5th Locarno Film Festival

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5th Locarno Film Festival
Location Locarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
Festival dateOpening: 29 June 1950 (1950-06-29)
Closing: 9 July 1950 (1950-07-09)
Website Locarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
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The 5th Locarno Film Festival was held from 29 June to 9 July 1950 in Locarno, Switzerland. [1] The festival returned to its no official prizes standard this year; however, the attending international critics decided to vote anyways and declared When Willie Comes Marching Home by John Ford the best picture of the festival. [2] [3]

Contents

Screenings

The following films were screened in the sections: [4] [5]

Pre-Program (Avant-Programme)

Pre-Program
TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
A Day With Brumas
Actualite Cines
Back Alley Oproar Fritz Freleng 1948USA
Ginger Nutt's Forest DragonBert Felsead1950United Kingdom
La Vie Secrete Des VisagesAlbert Guyot1945France
Caffe Garibaldi
Luxembourg
Il Museo Dei Sogni Luigi Comencini 1950Italy
Paint Pot Symphony Connie Rasinski 1949USA
Pattern Of Progress John Krish 1948United Kingdom
Rippling RomanceBob Wickersham1945USA
Musique En Boîte (March Of Time)
Processione Abruzzese
Scendono A Natale
Settimana IncomItalian News Reel

Main Program

Main Program (Programme Principal)
English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Welcome, Reverend! Benvenuto Reverendo Aldo Fabrizi 1950Italy
Hearts at Sea Cuori Sul Mare Giorgio Bianchi 1950Italy
Abundance of Life Des Lebens Überfluss Wolfgang Liebeneiner 1950Germany
The Lie Die Lüge Gustav Fröhlich 1950Germany
Sunday in August Domenica D'Agosto Luciano Emmer 1950Italy
Golden Salamander Ronald Neame 1950Great Britain
Il Mulatto Francesco De Robertis 1950Italy
The Force of Destiny La Forza Del Destino Carmine Gallone 1949Italy
Not Wanted Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino 1949USA
Only One Night Nur Eine Nacht Fritz Kirchhoff 1950Germany
Incorrigible Rötägg Arne Mattson 1946Sudan
Stage Fright Alfred Hitchcock 1950USA
The Astonished Heart Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher 1949Great Britain
They Were Not Divided Terence Young 1950Great Britain
Three Came Home Jean Negulesco 1950USA
Twenty Years Vent'Anni Giorgio Bianchi 1949Italy
We Were Strangers John Huston 1949USA
When Willie Comes Marching Home John Ford 1950USA

Retrospective

Retrospective Film Review
English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
A Nous La Liberte René Clair 1931France
Il Museo Dei Sogni Luigi Comencini Italy
The Italian Straw Hat Le Chapeau De Paille D'ItalieRené Clair1928France
Nascita Di CharlotGianni Comencini, Luigi RognoniItaly
Road to Life Putevka V Zizn Nikolaï Ekk 1931Russia
Vent'Anni D'Arte MutaEmilio ScarpaItaly

Complementary Program

Original TitleEnglish TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
DankaliaE.A. WittlinSwitzerland
La Grande Voliere Georges Péclet 1948France
La Soif Des Hommes Thirst of Men Serge de Poligny1949France
Oinggongs MishiZhu Shilin1948Hong Kong

Special Sections

Documentary Film Review (Special Program Under the Patronage of UNESCO)
English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)YearProduction Country
Droits De L'Enfant, Droits De L'HommeJean BrenekCanada, France
L'Onu A L'OeuvreE. GenkalskiPoland
L'Or Des ForètsTheodor ChristensenSudan
Picture In Your MindPhilip StappUSA
Savoir C'Est PouvoirCarlos JimenezMexico
Program Dedicated To Israel, India And Africa
Art IndigeneBelgium
Daybreak In UdiJohn Taylor1949Great Britain
Ladakh Diary
Melody Of Hindustany Glimpses Of GhandhijiParulkaIndia
Omer FestivalIsrael
Program Dedicated To Retrospective Documentary Film
Berlin: Symphony of MetropolisBerlin, Die Symphonie Einer Grossstadt Walter Ruttmann 1927Germany
Nanook Of The North Robert Flaherty 1922USA
Ninety Degrees South Herbert G. Ponting 1912Great Britain
Pini Di Roma Mario Costa 1944Italy
Turksib Victor Tourine1929Russia

Awards

International Journalist Jury

Source: [3] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Pictures: 8 nations send pix to locarno film festival". Variety . Vol. 179, no. 5. Los Angeles. 12 July 1950. p. 20. ProQuest   1286098590 . Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Koval, Francis (20 July 1950). "AT LOCARNO: HOW THE CRITICS VOTED". Vol. 401, no. 2255. Kinematograph Weekly. p. 48. ProQuest   2732591691 . Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 "1950 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival..." Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "THREE BRITISH ENTRIES FOR LOCARNO FESTIVAL: GFD Competes with Seven Nations". www.proquest.com. ProQuest   2676994322 . Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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