The 21st Cannes International Film Festival in 1968 was to take place from May 10th to May 24th, 1968. On May 18, the jury members Louis Malle and Roman Polański, together with François Truffaut , Claude Berri , Jean-Gabriel Albicocco , Claude Lelouch and Jean-Luc Godard , declared their solidarity with the students of the Paris May riots and called for the festival to be abandoned. On May 19, 1968, the festival was actually canceled and no prizes were awarded for the films entered into the competition.
competition
The following films were in competition at the festival at that time:
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Movie title
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Director
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Country of production
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Actor (selection)
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24 hours from a woman's life
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Dominique Delouche
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France , Germany
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Danielle Darrieux
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Anna Karenina
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Alexander Sarchi
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Soviet Union
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The bandits of Milan
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Carlo Lizzani
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Italy
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Gian Maria Volontè
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Bandit visit
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Marcello Fondato
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Italy
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Sylva Koscina , Jean Sorel
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Blue Gauloises
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Michel Cournot
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France
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Annie Girardot
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Doctor glass
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May butterfly
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Denmark
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Per Oscarsson
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The successful dud
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Albert Finney
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Great Britain
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Albert Finney , Colin Blakely , Liza Minnelli
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Feldobott kö
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Sándor Sára
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Hungary
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The fire brigade ball
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Miloš Forman
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Czechoslovakia
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I love you I love you
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Alain Resnais
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France
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Claude Rich
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Joanna
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Michael Sarne
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Great Britain
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A moody summer
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Jiří Menzel
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Czechoslovakia
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The life of Matthew
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Witold Leszczyński
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Poland
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Franciszek Pieczka , Anna Milewska , Małgorzata Braunek
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Mali vojnici
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Bato Cengic
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Yugoslavia
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Naked under leather
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Jack Cardiff
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Great Britain , France
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Alain Delon , Marianne Faithfull
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Petulia
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Richard Lester
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Great Britain
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Julie Christie , George C. Scott , Richard Chamberlain
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Peppermint Frappe
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Carlos Saura
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Spain
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Geraldine Chaplin
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The castle
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Rudolf Noelte
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Germany
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Maximilian Schell , Cordula Trantow
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Shimmering winds
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Miklós Jancsó
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Hungary
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Stars on the hats
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Miklós Jancsó
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Hungary
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The devil's bliss
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Salvatore Samperi
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Italy
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Lou Castel
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Tevje and his seven daughters
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Menachem Golan
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Israel
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Shmuel Rodensky
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Deadly day
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Peter Collinson
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Great Britain
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David Hemmings
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Killing was her job
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Valerio Zurlini
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Italy
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Woody Strode , Jean Servais
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Trilogy
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Frank Perry
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United States
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Martin Balsam , Geraldine Page , Maureen Stapleton
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... under the Holderbusch
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Clive Donner
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Great Britain
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Barry Evans , Judy Geeson
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About the party and the guests
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Jan Němec
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Czechoslovakia
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Yabu no naka no kuroneko
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Kaneto Shindo
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Japan
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