5th Venice International Film Festival
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The 5th Venice International Film Festival was held between 10 August - 3 September 1937. The new Palazzo del Cinema building was completed for this year's festival. It has been used as the venue since, excluding the years 1940 to 1948.[1][2]
Jury
- Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (president) (Italy)[3]
- Luigi Chiarini (Italy)
- Sandro De Feo (Italy)
- Luigi Freddi (Italy)
- Mario Gromo (Italy)
- René Jeanne (France)
- Neville Kearney (UK)
- Oswald Lehnich (Germany)
- Karl Meltzer (Germany)
- Georges Lourau (France)
- Ryszard Ordynski (Poland)
- Esodo Pratelli (Italy)
- Louis Vilani (Hungary)
In-Competition films
- A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman
- Der Herrscher by Veit Harlan
- Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty
- Kid Galahad by Michael Curtiz
- La grande illusion by Jean Renoir
- Les perles de la couronne by Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry
- Marked Woman by Lloyd Bacon
- Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone
- Shall We Dance by Mark Sandrich
- Theodora Goes Wild by Ryszard Bolesławski
- Victoria the Great by Herbert Wilcox
- Winterset by Alfred Santell
- Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier
Awards
- Best Foreign Film: Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier
- Best Italian Film: Scipione l'africano by Carmine Gallone
- Volpi Cup:
- Best Actor: Emil Jannings for Der Herrscher
- Best Actress: Bette Davis for Kid Galahad and Marked Woman
- Special Recommendation:
- Honorable Mention:
- Best Director: Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltán Korda
- Best Screenplay: Les perles de la couronne by Sacha Guitry, Christian-Jaque
- Best Cinematography: Winterset by J. Peverell Marley
