1951 Cannes Film Festival
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The 4th Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

was held on 3-20 April 1951
1951 in film
The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...

. The festival was not held in 1950.

Jury

  • André Maurois
    André Maurois
    André Maurois, born Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog was a French author.-Life:Maurois was born in Elbeuf and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen, both in Normandy. Maurois was the son of Ernest Herzog, a Jewish textile manufacturer, and Alice Herzog...

     (France) (president)
  • Georges Bidault
    Georges Bidault
    Georges-Augustin Bidault was a French politician. During World War II, he was active in the French Resistance. After the war, he served as foreign minister and prime minister on several occasions before he joined the Organisation armée secrète.-Early life:...

     (France)
  • Louis Chauvet (France) (journalist)
  • A. De Rouvre (France)
  • Guy Desson (France) (MP official)
  • Jacques Ibert
    Jacques Ibert
    Jacques François Antoine Ibert was a French composer. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in World War I.Ibert pursued a successful composing career,...

     (France)
  • Gaby Morlay
    Gaby Morlay
    Gaby Morlay was a French film actress. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.-Selected filmography:* When Love Is Over * Le Scandale * Nuits de feu...

  • Georges Raguis (France) (union official)
  • Rene-Jeanne (France) (critic)
  • Carlo Rim (France)
  • Louis Touchages (France)
  • Paul Vialar (France)
  • Alexandre Kamenka (France) (substitute member)
  • Paul Verneyras (France) (MP official) (substitute member)
  • Paul Weill (France) (lawyer) (substitute member)
  • Marcel De Hubsch (short films)
  • Marcel Ichac
    Marcel Ichac
    Marcel Ichac was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema with Ondes Martenot for Karakoram and released the first French movie in CinemaScope, Nouveaux Horizons .- Filmography...

     (France) (short films)
  • Fred Orain (France) (short films)
  • Jean Thevenot (France) (journalist) (short films)

Feature film competition

  • All About Eve
    All About Eve
    All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve", by Mary Orr.The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star...

    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of All About Eve , which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six. He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J...

  • La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde
    The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
    The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon is a 1949 Venezuelan-Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Arturo de Córdova* Virginia Luque* América Barrio* Juana Sujo...

    by Carlos Hugo Christensen
    Carlos Hugo Christensen
    Carlos Hugo Christensen was a major Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer....

     and Luis Guillermo Villegas Blanco
  • Balarrasa
    Reckless (1951 film)
    Reckless is a 1951 Spanish drama film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Manolo Morán - Desiderio* Jesús Tordesillas - Carlos* Dina Sten - Lina* Luis Prendes - Fernando...

    by José Antonio Nieves Conde
  • Bright Victory
    Bright Victory
    Bright Victory is a 1951 film, adapted by Robert Buckner from Baynard Kendrick's novel Lights Out. It was directed by Mark Robson, and it stars Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julia Adams, James Edwards, Will Geer, Nana Bryant, Jim Backus, and Rock Hudson....

    by Mark Robson
    Mark Robson
    Mark Robson was a Canadian-born film editor, film director and producer in Hollywood.-Career:Born in Montreal, Quebec, he moved to the United States at a young age. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles then found work in the prop department at 20th Century Fox studios...

  • The Browning Version
    The Browning Version (1951 film)
    The Browning Version is a 1951 British film based on the 1948 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and starred Michael Redgrave.-Plot:...

    by Anthony Asquith
    Anthony Asquith
    Anthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations...

  • Caiçara
    Caiçara (film)
    Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film directed by and starring Adolfo Celi. It was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Eliane Lage - Marina* Carlos Vergueiro - Manuel* Mário Sérgio - Alberto...

    by Adolfo Celi
    Adolfo Celi
    Adolfo Celi was an Italian film actor and director.-Life and career:Born in Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 movies, specializing in international villains. His most famous role was as Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball...

  • Il Cristo proibito
    The Forbidden Christ
    The Forbidden Christ is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Curzio Malaparte.-Cast:* Raf Vallone - Bruno Baldi* Rina Morelli - Mother Baldi* Alain Cuny - Antonio* Anna-Maria Ferrero - Maria* Elena Varzi - Nella* Gino Cervi - The Sexton...

    by Curzio Malaparte
    Curzio Malaparte
    Curzio Malaparte , born Kurt Erich Suckert, was an Italian journalist, dramatist, short-story writer, novelist and diplomat...

  • La Danza del fuego
    Dance of Fire (film)
    Dance of Fire is a 1949 Argentine comedy film directed by Daniel Tinayre. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Amelia Bence* Francisco de Paula* Enrique Diosdado* Alberto Closas* Floren Delbene* Otto Sirgo* Blanca Tapia...

    by Daniel Tinayre
    Daniel Tinayre
    Daniel Tinayre was a French born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer....

  • Doña Diabla
    The Devil Is a Woman (1950 film)
    The Devil Is a Woman is a 1950 Mexican drama film directed by Tito Davison. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* María Félix - Angela* Víctor Junco - Adrian Villanueva* Crox Alvarado - Esteban* José María Linares-Rivas - Lic...

    by Tito Davison
    Tito Davison
    Tito Davison was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1937 and 1982.-Selected filmography:* Sombras de gloria * Murió el sargento Laprida...

  • Édouard et Caroline
    Edward and Caroline
    Edward and Caroline is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jacques Becker, starring Daniel Gélin and Anne Vernon. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Daniel Gélin as Edouard Mortier* Anne Vernon as Caroline Mortier...

    by Jacques Becker
    Jacques Becker
    Jacques Becker was a French screenwriter and film director.Becker was born in Paris, in an upper class background. During the 1930s he worked as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during his peak period, which produced such cinematic masterpieces as Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game...

  • Der Fallende Stern
    The Falling Star
    The Falling Star is a 1950 German drama film directed by Harald Braun. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Werner Krauss - Lenura / Lenoir* Dieter Borsche - Lucius / Luciano* Gisela Uhlen - Lore Hollreiser...

    by Harald Braun
    Harald Braun
    Harald Braun was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 21 films between 1942 and 1960.-Selected filmography:* The Falling Star * No Greater Love...

  • La honradez de la cerradura
    The Honesty of the Look
    The Honesty of the Lock is a 1950 Spanish drama film directed by Luis Escobar. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Esperanza Barrera* Dolores Bremón* Paquita Bresoli* Modesto Cid* Margarita de Córdoba - dancer...

    by Luis Escobar
    Luis Escobar
    Don Luis Escobar y Kirkpatrick, 7th Marquis of the Guadalquivir Marshes , was a Spanish actor, theatre director and playwright....

  • Identité judiciaire
    Paris Vice Squad
    Paris Vice Squad is a 1951 French thriller film directed by Hervé Bromberger. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Odette Barencey - La concierge * Luc Barney - Mauduit* Robert Berri - Inspecteur Paulan [Insp...

    by Hervé Bromberger
    Hervé Bromberger
    Hervé Bromberger was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1951 and 1982.-Selected filmography:* Paris Vice Squad * Three Fables of Love...

  • Los Isleros
    Los Isleros
    Los Isleros is a 1951 Argentine film directed by Lucas Demare. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Tita Merello* Arturo García Buhr* Roberto Fugazot* Enrique Fava* Graciela Lecube* Alita Román* Cayetano Biondo...

    by Lucas Demare
    Lucas Demare
    Lucas Demare was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer prominent in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s....

  • Juliette ou La clef des songes
    Juliette, or Key of Dreams
    Juliette, or Key of Dreams is a 1951 French drama film directed by Marcel Carné. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on a play by Georges Neveux.-Cast:* Gérard Philipe – Michel Grandier* Suzanne Cloutier – Juliette...

    by Marcel Carné
    Marcel Carné
    -Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...

  • Kavalier zolotoy zvezdy
    Dream of a Cossack
    Dream of a Cossack is a 1951 Soviet drama film directed by Yuli Raizman. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:Sergei Tutarinov a veteran of the Great Patriotic war returns to his native village to take an active part in its restoration. His initiatives are strongly supported by...

    by Yuli Raizman
    Yuli Raizman
    Yuli Yakovlevich Raizman was a Soviet Russian film director and screenwriter. His film Private Life was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-Selected filmography:* The Earth Thirsts...

  • Különös házasság
    Különös házasság
    Különös házasság is a 1951 Hungarian drama film directed by Márton Keleti. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Gyula Benkö - Párdányi Buttler János gróf* Miklós Gábor - Bernáth Zsiga* Lajos Rajczy - Dõry István báró...

    by Márton Keleti
    Márton Keleti
    Márton Keleti was a Hungarian film director. He directed 50 films between 1937 and 1973.-Selected filmography:* Franz Liszt. Dreams of love * Two Confessions * Kiskrajcár...

  • Marihuana
    The Marihuana Story
    The Marihuana Story is a 1950 Argentine film directed by León Klimovsky. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Pedro López Lagar – Dr. Pablo Urioste* Fanny Navarro – Marga Quiroga* Golde Flami – Aída* Nathán Pinzón – Sopita...

    by León Klimovsky
    León Klimovsky
    León Klimovsky was an Argentine film director.A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural movement known as cineclub and financed the first movie theater to show art movies...

  • Miracolo a Milano
    Miracle in Milan
    Miracle in Milan is a 1951 Italian film directed by Vittorio de Sica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini, based on his novel Totò il Buono. The picture stars Francesco Golisano, Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, and Guglielmo Barnabò.The film, told as a neo-realist...

    by Vittorio De Sica
    Vittorio de Sica
    Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....

  • Spiegel van Holland
    Mirror of Holland
    Mirror of Holland is a 1950 short Dutch documentary film directed by Bert Haanstra. It won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival....

    by Bert Haanstra
    Bert Haanstra
    Bert Haanstra was a Dutch film and documentary director.Haanstra was born in the town of Holten and became a professional filmmaker in 1947. He won international acclaim with his short documentary Spiegel van Holland / Mirror of Holland, for which he received the Grand Prix du court métrage at the...

  • Fröken Julie
    Miss Julie (1951 film)
    Miss Julie is a 1951 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring Anita Björk and Ulf Palme, based on the play of the same name by August Strindberg. The film deals with class, sex and power as the title character, the daughter of a Count in 19th century Sweden, begins a relationship...

    by Alf Sjöberg
  • Musorgskiy
    Mussorgsky (film)
    Mussorgsky is a 1950 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Roshal, about the emergence of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Aleksandr Borisov - Modest Mussorgsky...

    by Grigori Roshal
    Grigori Roshal
    Grigori Roshal was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 26 films between 1926 and 1968.-External links:...

  • Napoli milionaria
    Side Street Story
    Side Street Story is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Eduardo De Filippo. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Eduardo De Filippo - Gennaro Iovine* Leda Gloria - Amalia, la moglie di Gennaro...

    by Eduardo De Filippo
    Eduardo De Filippo
    Eduardo De Filippo was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli Milionaria.-Biography:...

  • Los Olvidados
    Los olvidados
    Los Olvidados is a 1950 Mexican film directed by Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel....

    by Luis Buñuel
    Luis Buñuel
    Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...

  • Osvobozhdyonnyy kitay
    The New China
    The New China is a 1950 Soviet documentary film directed by Sergei Gerasimov. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival....

    by Sergei Gerasimov
  • Past
    The Trap (1950 film)
    The Trap is a 1950 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Vlasta Chramostová - Ruzena* Jindra Hermanová - Woman Asking for Permission* Miroslav Holub - Dönnert* Vera Kalendová - Kraftová...

    by Martin Frič
    Martin Fric
    Martin Frič was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He had over 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films.-Filmography:* Páter Vojtěch...

  • Il Cammino della speranza
    Path of Hope
    Path of Hope is a 1950 Italian language drama film directed by Pietro Germi that belongs to the Italian neorealism film movement. It is based on Nino Di Maria's novel Cuori negli abissi...

    by Pietro Germi
    Pietro Germi
    Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di...

  • A Place in the Sun by George Stevens
    George Stevens
    George Stevens was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.Among his most notable films were Diary of Anne Frank , nominated for Best Director, Giant , winner of Oscar for Best Director, Shane , Oscar nominated, and A Place in the Sun , winner of Oscar for Best...

  • Robinson warszawski
    Unvanquished City
    Unvanquished City is a 1950 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Zarzycki. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Jan Kurnakowicz - Piotr Rafalski* Zofia Mrozowska - Krystyna* Igor Śmiałowski - Andrzej* Jerzy Rakowiecki - Jan...

    by Jerzy Zarzycki
    Jerzy Zarzycki
    Jerzy Zarzycki was a Polish film director. He directed 24 films between 1931 and 1970. He co-directed the 1933 film The Sea, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1933 for Best Short Subject ....

  • Rumbo
    Rumbo (film)
    Rumbo is a 1949 Spanish drama film directed by Ramón Torrado. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Fernando Granada - Rumbo* Paquita Rico - Dulcenombre* Fernando Fernández de Córdoba - Gabriel Hurtado Mendoza Rumbo is a 1949 Spanish drama film directed by Ramón Torrado. It was...

    by Ramón Torrado
    Ramón Torrado
    Ramón Torrado was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978.-External links:...

  • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
    The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
    The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring the silent film comic icon Harold Lloyd, and featuring Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Arline Judge, Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn and Lionel Stander...

    by Preston Sturges
    Preston Sturges
    Preston Sturges , originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois...

  • The Tales of Hoffmann
    The Tales of Hoffmann (film)
    The Tales of Hoffmann is a 1951 British film adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann, written, produced and directed by the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger working under the umbrella of their production company, The Archers...

    by Michael Powell
    Michael Powell (director)
    Michael Latham Powell was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger...

     and Emeric Pressburger
    Emeric Pressburger
    Emeric Pressburger was a Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a multiple-award-winning partnership known as The Archers and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel , The...

  • Teleftaia apostoli
    The Last Mission
    The Last Mission is a 1950 Greek drama film directed by Nikos Tsiforos. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Smaroula Giouli - Maria Mareli* Miranda Myrat - Anna Mareli* Vasilis Diamantopoulos - Miltiadis Marelis...

    by Nikos Tsiforos
    Nikos Tsiforos
    Nikos Tsiforos was a Greek screenwriter and film director. He wrote 64 films between 1948 and 1970. He also directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961.-Biography:...

  • Die Tödlichen Träume
    Die Tödlichen Träume
    Die Tödlichen Träume is a 1951 German drama film directed by Paul Martin. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Rudolf Forster - Opitz / E.T.A...

    by Paul Martin
    Paul Martin (director)
    Paul Martin was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1932 and 1967.-Selected filmography:* Glückskinder * Die Tödlichen Träume * Die Privatsekretärin...

  • Die Vier im Jeep
    Four in a Jeep
    Four in a Jeep is a 1951 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg.-Cast:* Ralph Meeker - Sergeant William Long* Viveca Lindfors - Franziska Idinger* Yossi Yadin - Sergeant Vassilij Voroshenko...

    by Leopold Lindtberg
    Leopold Lindtberg
    Leopold Lindtberg was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director...

  • La Virgen gitana
    La Virgen gitana
    La Virgen gitana is a 1951 Spanish comedy film directed by Ramón Torrado. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Paquita Rico - Carmelilla* Alfredo Mayo - Eduardo Miranda* Lina Yegros - Cristina Álvarez de Miranda* Lola Ramos - Reyes...

    by Ramón Torrado
    Ramón Torrado
    Ramón Torrado was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1942 and 1978.-External links:...


Awards

  • Grand Prize of the Festival
    Palme d'Or
    The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...

    :
    • Miss Julie
      Miss Julie (1951 film)
      Miss Julie is a 1951 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring Anita Björk and Ulf Palme, based on the play of the same name by August Strindberg. The film deals with class, sex and power as the title character, the daughter of a Count in 19th century Sweden, begins a relationship...

      by Alf Sjöberg
    • Miracle in Milan
      Miracle in Milan
      Miracle in Milan is a 1951 Italian film directed by Vittorio de Sica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini, based on his novel Totò il Buono. The picture stars Francesco Golisano, Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, and Guglielmo Barnabò.The film, told as a neo-realist...

      by Vittorio De Sica
      Vittorio de Sica
      Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....

  • Jury Special Prize
    Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)
    The Jury Prize is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It is considered the third most prestigious prize at the film festival, after the Palme d'Or and the Grand Prix....

    : All About Eve
    All About Eve
    All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve", by Mary Orr.The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star...

    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of All About Eve , which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six. He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J...

  • Best Actor
    Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
    The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.- Award Winners :-External links:* * ....

    : Michael Redgrave
    Michael Redgrave
    Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, CBE was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author.-Youth and education:...

     for The Browning Version
    The Browning Version (1951 film)
    The Browning Version is a 1951 British film based on the 1948 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and starred Michael Redgrave.-Plot:...

  • Best Actress
    Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
    The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * ....

    : Bette Davis
    Bette Davis
    Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional...

     for All About Eve
    All About Eve
    All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve", by Mary Orr.The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star...

  • Best Director
    Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
    The Best Director Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946....

    : Luis Buñuel
    Luis Buñuel
    Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...

     for Los Olvidados
    Los olvidados
    Los Olvidados is a 1950 Mexican film directed by Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel....

  • Best Screenplay
    Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)
    The Best Screenplay Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival...

    : Terence Rattigan
    Terence Rattigan
    Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan CBE was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background...

     for The Browning Version
    The Browning Version (1951 film)
    The Browning Version is a 1951 British film based on the 1948 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and starred Michael Redgrave.-Plot:...

  • Best Cinematography: José María Beltrán
    José María Beltrán
    José María Beltrán was a prolific Argentine cinematographer. He was involved in the cinematography of almost 80 films between 1925 and his retirement 1958....

     for La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde
  • Best Music: Joseph Kosma
    Joseph Kosma
    Joseph Kosma was a Hungarian-French composer, of Jewish background.-Biography:Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Akos. A maternal relative was the photographer László Moholy-Nagy, and another relative was the conductor Georg...

     for Juliette ou La clef des songes
  • Best Short Film: Mirror of Holland
    Mirror of Holland
    Mirror of Holland is a 1950 short Dutch documentary film directed by Bert Haanstra. It won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival....

    by Bert Haanstra
    Bert Haanstra
    Bert Haanstra was a Dutch film and documentary director.Haanstra was born in the town of Holten and became a professional filmmaker in 1947. He won international acclaim with his short documentary Spiegel van Holland / Mirror of Holland, for which he received the Grand Prix du court métrage at the...


External links

  • 1951 Cannes Film Festival
  • Cannes Film Festival:1951 at Internet Movie Database
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