Cannes International Film Festival 1972

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The 25th Cannes International Film Festival in 1972 took place from May 4th to May 19th 1972.

competition

The following films were shown in the competition of this year's festival:

Movie title Director Country of production Actor (selection)
The affair Philippe de Broca France , Italy Jeanne Moreau
Ani Ohev Otach Rosa Moshe Mizrahi Israel
The working class goes to paradise * Elio Petri Italy Gian Maria Volonté
The visitor Elia Kazan United States James Woods
Chinmoku Masahiro Shinoda Japan
The Mattei case * Francesco Rosi Italy Gian Maria Volonté
A fan’s note Eric Till Canada Jerry Orbach
Jeremiah Johnson Sydney Pollack United States Robert Redford , Will Geer
Candlelight Serge Korber Italy , France Annie Girardot , Claude Jade , Jean Rochefort
King, queen, jack Jerzy Skolimowski Germany , USA Gina Lollobrigida , David Niven , John Moulder-Brown
The surveyors Michel Soutter Switzerland
Malpertuis Harry Kümel France , Belgium , Germany Orson Welles , Susan Hampshire , Michel Bouquet
Mimi, offended in his honor Lina Wertmüller Italy Giancarlo Giannini
A pearl in the crown Kazimierz Kutz Poland
Red psalm Miklós Jancsó Hungary
The Ruling Class Peter Medak Great Britain Peter O'Toole
Slaughterhouse 5 George Roy Hill United States Michael Sacks , Ron Leibman
Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union
Mirror images Robert Altman UK , USA , Ireland Susannah York
A befitting marriage Juraj heart Czechoslovakia
To find a man Buzz Kulik United States Pamela Sue Martin
Trotta Johannes Schaaf Germany András Bálint , Rosemarie Fendel , Doris Kunstmann
The mischief Peter Fleischmann France , Germany
La vraie nature de Bernadette Gilles Carle Canada
We don't grow old together Maurice Pialat France , Italy Marlène Jobert , Jean Yanne

* = Grand Prix

International jury

This year, last year's winner Joseph Losey was the jury president. There were the following other jury members: Bibi Andersson , Georges Auric , Erskine Caldwell , Mark Donskoi , Miloš Forman , Giorgio Papi , Jean Rochereau , Alain Tanner and Naoki Togawa .

Award winners

  • Grand Prix : The Mattei Case and The Working Class Goes to Paradise
  • Grand Jury Prize: Solaris
  • Best Actor: Jean Yanne in We Don't Get Old Together
  • Best Actress: Susannah York in Mirror Images
  • Best director: Miklós Jancsó for Red Psalm
  • Special Jury Prize: Slaughterhouse 5

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