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VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

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    Golden Lion

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Romeo and Juliet

      6.0 (679)
      Renato Castellani
    • [object Object]

      Don't Touch the Loot

      7.7 (9.3K)
      Jacques Becker
    • [object Object]

      Rear Window

      8.5 (553K)
      Alfred Hitchcock
    • [object Object]

      The Caine Mutiny

      7.7 (32K)
      Edward Dmytryk
    • [object Object]

      Three Coins in the Fountain

      6.2 (4K)
      Jean Negulesco
    • [object Object]

      The River and Death

      6.8 (998)
      Luis Buñuel
    • [object Object]

      Robinson Crusoe

      6.6 (4.8K)
      Luis Buñuel
    • [object Object]

      Camelia

      7.2 (62)
      Roberto Gavaldón
    • [object Object]

      The Rebellion of the Hanged

      7.4 (260)
      Alfredo B. Crevenna
      Emilio Fernández
    • [object Object]

      Martin Luther

      6.8 (732)
      Irving Pichel
    • [object Object]

      Königliche Hoheit

      6.3 (100)
      Harald Braun
    • [object Object]

      El beso de Judas

      6.6 (76)
      Rafael Gil
    • [object Object]

      Sierra maldita

      6.5 (53)
      Antonio del Amo
    • [object Object]

      The Magic City

      7.1 (423)
      Nikos Koundouros
    • [object Object]

      An Inn at Osaka

      7.7 (326)
      Heinosuke Gosho
    • [object Object]

      Guacho

      7.3 (15)
      Lucas Demare
    • [object Object]

      La quintrala

      7.9 (79)
      Hugo del Carril
    • [object Object]

      Sesto continente

      6.3 (14)
      Folco Quilici
    • [object Object]

      O Saci

      7.7 (90)
      Rodolfo Nanni
    • [object Object]

      Pesen za choveka

      7.2 (20)
      Borislav Sharaliev
    • [object Object]

      Som i drömmar

      Carl Gyllenberg

    • Golden Key

      Sasha Alexander
    • [object Object]

      Pünktchen und Anton

      7.1 (261)
      Thomas Engel

    • Unsterblicher Mozart

      Alfred Stöger
      Oscar Fritz Schuh
    • [object Object]

      Simon Menyhért születése

      7.1 (66)
      Zoltán Várkonyi
      Károly Makk
    • [object Object]

      Executive Suite

      7.4 (5K)
      Robert Wise
    • [object Object]

      The Detective

      6.7 (1.8K)
      Robert Hamer
    • [object Object]

      Air of Paris

      6.8 (786)
      Marcel Carné
    • [object Object]

      Woman of Rome

      6.6 (430)
      Luigi Zampa
    • [object Object]

      La Strada

      8.0 (69K)
      Federico Fellini
    • [object Object]

      On the Waterfront

      8.1 (174K)
      Elia Kazan
    • [object Object]

      Sansho the Bailiff

      8.3 (19K)
      Kenji Mizoguchi
    • [object Object]

      Senso

      7.4 (9.5K)
      Luchino Visconti
    • [object Object]

      Seven Samurai

      8.6 (390K)
      Akira Kurosawa

    Silver Lion

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sansho the Bailiff

      8.3 (19K)
      Kenji Mizoguchi
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Seven Samurai

      8.6 (390K)
      Akira Kurosawa
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      On the Waterfront

      8.1 (174K)
      Elia Kazan
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La Strada

      8.0 (69K)
      Federico Fellini

    Special Jury Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Executive Suite

      7.4 (5K)
      Mary Adams
      June Allyson
      Virginia Brissac
      Louis Calhern
      Tim Considine
      Paul Douglas
      Nina Foch
      William Holden
      Dean Jagger
      Lucille Knox
      Fredric March
      William Phipps
      Walter Pidgeon
      Harry Shannon
      Barbara Stanwyck
      Edgar Stehli
      Shelley Winters
      For ensemble acting.

    Volpi Cup

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    Best Actor

    • Jean Gabin in Port of Shadows (1938)
      Winner
      • Jean Gabin
      • Air of Paris
      • Don't Touch the Loot

    Best Actress

    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      OCIC Award

      Edit
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        On the Waterfront

        8.1 (174K)
        Elia Kazan

      OCIC Award - Honorable Mention

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        La Strada

        8.0 (69K)
        Federico Fellini

      Pasinetti Award

      Edit
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        On the Waterfront

        8.1 (174K)
        Elia Kazan

      Absolute Grand Prize

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        The Back of Beyond

        6.7 (136)
        John Heyer

      Also known as

      • Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
      • Manifestazione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica
      • Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica

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      Awards and events

      Academy Awards, USABAFTA AwardsBerlin International Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalCritics Choice AwardsDirectors Guild of America, USAFilm Independent Spirit AwardsGolden Globes, USAGrammy AwardsMumbai Film FestivalPGA AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsScreen Actors Guild AwardsSundance Film FestivalSXSW Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalWriters Guild of America, USA

      Event date

      August 22, 1954 - September 7, 1954

      Event location

      Venice, Italy

      Event links

      • http://www.labiennale.org/
      • http://www.fipresci.org/
      • http://www.signis.net/
      • http://www.filmklubb.no/ficc/introdu.htm
      • http://www.cinegiornalisti.it/
      • http://www.cinegiornalisti.it/
      • http://www.queerlion.it/
      • http://www.eurofilmfest.org/ecff/projects/index.html
      • http://uaar.it/
      • http://uaar.it/
      • http://www.eiuc.org/
      • http://www.jameson.ie/cinema/short_film.asp

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