1952 Cannes Film Festival
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The 5th Cannes Film Festival was held from April 23 to May 10, 1952.[1] The Grand Prize of the Festival went to the Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani and Othello by Orson Welles.[2] The festival opened with An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli.
Contents
Jury
The jury at this festival was all French.
- Maurice Genevoix (president)
- Tony Aubin
- Mme. Georges Bidault
- Pierre Billon
- Chapelain-Midy (artist)
- Louis Chauvet (journalist)
- A. De Rouvre
- Guy Desson (MP official)
- Gabrielle Dorziat
- Jean Dréville
- Jacques-Pierre Frogerais
- André Lang
- Jean Mineur (CNCF official)
- Raymond Queneau
- Georges Raguis (union official)
- Charles Vildrac
Feature film competition
- Amar Bhoopali by V. Shantaram
- An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli
- Arashi no naka no haha by Kiyoshi Saeki
- La Ausente by Julio Bracho
- Le Banquet des fraudeurs by Henri Storck
- Il Cappotto by Alberto Lattuada
- Cry, the Beloved Country by Zoltán Korda
- Detective Story by William Wyler
- Due soldi di speranza by Renato Castellani
- Encore by Harold French, Pat Jackson and Anthony Pelissier
- Fanfan la Tulipe by Christian-Jaque
- Genji monogatari by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Guardie e ladri by Mario Monicelli and Steno
- Herz der Welt by Harald Braun
- Hon dansade en sommar by Arne Mattsson
- Ibn el-Nil by Youssef Chahine
- Lailat gharam by Ahmed Badrakhan
- Das Letzte Rezept by Rolf Hansen
- María Morena by José María Forqué and Pedro Lazaga
- The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti
- Nami by Noboru Nakamura
- Nekri politeia by Frixos Iliadis
- Nous sommes tous des assassins by André Cayatte
- Nødlanding by Arne Skouen
- Othello by Orson Welles
- Parsifal by Daniel Mangrané and Carlos Serrano de Osma
- Pasó en mi barrio by Mario Soffici
- Subida al cielo by Luis Buñuel
- Surcos by José Antonio Nieves Conde
- Tico-Tico no Fubá by Adolfo Celi
- Trois femmes by André Michel
- Umberto D. by Vittorio De Sica
- Unter den tausend Laternen by Erich Engel
- Viva Zapata! by Elia Kazan
- Der Weibsteufel by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Out of competition
Awards
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Orson Welles, one of the winner of the Grand Prize of the Festival at the event.
- Grand Prize of the Festival
- Jury Special Prize: Nous sommes tous des assassins by André Cayatte
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando for Viva Zapata!
- Best Actress: Lee Grant for Detective Story
- Best Director: Christian-Jaque for Fanfan la Tulipe
- Best Screenplay: Piero Tellini for Guardie e ladri
- Best Music: Sven Sköld for One Summer of Happiness
- Best Lyrical Film: The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti
- Best Short Film: Indisk By by Arne Sucksdorff
- OCIC Award: Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
- OCIC Award - Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus by Marcel Gibaud
