Cannes International Film Festival 1949

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The 3rd Cannes International Film Festival 1949 took place from September 2nd to September 17th, 1949.

competition

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
An Act of Murder Michael Gordon United States Fredric March , Edmond O'Brien
Act of violence Fred Zinnemann United States Van Heflin , Robert Ryan , Janet Leigh
Almafuerte Luis César Amadori Argentina Narciso Ibáñez Menta
The apple is gone Helmut Käutner Germany Joana Maria Gorvin , Arno Assmann
Au grand balcon Henri Decoin France Pierre Fresnay
Bitter rice Giuseppe De Santis Italy Vittorio Gassman , Silvana Mangano
Enmity Joseph L. Mankiewicz United States Edward G. Robinson , Susan Hayward
The colored checkers Kurt Maetzig Germany Camilla Spira , Werner Hinz
The third man * Carol Reed Great Britain Joseph Cotten , Alida Valli , Orson Welles
Eroica Walter Kolm-Veltée Austria Ewald Balser , Oskar Werner
Främmande hamn Hampe Faustman Sweden
The great passion David Lean Great Britain Ann Todd , Claude Rains , Trevor Howard
A great love Hans Bertram Germany Gisela Uhlen , Elisabeth Flickenschildt
The walls of Malapaga René Clement France , Italy Jean Gabin , Isa Miranda
Mughamarat Antar wa Abla Salah Abouseif Egypt
Well svoji zemlji France Štiglic Yugoslavia
Oh, Amelia! Claude Autant-Lara France Danielle Darrieux
Queen of Spades Thorold Dickinson Great Britain Adolf Wohlbrück , Edith Evans
Pueblerina Emilio Fernández Mexico
Rendezvous in July Jacques Becker France Daniel Gélin , Brigitte Auber
Clear the ring for Stoker Thompson Robert Wise United States Robert Ryan
Return to life Georges Lampin , André Cayatte , Henri-Georges Clouzot , Jean Dréville ( episode film ) France
The call Josef von Báky Germany Fritz Kortner , Johanna Hofer , Lina Carstens
The madness of Dr. Clive Edward Dmytryk United States Robert Newton
When parents are silent Alfred L. Worker United States Mel Ferrer
Without Honor Irving Pichel United States Agnes Moorehead , Franchot Tone

* = Grand Prix

Award winners

  • Grand Prix : The third man
  • Best director: René Clément for The Walls of Malapaga
  • Best Actress: Isa Miranda in The Walls of Malapaga
  • Best Actor: Edward G. Robinson in Enmity
  • Best script: Alfred L. Werker for When parents are silent
  • Best Cinematography: Milton R. Krasner for The Set-Up
  • Special prize for the musicality of the film: Pueblerina
  • Special award for the production design: Oh, Amelia!

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