1957 Cannes Film Festival
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The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held on 2-17 May 1957.[1] The Palme d'Or went to the Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler.[2] The festival opened with Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson.[3]
Contents
Jury
- André Maurois (France) (president)
- Jean Cocteau (France) (honorary president)
- Maurice Genevoix (France)
- Georges Huisman (France) (historian)
- Maurice Lehmann (France)
- Marcel Pagnol (France)
- Michael Powell (UK)
- Jules Romains (France)
- Dolores del Río (Mexico)
- George Stevens (USA)
- Vladimir Volchek (Czechoslovakia)
- Claude Aveline (France) (short films)
- Roman Karmen (Soviet Union) (short films)
- Albert Lamorisse (France) (short films)
- Alberto Lattuada (Italy) (short films)
- Jean Vivie (France) (CST official) (short films)
Feature film competition
- The Bachelor Party by Delbert Mann
- Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag by Kurt Jung-Alsen
- La Casa del ángel by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Celui qui doit mourir by Jules Dassin
- Dolina miru by France Štiglic
- Don Kikhot by Grigori Kozintsev
- Elokuu by Matti Kassila
- Faustina by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
- Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler
- Funny Face by Stanley Donen
- Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans Khanna
- Guendalina by Alberto Lattuada
- High Tide at Noon by Philip Leacock
- Ila Ayn by Georges Nasser
- Kanał by Andrzej Wajda
- Kome by Tadashi Imai
- Két vallomás by Márton Keleti
- La 'Moara cu noroc' by Victor Iliu
- Le notti di Cabiria by Federico Fellini
- Qivitoq by Erik Balling
- Rekava by Lester James Peries
- Rose Bernd by Wolfgang Staudte
- Same Jakki by Per Høst
- Shiroi sanmyaku by Sadao Imamura
- Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin by Ernst Marischka
- Det sjunde inseglet by Ingmar Bergman
- Sorok pervyy by Grigori Chukhrai
- Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut by Robert Bresson
- Yangtse Incident by Michael Anderson
- Zemya by Zahari Zhandov
- Ztracenci by Miloš Makovec
Films out of competition
Awards
- Palme d'Or: Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler
- Jury Special Prize:
- Best Actor: John Kitzmiller for Dolina miru
- Best Actress: Giulietta Masina for Nights of Cabiria
- Best Director: Robert Bresson for A Man Escaped
- Special Mention: Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans Khanna
- Special Award: The Forty-first by Grigori Chukhrai
- Best Romantic Documentary: Shiroi sanmyaku by Sadao Imamura
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Scurtă Istorie by Ion Popescu-Gopo
- OCIC Award - Special Mention:
