The 18th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1957.
French filmmaker René Clair was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to Aparajito by Satyajit Ray.
Jury René Clair, French filmmaker - Jury President , Italian film critic , Spanish film critic and writer Ettore Giannini, Italian screenwriter Penelope Houston, British film critic Arthur Knight, American film critic Ivan Pyryev, Soviet filmmaker
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened: Main Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Aparajito অপরাজিত Satyajit Ray India The Baby Carriage 乳母車 Tomotaka Tasaka Japan Bitter Victory Nicholas Ray United States Dreams in a Drawer I sogni nel cassetto Renato Castellani Italy An Eye for an Eye Oeil pour oeil André Cayatte France A Hatful of Rain Fred Zinnemann United States Kanał Andrzej Wajda Poland Malva Мальва Vladimir Braun Soviet Union The Man Who Wagged His Tail Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn Ladislao Vajda Spain, Italy Only People Samo ljudi Branko Bauer Yugoslavia Los salvajes Rafael Baledón Mexico Shadow Cien Jerzy Kawalerowicz Poland Something of Value Richard Brooks United States The Story of Esther Costello David Miller United Kingdom Throne of Blood 蜘蛛巣城 Akira Kurosawa Japan White Nights Le Notti Bianche Luchino Visconti Italy Women in My Life نساء في حياتي Fatin Abdulwahhab Egypt
Informativa English title Original title Director(s) Production country 12 Angry Men Sidney Lumet United States Albert Schweitzer Jerome Hill United States The Betrothed 永すぎた春 Shigeo Tanaka Japan Carnival Night Karnavalnaya noch Eldar Ryazanov Soviet Union The Case of Doctor Laurent Le cas du Docteur Laurent Jean-Paul Le Chanois France City at Night Città di notte Leopoldo Trieste Italy Fugitive in Saigon Mort en fraude Marcel Camus France A Generation Pokolenie Andrzej Wajda Poland Il Grido Michelangelo Antonioni Italy Hell Drivers Cy Endfield United Kingdom Land of Men Tierra de hombres Ismael Rodríguez Mexico Love Is at Stake L'amour est en jeu Marc Allégret France Miracle in Soho Julian Amyes United Kingdom Miracle of the White Suit Un traje blanco Rafael Gil Spain L'oceano ci chiama Giorgio Ferroni, Giovanni Roccardi Italy Patrouille de choc Claude Bernard-Aubert France The Real End of the Great War Prawdziwy Koniec Wielkiej Wojny Jerzy Kawalerowicz Poland Rendez-vous à Melbourne René Lucot France Ritual of Love Paradiso terrestre Luciano Emmer, Robert Enrico Italy Sunday Romance Bakaruhában Imre Fehér Hungary The Teacher and the Miracle El maestro Aldo Fabrizi Spain, Italy Todo sea para bien Carlos Rinaldi Argentina Vintage Car Dedecek automobil Alfréd Radok Czechoslovakia
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: Aparajito by Satyajit Ray Silver Lion: Le Notti Bianche by Luchino Visconti Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Anthony Franciosa for A Hatful of Rain Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Dzidra Ritenberga for Malva
Independent Awards
New Cinema Award Best Film: Aparajito by Satyajit Ray Best Actor: Anthony Franciosa for A Hatful of Rain Best Actress: Eva Marie Saint for A Hatful of Rain
San Giorgio Prize Something of Value by Richard Brooks
FIPRESCI Prize Aparajito by Satyajit Ray
OCIC Award A Hatful of Rain by Fred Zinnemann
Pasinetti Award A Hatful of Rain by Fred Zinnemann
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1957 Awards on IMDb