Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: Aparajito |
Festival date | 25 August – 8 September 1957 |
Website | Website |
The 18th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1957. [1]
French filmmaker René Clair was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Aparajito by Satyajit Ray.
The following films were selected to be screened: [3] [4]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Aparajito | অপরাজিত | Satyajit Ray | India |
The Baby Carriage | 乳母車 | Tomotaka Tasaka | Japan |
Bitter Victory | Nicholas Ray | United States | |
Dreams in a Drawer | I sogni nel cassetto | Renato Castellani | Italy |
An Eye for an Eye | Oeil pour oeil | André Cayatte | France |
A Hatful of Rain | Fred Zinnemann | United States | |
Kanał | Andrzej Wajda | Poland | |
Malva | Мальва | Vladimir Braun | Soviet Union |
The Man Who Wagged His Tail | Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn | Ladislao Vajda | Spain, Italy |
Only People | Samo ljudi | Branko Bauer | Yugoslavia |
Los salvajes | Rafael Baledón | Mexico | |
Shadow | Cien | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland |
Something of Value | Richard Brooks | United States | |
The Story of Esther Costello | David Miller | United Kingdom | |
Throne of Blood | 蜘蛛巣城 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
White Nights | Le Notti Bianche | Luchino Visconti | Italy |
Women in My Life | نساء في حياتي | Fatin Abdulwahhab | Egypt |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | United States | |
Albert Schweitzer | Jerome Hill | United States | |
The Betrothed | 永すぎた春 | Shigeo Tanaka | Japan |
Carnival Night | Karnavalnaya noch | Eldar Ryazanov | Soviet Union |
The Case of Doctor Laurent | Le cas du Docteur Laurent | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | France |
City at Night | Città di notte | Leopoldo Trieste | Italy |
Fugitive in Saigon | Mort en fraude | Marcel Camus | France |
A Generation | Pokolenie | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
Il Grido | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy | |
Hell Drivers | Cy Endfield | United Kingdom | |
Land of Men | Tierra de hombres | Ismael Rodríguez | Mexico |
Love Is at Stake | L'amour est en jeu | Marc Allégret | France |
Miracle in Soho | Julian Amyes | United Kingdom | |
Miracle of the White Suit | Un traje blanco | Rafael Gil | Spain |
L'oceano ci chiama | Giorgio Ferroni, Giovanni Roccardi | Italy | |
Patrouille de choc | Claude Bernard-Aubert | France | |
The Real End of the Great War | Prawdziwy Koniec Wielkiej Wojny | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland |
Rendez-vous à Melbourne | René Lucot | France | |
Ritual of Love | Paradiso terrestre | Luciano Emmer, Robert Enrico | Italy |
Sunday Romance | Bakaruhában | Imre Fehér | Hungary |
The Teacher and the Miracle | El maestro | Aldo Fabrizi | Spain, Italy |
Todo sea para bien | Carlos Rinaldi | Argentina | |
Vintage Car | Dedecek automobil | Alfréd Radok | Czechoslovakia |