| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: The Great War General della Rovere |
| Festival date | 23 August – 6 September 1959 |
| Website | Website |
| Venice Film Festival chronology | |
| 21st 19th | |
The 20th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 6 September 1959.
Italian film critic Luigi Chiarini was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion was awarded to The Great War directed by Mario Monicelli and General della Rovere directed by Roberto Rossellini.
Jury
- Luigi Chiarini, Italian - Jury President
- Georges Altman, French journalist
- Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet filmmaker and actor
- Ralph Forte, American
- Ernst Kruger, German
- Roger Maxwell, British actor
- Vinicio Marinucci, Italian
- Luis Gómez Mesa, Spanish
- Dario Zanelli, Italian
Official Sections
Main Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy of a Murder | Otto Preminger | United States | |
| Conflagration | 炎上 | Kon Ichikawa | Japan |
| The Boy and the Bridge | Kevin McClory | United Kingdom | |
| Double Agents | La nuit des espions | Robert Hossein | France |
| Esterina | Carlo Lizzani | Italy | |
| General Della Rovere | Il generale Della Rovere | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
| The Great War | La grande guerra | Mario Monicelli | |
| Life in Your Hands | В твоих руках жизнь | Nikolai Rozantsev | Soviet Union |
| The Magician | Ansiktet | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Night Train | Pociąg | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland |
| Sleepless Years | Álmatlan évek | Félix Máriássy | Hungary |
| Sonatas | Juan Antonio Bardem | Spain | |
| Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? | Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben | Frank Wisbar | West Germany |
| Web of Passion | À double tour | Claude Chabrol | France |
Official Awards
- Golden Lion:
- Special Jury Prize: The Magician by Ingmar Bergman
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: James Stewart for Anatomy of a Murder
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Madeleine Robinson for Web of Passion
- Volpi Cup Special Mention:
- Carla Gravina for Esterina
- Lucyna Winnicka for Night Train
- Hannes Messemer for General della Rovere
- Alberto Sordi for The Great War
Independent Awards
New Cinema Award
FIPRESCI Prize
OCIC Award
Pasinetti Award
- The Magician by Ingmar Bergman
- Parallel Sections: Come Back, Africa by Lionel Rogosin
References
- "The 1950s". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- "Juries for the 1950s". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
External links
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| List of Venice Film Festival jury presidents | |