4th Locarno Film Festival

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4th Locarno Film Festival
Location Locarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
AwardsGrand Prix
Festival dateOpening: 8 July 1949 (1949-07-08)
Closing: 17 July 1949 (1949-07-17)
Website Locarno Film Festival
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The 4th Locarno Film Festival was held from 8 July to 17 July, 1949 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] [2] The festival created official awards this year and gave out the grand prize, in later years called the Golden Leopard, to The Farm of Seven Sins by Jean Devaivre. [1] Ten films were entered for prize judging. [2]

Contents

Screenings

The following films screened in these sections: [3] [2]

Programme principal / Longs métrages en compétition

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Adam and Evelyne Adam Und Evelyne Harold French 1949Great Britain
Bill And Coo Dan Riesner1948USA
The Lost Face Das Verlorene Gesicht1948Germany
The Time with You Die Zeit Mit Dir Georg Hurdalek 1948Germany
Duel with Death Duell Mit Dem Tod Paul May 1949Austria
Enchantment Irving Reis 1948USA
Port of Call Hamnstad Ingmar Bergman 1948Sudan
He Walked By Night Alfred Werker 1948USA
The Mill on the Po Il Mulino Del Po Alberto Lattuada 1949Italy
Equator with a hundred facesL'Equateur Aux Cent Visages André Cauvin 1948Belgium
The Farm of Seven Sins La Ferme Des Sept Peches Jean Devaivre 1949France
Bicycle Thieves Ladri Di Biciclette Vittorio De Sica 1948Italy
The Sorcerer of the SkyLe Sorcier Du Ciel Marcel Blistène 1949France
Love '47 Liebe '47 Wolfgang Liebeneiner 1949Germany
Mission A Tanger André Hunebelle 1949France
White Paws Pattes Blanches Jean Grémillon 1949France
Quartet Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree 1948Great Britain
Silent Dust Lance Comfort 1948Great Britain
Sorry, Wrong Number Anatole Litvak 1948USA
That Lady In Ermine Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger 1948USA
The Big Cat Phil Carlson 1949USA
The Girl from the Marsh Croft Toesen Fran Stormytorpet Gustav Edgren 1947Sudan
Yellow Sky William A. Wellman 1948USA

Special Sections / Private Visions

TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Combats Sans Haine André Michel Switzerland
Cry Of The Citiy Robert Siodmark 1948USA
Jour De Fête Jacques Tati 1947France
L'Escadron Blanc René Chanas 1949France
Le Secret De Mayerling Jean Delannoy 1949France

Official Awards

Source: [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "International: Locarno pix festival to get official awards". Variety. Vol. 174, no. 11. 25 May 1949. p. 14. ProQuest   1286028695.
  2. 1 2 3 "Miscellany: H'wood Pix Cop 9 'Oscars' in Belgium; Brit. Strong at Venice; U.S. in Locarno". Los Angeles: Variety, Vol. 175, Iss. 5. 13 July 1949. ProQuest   1285958436 . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival..." Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "1949 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
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