19th Venice International Film Festival

The 19th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 7 September 1958.^[1]

Jury

• Jean Grémillon (head of jury)^[2]
• Carlos Fernández Cuenca
• Piero Gadda Conti
• Alberto Lattuada
• Hidemi Ina
• Friedrich Luft
• Sergei Vasilyev

Films in competition

• Rickshaw Man by Hiroshi Inagaki
• In Case of Adversity by Claude Autant-Lara
• Une vie by Alexandre Astruc
• The Ballad of Narayama by Keisuke Kinoshita
• Eighth Day of the Week by Aleksander Ford
• Nattens ljus by Lars-Eric Kjellgren
• The Lovers by Louis Malle
• The Black Orchid by Martin Ritt
• God's Little Acre by Anthony Mann
• The Horse's Mouth by Ronald Neame
• Rosemary by Rolf Thiele
• La sfida by Francesco Rosi
• Vlcí jáma by Jiří Weiss
• Otaraant qvrivi by Mikheil Chiaureli

Awards

• Golden Lion:
  • Rickshaw Man (Hiroshi Inagaki)
• Special Jury Prize:
  • The Lovers (Louis Malle)
  • La sfida (Francesco Rosi)
• Volpi Cup:
  • Best Actor - Alec Guinness - (The Horse's Mouth)
  • Best Actress - Sophia Loren - (The Black Orchid)
• New Cinema Award
  • Best Film - Vlcí jáma (Jiří Weiss)
  • Best Actress - Jeanne Moreau - (The Lovers)
• San Giorgio Prize
  • La sfida (Francesco Rosi)
• FIPRESCI Prize
  • Vlcí jáma (Jiří Weiss)
• Pasinetti Award
  • Rosemary (Rolf Thiele)
  • Parallel Sections - Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman) & Weddings and Babies (Morris Engel)
• Italian Cinema Clubs Award
  • Weddings and Babies (Morris Engel)

References

External links

• Official website
• 1958 Venice Film Festival at IMDB
• Venice Film Festival 1958
• Venice Film Festival 1958