1949 Cannes Film Festival
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The 3rd Cannes Film Festival was held on September 2-17, 1949. No festival was held in 1948.[1][2][3]
The Grand Prize of the Festival went to the The Third Man by Carol Reed.[4] The festival opened with L'Arroseur Arrosé by Louis Lumière, a 1895 French comedy short-film, paying tribute to cinema's first comedy film.[5]
Contents
Jury
The entire jury for this festival were French.[6]
- Georges Huisman (historian) (president)
- Jules Romains (president)
- Mme. Georges Bidault
- Georges Charensol
- Paul Colin
- Roger Désormière
- Jacques-Pierre Frogerais
- Étienne Gilson (author)
- Paul Gosset (author)
- Georges Raguis (union official)
- Rene-Jeanne (critic)
- Carlo Rim
- Jean Benoît-Lévy (substitute member)
- Guy Desson (MP official) (substitute member)
- Alexandre Kamenka (substitute member)
- Paul Verneyras (MP official) (substitute member)
- Paul Weill (lawyer) (substitute member)
Films in competition
The following films were selected as In Competition:
- Feature films[7]
- Act of Violence directed by Fred Zinnemann
- Almafuerte directed by Luis Cesar Amadori
- An Act of Murder directed by Michael Gordon
- Au grand balcon directed by Henri Decoin
- Der Apfel ist ab directed by Helmut Käutner
- Der Ruf directed by Josef Von Báky
- Die Buntkarierten directed by Kurt Maetzig
- Eine große Liebe directed by Hans Bertram
- Eroica directed by H. Walter Kolm-Veltee
- Främmande hamn directed by Hampe Faustman
- House of Strangers directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Images d'Ethiopie directed by Paul Pichonnier
- L'amorosa menzogna directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Le Mura di Malapaga directed by René Clement
- Lost Boundaries directed by Alfred L. Werker
- Mughamarat Antar wa Abla directed by Salah Abu Sayf
- Na svoji zemlji directed by France Stiglic
- Obsession directed by Edward Dmytryk
- Occupe-toi d'Amélie directed by Claude Autant-Lara
- Pueblerina directed by Emilio Fernández
- Rendez-vous de juillet directed by Jacques Becker
- Retour à la vie directed by Jean Dréville, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Georges Lampin, André Cayatte
- Riso amaro directed by Giuseppe De Santis
- Sertao directed by Joao G. Martin
- The Passionate Friends directed by David Lean
- The Queen of Spades directed by Thorold Dickinson
- The Set Up directed by Robert Wise
- The Third Man directed by Carol Reed
- Without Honor directed by Irving Pichel
- Short films[7]
- A Capital Plan directed by Bernard Devlin
- Adamah directed by Helmar Lerski
- Au pays de Thil Uilenspiegel directed by Charles Dekeukeleire
- Barrières directed by Christian-Jaque
- Bialy Redyk directed by Stanislas Mozdenski
- The Cane Cutters directed by John Heyer
- Danses populaires yougoslaves directed by Rudolf Sremec
- De nåede færgen directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Dépendance directed by Robert Anderson
- Destins précaires directed by Grant McLean
- Ecole de Rééducation directed by Jean Drimaropoulos
- Flotteurs de bois directed by Brita Wrede
- Gold Town directed by Maslyn Williams
- Images Médiévales directed by William Novik
- It's a Lovely Day directed by Bert Felstead
- L'enfer des fards directed by Jean Perdrix
- La terre de Cain directed by Pierre Petel
- Le Pain de Barbarie directed by Roger Leenhardt
- Les feux de la mer directed by Jean Epstein
- Mlle Toutouche directed by Wilhelm Sorensen
- Muscle Beach directed by Joseph Strick and Irving Lerner
- Ocean Weather Ship directed by Frank Chilton
- Pacific 231 directed by Jean Mitry
- Palle alene i Verden directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen
- Rhapsodie vénitienne directed by Max Haufler
- Seal Island directed by James Algar
- Struggle for oil directed by Sergei Nolbandov
- The fatal signboard directed by John Kooy
- The Valley is Ours directed by John Heyer
- Une interview sous les tropiques directed by E. van Konijnenburg
- Walcheren, ile noyee directed by Charles Huguenot van der Linden
- Żelazowa Wola directed by E. Cekalski
Films out of competition
- Passport to Pimlico directed by O. H. Cornelius[7]
Awards
- Feature Films[8]
- Grand Prize of the Festival: The Third Man by Carol Reed
- Best Actor: Edward G. Robinson for House of Strangers
- Best Actress: Isa Miranda for The Walls of Malapaga
- Best Director: René Clément for The Walls of Malapaga
- Best Screenplay: Eugene Ling and Virginia Shaler for Lost Boundaries
- Best Cinematography: Milton R. Krasner for The Set-Up
- FIPRESCI Prize: The Set-Up by Robert Wise
- Short Films[8]
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