The 11th Cannes Film Festival took place from 2 to 18 May 1958. French writer Marcel Achard served as Jury President for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or was awarded to The Cranes Are Flying by Mikhail Kalatozov.
Juries The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1958 competition:
Main Competition Marcel Achard, French writer - Jury President Tomiko Asabuki, Japanese Bernard Buffet, French painter Jean De Baroncelli, French film critic Helmut Käutner, West-German filmmaker Dudley Leslie, British writer Madeleine Robinson, French actress Ladislao Vajda, Hungarian filmmaker Charles Vidor, American filmmaker Sergei Yutkevich, Soviet filmmaker Cesare Zavattini, Italian writer
Short Films Competition Norman McLaren, Canadian animator Jean Mitry, French film theorist, critic and filmmaker Krishna Riboud, India historian Edmond Séchan, French cinematographer and film director Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film educator
Official Selections
In Competition The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryBrink of LifeNära livetIngmar BergmanSwedenThe Brothers KaramazovRichard BrooksUnited StatesLa caleta olvidadaBruno GebelChileThe Cranes Are FlyingЛетят журавлиMikhail KalatozovSoviet UnionDesire Under the ElmsDelbert MannUnited StatesThe Flute and the ArrowEn DjungelsagaArne SucksdorffSwedenGirl and the RiverL'eau viveFrançois VilliersFranceGohaJacques BaratierIron FlowerVasvirágJános HerskóHungaryThe Long, Hot SummerMartin RittUnited StatesA Man of StrawL'uomo di pagliaPietro GermiItalyA Matter of DignityΤο τελευταίο ψέμαMichael CacoyannisGreeceMon OncleJacques TatiFrance, ItalyNine LivesNi LivArne SkouenNorwayOrders to Kill Anthony AsquithUnited KingdomParash Patharপরশ পাথরSatyajit RayIndiaPardesi Хождение за три моряKhwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili ProninIndia, Soviet UnionRosaura at 10 O'ClockRosaura a las diezMario SofficiArgentinaSissi – Fateful Years of an EmpressSissi – Schicksalsjahre einer KaiserinErnst MarischkaAustriaSnow Country雪国Shirō ToyodaJapanThe Spessart InnDas Wirtshaus im SpessartKurt HoffmannWest GermanySuburban RomanceŽižkovská romanceZbyněk BrynychCzechoslovakiaThe Thistles of the BaraganCiulinii BărăganuluiLouis DaquinRomaniaVengeanceLa VenganzaJuan Antonio BardemSpainVisages de bronzeBernard TaisantFranceYoung HusbandsGiovani maritiMauro BologniniItaly
Out of Competition The following film was selected to be screened out of competition: Gigi by Vincente Minnelli
Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
A.B.C. by John Fernhout Auf den Spuren des Lebens by Fritz Heydenreich Dubrovacki pasteli by Marijan Vajda Egy masodperc tortenete by Ágoston Kollányi Gloria dei Medici by Antonio Petrucci Goya, una vida apasionada by José María Ochoa by France Kosmac Horyû-Ji by Susumu Hani La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession by Henri Gruel La Seine a rencontré Paris by Joris Ivens Les mystères d'une goutte d'eau by Ann H. Matzner Dr. Log Drive by Raymond Garceau Mandu by Neil Gokhale Nagrodzone uczucia by Walerian Borowczyk & Jan Lenica Nez nam narostla kridla by Jiří Brdečka Ô saisons ô châteaux by Agnès Varda Perameren hylkeenpyytajat by Ulf Backstrom Sapte Arte by Ion Popescu-Gopo Sintra by João Mendes The Story of a Roof by Jamie Uys Trees And Jamaica Daddy by Lew Keller Voici le pays d'Israel by Jean Lehérissey Y gorakh salianskykh by Leonid Belokurov, Y. Przyjemski Zimniy prazdnik by Mikhail Slutsky
Official Awards Main Competition Palme d'Or: The Cranes Are Flying by Mikhail Kalatozov Best Director: Ingmar Bergman for Brink of Life Best Screenplay: Massimo Franciosa, Pasquale Festa Campanile and Pier Paolo Pasolini for Young Husbands Best Actress: Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs and Ingrid Thulin for Brink of Life Best Actor: Paul Newman for The Long, Hot Summer Jury Prize: Goha by Jacques Baratier Visages de bronze by Bernard Taisant Jury Special Prize: Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati Special Mention: Tatiana Samoilova for The Cranes Are Flying
Short Films Competition Short Film Palme d'Or: La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession by Henri Gruel and Jean Suyeux La Seine a rencontré Paris by Joris Ivens Special Prize: Auf den Spuren des Lebens by Fritz Heydenreich Nez nam narostla kridla by Jiri Brnecka
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize Vengeance by Juan Antonio Bardem
References
Media
British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1958 footage British Pathé: Originals Cannes Film Festival 1958 British Pathé: Originals Cannes Film Festival 1958 INA: Opening of the 1958 festival (commentary in French) INA: Celebrities at the 1958 Cannes festival (commentary in French) INA: Closure of the 1958 festival (commentary in French)
External links 1958 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 1958 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1958 at Internet Movie Database