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Volpi Cup For Best Actor
The Volpi Cup for Best Actor ( it, Coppa Volpi per la migliore interpretazione maschile) is the principal award given to actors at the Venice Film Festival and is named in honor of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the founder of the Venice Film Festival. The name and number of prizes have been changed several times since their introduction, ranging from two to four awards per edition and sometimes acknowledging both leading and supporting performances. The festival was officially competitive for the first time in 1934. The acting award was named ''Grande medaglia d'oro dell'Associazione Nazionale Fascista dello Spettacolo per il migliore attore'' (Great Gold Medal of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment for the Best Actor). After a four-year hiatus caused by the war, the festival was once again competitive in 1947. The acting award in the immediate post-war period was named ''Premio Internazionale per il migliore attore'' (International Award for the Best Actor). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Six" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Film festival#Notable festivals, Big Three European Film Festivals, alongside the Toronto Film Festival in Canada the Sundance Film Festival in the United States and the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia. The Festivals are internationally acclaimed for giving creators the artistic freedom to express themselves through film. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival. Founded by the National Fascist Party in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Venice International Film Festival
The "7th" annual (void) Venice International Film Festival was held from 8 August to 1 September 1939. This edition has been strongly influenced by the Fascist regime and was deserted by the United States of America. The Mussolini Cup was won by the historical film ''Cardinal Messias'', while the other main prizes were not awarded. Jury * Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (Head of Jury) * Olaf Andersson * Luigi Bonelli * Ottavio Croze * Antonio de Obregón * Dino Falconi * F.T. Geldenhuys * Neville Kearney * Ernest Leichtenstern * Antonio Maraini * Ugo Ojetti * Vezio Orazi * Giacomo Paulucci de'Calboli * Junzo Sato * D.I. Suchianu * Zdenk Urban * Louis Villani * Carl Vincent In Competition Awards * Mussolini Cup **Best Film - ''Cardinal Messias'' (Goffredo Alessandrini) *Volpi Cup **Best Actor - **Best Actress - * Bronze Medal **''Girls in Distress'' (Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Asphalt Jungle
''The Asphalt Jungle'' is a 1950 American film noir heist film directed by John Huston. Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett, it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city. The film stars Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhern, and features Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, and John McIntire. Marilyn Monroe also appears, in one of her earliest roles. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards. In 2008, ''The Asphalt Jungle'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot When criminal mastermind Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider is released from prison after seven years, he visits a bookie named Cobby in an unnamed Midwestern river city. Doc needs $50,000 to hire three men—a safecracker, a driver, and a hooligan—to pull off a huge jewel robbery. Cobby arranges a meeting between Doc and Alonzo Emmerich, a high-living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Venice International Film Festival
The 11th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 10 September 1950. History Recognized as the oldest film festival in the world, the Venice Film Festival, made its entry in 1932 in Venice, Italy. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the initial hosting of the festival was done in the Hotel Excelsior in Venice. The participating countries in the 1940s were just a handful owing to the breakout of World War II. The turn-out of participating countries, however, shot up in the 1950s and the festival grew internationally. Even films from Japan and India made their entry in that year. With the introduction of new genre of films, the festival took to newer heights and gained worldwide popularity. The festival helped film directors from all round the world in the betterment of their careers. Jury * Mario Gromo * Umbro Apollonio * Antonio Baldini * Ermanno Contini * Piero Gadda Conti * Arturo Lanocita * Gian Luigi Rondi * Turi Vasile * Adone Zecc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Jennie
''Portrait of Jennie'' is a 1948 American fantasy film based on the 1940 novella by Robert Nathan. The film was directed by William Dieterle and produced by David O. Selznick. It stars Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. At the 21st Academy Awards, it won an Oscar for Best Special Effects (Paul Eagler, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman and Clarence Slifer; Special Audible Effects: Charles L. Freeman and James G. Stewart). Joseph H. August was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography - Black and White. Plot In 1934, impoverished painter Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) meets a fey little girl named Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones) in Central Park, Manhattan. She is wearing old-fashioned clothing. He makes a sketch of her from memory which involves him with art dealer Miss Spinney (Ethel Barrymore), who sees potential in him. This inspires him to paint a portrait of Jennie. Eben encounters Jennie at intermittent intervals. Strangely, she appears to be growin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Venice International Film Festival
The 10th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 11 August to 1 September 1949. The Venice Film Festival came back permanently to the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido di Venezia. The award for the Best film is first called " The Lion of St. Marcus" (instead of Great International Prize of Venice) will maintain this name until 1954, when it became known as Golden Lion permanently. Jury * Mario Gromo * Ermanno Contini * Emilio Lavagnino * Giannino Marescalchi * Aldo Palazzeschi * Piero Regnoli * Gian Luigi Rondi * Gino Visentini * Cesare Zavattini In Competition Awards * Golden Lion of Saint Mark ** ''Manon'' (Henri-Georges Clouzot) * Best Italian Film ** '' Cielo sulla palude'' (Augusto Genina) * Volpi Cup ** Best Actor - Joseph Cotten (''Portrait of Jennie'') ** Best Actress - Olivia de Havilland (''The Snake Pit'') ** Best Director - Augusto Genina ('' Cielo sulla palude'') ** Best Original Screenplay - Jacques Tati ('' Jour de fête'') ** Best Cinematogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trial (1948 Film)
''The Trial'' (german: Der Prozeß, links=no) is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by G. W. Pabst. At the 9th Venice International Film Festival, Pabst won the Award for Best Director; Ernst Deutsch won the award for Best Actor and the Volpi Cup. The story is based on the events of the Tiszaeszlár affair. Cast * Ewald Balser as Dr. Eötvös * Marianne Schönauer as Dr. Eötvös' fiancée * Ernst Deutsch as Scharf, temple servant * Rega Hafenbrödl as his wife * Albert Truby as Moritz, his son * Heinz Moog as Baron Onody * Maria Eis as Widow Solymosi * Aglaja Schmid as Esther, her daughter * Ida Russka as Bäurin Batori, Esther's employer * Iván Petrovich as Egressy, prosecutor * Gustav Diessl as Both, prosecutor * Fritz Hinz-Fabricius as Judge * Josef Meinrad Josef Meinrad (21 April 1913 – 18 February 1996) was an Austrian actor. From 1959 until his death in 1996, Meinrad held the Republic of Austria's Iffland-Ring, which passes from actor to actor — each bequeathing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Venice International Film Festival
The 9th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 19 August to 4 September 1948. Jury * Luigi Chiarini * Mario Gromo * Guido Aristarco * Alberto Consiglio * Arturo Lanocita * Vinicio Marinucci * Mario Melloni * Giorgio Prosperi * Andrew Félix Morlión In Competition Awards * Grand International Prize of Venice ** Best Film - ''Hamlet'' ( Laurence Olivier) *Best Italian Film **'' Sotto il sole di Roma'' (Renato Castellani) *Silver Lion for Best Direction ** Georg Wilhelm Pabst ('' Der Prozeß'') *Volpi Cup **Best Actor - Ernst Deutsch ('' Der Prozeß'') **Best Actress - Jean Simmons (''Hamlet'') *Golden Osella **Best Original Screenplay - Graham Greene ('' The Fallen Idol'') **Best Cinematography - Desmond Dickinson (''Hamlet'') **Best Original Music - Max Steiner ('' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'') **Outstanding Technical Contribution - John Bryan ('' Oliver Twist'') *International Award **''Louisiana Story'' (Robert J. Flaherty) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsieur Vincent
''Monsieur Vincent'' is a 1947 French film about Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century priest and charity worker. It depicts his struggle to help the poor in the face of obstacles such as the Black Death. In 1949, it won an honorary Academy Award as the best foreign language film released in the United States in 1948. The Vatican placed it amongst their list of approved films under the category of Religion due to its thematic nature in 1995. Pierre Fresnay portrayed Vincent. Cast * Pierre Fresnay : Vincent de Paul, priest * Aimé Clariond : Cardinal Richelieu * Jean Debucourt : Philippe-Emmanuel de Gondi, Count of Joigny * Lise Delamare : Françoise Marguerite de Silly, Madame de Gondi * Germaine Dermoz : Queen Anne of Austria * Gabrielle Dorziat : President Goussault * Pierre Dux : Chancellor Séguier * Yvonne Gaudeau : Louise de Marillac * Jean Carmet : Father Portail * Michel Bouquet : Tuberculosis sufferer * Gabrielle Fontan : The elder deaf woman of the presbytery of Châ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Venice International Film Festival
The 8th Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 15 September 1947. Screenwriter Vinicio Marinucci was appointed as the President of the Jury. Formally, it still was not the Golden Lion to designate the highest honor of the event. The prize was known as the Grand International Prize of Venice, which was awarded to ''The Strike'', directed by Karel Steklý. Jury Main Competition (Venezia 8) *Vinicio Marinucci, Italian screenwriter and journalist (Jury President) *Hugo Mauerhofer, Swiss film scholar *Antonín Martin Brousil, Czechoslovak film critic and historian *Jacques Ibert, French composer *Fabrizio Malipiero, Danish entrepreneur *Cirly Ray, British journalist *William Karol, Mexican film producer *Dimitri Jeriomin, Soviet writer *Jeanne Contini, American journalist Official selection In Competition The following films were selected for the main international competition: : indicates Grand International Prize winner. Awards Official selection The followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Venice International Film Festival (1946)
The 7th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 15 September 1946. It is the first edition after the suspension, from 1943 to 1945, for the Second World War. This edition is regarded as a second foundation of Venice Film Festival. The prizes for the Best actor and other official prizes were not awarded: The prize for the Best film has lost the name of Mussolini Cup and above were unified into a single premium of the two (Best Foreign Film and Best Italian Film). This edition marks the return of the films of the United States that were absent since 1939. Jury International Commission of journalists *Francesco Pasinetti * Umberto Barbaro * Gino Visentini * Francesco Callari * Vinicio Marinucci * Nikolaj Goršov * Pierre Michaut In Competition Awards *Best Feature Film **'' The Southerner'' (Jean Renoir) *Volpi Cup **Best Actor - **Best Actress - References External links * Venice Film Festival 1946 Awardson IMDb {{Authority control 1946 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengasi (film)
''Bengasi '' is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Fosco Giachetti, Maria von Tasnady and Amedeo Nazzari. The film was shot at Cinecittà in Rome. The film was a propaganda work, designed to support the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. It portrays Allied atrocities in "Bengasi Italiana", such as the murder of a peasant by a group of drunken Australian soldiers. It was presented at the Venice Film Festival and won the Mussolini Cup as the best Italian film while Fosco Giachetti won the best actor award. It proved popular with audiences, and was re-released in 1955 with some new scenes added. Plot The film is set in 1941 during the Second World War, when the city of Benghazi in Italian-ruled Libya was occupied by British forces. Italian inhabitants of Benghazi work to resist the British and discover their military plans. One man, Filippo Colleoni, appears to be collaborating with the British but is in fact working undercover for Italian intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
