British Academy Film Awards 1953

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The 6th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1952 .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
Mandy 6th 0
The unknown enemy 5 3
Because they should be comforted 3 1
End of the line longing 2 1
Gold helmet 2 1
spotlight 2 1
Viva Zapata! 2 1
African Queen 2 0
Angels One Five 2 0
Carrie 2 0
The miracle of Milan 2 0
The current 2 0
The death of a salesman 2 0
The damned of the islands 2 0
The forgotten 2 0

Award winners and nominations

Best movie

The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier) - Director: David Lean

African Queen (The African Queen) - Director: John Huston
Angels One Five - Director: George More O'Ferrall
The Boy Kumasenu - Director: Sean Graham
Carrie - Directed by William Wyler
Because they should be comforted (Cry, the Beloved Country) - Director: Zoltan Korda
You Shall Be My Lucky Star (Singin 'in the Rain) - Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
Endstation Sehnsucht (A Streetcar Named Desire) - Director: Elia Kazan
Goldhelm (Casque d'or) - Director: Jacques Becker
Mandy - Directed by Alexander Mackendrick and Fred F. Sears
Spotlight (Limelight) - Director: Charles Chaplin
Rashomon - Das Lustwäldchen (Rashômon) - Director: Akira Kurosawa
Der Strom (The River) - Director: Jean Renoir
The Death of a Salesman (Death of a Salesman) - Director: László Benedek
The Outcast of the Islands (The Outcast of the Islands) - Director: Carol Reed
The Forgotten (Los Olvidados) - Director: Luis Buñuel
Viva Zapata! - Director: Elia Kazan
The Miracle of Milan (Miracolo a Milano) - Director: Vittorio De Sica

Best British Film

The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier) - Director: David Lean

Angels One Five - Director: George More O'Ferrall
Because they should be comforted (Cry, the Beloved Country) - Director: Zoltan Korda
Mandy - Directed by Alexander Mackendrick and Fred F. Sears
Der Strom (The River) - Director: Jean Renoir
The Outcast of the Islands (The Outcast of the Islands) - Director: Carol Reed

United Nations Award

Because they should be comforted (Cry, the Beloved Country) - Director: Zoltan Korda

Neighbors - Director: Norman McLaren
The Forgotten (Los Olvidados) - Director: Luis Buñuel

Best Foreign Actor

Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata!

Humphrey Bogart - African Queen (The African Queen)
Pierre Fresnay - God needs people (Dieu a besoin des hommes)
Francesco Golisano - The Miracle of Milan (Miracolo a Milano)
Fredric March - The Death of a Salesman (Death of a Salesman)

Best Foreign Actress

Simone Signoret - Gold Helmet (Casque d'or)

Edwige Feuillère - Olivia
Katharine Hepburn - Pat and Mike (Pat and Mike)
Judy Holliday - happy ending ... and what comes next? (The Marrying Kind)
Nicole Stéphane - The Terrible Children (Les Enfants Terribles)

Best British Actor

Ralph Richardson - The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier)

Jack Hawkins - Mandy
James Hayter - Mr. Pickwick (Pickwick Papers)
Laurence Olivier - Carrie
Nigel Patrick - The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier)
Alastair Sim - Folly to Be Wise

Best British Actress

Vivien Leigh - Endstation Sehnsucht (A Streetcar Named Desire)

Phyllis Calvert - Mandy
Celia Johnson - I Believe in You
Ann Todd - The Unknown Enemy (The Sound Barrier)

Best Young Actor

Claire Bloom - spotlight (Limelight)

Dorothy Alison - Mandy
Mandy Miller - Mandy
Dorothy Tutin - Being Earnest (The Importance of Being Earnest)

Best documentary

Royal Journey - Directed by David Bairstow , Roger Blais and Gudrun Parker

Earth, the Great Unknown (Nature's Half Acre) - Director: James Algar
Fishermen of Negombo - Director: Unknown
Highlights of Farnborough 1952 - Directed by Peter de Normanville
Journey Into History - Directed by Alexander Shaw, John Taylor
Le Mans 1952 - Director: Bill Mason
Ocean Terminal - Director: JB Holmes
The Open Window - Director: Unknown
Opera School - Director: Gudrun Parker
Rig 20 - Directed by David Villiers, Ronald H. Riley
The Streamlined Pig (Den strømlinede gris) - Director: Jørgen Roos

Best Film (Special Award)

Animated Genesis - Directed by Peter Foldes and Joan Foldes

The Angry Boy - Director: Alexander Hackenschmied
Balance 1950 - Director: Peter Sachs
The Basic Principles of Lubrication - Directed by Richard F. Tambling
Body - Director: Unknown
The Carlsen Story - Director: Unknown
Demonstrations In Perception - Director: Unknown
The Machining of Metals - Directed by Lionel Cole
The Moon - Director: Unknown
Organization Of The Human - Director: Unknown
A Phantasy - Director: Norman McLaren
To the Rescue - Directors: Jacques B. Brunius and Ronald Weyman
Stanlow Story - Director: Douglas Clarke

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