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16th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 1955

Field	Value
name	16th Venice International Film Festival
image	VeniceFilmFestival16poster.jpg
caption	Official festival poster by Giorgio Zucchiatti
location	Venice, Italy
founded	1932
awards	Golden Lion: Ordet
date	25 August – 10 September 1955
website
chronology	Venice Film Festival
preceded_by	15th
followed_by	17th

The 16th Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 10 September 1955.

Italian film critic Mario Gromo was appointed as the president of the jury. The Golden Lion was awarded to Ordet, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.

Jury

Main Competition (Venezia 16)

Mario Gromo, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President
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:

Main Competition

Golden Lion: Ordet by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Silver Lion:
- The Grasshopper by Samson Samsonov
- The Big Knife by Robert Aldrich
- Le Amiche by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Ciske the Rat by Wolfgang Staudte
Volpi Cup for Best Actor:
- Kenneth More for The Deep Blue Sea
- Curd Jürgens for Les héros sont fatigués

References

"ASAC Data: Year 1955". Venice Biennale.
"ASAC Data: Juries". Venice Biennale.
"ASAC Data: Awards". Venice Biennale.

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