Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: The Great War General della Rovere |
Festival date | 23 August – 6 September 1959 |
Website | Website |
The 20th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 6 September 1959. [1]
Italian film critic Luigi Chiarini was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Great War directed by Mario Monicelli and General della Rovere directed by Roberto Rossellini.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Anatomy of a Murder | Otto Preminger | United States | |
Conflagration | 炎上 | Kon Ichikawa | Japan |
The Boy and the Bridge | Kevin McClory | United Kingdom | |
Double Agents | La nuit des espions | Robert Hossein | France |
Esterina | Carlo Lizzani | Italy | |
General Della Rovere | Il generale Della Rovere | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
The Great War | La grande guerra | Mario Monicelli | |
Life in Your Hands | В твоих руках жизнь | Nikolai Rozantsev | Soviet Union |
The Magician | Ansiktet | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
Night Train | Pociąg | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland |
Sleepless Years | Álmatlan évek | Félix Máriássy | Hungary |
Sonatas | Juan Antonio Bardem | Spain | |
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? | Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben | Frank Wisbar | West Germany |
Web of Passion | À double tour | Claude Chabrol | France |
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