16th Venice International Film Festival
{{Short description|Film festival}}
{{Infobox Film festival
|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={{URL|http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/}}
| 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.{{cite web|url=http://asac.labiennale.org/it/passpres/cinema/annali.php?m=29|title=ASAC Data: Year 1955|language=it|publisher=Venice Biennale|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190930125638/http://asac.labiennale.org/it/passpres/cinema/annali.php?m=29|archive-date=30 September 2019}}
Italian film critic Mario Gromo was appointed as the president of the jury.{{cite web|url=http://asac.labiennale.org/it/passpres/cinema/annali.php?m=29&c=g|title=ASAC Data: Juries|language=it|publisher=Venice Biennale|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190930125733/http://asac.labiennale.org/it/passpres/cinema/annali.php?m=29&c=g|archive-date=30 September 2019}} The Golden Lion was awarded to Ordet, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.{{cite web|url=http://asac.labiennale.org/it/passpres/cinema/annali.php?m=28&c=p|title=ASAC Data: Awards|language=it|publisher=Venice Biennale|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190930125941/http://asac.labiennale.org/it/passpres/cinema/annali.php?m=29&c=p|archive-date=30 September 2019}}
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:
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| English title
! Original title ! Director(s) ! Production country | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Abandoned | Gli sbandati | data-sort-value="Maselli"|Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| After the Storm | Después de la tormenta | data-sort-value="Gavaldón"|Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico |
| colspan=2|The Big Knife | data-sort-value="Aldrich"|Robert Aldrich | United States | |
| Boris Godunov | Борис Годунов | data-sort-value="Stroyeva"|Vera Stroyeva | Soviet Union |
| Ciske the Rat | Ciske de Rat | data-sort-value="Staudte"|Wolfgang Staudte | West Germany, Netherlands |
| colspan=2|The Deep Blue Sea | data-sort-value="Litvak"|Anatole Litvak | United Kingdom | |
| The Devil's General | Des Teufels General | data-sort-value="Käutner"|Helmut Käutner | West Germany |
| colspan=2|Doctor at Sea | data-sort-value="Thomas"|Ralph Thomas | United Kingdom | |
| colspan=2|8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements | data-sort-value="Richter"|Hans Richter | United States | |
| colspan=2|El canto del gallo | data-sort-value="Gil"|Rafael Gil | Spain | |
| Friends for Life | Amici per la pelle | data-sort-value="Rossi"|Franco Rossi | Italy, France, Spain |
| From My Life | Z mého života | data-sort-value="Krška"|Václav Krška | Czechoslovakia |
| The Grasshopper | Попрыгунья | data-sort-value="Samsonov" |Samson Samsonov | Soviet Union |
| colspan=2|Il bidone | data-sort-value="Fellini"|Federico Fellini | Italy, France | |
| colspan=2|Interrupted Melody | data-sort-value="Bernhardt"|Curtis Bernhardt | United States | |
| Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje | झनक झनक पायल बाजे | data-sort-value="Shantaram"|V. Shantaram | India |
| colspan=2|John and Julie | data-sort-value="Fairchild"|William Fairchild | United Kingdom | |
| colspan=2|The Kentuckian | data-sort-value="Lancaster"|Burt Lancaster | United States | |
| colspan=2|La Tierra del Fuego se apaga | data-sort-value="Fernández"|Emilio Fernández | Argentina, Mexico | |
| colspan=2|Le Amiche | data-sort-value="Antonioni"|Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy | |
| colspan=2|Les héros sont fatigués | data-sort-value="Ciampi"|Yves Ciampi | France, West Germany | |
| colspan=2|Les mauvaises rencontres | data-sort-value="Astruc"|Alexandre Astruc | France | |
| The Little Rebels | Chiens perdus sans collier | data-sort-value="Delannoy"|Jean Delannoy | France, Italy |
| colspan=2|Mãos Sangrentas | data-sort-value="Christensen"|Carlos Hugo Christensen | Brazil, Argentina | |
| The Mask and Destiny | 修禅寺物語 | data-sort-value="Nakamura" |Noboru Nakamura | Japan |
| Men of the Blue Cross | Błękitny krzyż | data-sort-value="Munk"|Andrzej Munk | Poland |
| Moment of Decision | Trenutki odločitve | data-sort-value="Čáp"|František Čáp | Yugoslavia |
| colspan=2|The Naked Dawn | data-sort-value="Ulmer"|Edgar G. Ulmer | United States | |
| style="background:#E7CD00;"
|colspan=2|Ordet | data-sort-value="Dreyer"|Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark | |
| Pride | Orgullo | data-sort-value="Mur Oti"|Manuel Mur Oti | Spain |
| Princess Yang Kwei Fei | 楊貴妃 | data-sort-value="Mizoguchi" |Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan, Hong Kong |
| Seagulls Die in the Harbour | Meeuwen sterven in de haven | data-sort-value="Kuypers"|Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels, Roland Verhavert | Belgium |
| To a New Shore | К новому берегу | data-sort-value="Lukov" |Leonid Lukov | Soviet Union |
| colspan=2|To Catch a Thief | data-sort-value="Hitchcock"|Alfred Hitchcock | United States | |
| Troubled Road, a Man Decides | Неспокоен път | data-sort-value="Dakovski" |Dako Dakovski | Bulgaria |
Official Awards
= Main Competition =
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/}}
{{Venice Film Festival}}
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