9th Locarno Film Festival
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| Festival date | Opening: 9 July 1955 Closing: 19 July 1955 |
| Website | Locarno Film Festival |
The 9th Locarno Film Festival was held from 9 July to 19 July 1955 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1][2] Films from 15 nations were exhibited, including some from behind the Iron Curtain.[2]
Some notable films of the festival included Carmen Jones directed by Otto Preminger, Marty directed by Delbert Mann and Summertime (also called Summer Madness) directed by David Lean.[3]
Official Sections
[edit]The following films were screened in these sections:[4]
Pre-Program
[edit]| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Et Artisanat Populaire Chinois | Chinese Art and Popular Craftsmanship | China | |
| Ballata Siciliana | Sicilian Ballad | Italia | |
| Beau Petit Pays | Beautiful Little Country | Switzerland | |
| Blue Plate Symphony | USA | ||
| Captain Outrageous | USA | ||
| Concerto Ginnico | Gymnastic Concert | Italia | |
| Dobry Vojak Svejk | Good Soldier Svojk | Jiri Trnka | Czech Republic |
| Due Giorni In Italia | Two Days in Italy | Fausto Saraceni | Italia |
| El Toro | The Bull | USA | |
| Fabulous Las Vegas | USA | ||
| First Flying Fish | USA | ||
| Ghost Town | USA | ||
| L'Empereur Des Singes | The Emperor of Monkeys | Czech Republic, China | |
| La Carpe Tcheque | The Carp CARP | Czech Republic | |
| La Rinascita Di Una Valle | The Rebirth of a Valley | Guido Saraceni | Switzerland |
| Les Eloquents | Eloquent | France | |
| Magoo'S Masterpiece | USA | ||
| Man Of The Flying Trapeze | USA | ||
| Movie Stunt Pilot | USA | ||
| Nos Champions De Natation | Our Swimming Champions | Hungary | |
| Primavera Di Roma | Spring of Rome | Italia | |
| Safety Spin | USA | ||
| Svejkova Nehody Ve Vlaku | Svejk's Accidents on the Train | Jiri Trnka | Czech Republic |
| Taormina Perla Del Mediterraneo | Taormina Pearl of the Mediterranean | Italia | |
| The Magic Touch | India | ||
| The Tell-Tall Heart | USA | ||
| When Magoo Flew | USA | ||
| Yokohama Yankee | USA | ||
| Z Hatvanu Do Halice | With Hatvano to Halica | Jiri Trnka | Czech Republic |
Principal Program
[edit]Programme Principal
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springtime in Budapest | Budapesti Tavasz | Félix Mariassy | 1955 | Hungary |
| Carmen Jones | Otto Preminger | 1954 | USA | |
| Casta Diva | Carmine Gallone | 1955 | Italia | |
| The Emperor's Nightingale | Cisaruv Slavik | Jiri Trnka | 1948 | Czech Republic |
| Condemned | Condenados | Manuel Mur Oti | 1953 | Spain |
| The Miss of Scuderi | Das Fräulein Von Scudery | G. Eugen York | 1955 | Germany, Sudan |
| The Last Ten Days | Der Letzte Akt | G.W. Pabst | 1955 | Austria |
| Female On The Beach | Joseph Pevney | 1955 | USA | |
| Heideschulmeister Uwe Karsten | Hans Deppe | 1954 | Germany | |
| Lord of Life and Death | Herr Über Leben Und Tod | Victor Vicas | 1954 | Germany |
| I Know What I'm Living For | Ich Weiss Wofür Ich Liebe | Paul Verhoeven | 1955 | Germany |
| Testing Fidelity | Ispitanie Vernosti | Ivan Pyriev | 1954 | Russia |
| Italia K2 | Mario Fantin | 1955 | Italia | |
| The Letter with Feathers | Ji mao Xin | Shi Hui | 1954 | China |
| The Golden Demon | Konjiki Yasha | Koji Shima | 1953 | Japan |
| Golden Vein | La Vena D'Oro | Alessandro Bolognini | 1955 | Italia |
| The Mask of Tutankhamun / the Treasure of the Pharaohs | Le Masque De Tout Ankh Amon / Le Tresor Des Pharaons | Marco de Gastyne | 1955 | France |
| The Young Ladies of 04 | Le Signorine Dello 04 | Gianni Franciolini | 1955 | Italia |
| Men in White | Les Hommes En Blanc | Ralph Habib | 1955 | France |
| Man Without A Star | King Vidor | 1955 | USA | |
| Marianne of My Youth | Marianne De Ma Jeunesse | 1955 | France | |
| Marty | Delbert Mann | 1955 | USA | |
| There is No Greater Love | Non C'È Amore Più Grande | Giorgio Bianchi | 1955 | Italia |
| Married Woman | Parineeta | Bimal Roy | 1953 | India |
| Phffft | Mark Robson | 1954 | USA | |
| Paul the Puppeteer | Pole Poppenspäler | Arthur Pole | 1954 | Germany |
| Pulang | Basuki Effendy | Indonesia | ||
| Raid on the Dope | Razzia Sur La Chnouf | Henri Decoin | 1955 | France |
| Rebound | Arthur Lubin | Great Britain | ||
| Native Land | Rodna Zeme | Josef Mach | 1954 | Czech Republic |
| Elementary School | Scuola Elementare | Alberto Lattuada | 1954 | Italia, France |
| Summer Madness | David Lean | Great Britain | ||
| The Colditz Story | Guy Hamilton | 1955 | Great Britain | |
| The Long Gray Line | John Ford | 1955 | USA | |
| The Magic Garden | Donald Swanson | 1952 | South Africa | |
| The Racers | Henry Hathaway | 1955 | USA | |
Special Sections
[edit]| Ethnographic Film Review | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Ballet Kandyan | Ballet Kandyaan | Robert Morillère | 1953 | France |
| Bororo (Les Nomades Du Soleil | Bororo (the Nomads of the Sun | Henry Brandt | 1954 | Switzerland |
| Carnaval De Binche | Binche Carnival | Gérard De Boe | 1953 | Belgium |
| Cimetière Dans La Falaise | Cemetery in the Cliff | Jean Rouch | 1952 | France |
| Death Day | Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein | 1933 | USA | |
| Fête Chez Les Hamba | Hamba Party | Luc de Heusch | 1955 | Belgium |
| Goemons | Yannick Bellon | 1947 | France | |
| La Course De Taureaux | Bull Race | Pierre Braunberger | 1951 | France |
| Las Hurdes | THE HURDES | Luis Buñuel | 1932 | Spain |
| Les Maîtres Fous | The Crazy Masters | Jean Rouch | 1955 | France |
| Ruanda | Rwanda | Luc de Heusch | 1955 | Belgium |
| The Muruts Of North Borneo | Iva Polunin | 1954 | Great Britain | |
| Visioni Della Sardegna | Vision of Sardinia | Centro Etnografico Sardo | Italia | |
| Private Visions | ||||
| Cesta Do Praveku | Journey to Prehistoric Times | Karel Zeman | 1955 | Czech Republic |
| Continente Perduto | Lost Continent | Leonardo Bonzi, Mario Craveri | 1954 | Italia |
| Der Hauptmann Und Sein Held | The Captain and His Hero | Max Nosseck | 1955 | Germany |
| El Derecho De Nacer | The Right to be Born | Zacharias Gomez Urquiza | 1951 | Mexico |
| La Strada | On the Street | Federico Fellini | 1954 | Italia |
| Liang Shanbo Yu Zhu Yingtai | l Ian GS Contains Boy u Z Tiger Ying Too | Sang Hu, Huaang Sha | 1954 | China |
| Ludwig Ii. Glanz Und Ende Eines Königs | Ludwig II. Shine and End of a King | Helmuth Käutner | 1955 | Germany |
| Ludwig Van Beethoven | Max Jaap | 1954 | Germany | |
| Nicht Mehr Fliehen | No Longer Flee | Herbert Vesely | 1955 | Germany |
| Romeo I Dzhulyetta | Romeo and Juliet | Leo Arnchtam, Leonid Lavrosky | 1955 | Russia |
| Stärcher Als Die Nacht | Stronger than the Night | S. Dudow | 1954 | Germany |
| Tempo D'Amarsi | Time to Love | Elio Ruffo | 1954 | Italia |
Awards
[edit]Jury of the Swiss-Italian Radio
[edit]- Prize of the Swiss-Italian Radio: THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE by Jiri Trnka, CARMEN JONES by Otto Preminger
Ticino critics Jury
[edit]- Best film: STÄRCHER ALS DIE NACHT by Slatan Dudow, THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE by Jiri Trnka
- Best Actor and Actress: Dorothy Dandridge in CARMEN JONES by Otto Preminger, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge in STÄRCHER ALS DIE NACHT by Slatan Dudow
Etnographic cinema experts reunion
[edit]- Excellence mention: BORORO (LES NOMADE DU SOLEIL) by Henry Bradt
References
[edit]- ^ "IX International LOCARNO Film Festival". Kinematograph Weekly. Vol. 455, no. 2486. 17 February 1955. p. 14.
- ^ a b "Miscellany: 4 yank entries for locarno fete". Variety. Vol. 4, no. 199. Los Angeles. 29 June 1955. pp. 2, 54.
- ^ "ROME". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 135, no. 42. Hollywood. 8 August 1955. p. 3.
- ^ "Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival..." Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "1955 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.