British Academy Film Awards 1958

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The 11th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1957 .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
The prince and the dancer 5 0
The bridge on the Kwai 4th 4th
The man in the fire 4th 0
The sailor and the nun 2 0
The woman in the dressing gown 2 0
The witches of Salem 2 1
The mousetrap 2 0
The twelve jurors 2 1
A man overcomes fear 2 0
Esther Costello 2 1
Precious burden 2 0
That night! 2 0
True as a Turtle 2 0

Award winners and nominations

Best movie

Die Brücke am Kwai (The Bridge on the River Kwai) - Director: David Lean

Apu's Way to Life: On the Road (Pather Pā̃calī) - Director: Satyajit Ray
A condemned man has escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé) - Director: Robert Bresson
The bachelor party (The Bachelor Party) - Director: Delbert Mann
Precious Burden (The Shiralee) - Director: Leslie Norman
A man defeats fear (Edge of the City) - Director: Martin Ritt
The man who has to die (Celui qui doit mourir) - Director: Jules Dassin
The Man in Fire (Windom's Way) - Director: Ronald Neame
Die Mausefalle (Porte des Lilas) - Director: René Clair
The Prince and the Showgirl (The Prince and the Showgirl) - Director: Laurence Olivier
The Sailor and the Nun (Heaven Knows, Mr. Alison) - Director: John Huston
Star of the Law (The Tin Star) - Director: Anthony Mann
That night! - Directed by John Newland
Paths of Glory (Paths of Glory) - Director: Stanley Kubrick
Count to three and pray (3:10 to Yuma) - Directed by Delmer Daves
The Twelve Jurors (12 Angry Men) - Director: Sidney Lumet

Best British Film

Die Brücke am Kwai (The Bridge on the River Kwai) - Director: David Lean

Precious Burden (The Shiralee) - Director: Leslie Norman
The Man in Fire (Windom's Way) - Director: Ronald Neame
The Prince and the Showgirl (The Prince and the Showgirl) - Director: Laurence Olivier

United Nations Award

Road of Happiness (The Happy Road / La route joyeuse) - Director: Gene Kelly

Like Paradise - Director: Unknown
Out - directed by Lionel Rogosin

Best Foreign Actor

Henry Fonda - The Twelve Jurors (12 Angry Men)

Richard Basehart - When Men Break (Time Limit)
Pierre Brasseur - The Mousetrap (Porte des Lilas)
Tony Curtis - Your Fate in My Hand (Sweet Smell of Success)
Jean Gabin - Two Men, a Pig and the Night of Paris (La Traverseé de Paris)
Robert Mitchum - The Sailor and the Nun (Heaven Knows, Mr. Alison)
Sidney Poitier - Edge of the City (Edge of the City)
Ed Wynn - The Great Man

Best Foreign Actress

Simone Signoret - The Witches of Salem (Les Sorcières de Salem)

Augusta Dabney - That Night!
Katharine Hepburn - The Rainmaker (The Rainmaker)
Marilyn Monroe - The Prince and the Showgirl (The Prince and the Showgirl)
Lilli Palmer - Anastasia, the last daughter of the Tsar (Pane, amore e fantasia)
Eva Marie Saint - Poisonous Snow (A Hatful of Rain)
Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve (The Three Faces of Eve)

Best British Actor

Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai (The Bridge on the River Kwai)

Peter Finch - The Man in Fire (Windom's Way)
Trevor Howard - Manuela (Stowaway Girl)
Laurence Olivier - The Prince and the Showgirl (The Prince and the Showgirl)
Michael Redgrave - In the Last Hour (Time Without Pity)

Best British Actress

Heather Sears - Esther Costello (The Story of Esther Costello)

Deborah Kerr - Different From The Others (Hobson's Choice)
Sylvia Syms - The woman in a dressing gown (Woman in a Dressing Gown)

Best Young Actor

Eric Barker - Brothers in Law

Mylène Demongeot - The Witches of Salem (Les Sorcières de Salem)
Elvi Hale - True as a Turtle
James MacArthur - The Bare Face (The Young Stranger)
Keith Michell - True as a Turtle

Best British Screenplay

Pierre Boulle - The Bridge on the River Kwai (The Bridge on the River Kwai)

Jill Craigie - The Man in Fire (Windom's Way)
John Eldridge , William Rose - The smallest show on earth (The smallest show on earth)
John Eldrige, William Rose - Experimental machine CB 5 (The Man in the Sky)
Cy Endfield , John Kruse - Duel at the wheel (Hell Drivers)
Charles Kaufmann - Esther Costello (The Story of Esther Costello)
Arthur Laurents - Anastasia
Terence Rattigan - The Prince and the Showgirl (The Prince and the Showgirl)
Jack Whittingham - The Birthday Present
Ted Willis - The woman in a dressing gown (Woman in a Dressing Gown)

Best documentary

Journey Into Spring - Director: Ralph Keene

City of Gold - Directed by Wolf Koenig and Colin Low
Daily, except Christmas (Every Day Except Christmas) - Director: Lindsay Anderson
Holiday - Directed by John Taylor
The USA in the 30's - Director: Unknown

Best animated film

Pan-tele-tron - Director: Digby Turpin

The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (La bergère et le ramoneur) - Director: Paul Grimault
The Magic Fluke - Director: John Hubley

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