20th Venice International Film Festival
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The 20th Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 6 September 1959.[1]
Jury
Luigi Chiarini (head of jury)[2]
Georges Altman
Sergei Bondarchuk
Ralph Forte
Luis Gómez Mesa
Ernst Kruger
Roger Maxwell- Vinicio Marinucci
- Dario Zanelli
Films in competition
- The Boy and the Bridge by Kevin McClory
- Sonatas by Juan Antonio Bardem
- The Great War by Mario Monicelli
- Esterina by Carlo Lizzani
- La nuit des espions by Robert Hossein
- V tvoikh rukakh zhizn by Nikolai Rozantsev
- General della Rovere by Roberto Rossellini
Álmatlan évek by Félix Máriássy
Enjō by Kon Ichikawa
The Magician by Ingmar Bergman- Anatomy of a Murder by Otto Preminger
- Web of Passion by Claude Chabrol
Night Train by Jerzy Kawalerowicz- Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? by Frank Wisbar
Awards
- Golden Lion:
- Special Jury Prize:
- Volpi Cup:
- Best Actor - James Stewart - (Anatomy of a Murder)
- Best Actress - Madeleine Robinson - (Web of Passion)
- Special Mention - Carla Gravina, Lucyna Winnicka, Hannes Messemer & Alberto Sordi (Esterina, Night Train, General della Rovere & The Great War)
- New Cinema Award
- FIPRESCI Prize
- OCIC Award
- Pasinetti Award
- The Magician (Ingmar Bergman)
- Parallel Sections - Come Back, Africa (Lionel Rogosin)
