British Academy Film Awards 1954

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The 7th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1953 .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
The heart of all things 4th 0
A heart and a crown 4th 1
Conquered hatred 3 0
The great Atlantic 3 0
The fiery Isabella 3 1
Julius Caesar 3 2
Moulin Rouge 3 0
The medium 2 0
Come back, little Sheba 2 0
Lili 2 1
My great friend Shane 2 0
Planet of horror 2 1
Teeth of the Wind 2 0
We are all killers 2 0

Award winners and nominations

Best movie

Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits) - Director: René Clément

Besiegter Haß (The Kidnappers) - Director: Philip Leacock
Don Camillo and Peppone (Le Petit monde de Don Camillo) - Director: Julien Duvivier
The Fiery Isabella (Genevieve) - Director: Henry Cornelius
For two groschen of hope (Due soldi di speranza) - Director: Renato Castellani
The Great Atlantic (The Cruel Sea) - Director: Charles Frend
The Heart of the Matter (The Heart of the Matter) - Director: George More O'Ferrall
A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday) - Director: William Wyler
Julius Caesar - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Come Back, Little Sheba (Come Back, Little Sheba) - Director: Daniel Mann
Lili - Director: Charles Walters
Das Medium (The Medium) - Director: Gian Carlo Menotti
My great friend Shane (Shane) - Director: George Stevens
Mogambo - Director: John Ford
Moulin Rouge - Director: John Huston
City of Illusions (The Bad and the Beautiful) - Director: Vincente Minnelli
Damn in All Eternity (From Here to Eternity) - Director: Fred Zinnemann
Whom the sun is shining (The Sun Shines Bright) - Director: John Ford
We are all murderers (Nous sommes tous des assassins) - Director: André Cayatte

Best British Film

The Fiery Isabella (Genevieve) - Director: Henry Cornelius

Besiegter Haß (The Kidnappers) - Director: Philip Leacock
The Great Atlantic (The Cruel Sea) - Director: Charles Frend
The Heart of the Matter (The Heart of the Matter) - Director: George More O'Ferrall
Moulin Rouge - Director: John Huston

United Nations Award

Planet des Horens (World Without End) - Director: Basil Wright

Johnny's New Home (Johnny on the Run) - Director: Lewis Gilbert
Teeth of the Wind - Director: Michael Hankinson

Best Foreign Actor

Marlon Brando - Julius Caesar

Eddie Albert - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)
Van Heflin - My Great Friend Shane (Shane)
Claude Laydu - Diary of a Country Pastor (Journal d'un curé de campagne)
Marcel Mouloudji - We are all murderers (Nous sommes tous des assassins)
Gregory Peck - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)
Spencer Tracy - Theaterfieber (The Actress)

Best Foreign Actress

Leslie Caron - Lili

Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba (Come Back, Little Sheba)
Mala Powers - The medium (The Medium)
Maria Schell - The Heart of the Matter (The Heart of the Matter)

Best British Actor

John Gielgud - Julius Caesar

Jack Hawkins - The Cruel Sea (The Cruel Sea)
Trevor Howard - The Heart of the Matter (The Heart of the Matter)
Duncan Macrae - Defeated Hatred (The Kidnappers)
Kenneth More - The Fiery Isabella (Genevieve)

Best British Actress

Audrey Hepburn - A Heart and a Crown (Roman Holiday)

Celia Johnson - The Key to Paradise (The Captain's Paradise)

Best Young Actor

Norman Wisdom - Me and the Director (Trouble in Store)

Colette Marchand - Moulin Rouge

Best documentary

The conquest of Everest (The Conquest of Everest) - Director: George Lowe

Elizabeth Is Queen - Director: Terry Ashwood
Pictures of the Middle Ages (Images Medievales) - Director: Unknown
In the kingdom of the white bears (Во льдах океана / Vo l'dakh okeana) - Director: Alexander Sguridi
Kumak, the Sleepy Hunter - Director: Alma Duncan
Mille Miglia 1953 - Director: Bill Mason
Operation Hurricane - Director: Ronald Stark
Planet des Horens (World Without End) - Director: Basil Wright
A queen is crowned (A Queen Is Crowned) - Director: Michael Waldman
Teeth of the Wind - Director: Michael Hankinson
Waterfowl (Waterbirds) - Directed by Ben Sharpsteen
The White Stallion (Crin-Blanc) - Director: Albert Lamorisse

Best Film (Special Award)

The Romance of Transportation in Canada - Director: Colin Low

Johnny's New Home (Johnny on the Run) - Director: Lewis Gilbert
Little Boy Blew - Director: Robert Cannon
The Dog and the Diamonds - Director: Ralph Thomas
Full Circle - Director: Unknown
The Pleasure Garden - Director: James Broughton
The Moving Spirit - Directed by Bob Privett and Allan Crick
The Figurehead - Director: Allan Crick

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