1952 Cannes Film Festival

{{Infobox Film Festival

| name = 1952 Cannes Film Festival

| image = CFF52poster.jpg

| caption = Official poster of the 5th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Piva.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1952/posters.html |title=Posters 1952 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305180340/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1952/posters.html |archive-date=5 March 2012 |df=dmy}}

| host =

| number = 35 (In Competition)

| opening = An American in Paris

| closing =

| location = Cannes, France

| awards = Grand Prize of the Festival:
Othello
Two Cents Worth of Hope

| date = {{Start date|1952|04|23|df=y}} – {{End date|1952|05|10|df=y}}

| founded = 1946

| website = {{URL|festival-cannes.com/en}}

| main = Cannes Film Festival

| previous = 1951

| next = 1953

}}

The 5th Cannes Film Festival took place from 23 April to 10 May 1952. French author Maurice Genevoix served as jury president for the main competition.{{cite news|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1952.htm |title=1952 - Viva Cannes! |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr |access-date=6 June 2017}}

The Grand Prize of the Festival was awarded, as the highest prize, to Othello by Orson Welles and Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1952.htm |title=5ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=fr |access-date=6 June 2017}}

The festival opened with An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli.

Jury

= Main Competition =

  • Maurice Genevoix, French author - Jury President{{cite web |title=Juries 1952: All the Juries |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1952/allJury.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1952/allJury.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |work=festival-cannes.fr |df=dmy}}
  • Tony Aubin, French composer
  • Pierre Billon, French filmmaker
  • Suzanne Borel, French diplomat
  • Chapelain-Midy, French artist
  • Louis Chauvet, French journalist
  • Evrard De Rouvre, French producer
  • Guy Desson, French MP official
  • Gabrielle Dorziat, French actress
  • Jean Dréville, French filmmaker
  • Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French producer
  • André Lang, French journalist
  • Jean Mineur, French CNCF official
  • Raymond Queneau, French poet and writer
  • Georges Raguis, French union official
  • Charles Vildrac, French writer

Official Selection

= In Competition =

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prize of the Festival:{{cite news|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1952/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1952: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226230126/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1952/allSelections.html |archive-date=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}

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!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

The Absentee

|La Ausente

|Julio Bracho

|Mexico

colspan="2" |An American in Paris (opening film)

|Vincente Minnelli

|United States

Cops and Robbers

|Guardie e ladri

|Mario Monicelli and Steno

|Italy

colspan="2" |Cry, the Beloved Country

|Zoltan Korda

|United Kingdom

Dead City

|Νεκρή πολιτεία

|Frixos Iliadis

|Greece

Desires

|Das Letzte Rezept

|Rolf Hansen

|West Germany

colspan="2" |Detective Story

|William Wyler

|United States

A Devil of a Woman

|Der Weibsteufel

|Wolfgang Liebeneiner

|Austria

Emergency Landing

|Nødlanding

|Arne Skouen

|Norway

colspan="2" |Encore

|Harold French, Pat Jackson and Anthony Pelissier

|United Kingdom

The Evil Forest

|Parsifal

|Daniel Mangrané and Carlos Serrano de Osma

|Spain

colspan="2" |Fanfan la Tulipe

|Christian-Jaque

|France, Italy

Furrows

|Surcos

|José Antonio Nieves Conde

|Spain

The Immortal Song

|Amar Bhoopali

|V. Shantaram

|India

colspan="2" |María Morena

|José María Forqué and Pedro Lazaga

|Spain

Man in the Storm

|嵐の中の母

|Kiyoshi Saeki

|Japan

The Medium

|La medium

|Gian Carlo Menotti

|Italy

Mexican Bus Ride

|Subida al cielo

|Luis Buñuel

|Mexico

Nami

|波

|Noboru Nakamura

|Japan

A Night of Love

|ليلة غرام

|Ahmed Badrakhan

|Egypt

No Greater Love

|Herz der Welt

|Harald Braun

|West Germany

One Summer of Happiness

|Hon dansade en sommar

|Arne Mattsson

|Sweden

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| colspan="2" |Othello

|Orson Welles

|Italy, Morocco, United States

The Overcoat

|Il Cappotto

|Alberto Lattuada

|Italy

colspan="2" |Pasó en mi barrio

|Mario Soffici

|Argentina

The Smugglers' Banquet

|Le Banquet des fraudeurs

|Henri Storck

|Belgium

Son of the Nile

|ابن النيل

|Youssef Chahine

|Egypt

The Tale of Genji

|源氏物語

|Kōzaburō Yoshimura

|Japan

Three Women

|Trois femmes

|André Michel

|France

colspan="2" |Tico-Tico no Fubá

|Adolfo Celi

|Brazil

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|Two Cents Worth of Hope

|Due soldi di speranza

|Renato Castellani

|Italy

colspan="2" |Umberto D.

|Vittorio De Sica

|Italy

Under the Thousand Lanterns

|Unter den tausend Laternen

|Erich Engel

|France, West Germany

colspan="2" |Viva Zapata!

|Elia Kazan

|United States

We Are All Murderers

|Nous sommes tous des assassins

|André Cayatte

|France, Italy

= Out of Competition =

The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:

= Short Films Competition =

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  • Les ailes de Ariel by Gaetano De Maria
  • Animated Genesis by Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes
  • Aperçus Sud Africain N° 5 - Afrique Préhistorique by Errol Hinds
  • Apollon Musageta by Irène Dodall
  • L'Art Sacre Missionnaire by Gentil Marques
  • Aux frontières Yougoslaves by Djordie Vukotic
  • Bambini by Francesco Maselli
  • Cairo by Massimo Dallamano
  • Les charmes des détails dans les tableaux des maîtres d'autrefois by Dr. Hans Curlis
  • Le cordonnier et le chapelier by John Halas
  • Dans les royaumes de la mer by Giovanni Roccardi
  • Démonstration en matière de perception by Garett I. Johnson
  • Les deux mousquetaires by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
  • Diagnostiquer et guérir by Ernest Bingen
  • Djerba l'île biblique by Philippe Este
  • El Dorado by John Alderson (filmmaker)
  • Et la noce dansait by Yehoshua Bertonov
  • Indian Village (Indisk by) by Arne Sucksdorff
  • Le flottage du bois by Lee Prater, Dick Mosher
  • La fugue de Mahmoud by Roger Leenhardt
  • Les gens du nord by René Lucot
  • La gloire verte by M. Ahmed
  • Le grand Boudha by Noburo Ofuji
  • La grande île au cœur des Saintes Eaux by Monique Muntcho, J.K. Raymond-Millet
  • La grande passion by Alphonse Stummer
  • Groenland : Vingt mille lieux sur les glaces by Marcel Ichac, Jean-Jacques Languepin
  • L'homme dans la tour by Bernard Devlin, Jean Palardy
  • Inside Newfoundland (Terre neuve) by Sydney Newman
  • T Schot is te boord! by Herman van der Horst
  • Les joies rustiques by V.R. Sarma
  • Le jour de l'independance by Victor Vicas
  • Le jour promis by S.I. Shweig
  • Maskerage by Max De Haas
  • Masques et visages de James Ensor by Paul Haesaerts
  • Moines de l'ordre de la Merci by Christian Anwander
  • Paysans de l'Aures by Philippe Este
  • La peinture de Boldini by Gian Luigi Rondi
  • Quarante ans d'évolution Marocaine - présence Française au Maroc by Serge Debecque
  • Rythmes de Rotterdam by Ytzen Brusse
  • Six mille ans de civilisation by Ahmed Korshid
  • Story of Steel by Jagat Murari
  • Strasbourg européenne by Ernest Bingen
  • Panta Rhei by Bert Haanstra
  • Union infernale by Ulrich Kayser
  • Victor Hugo by Roger Leenhardt & Yvonne Gerber
  • La vie des fresques by Zoran Markus
  • Vieux temples, vieilles statues by Sôya Mizuki

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Official Awards

= In Competition=

= Short Films Competition =

  • Grand Prix: T Schot is te boord! by Herman van der Horst
  • Prix spécial du Jury: Indian Village by Arne Sucksdorff
  • Prix pour la couleur: Animated Genesis by Peter Foldes and Joan Foldes
  • Prix spécial du Jury - film scientifique ou pédagogique: Groenland: Vingt mille lieux sur les glaces by Marcel Ichac and Jean-Jacques Languepin

Independent Awards

= [[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]] =

  • Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1952 |title=Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1952 |work=imdb.com |access-date=4 July 2017}}
  • Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus by Marcel Gibaud

References

{{Reflist}}

Media

  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00012/opening-of-the-1952-festival.html Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1952 Festival] (commentary in French)
  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00013/list-of-award-winners-at-the-1952-cannes-festival.html INA: List of award-winners at the 1952 Cannes Festival] (commentary in French)