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

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. 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 *

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* Gino Visentini *

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In Competition

Awards

* Golden Lion of Saint Mark ** '' Manon'' ( Henri-Georges Clouzot) * Best Italian Film ** '' Cielo sulla palude'' ( Augusto Genina) *

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** Best Actor -

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('' Portrait of Jennie'') ** Best Actress -

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The Snake Pit ''The Snake Pit'' is a 1948 American psychological drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi, and Lee Patrick. Based on Mary Jane Ward's 1946 semi-autobiogra ...

'') ** Best Director - Augusto Genina ('' Cielo sulla palude'') ** Best Original Screenplay -

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('' Jour de fête'') ** Best Cinematography -

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'') ** Best Production Design - William Kellner (''

Kind Hearts and Coronets ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' is a 1949 British crime black comedy film. It features Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson and Alec Guinness; Guinness plays nine characters. The plot is loosely based on the novel ''Israel Rank: The Auto ...

'') * International Award ** '' Berliner Ballade'' ( Robert A. Stemmle) ** '' The Quiet One'' (

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Anatole Litvak Anatoly Mikhailovich Litvak (russian: Анатолий Михайлович Литвак; 21 May 1902 – 15 December 1974), better known as Anatole Litvak, was a Ukrainian-born American filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in vari ...

) * OICI Award - '' Cielo sulla palude'' ( Augusto Genina)

References

External links

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