17th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 1956 17th Venice International Film Festival Venice, Italy 1932 28 August – 9 September 1956 Website Venice Film Festival 16th 18th The 17th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 9 September 1956.http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=496&lang=en The y 1950s October 8, 2013 April 28, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210428092847/http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=496&lang=en dead No Golden Lion was awarded, the international jury was unable to decide the winner, after a tie in the voting between The Burmese Harp and Calle Mayor, the award was declared void for the first (and only) time ever.Roos Fred Spring 1957 Venice Film Festival, 1956 https://fq.ucpress.edu/content/ucpfq/11/3/242.full.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220331011219/https://fq.ucpress.edu/content/ucpfq/11/3/242.full.pdf dead March 31, 2022 The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television 11 3 249 10.2307/1209744 April 5, 2020 University of California Press 1209744 The report began with a few sentences of praise for each of the 14 films, and then selected the Japanese Harp of Burma and the Spanish Calle Mayor as being particularly outstanding. Since the jury was unable to decide which of these two films was the superior, it had decided not to award a grand prix "St. Mark Golden Lion" this year.http://asac.labiennale.org/it/passpres/cinema/annali.php?a=1956 17. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia La Biennale di Venezia Archivio Storico delle Arti Contemporanee it April 23, 2020 July 14, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220714055435/http://asac.labiennale.org/it/passpres/cinema/annali.php?a=1956 dead Jury John Grierson, British filmmaker - Jury Presidenthttp://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=521&lang=en Juries for the y 1950s October 8, 2013 May 12, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210512144817/https://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=521&lang=en dead André Bazin, French film critic G.B. Cavallaro, Italian film critic Fridrikh Ermler, Soviet filmmaker and actor James Quinn, British producer and exhibitor Kiyohiko Ushihara, Japanese filmmaker Luchino Visconti, Italian filmmaker Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened:17. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema https://asac.labiennale.org/attivita/cinema/annali?anno=1956 labiennale.org 30 June 2025 Main Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Attack Robert Aldrich United States The Awakening Suor Letizia Mario Camerini Italy Bigger Than Life Nicholas Ray United States The Burmese Harp ビルマの竪琴 Kon Ichikawa Japan Bus Stop Joshua Logan United States The Captain from Köpenick Der Hauptmann von Köpenick Helmut Käutner West Germany Empire in the Sun L'impero del sole Enrico Gras Italy Gervaise René Clément France The Immortal Garrison Бессмертный гарнизон Zakhar Agranenko, Eduard Tisse Soviet Union Main Street Calle Mayor Juan Antonio Bardem Spain The Ogre of Athens Ο Δράκος Nikos Koundouros Greece The Rocket from Calabuch Calabuch Luis García Berlanga Spain Street of Shame 赤線地帯 Kenji Mizoguchi Japan Torero! Carlos Velo Mexico La Traversée de Paris Claude Autant-Lara France Out of Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Big and Small Veliki i mali Vladimir Pogačić Yugoslavia Bus Stop Joshua Logan United States Official Awards Main Competition Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Bourvil for La Traversée de Paris Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Maria Schell for Gervaise Special Mentions: Street of Shame by Kenji Mizoguchi Heinz Rühmann for The Captain from Köpenick Anna Magnani for The Awakening Franco Bernetti, Mario Craveri, Ubaldo Marelli, Giovanni Raffaldi for Empire in the Sun Torero! by Carlos Velo The Immortal Garrison by Zakhar Agranenko & Eduard Tisse Betsy Blair for Calle Mayor The Burmese Harp by Kon Ichikawa Calle Mayor by Juan Antonio Bardem Independent Awards New Cinema Award Best Film: Calle Mayor by Juan Antonio Bardem Best Actor: Heinz Rühmann for The Captain from Köpenick Best Actress: Maria Schell for Gervaise San Giorgio Prize The Burmese Harp by Kon Ichikawa FIPRESCI Prize Calle Mayor by Juan Antonio Bardem Gervaise by René Clément OCIC Award Calabuch by Luis García Berlanga Honorable Mention: The Burmese Harp by Kon Ichikawa Pasinetti Award Attack by Robert Aldrich References External links http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/ Venice Film Festival 1956 Awards on IMDb Venice International Film Festival Venice International Film Festival Category:Venice Film Festival by year Category:1950s in Venice Venice International Film Festival Venice International Film Festival