British Academy Film Awards 1958
The 11th British Academy Film Awards honored the best films of 1957 .
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
- 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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