider Rene Leriche chirurgien de la douleur by René Lucot River of Hope by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani Ruban noir by Henry Jacques El solitario de Sayan by Enrico Gras Stare miasto (The Old Town of Warsaw) by Jerzy Bossak Stern von Bethlehem by Wilhelm Döderlein Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom by Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols Uspavana ljepotica by Rudolf Sremec La vie des Chamois by André Bureau, Paul Claudon, P. Dalli, Pierre Levent, André Villard Vieren maar by Herman van der Horst Viragos kalocsa by Vince Lakatos Vita della libellula by Alberto Ancillotto Wild Life Sanctuary by D.D. Reucassel Official Awards thumb|180px|Jean Cocteau, Jury President thumb|180px|Teinosuke Kinugasa, Grand Prix winner Main Competition Grand Prix: Gate of Hell by Teinosuke KinugasaAwards 1954: All Awards http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allAward.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131226220427/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allAward.html 26 December 2013 festival-cannes.fr dmy1954 - Le Jury, Les Prix http://www.cannes-fest.com/pr1954.htm 7 July 2017 cannes-fest.com fr International Prize Before the Deluge by André Cayatte Neapolitan Carousel by Ettore Giannini Chronicle of Poor Lovers by Carlo Lizzani Two Acres of Land by Bimal Roy Five Boys from Barska Street by Aleksander Ford The Last Bridge by Helmut Käutner The Living Desert by James Algar The Great Adventure by Arne Sucksdorff The Great Warrior Skanderbeg by Sergei Yutkevich Jury Special Prize: Knave of Hearts by René Clément Special Mention: André Cayatte and Charles Spaak for Before the Deluge Maria Schell for her performance in The Last Bridge The camera crew of The Living Desert Aleksander Ford for Five Boys from Barska Street Arne Sucksdorff for The Great Adventure Sergei Yutkevich for The Great Warrior Skanderbeg Independent Awards FIPRESCI Prize Before the Deluge by André Cayattehttps://www.fipresci.org/awards/1954 FIPRESCI Awards 1954 fipresci.org 4 July 2017 OCIC Award The Last Bridge by Helmut Käutnerhttps://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1954 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1954 imdb.com 4 July 2017 References Media Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1954 Festival (Michèle Morgan and Robert Mitchum, commentary in French) INA: Opening of the 1954 Festival (Daniel Gélin and Gina Lollobrigida, commentary in French) External links 1954 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 1954 https://web.archive.org/web/20190505202218/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1954/selection/in-competition-feature-films 2019-05-05 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1954 at Internet Movie Database Cannes Film Festival, 1954 Cannes Film Festival, 1954 Category:Cannes Film Festival by year