16th Venice International Film Festival
 Official festival poster by Giorgio Zucchiatti | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Ordet |
| Festival date | 25 August – 10 September 1955 |
| Website | www |
The 16th Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 10 September 1955.[1]
Italian film critic Mario Gromo was appointed as the president of the jury.[2] The Golden Lion was awarded to Ordet, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.[3]
Jury
Main Competition (Venezia 16)
- Mario Gromo, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President[2]
- Antonín Martin Brousil, Czechoslovak film critic and historian
- Piero Gadda Conti, Italian novelist and film critic
- Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, French actor, film director and critic
- Arthur Knight, American film critic and historian
- Emilio Lonero, Italian journalist and film critic
- Roger Manvell, British film historian
- Domenico Meccoli, Italian journalist, film critic and screenwriter
- Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Italian art critic and historian
Official Sections
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abandoned | Gli sbandati | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| After the Storm | Después de la tormenta | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico |
| The Big Knife | Robert Aldrich | United States | |
| Boris Godunov | Борис Годунов | Vera Stroyeva | Soviet Union |
| Ciske the Rat | Ciske de Rat | Wolfgang Staudte | West Germany, Netherlands |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Anatole Litvak | United Kingdom | |
| The Devil's General | Des Teufels General | Helmut Käutner | West Germany |
| Doctor at Sea | Ralph Thomas | United Kingdom | |
| 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements | Hans Richter | United States | |
| El canto del gallo | Rafael Gil | Spain | |
| Friends for Life | Amici per la pelle | Franco Rossi | Italy, France, Spain |
| From My Life | Z mého života | Václav Krška | Czechoslovakia |
| The Grasshopper | Попрыгунья | Samson Samsonov | Soviet Union |
| Il bidone | Federico Fellini | Italy, France | |
| Interrupted Melody | Curtis Bernhardt | United States | |
| Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje | झनक झनक पायल बाजे | V. Shantaram | India |
| John and Julie | William Fairchild | United Kingdom | |
| The Kentuckian | Burt Lancaster | United States | |
| La Tierra del Fuego se apaga | Emilio Fernández | Argentina, Mexico | |
| Le Amiche | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy | |
| Les héros sont fatigués | Yves Ciampi | France, West Germany | |
| Les mauvaises rencontres | Alexandre Astruc | France | |
| The Little Rebels | Chiens perdus sans collier | Jean Delannoy | France, Italy |
| Mãos Sangrentas | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Brazil, Argentina | |
| The Mask and Destiny | 修禅寺物語 | Noboru Nakamura | Japan |
| Men of the Blue Cross | Błękitny krzyż | Andrzej Munk | Poland |
| Moment of Decision | Trenutki odločitve | František Čáp | Yugoslavia |
| The Naked Dawn | Edgar G. Ulmer | United States | |
| Ordet | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark | |
| Pride | Orgullo | Manuel Mur Oti | Spain |
| Princess Yang Kwei Fei | 楊貴妃 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan, Hong Kong |
| Seagulls Die in the Harbour | Meeuwen sterven in de haven | Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels, Roland Verhavert | Belgium |
| To a New Shore | К новому берегу | Leonid Lukov | Soviet Union |
| To Catch a Thief | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | |
| Troubled Road, a Man Decides | Неспокоен път | Dako Dakovski | Bulgaria |
Official Awards
The following official awards were presented at the 15th edition:[3]
Main Competition
References
- ^ "ASAC Data: Year 1955" (in Italian). Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019.
- ^ a b "ASAC Data: Juries" (in Italian). Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019.
- ^ a b "ASAC Data: Awards" (in Italian). Venice Biennale. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019.