15th Venice International Film Festival

The 15th Venice International Film Festival was held from 22 August to 7 September 1954.^[1]

Jury

• Ignazio Silone - Italy (head of jury)^[2]
• Bengt Idestam Almquist - Sweden
• Louis Chauvet - France
• Carlos Fernandez Cuenca - Spain
• Roger Manvell - UK
• Mario Gromo - Italy
• Pasquale Ojetti - Italy
• Piero Regnoli - Italy
• Filippo Sacchi - Italy

In Competition

English title	Original title [3]	Director(s)	Production country
Sansho the Bailiff	Sansho Dayu	Kenji Mizoguchi	Japan
Seven Samurai	Shichinin no Samurai	Akira Kurosawa	Japan
	On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan	United States
	La strada	Federico Fellini	Italy
	Executive Suite	Robert Wise	United States
Air of Paris	L'air de Paris	Marcel Carné	France
	Romeo and Juliet	Renato Castellani	Italy
Grisbi, Hands Off the Loot!	Touchez pas au grisbi	Jacques Becker	France
	Father Brown	Robert Hamer	United Kingdom
Woman of Rome	La romana	Luigi Zampa	Italy
	Senso	Luchino Visconti	Italy

Awards

• Grand International Prize of Venice
  • Best Film - Romeo and Juliet (Renato Castellani)
• Silver Lion for Best Direction
  • On the Waterfront by (Elia Kazan)
  • Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi)
  • Seven Samurai by (Akira Kurosawa)
  • La Strada by (Federico Fellini)
• Volpi Cup
  • Best Actor - L'air de Paris (Jean Gabin)
• OCIC Award
  • On the Waterfront by (Elia Kazan)
• Pasinetti Award
  • On the Waterfront by (Elia Kazan)
• Absolute Grand Prize
  • The Back of Beyond (John Heyer)
• Special Award
  • Executive Suite (ensemble cast)

References

External links

• 1954 Venice Film Festival at IMDB
• Venice Film Festival 1954