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1956 Cannes Film Festival
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1956 Cannes Film Festival |
| image | CFF56poster.jpg |
| caption | Official poster of the 9th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Marcel Huet. |
| number | 39 (In Competition) |
| opening | Marie Antoinette Queen of France |
| closing | The Roof |
| location | Cannes, France |
| awards | Palme d'Or: |
| The Silent World | |
| date | – |
| founded | 1946 |
| website | |
| main | Cannes Film Festival |
| previous | 1955 |
| next | 1957 |
The Silent World
The 9th Cannes Film Festival took place from 23 April to 10 May 1956. French actor, director and producer Maurice Lehmann served as jury president for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Silent World by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle.
In an effort to resolve some issues caused by the Cold War climate of the time, like special treatment towards Americans (who gave financial assistance to the festival) which displeased the Eastern Bloc, a rule to have films withdrawn under certain conditions was in effect until 1955, even though it had become a divisive issue within the festival directors, as it was seen as censorship. In 1956, it was officially decided to eliminate all such censorship from the selection.
The festival opened with Marie Antoinette Queen of France by Jean Delannoy and closed with The Roof by Vittorio De Sica.
Juries
Main competition
- Maurice Lehmann, French actor, director and producer - Jury President
- Arletty, French actress
- Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French writer and journalist
- Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French
- Henri Jeanson, French writer and journalist
- Domenico Meccoli, Italian writer
- Otto Preminger, Austrian-American filmmaker and actor
- James Quinn, British film administrator, producer and exhibitor
- Roger Regent, French
- María Romero, Chilean
- Sergei Vasilyev, Soviet filmmaker and actor
Short films competition
- Francis Bolen, Belgian
- Antonín Brousil, Czechoslovak
- Henri Fabiani, French
- Paul Grimault, French filmmaker
- Jean Perdrix, French filmmaker
Official selection
In competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon of the Bulls | Tarde de toros | Ladislao Vajda | Spain |
| Christ in Bronze | 青銅の基督 | Minoru Shibuya | Japan |
| Dalibor | Václav Krška | Czechoslovakia | |
| Drumsticks | Shevagyachya Shenga | Shantaram Athavale | India |
| A Girl in Black | Το Κορίτσι με τα Μαύρα | Michael Cacoyannis | Greece |
| Hanka | Slavko Vorkapich | Yugoslavia | |
| The Harder They Fall | Mark Robson | United States | |
| The Hidden One | La escondida | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico |
| I Live in Fear | 生きものの記録 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| I'll Cry Tomorrow | Daniel Mann | United States | |
| Item One | Точка първа | Boyan Danovski | Bulgaria |
| The Leech | Shabab emraa | Salah Abu Seif | Egypt |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Nunnally Johnson | United States | |
| Marie Antoinette Queen of France | Marie-Antoinette reine de France | Jean Delannoy | France, Italy |
| Merry-Go-Round | Körhinta | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
| Mother | Мать | Mark Donskoy | Soviet Union |
| Mozart | Karl Hartl | Austria | |
| The Mystery of Picasso | Le mystère Picasso | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France |
| Othello | Отелло | Sergei Yutkevich | Soviet Union |
| Pather Panchali | Satyajit Ray | India | |
| The Phantom Horse | 幻の馬 | Koji Shima | Japan |
| The Protar Affair | Afacerea Protar | Haralambie Boros | Romania |
| The Railroad Man | Il ferroviere | Pietro Germi | Italy |
| Road to Life | Педагогическая поэма | Aleksei Maslyukov and Mechislava Mayevskaya | Soviet Union |
| The Roof | Il tetto | Vittorio De Sica | Italy |
| Seagulls Die in the Harbour | Meeuwen sterven in de haven | Roland Verhavert, Ivo Michiels and Rik Kuypers | Belgium |
| Seven Years in Tibet | Hans Nieter | United Kingdom | |
| Shadow | Cień | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland |
| *The Silent World* | *Le Monde du silence* | Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle | France |
| Smiles of a Summer Night | Sommarnattens leende | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Sob o Céu da Bahia | Ernesto Remani | Brazil | |
| Talpa | Alfredo B. Crevenna | Mexico | |
| El Último perro | Lucas Demare | Argentina | |
| The Unwilling Doctor | Toubib el affia | Henry Jacques | Morocco |
| Walk Into Paradise | Lee Robinson | Australia, France | |
| Wild Love | Gli innamorati | Mauro Bolognini | Italy |
| Yield to the Night | J. Lee Thompson | United Kingdom |
Short films competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Aéroport de Luxembourg by Philippe Schneider
- Andre Modeste Gretry by Lucien Deroisy
- Le ballon rouge by Albert Lamorisse
- Bwana Kitoko by André Cauvin
- Ciganytanc by Tamas Banovich
- Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Manhattan by Harry Foster
- La corsa delle rocche by Gian Luigi Polidoro
- Crne vode by Rudolf Sremec
- En de zee was niet meer by Bert Haanstra
- The Face of Lincoln by Edward Freed
- Festival Melody (Melodii festivalia) by Jerzy Bossak, R. Grigoriev, Ilya Kopalin, Iosif Poselski
- Fuji wa ikiteiru by Kenji Shimomura
- Gateway To the Antarctic by Duncan Carse
- Gerald McBoing on Planet Moo or Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo by Robert Cannon
- Growing Coconuts by Fali Bilimoria
- Horizons nouveaux by Kurt Baum
- Karius and Bactus (Karius og Baktus) by Ivo Caprino
- Kati és a vadmacska by Ágoston Kollányi
- Katsura rikyu by Minoru Kuribayashi
- Loutky Jiriho Trnky by Bruno Sefranek
- Magdana's Donkey (Lurdzha Magdany) by Tengiz Abuladze and Rezo Chkheidze
- Marinica by Ion Popescu-Gopo
- Nicolae Grigorescu by Ion Bostan
- Parabola d'oro by Vittorio De Seta
- Les pécheurs du cap by Errol Hinds
- Portrait of Soutland by Peter Roger Hunt
- Povest za tirnovgrad by Yuri Arnaudov
- Salut à la France by Ric Eyrich, Thomas L. Rowe
- Salzburger Impressionen by Prof. Hanns Wagula
- The Shepherd by Julian Biggs
- Stvoreni syeta by E. Hofman
- Svedocanstva o tesli by Vladimir Pogacic
- Tant qu'il y aura des bêtes by Braissai
- Teatr lalek by Marian Ussorowski
- Together by Lorenza Mazzetti
- Tovarishch ukhodit v more by Nikita Kurikhin
- Vand fra eufrat by Theodor Christensen
Official awards
Main competition
- Palme d'Or: The Silent World by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle
- Jury Special Prize: The Mystery of Picasso by Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Othello
- Best Acting Award: Susan Hayward for I'll Cry Tomorrow
- Best Human Document: Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
- Best Poetic Humour: Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman
Short films competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or: The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse
- Best Fiction Film: Magdana's Donkey by Tengiz Abuladze and Revaz Chkheidze
- Best Documentary:
- Andre Modeste Gretry by Lucien Deroisy
- La corsa delle rocche by Gian Luigi Polidoro
- Special Mention: The Puppets of Jiri Trnka by Bruno Sefranek
- Special Mention - Investigative Film:
- Together by Lorenza Mazzetti
- Tant qu'il y aura des bêtes by Braissai
Independent awards
[[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]]
- The Roof by Vittorio De Sica
- Special Mention:
- The Railroad Man by Pietro Germi
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Nunnally Johnson
- Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
References
Media
- British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1956 footage
- British Pathé: Originals Cannes Film Festival 1956 footage
- British Pathé: "Stars in the sun" 1956 Festival footage
- INA: Atmosphere at the 1956 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Opening of the 1956 festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Closing evening of the 1956 Festival (commentary in French)
References
- "Posters 1956". festival-cannes.fr.
- "1956 - Sous le ciel de Cannes (Under the sky of Cannes)". cannes-fest.com.
- "9ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
- "From 1939 to the present/ Disputes under the palm trees". cannes.com.
- "Opening of the 1956 festival". fresques.ina.fr.
- "Closing evening of the 1956 Festival". fresques.ina.fr.
- "Juries 1956 : All the Juries". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Official Selection 1956: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Awards 1956: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1956". imdb.com.
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