Cannes International Film Festival 1955

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The 8th Cannes International Film Festival in 1955 took place from April 26 to May 10, 1955.

competition

The following films were shown in the competition this year:

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
Biraj Bahu Bimal Roy India
Boot Polish Prakash Arora India
Carmen Jones Otto Preminger United States Dorothy Dandridge , Harry Belafonte
Det burner i natt! Arne Skouen Norway
Le dossier noir André Cayatte France , Italy Lea Padovani , Jean-Pierre Grenier , Bernard Blier
The end of an affair Edward Dmytryk United States Deborah Kerr , Van Johnson , John Mills
Un extraño en la escalera Tulio Demicheli Mexico , Cuba
The heroes of the Shipka Pass Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Wassiljew Soviet Union , Bulgaria
The gold of Naples Vittorio De Sica Italy Silvana Mangano , Sophia Loren , Eduardo De Filippo
A big family Iossif Cheific Soviet Union Pavel Kadochnikov
The secret of the Marcellino Ladislao Vajda Spain , Italy
Hayat ou tolls Kamal El Sheikh Egypt
Height 24 does not answer Thorold Dickinson Israel
The dog heads Martin Frič Czechoslovakia
Jedda Charles Chauvel Australia
Beyond Eden Elia Kazan United States James Dean , Julie Harris , Raymond Massey
Liliomfi Károly Makk Hungary
Ludwig II: splendor and end of a king Helmut Käutner Germany OW Fischer , Ruth Leuwerik , Marianne Koch
A country girl George Seaton United States Bing Crosby , Grace Kelly , William Holden
Marty * Delbert man United States Ernest Borgnine
The mosquito Walter Reisch Germany Hilde Krahl , Margot Hielscher , Gustav Knuth
Onna no koyomi Seiji Hisamatsu Japan
Raíces Benito Alazraki Mexico
Rififi Jules Dassin France Jean Servais , Carl Möhner
The last dance of Romeo and Juliet Leo Arnstam Soviet Union Galina Ulanova
Samba Fantastico Jean Manzon , René Persin Brazil documentary
The Taira samurai clan Kenji Mizoguchi Japan
Il Segno di Venere Dino Risi Italy Sophia Loren , Franca Valeri , Vittorio De Sica
City in fear John Sturges United States Spencer Tracy , Robert Ryan
Stella Michael Cacoyannis Greece Melina Mercouri
The lost continent Enrico Gras , Giorgio Moser Italy documentary
Life is full of miracles Carol Reed Great Britain Celia Johnson , Diana Dors

* = Golden palm

International jury

The jury president of this year's festival was the French writer and director Marcel Pagnol . He headed the following jury: Anatole Litvak (director), Isa Miranda (actress), Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (film producer), Jean Nery (film critic), Juan Antonio Bardem (director), Leonard Mosley (journalist), Leopold Lindtberg (director) , Marcel Achard (writer) and Sergei Jutkewitsch (director)

Award winners

In 1955 the Golden Palm was awarded for the first time :

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