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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

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    • 194919471946

    Grand Prize of the Festival

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      Winner

      The Third Man

      8.1 (191K)
      Carol Reed
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      Act of Violence

      7.4 (6.4K)
      Fred Zinnemann
    • [object Object]

      Almafuerte

      7.2 (41)
      Luis César Amadori
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      An Act of Murder

      6.9 (958)
      Michael Gordon
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      Au grand balcon

      6.3 (89)
      Henri Decoin
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      The Original Sin

      6.9 (103)
      Helmut Käutner
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      Der Ruf

      7.2 (79)
      Josef von Báky
    • [object Object]

      Die Buntkarierten

      6.7 (79)
      Kurt Maetzig

    • Eine große Liebe

      Hans Bertram
    • [object Object]

      Främmande hamn

      5.7 (107)
      Hampe Faustman
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      El bait el kabir

      Ibrahim Lama
    • [object Object]

      Eroica

      7.0 (85)
      Walter Kolm-Veltée
    • [object Object]

      Retour à la vie

      7.0 (288)
      André Cayatte
      Henri-Georges Clouzot
      Jean Dréville
      Georges Lampin
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      House of Strangers

      7.3 (4.5K)
      Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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      Images d'Ethiopie

      Jean Pichonnier
    • [object Object]

      The Walls of Malapaga

      6.8 (1.1K)
      René Clément
    • [object Object]

      Lost Boundaries

      7.0 (609)
      Alfred L. Werker
    • [object Object]

      Mughamarat Antar wa Abla

      6.2 (38)
      Salah Abouseif
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      Na svoji zemlji

      7.0 (197)
      France Stiglic
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      The Hidden Room

      7.3 (3.2K)
      Edward Dmytryk
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      Occupe-toi d'Amélie..!

      6.7 (257)
      Claude Autant-Lara
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      Pueblerina

      7.6 (313)
      Emilio Fernández
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      Rendezvous in July

      7.0 (485)
      Jacques Becker
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      Bitter Rice

      7.6 (5.3K)
      Giuseppe De Santis
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      The Queen of Spades

      7.1 (2.6K)
      Thorold Dickinson
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      The Passionate Friends

      7.2 (3.4K)
      David Lean
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      The Set-Up

      7.8 (11K)
      Robert Wise
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      Without Honor

      6.1 (477)
      Irving Pichel

    Feature Film

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      Sertão

      João G. Martin

    Best Actor

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      Winner

      House of Strangers

      7.3 (4.5K)
      Edward G. Robinson

    Best Actress

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      Winner

      The Walls of Malapaga

      6.8 (1.1K)
      Isa Miranda

    Best Director

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      Winner

      The Walls of Malapaga

      6.8 (1.1K)
      René Clément

    Best Screenplay

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      Winner

      Lost Boundaries

      7.0 (609)
      Eugene Ling
      Virginia Shaler

    Best Cinematography

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      Winner

      The Set-Up

      7.8 (11K)
      Milton R. Krasner

    Award

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    Best Subject - Short Film (Prix pour le sujet - court métrage)

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      Winner

      Palle Alone in the World

      7.3 (126)
      Astrid Henning-Jensen
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      Winner

      Seal Island

      7.2 (207)
      James Algar
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      Winner

      Pacific 231

      6.8 (403)
      Jean Mitry

    FIPRESCI Prize

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      Winner

      The Set-Up

      7.8 (11K)
      Robert Wise

    Also known as

    • Festival de Cannes
    • Festival International du Film de Cannes

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    Event date

    September 2, 1949 - September 17, 1949

    Event location

    Cannes, France

    Event links

    • http://www.festival-cannes.fr/
    • http://www.semainedelacritique.com/
    • http://www.lacid.org/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/
    • http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/
    • http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-culture2/dossiers/2004/cannes/prix.php
    • http://www.prixdelajeunesse.com/
    • http://www.nfb.ca/cannes
    • http://www.ampav.com/
    • http://www.shortfilmcorner.com/
    • https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en

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