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5th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 1937


Italian film festival in 1937

FieldValue
name5th Venice International Film Festival
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
date10 August – 3 September 1937
websiteWebsite
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by4th
followed_by6th

The 5th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 10 August and 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.

Jury

  • Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, Italian - Jury President
  • Luigi Chiarini, Italian
  • Sandro De Feo, Italian
  • Luigi Freddi, Italian
  • Mario Gromo, Italian
  • René Jeanne, Italian
  • Neville Kearney, British
  • Oswald Lehnich, German
  • Karl Meltzer, German
  • Georges Lourau, French
  • Ryszard Ordynski, Polish
  • Esodo Pratelli, Italian
  • Louis Villani, Hungarian

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:
    • Batalión by Miroslav Cikán
    • Kōjō no Tsuki by Keisuke Sasaki
    • Mária növér by Viktor Gertler
    • Sant Tukaram by Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal
    • The Flying Doctor by Miles Mander
  • Honorable Mention:
    • Barbara Radziwillówna by Joseph Lejtes
    • ** by Eugeniusz Cekalski, Stanislaw Wohl
  • 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

References

References

  1. "Venice Film Festival: The 30s". labiennale.org.
  2. "The 1930s".
  3. "Juries for the 1930s".
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