19th Venice International Film Festival
Appearance
Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: Rickshaw Man |
Festival date | 24 August – 7 September 1958 |
Website | Website |
The 19th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1958.[1]
No OCIC Award was given this year due to the "unusual immorality" of the films.[2]
Jury
[edit]- Jean Grémillon, French filmmaker - Jury President[3]
- Carlos Fernández Cuenca, Spanish
- Piero Gadda Conti, Italian film critic
- Alberto Lattuada, Italian filmmaker
- Hidemi Ina, Japanese
- Friedrich Luft, German theathe critic
- Sergei Vasilyev, Soviet filmmaker
Main Competition
[edit]English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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At Midnight | Éjfélkor | György Révész | Hungary |
The Ballad of Narayama | 楢山節考 | Keisuke Kinoshita | Japan |
The Black Orchid | Martin Ritt | United States | |
Eighth Day of the Week | Ósmy dzien tygodnia | Aleksander Ford | Poland |
God's Little Acre | Anthony Mann | United States | |
The Horse's Mouth | Ronald Neame | United Kingdom | |
In Case of Adversity | En cas de malheur | Claude Autant-Lara | France |
The Lovers | Les amants | Louis Malle | |
Night Light | Nattens ljus | Lars-Eric Kjellgren | Sweden |
One Life | Une vie | Alexandre Astruc | France |
Otar's Widow | Otaraant qvrivi | Mikheil Chiaureli | Soviet Union |
Rickshaw Man | 無法松の一生 | Hiroshi Inagaki | Japan |
Rosemary | Das Mädchen Rosemarie | Rolf Thiele | West Germany |
La sfida | Francesco Rosi | Italy | |
The Wolf Trap | Vlcí jáma | Jiří Weiss | Czechoslovakia |
Official Awards
[edit]- Golden Lion: Rickshaw Man by Hiroshi Inagaki[2]
- Special Jury Prize:
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Alec Guinness for The Horse's Mouth
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Sophia Loren for The Black Orchid
Independent Awards
[edit]New Cinema Award
[edit]- Best Film: Vlcí jáma by Jiří Weiss
- Best Actress: Jeanne Moreau for The Lovers
San Giorgio Prize
[edit]- La sfida by Francesco Rosi[2]
FIPRESCI Prize
[edit]- Vlcí jáma by Jiří Weiss
Pasinetti Award
[edit]- Rosemary by Rolf Thiele[2]
- Parallel Sections:
- Wild Strawberries by Ingmar Bergman
- Weddings and Babies by Morris Engel
Italian Cinema Clubs Award
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The 1950′s [sic]". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Japanese 'Rickshaw' Top Venice Winner". Variety. September 10, 1958. p. 5. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ "Juries for the 1950′s [sic]". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
External links
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