The 9th Locarno Film Festival was held from 9 July to 19 July 1955 in Locarno, Switzerland. Films from 15 nations were exhibited, including some from behind the Iron Curtain.
Some notable films of the festival included Carmen Jones directed by Otto Preminger, Marty directed by Delbert Mann and Summertime (also called Summer Madness) directed by David Lean.
Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections:
Pre-Program Original Title English Title Director(s) YearProduction country Art Et Artisanat Populaire Chinois Chinese Art and Popular CraftsmanshipChina Ballata Siciliana Sicilian BalladItaly Beau Petit Pays Beautiful Little CountrySwitzerlandBlue Plate SymphonyConnie Rasinski 1954USACaptain OutrageousPete Burness 1952USA Concerto Ginnico Gymnastic ConcertItaly Dobrý Voják Svejk The Good Soldier Schweik Jiri TrnkaCzech Republic Due Giorni In Italy Two Days in Italy Fausto SaraceniItaly The Bull El ToroUSAFabulous Las VegasUSAFirst Flying FishConnie Rasinski 1955USAGhost TownUSA L'Empereur Des SingesCzech Republic, China La Carpe TchequeCzech Republic La Rinascita Di Una Valle Guido SaraceniSwitzerland Les EloquentsJacques Guillon 1954FranceMagoo's MasterpiecePete Burness 1953USAMan on the Flying TrapezeClyde Bruckman, W.C. Fields 1935USAMovie Stunt PilotOtto Lang 1954USA Nos Champions De NatationHungary Primavera Di RomaItalySafety SpinPete Burness 1953USA Svejkova Nehody Ve Vlaku Jiri TrnkaCzech Republic Taormina Perla Del MediterraneoItalyThe Magic TouchIndiaThe Tell-Tale HeartUSAWhen Magoo FlewPete Burness 1954USAYokohama YankeeConnie Rasinski 1955USA Z Hatvanu Do Halice Jiri TrnkaCzech Republic
Principal Program
Programme Principal English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country Springtime in Budapest Budapesti Tavasz Félix Mariassy 1955 HungaryCarmen Jones Otto Preminger 1954 USACasta Diva Carmine Gallone 1955 Italy The Emperor's Nightingale Cisaruv Slavik Jiri Trnka 1948 Czech Republic Condemned Condenados Manuel Mur Oti 1953 SpainDas Fräulein Von Scudery G. Eugen York 1955 Germany, Sudan The Last Ten Days Der Letzte Akt G.W. Pabst 1955 AustriaFemale On The Beach Joseph Pevney 1955 USAThe Country Schoolmaster Heideschulmeister Uwe Karsten Hans Deppe 1954 Germany Master of Life and Death Herr Über Leben Und Tod Victor Vicas 1954 Germany I Know What I'm Living For Ich Weiss Wofür Ich Liebe Paul Verhoeven 1955 Germany Devotion Ispitanie Vernosti Ivan Pyriev 1954 RussiaItalia K2 Mario Fantin 1955 Italy The Letter with Feathers Ji mao Xin Shi Hui 1954 China The Golden Demon Konjiki Yasha Koji Shima 1953 Japan Golden Vein La Vena D'Oro Alessandro Bolognini 1955 Italy The Mask of Tutankhamun / the Treasure of the Pharaohs Le Masque De Tout Ankh Amon / Le Tresor Des Pharaons Marco de Gastyne 1955 FranceThe Ladies of the 04Le Signorine Dello 04 Gianni Franciolini 1955 Italy Men in White Les Hommes En Blanc Ralph Habib 1955 FranceMan Without A Star King Vidor 1955 USA Marianne of My Youth Marianne De Ma Jeunesse 1955 FranceMarty Delbert Mann 1955 USAThere is No Greater Love Non C'é Amore Più Grande Giorgio Bianchi 1955 Italy Married Woman Parineeta Bimal Roy 1953 IndiaPhffft Mark Robson 1954 USAPole Poppenspäler Arthur Pole 1954 GermanyPulang Basuki Effendy Indonesia Razzia Razzia Sur La Chnouf Henri Decoin 1955 FranceRebound Arthur Lubin Great BritainNative Land Rodna Zeme Josef Mach 1954 Czech Republic Elementary School Scuola Elementare Alberto Lattuada 1954 Italy, FranceSummer Madness David Lean Great BritainThe Colditz Story Guy Hamilton 1955 Great BritainThe Long Gray Line John Ford 1955 USAThe Magic Garden Donald Swanson 1952 South AfricaThe Racers Henry Hathaway 1955 USA
Special Sections Ethnographic Film Review English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production CountryKandyan Ballet Ballet Kandyaan Robert Morillère 1953 France Nomads of the Sum Bororo (Les Nomades Du Soleil) Henry Brandt 1954 SwitzerlandCarnival in Binche Carnaval De Binche Jean Cleinge, Gérard De Boe 1953 BelgiumCemeteries in the Cliff Cimetière Dans La Falaise Jean Rouch 1952 France Death Day Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein 1933 USAHamba Celebration Fête Chez Les Hamba Luc de Heusch 1955 Belgium WrackGoemons Yannick Bellon 1947 France Bullfight La Course De Taureaux Myriam Borsoutsky, Pierre Braunberger 1951 France Land Without Bread Las Hurdes Luis Buñuel 1932 Spain The Mad Masters Les Maîtres Fous Jean Rouch 1955 FranceRuanda Luc de Heusch 1955 Belgium The Muruts Of North Borneo Iva Polunin 1954 Great BritainVisions of Sardinia Visioni Della Sardegna Centro Etnografico Sardo ItalyPrivate VisionsEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)YearProduction country Journey to the Beginning of Time Cesta Do Praveku Karel Zeman 1955 Czech Republic Lost Continent Continente Perduto Leonardo Bonzi, Mario Craveri 1954 Italy The Captain and His Hero Der Hauptmann Und Sein Held Max Nosseck 1955 Germany The Right to Be Born El Derecho De Nacer Zacharias Gomez Urquiza 1951 MexicoLa Strada Federico Fellini 1954 Italy Liang Shanbo Yu Zhu Yingtai Sang Hu, Huaang Sha 1954 China Ludwig II Ludwig Ii. Glanz Und Ende Eines Königs Helmuth Käutner 1955 Germany Ludwig Van Beethoven Max Jaap 1954 GermanyNo More Fleeing Nicht Mehr Fliehen Herbert Vesely 1955 Germany Romeo & Juliet Romeo I Dzhulyetta Leo Arnchtam, Leonid Lavrosky 1955 RussiaStronger than the Night Stärcher Als Die Nacht Slatan Dudow 1954 GermanyTempo D'Amarsi Elio Ruffo 1954 Italy
Awards Jury of the Swiss-Italian Radio
Prize of the Swiss-Italian Radio: THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE by Jiri Trnka, CARMEN JONES by Otto Preminger
Ticino critics Jury
Best film: STÄRCHER ALS DIE NACHT by Slatan Dudow, THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE by Jiri Trnka Best Actor and Actress: Dorothy Dandridge in CARMEN JONES by Otto Preminger, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge in STÄRCHER ALS DIE NACHT by Slatan Dudow
Etnographic cinema experts reunion
Excellence mention: BORORO (LES NOMADE DU SOLEIL) by Henry Bradt Source:
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