Cannes Film Festival 1952: Year 5
The fifth Cannes Film Festival was held from April 23 to May 10, 1952.
Films In Competition: 43
Out of Competition: 1
Short Films: 51
As in the previous three festivals, the entire jury of this festival was made up of French persons, with Maurice Genevoix as the Jury President.
The Grand Prix of the Festival went to Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani and Othello by Orson Welles.
The festival opened with Minnelli’s musical, An American in Paris, which had already won the Best Picture Oscar.
Read our review of American In Paris and biography of director Vincente Minnelli
Jury
Maurice Genevoix Jury President
André Lang (journalist)
Chapelain-Midy (artist)
Charles Vildrac (writer)
Evrard De Rouvre (producer)
Gabrielle Dorziat (actress)
Georges Raguis (union official)
Guy Desson (MP official)
Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (producer)
Jean Dréville (director)
Jean Mineur (CNCF official)
Louis Chauvet (journalist)
Madame Georges Bidault
Pierre Billon (director)
Raymond Queneau (poet, writer)
Tony Aubin (composer)
Feature Film Competition
Features competing for the Grand Prix:
The Absentee (La Ausente) by Julio Bracho
An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli (US)
Ascent to Heaven (Subida al cielo) by Luis Buñuel
Cops and Robbers (Guardie e ladri) by Mario Monicelli and Steno
Cry, the Beloved Country by Zoltán Korda
Dead City (Nekri politeia) by Frixos Iliadis
Desires (Das Letzte Rezept) by Rolf Hansen
Detective Story by William Wyler (US)
A Devil of a Woman (Der Weibsteufel) by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Emergency Landing (Nødlanding) by Arne Skouen
Encore by Harold French, Pat Jackson and Anthony Pelissier
The Evil Forest (Parsifal) by Daniel Mangrané and Carlos Serrano de Osma
Fanfan la Tulipe by Christian-Jaque
Furrows (Surcos) by José Antonio Nieves Conde
The Immortal Song (Amar Bhoopali) by V. Shantaram
María Morena by José María Forqué and Pedro Lazaga
Man in the Storm (Arashi no naka no haha) by Kiyoshi Saeki
The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti
Nami by Noboru Nakamura
A Night of Love (Lailat gharam) by Ahmed Badrakhan
No Greater Love (Herz der Welt) by Harald Braun
One Summer of Happiness (Hon dansade en sommar) by Arne Mattsson
Othello by Orson Welles
The Overcoat (Il Cappotto) by Alberto Lattuada
Pasó en mi barrio by Mario Soffici
The Smugglers’ Banquet (Le Banquet des fraudeurs) by Henri Storck
Son of the Nile (film) (Ibn el-Nil) by Youssef Chahine
The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Three Women (Trois femmes) by André Michel
Tico-Tico no Fubá by Adolfo Celi
Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza) by Renato Castellani
Umberto D. by Vittorio De Sica
Under the Thousand Lanterns (Unter den tausend Laternen) by Erich Engel
Viva Zapata! by Elia Kazan
We Are All Murderers (Nous sommes tous des assassins) by André Cayatte
Out of Competition
The Crimson Curtain (Le Rideau cramoisi) by Alexandre Astruc
Official Awards
Grand Prix: Tie
Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza) by Renato Castellani; Othello by Orson Welles
Best Director: Christian-Jaque for Fanfan la Tulipe
Best Screenplay: Piero Tellini for Cops and Robbers (Guardie e ladri)
Best Actress: Lee Grant for Detective Story
Best Actor: Marlon Brando for Viva Zapata!
Best Cinematography: The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) by Kōzaburō
Yoshimura (Prix de la photographie et de la composition plastique)
Best Music: Sven Sköld for One Summer of Happiness (Hon dansade en sommar)
Jury Special Prize:
We Are All Murderers (Nous sommes tous des assassins) by André Cayatte
Best Lyrical Film: The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti
Short Films
Grand Prix: T Schot is te boord! by Herman van der Horst
Prix spécial du Jury: Indian Village (Indisk by) by Arne Sucksdorff
Prix pour la couleur: Animated Genesis by Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes
Prix spécial du Jury: film scientifique ou pédagogique: Groenland : Vingt mille lieux sur les glaces by Marcel Ichac, Jean-Jacques Languepin
Independent Awards
OCIC Award: Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus by Marcel Gibaud
