1949 Cannes Film Festival

3rd Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 3rd Cannes Film Festival illustrated by G.C. Chavane.[1]
Opening film	L'Arroseur Arrosé
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Grand Prize of the Festival (The Third Man)
Number of films	30 (In Competition)[2] 1 (Out of Competition) 32 (Short Film)
Festival date	September 2 – 17, 1949
Website	www.festival-cannes.com

The 3rd Cannes Film Festival was held on September 2-17, 1949. No festival was held in 1948.^[3][4][5]

The Grand Prize of the Festival went to the The Third Man by Carol Reed.^[6] The festival opened with L'Arroseur Arrosé by Louis Lumière, a 1895 French comedy short-film, paying tribute to cinema's first comedy film.^[7]

Jury

The entire jury for this festival were French.^[8]

• Georges Huisman (historian) (president)
• Jules Romains (president)
• Mme. Georges Bidault
• Georges Charensol
• Paul Colin
• Roger Désormière
• Jacques-Pierre Frogerais
• Étienne Gilson (author)
• Paul Gosset (author)
• Georges Raguis (union official)
• Rene-Jeanne (critic)
• Carlo Rim
• Jean Benoît-Lévy (substitute member)
• Guy Desson (MP official) (substitute member)
• Alexandre Kamenka (substitute member)
• Paul Verneyras (MP official) (substitute member)
• Paul Weill (lawyer) (substitute member)

Films in competition

The following films were selected as In Competition:

Feature films^[9]

• Act of Violence directed by Fred Zinnemann
• Almafuerte directed by Luis Cesar Amadori
• An Act of Murder directed by Michael Gordon
• Au grand balcon directed by Henri Decoin
• Der Apfel ist ab directed by Helmut Käutner
• Der Ruf directed by Josef Von Báky
• Die Buntkarierten directed by Kurt Maetzig
• Eine große Liebe directed by Hans Bertram
• Eroica directed by H. Walter Kolm-Veltee
• Främmande hamn directed by Hampe Faustman
• House of Strangers directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Images d'Ethiopie directed by Paul Pichonnier
• L'amorosa menzogna directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
• Le Mura di Malapaga directed by René Clement
• Lost Boundaries directed by Alfred L. Werker
• Mughamarat Antar wa Abla directed by Salah Abu Sayf
• Na svoji zemlji directed by France Stiglic
• Obsession directed by Edward Dmytryk
• Occupe-toi d'Amélie directed by Claude Autant-Lara
• Pueblerina directed by Emilio Fernández
• Rendez-vous de juillet directed by Jacques Becker
• Retour à la vie directed by Jean Dréville, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Georges Lampin, André Cayatte
• Riso amaro directed by Giuseppe De Santis
• Sertao directed by Joao G. Martin
• The Passionate Friends directed by David Lean
• The Queen of Spades directed by Thorold Dickinson
• The Set Up directed by Robert Wise
• The Third Man directed by Carol Reed
• Without Honor directed by Irving Pichel

Short films^[9]

• A Capital Plan directed by Bernard Devlin
• Adamah directed by Helmar Lerski
• Au pays de Thil Uilenspiegel directed by Charles Dekeukeleire
• Barrières directed by Christian-Jaque
• Bialy Redyk directed by Stanislas Mozdenski
• The Cane Cutters directed by John Heyer
• Danses populaires yougoslaves directed by Rudolf Sremec
• De nåede færgen directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
• Dépendance directed by Robert Anderson
• Destins précaires directed by Grant McLean
• Ecole de Rééducation directed by Jean Drimaropoulos
• Flotteurs de bois directed by Brita Wrede
• Gold Town directed by Maslyn Williams
• Images Médiévales directed by William Novik
• It's a Lovely Day directed by Bert Felstead
• L'enfer des fards directed by Jean Perdrix
• La terre de Cain directed by Pierre Petel
• Le Pain de Barbarie directed by Roger Leenhardt
• Les feux de la mer directed by Jean Epstein
• Mlle Toutouche directed by Wilhelm Sorensen
• Muscle Beach directed by Joseph Strick and Irving Lerner
• Ocean Weather Ship directed by Frank Chilton
• Pacific 231 directed by Jean Mitry
• Palle alene i Verden directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen
• Rhapsodie vénitienne directed by Max Haufler
• Seal Island directed by James Algar
• Struggle for oil directed by Sergei Nolbandov
• The fatal signboard directed by John Kooy
• The Valley is Ours directed by John Heyer
• Une interview sous les tropiques directed by E. van Konijnenburg
• Walcheren, ile noyee directed by Charles Huguenot van der Linden
• Żelazowa Wola directed by E. Cekalski

Films out of competition

• Passport to Pimlico directed by O. H. Cornelius^[9]

Awards

Feature Films^[10]

• Grand Prize of the Festival: The Third Man by Carol Reed
• Best Actor: Edward G. Robinson for House of Strangers
• Best Actress: Isa Miranda for The Walls of Malapaga
• Best Director: René Clément for The Walls of Malapaga
• Best Screenplay: Eugene Ling and Virginia Shaler for Lost Boundaries
• Best Cinematography: Milton R. Krasner for The Set-Up
• FIPRESCI Prize: The Set-Up by Robert Wise

Short Films^[10]

• Short Film Palme d'Or:
  • Palle Alene i Verden by Astrid Henning-Jensen
  • Pacific 231 by Jean Mitry
  • Seal Island by James Algar
  • Bialy Redyk by Stanislas Mozdenski
  • Images Médiévales by William Novik

References

1. "Posters 1949". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
2. "Official Selection 1949 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
3. "First Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved November 14, 2013.
4. "1949 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - OPENING NIGHT". Retrieved November 14, 2013.
5. "1949 - Third Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
6. "Awards 1949 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
7. "Opening of the 1949 Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
8. "Juries 1949 : All the Juries". Retrieved November 14, 2013.
9. "Official Selection 1949". Retrieved November 14, 2013.
10. "Awards 1949 : Competition". Retrieved November 14, 2013.

External links

• 1949 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival 1949
• Cannes Film Festival:1949 at Internet Movie Database
• 4ème Festival International du Film - Cannes