10th Locarno Film Festival
| Location | Locarno, Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| Festival date | Opening: July 1957 Closing: July 1957 |
| Website | Locarno Film Festival |
The 10th Locarno Film Festival was held in mid-July 1957 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] This was the festival's return after the previous year's festival had been canceled due to conflict between film producers and Swiss film distributors over market fees.[2]
Michelangelo Antonioni's film Il grido was honored with a best picture award from the Swiss Association of Film Journalists, despite its censorship battle in Italy.[3] 12 Angry Men directed by Sidney Lumet and The Young Stranger directed by John Frankenheimer were also well received at the festival, winning Swiss-Italian Radio critic's awards.[3]
Official Sections
The following films were screened in these sections:[4]
Main Program
Feature Films
| Main Program / Feature Films | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Adam and Eve | Adam Y Eva | Alberto Gout | 1956 | Mexico |
| Among Those of Montparnasse | Chez Ceux De Montparnasse | Jean-Claude Bernard | 1957 | France |
| Don Quixote | Don Quichotte | Grigori Kozintzev | 1957 | Russia |
| The Girl from Flanders | Ein Mädchen Aus Flandern | Helmuth Käutner | 1956 | Germany |
| In Liberty on the Roads of the U.R.S.S. | En Liberte Sur Les Routes De L'U.R.S.S. | Dominique Lapierre, Jean-Pierre Pedrazzini | France | |
| Life Was the Stake | Hra O Zivot | Jiri Weiss | 1956 | Czech Republic |
| Cry | Il Grido | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1957 | Italy |
| Kean | Vittorio Gassman | 1956 | Italy | |
| Song of the Forest | L'Incanto Della Foresta | Alberto Ancilotto | 1957 | Italy |
| Speaking of Murder | Le Rouge Est Mis | Gilles Grangier | 1957 | France |
| The She-Wolves | Les Louves | Luis Saslavsky | 1957 | France |
| Lissy | Konrad Wolf | 1957 | Germany | |
| Fugitive in Siagon | Mort En Fraude | Marcel Camus | 1957 | France |
| Honor Among Thieves | Parola Di Ladro | Nanni Loy, Gianni Puccini | 1957 | Italy |
| The Admirable Crichton | Lewis Gilbert | 1957 | Great Britain | |
| The Wayward Bus | Victor Vicas | 1957 | USA | |
| The Young Stranger | John Frankenheimer | 1957 | USA | |
| To Dorothy, A Son | Muriel Box | 1954 | Great Britain | |
| Twelve Angry Man | Sidney Lumet | 1957 | USA | |
| Warning from Space | Uchugin Tokio Ni Arawaru | Koji Shima | 1956 | Japan |
| Fantastic Vision | Vision Fantastica | Eugène Deslaw | 1957 | Spain, Switzerland |
Cartoons And Documentaries
| Main Program / Cartoons And Documentaries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| A Bum Steer | Mannie Davis | USA | ||
| A Ilha Que Nasce Do Mare | The Island that is Born from Mare | Fernando Garcie | Portugal | |
| Brave Little Brave | Mannie Davis | USA | ||
| Catching Sea Creatures | Jess Kizis | USA | ||
| Contadine Del Mare | Sea Countrymen | Vittorio De Seta | Italy, USA | |
| Divided By The Sea/Venezia, Perla Dell'Adriatico | Divided by the Sea/Venice, Pearl of the Adriatic | Giorgio Tapparelli | Italy, USA | |
| Fritz Cremer | Hugo Hermann | Germany | ||
| Gag Buster | Connie Rasinsky | USA | ||
| Hunters Of The Sea/Cacciatori Del Mare | Hunters of the Sea/Sea Hunters | Romolo Marcellini | Italy, USA | |
| Isole Del Verbano | Verbano Islands | Armando Lualdl | Italy | |
| Korablik | A Little Ship | B. Sutev | Russia | |
| La France Romane | Romanesque France | Edouard Logerau | France | |
| Laugh With The Clowns | John Surtees | Great Britain | ||
| Le Pinceau Magique | The Magic Brush | Chin Hsi | China | |
| Loutki Jirino Trnky | Puppets of Jiří Trnka | Bruno Sefranka | Czech Republic | |
| Mittsommerzeit In Suomi | Mittsommerzeit in English | Hans Skalden | Germany | |
| Mozartova Praha | Mozart's Prague | A.F. Sulk | Czech Republic | |
| O Pintor E A Cidade | The Artist and the City | Manuel de Oliveira | Portugal | |
| Paysages De Koueilin | Koueilin Landscapes | Yu Ki | China | |
| Petrodvorez | A. Kajmov, K. Pogodni | Russia | ||
| Police Dogged | Connie Rasinsky | USA | ||
| Quel Ramo Del Lago | That Branch of the Lake | Gigi Polidoro | Italy | |
| Rembrandt | Rotislav Jurenev | Russia | ||
| Rhytmik | Reni Martens, Walter Marti | Switzerland | ||
| Rubens | Rotislav Jurenev | Russia | ||
| Rythmetic | Evelyn Lambart, Norman McLaren | Canada | ||
| Samoa | USA | |||
| Symphonie Pour Un Homme Seul | Symphony for a Single Man | Louis Cuny, Jean Image | France | |
| The Lively Pond | Maureen Balfe, William Cormick | Canada | ||
| Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom | Ward Kimbal, Charles A. Nicols | USA | ||
| Venecek Pisni | Venecek Written | Hermina Tyrlova | Czech Republic | |
Special Sections
| Feature Films Out of Program | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
| Die Windrose | Rose of the Winds | Yannick Bellon, Wu Kuoyin | Germany | |
| Freedom For Ghana | Sean Graham | Great Britain | ||
| On The Bowery | Lionel Rogosin | 1955 | USA | |
| Pather Panchali | Satyajit Ray | 1955 | India | |
| The Big Show | USA | |||
| Tianxian Pei | TI'an County PEI | Shi Hui | 1955 | China |
| Film Review For Youth | ||||
| Angoti | Angotee: Story of an Eskimo Boy | Douglas Wilkinson | 1952 | Canada |
| C'Est L'Aviron | It's Rowing | Norman McLaren | 1944 | Canada |
| Circus Boy | Cecil Musk | 1947 | Great Britain | |
| Fiddle-De-Dee | Norman McLaren | 1947 | Canada | |
| Kawakaze No Kora | This is the River Breeze | Chu Morizono | Japan | |
| Lenora | Eduard Hofman | Czech Republic | ||
| Là-Haut Sur Ces Montagnes | Up There on These Mountains | Norman McLaren | 1944 | Canada |
| Niok, Elephant Sauvage | Edmond Séchan | France | ||
| One Little Indian | Grant Munro | 1954 | Canada | |
| Pierre Et Le Portier | Pierre and the Porter | Don Peters | 1955 | Canada |
| Pohadka O Drakovi | Dragon | Hermina Tyrlova | Czech Republic | |
| Poulette Grise | Gray Chicken | Norman McLaren | 1947 | Canada |
| Schneewittchen Und Die Sieben Zwerge | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Erich Kobler | 1955 | Germany |
| Starie Znakomie | Old Friends | B. Dejkine, Mstislav Pachtchenko | 1956 | Russia |
| The Little Ballerina | Lewis Gilbert | 1948 | Great Britain | |
| Ti-Jean S'En Va-T'-Aux Chantiers | Ti-Jean Goes Lumbering | Jean Palardy | 1953 | Canada |
Retrospective
| Original Title | English Title | Director(s) | Year | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrospective Francesca Bertini | ||||
| Assunta Spina | Gustavo Serena | 1915 | Italy | |
| Retrospective G.W. Pabst | ||||
| Don Quichotte | Don Quixote | G.W. Pabst | 1933 | France |
| Retrospective Akira Kurosawa | ||||
| Ikuru | Akira Kurosawa | 1952 | Japan | |
| Tora No O O Fumu Otokotachi | The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail | Akira Kurosawa | 1945 | Japan |
| Yoidore Tenshi | Drunken Angel | Akira Kurosawa | 1948 | Japan |
Awards
Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists
- Prize of the Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists: IL GRIDO by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Special Homage: TWELVE ANGRY MEN by Sidney Lumet
Jury of the Swiss-Italian Radio
- Prize of the Swiss-Italian Radio: THE YOUNG STRANGER by John Frankenheimer
References
- ^ "Pictures: 1957 film fests". Variety. Vol. 206, no. 12. 22 May 1957. p. 11. ProQuest 964051594.
- ^ "International: Cancel locarno pix fest". Variety. Vol. 202, no. 13. 30 May 1956. p. 14. ProQuest 1017025656.
- ^ a b "Pictures: Italy's Censored 'II Grido' Cops Swiss Critics Award; Two U. S. Wins at Locarno". Variety. Vol. 207, no. 8. Los Angeles. 24 July 1957. p. 4. ProQuest 1401272299.
- ^ "Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival..." Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "1957 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "The Festival - Palmarès". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 15 April 2025.