Cannes International Film Festival 1962

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The 15th Cannes International Film Festival in 1962 took place from May 7th to May 23rd, 1962.

competition

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
When the trees were big Lev Kulijanov Soviet Union
Les Amants de Teruel Raymond Rouleau France Ludmilla Cherina
Âmes et rythmes Abdelaziz Ramdani Morocco
Ba'al Hahalomot Alina Gross , Yoram Gross Israel
Bitter honey Tony Richardson Great Britain Dora Bryan , Rita Tushingham , Murray Melvin
The bread of the early years Herbert Vesely Germany Christian Doermer , Vera Chekhova
Cleo - Wednesday between 5 and 7 Agnes Varda France , Italy Corinne Marchand
Devi Satyajit Ray India Sharmila Tagore , Soumitra Chatterjee , Chhabi Biswas
One long day's journey into the night Sidney Lumet United States Katharine Hepburn , Ralph Richardson , Jason Robards
Elektra Michael Cacoyannis Greece , USA Irene Papas
Les enfants du soleil Jacques Séverac Morocco , France
Fifty Steps to Justice * Anselmo Duarte Brazil Leonardo Villar
Al Gharib al saghir Georges Nasser Lebanon
Harry and the butler Bent Christensen Denmark
In the Steps of Buddha Pragnasoma Hettiarachi Sri Lanka
Julia, you are magical Alfred Weidenmann Austria , France Lilli Palmer , Charles Boyer
Konga Yo Yves Allégret France , Congo
Kyupora no aru machi Kiriro Urayama Japan
Liberté I Yves Ciampi France , Senegal
Love 1962 Michelangelo Antonioni Italy , France Alain Delon , Monica Vitti , Francisco Rabal
The 1st century man Oldrich Lipský Czechoslovakia
My brother, a scoundrel John Frankenheimer United States Eva Marie Saint , Warren Beatty , Karl Malden
Mondo Cane Paolo Cavara , Gualtiero Jacopetti Italy documentary
The couple Aleksandar Petrovic Yugoslavia
Plácido Luis García Berlanga Spain
Pleneno yato Ducho Mundrov Bulgaria
The Trial of Joan of Arc Robert Bresson France Florence Delay
Sa furat o bomba Ion Popescu-Gopo Romania
Divorce in Italian [sic!] Pietro Germi Italy Marcello Mastroianni , Daniela Rocca , Stefania Sandrelli
Castle of Terror Jack Clayton Great Britain Deborah Kerr , Michael Redgrave
Setenta veces siete Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Argentina Isabel Sarli , Francisco Rabal
Storm over Washington Otto Preminger United States Henry Fonda , Charles Laughton , Don Murray
The strangling angel Luis Buñuel Mexico Silvia Pinal
Yang Kwei Fei Han Hsiang Li Hong Kong , Taiwan
A ringmaster doesn't give up Stanislaw Jedryka Poland

* = Golden palm

International jury

The jury president this year was the writer Tetsuro Furukaki . He headed the following jury: Ernst Krüger , François Truffaut , Henri Deutschmeister , Jean Dutourd , Jerzy Kawalerowicz , Mario Soldati , Mel Ferrer , Romain Gary , Sophie Desmarets and Juli Jakowlewitsch Raisman .

Award winners

  • Golden Palm : Fifty Steps to Justice
  • Special Jury Prize: Love 1962 and The Trial of Joan of Arc
  • Best Actor: Dean Stockwell , Ralph Richardson, and Jason Robards in Long Day's Journey into Night, and Murray Melvin in Bitter Honey
  • Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn in Long Day's Journey into Night and Rita Tushingham in Bitter Honey
  • Technical Grand Prix: Elektra
  • Best Comedy: Divorce in Italian [sic!]
  • Best adaptation of a literary model: Elektra

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