Festival de Cannes: Official Selection 1949
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- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsVan HeflinRobert RyanJanet LeighAn embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.
- DirectorLuis César AmadoriStarsNarciso Ibáñez MentaPola AlonsoEva CaselliBiography of the Argentine poet Almafuerte.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsFredric MarchEdmond O'BrienFlorence EldridgeA hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife's terminal cancer.
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsPierre FresnayGeorges MarchalFélix Oudart'The Grand Balcon' is a family guesthouse where the inhabitants have the same passion for adventure. All these future pilots made the glory of Aerospostale (a pioneering aviation company which operated from 1918 to 1933).
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsBobby ToddBettina MoissiJoana Maria GorvinAn apple juice producer can't decide between his wife and his secretary and tries to commit suicide. Being committed to psychiatry, he falls asleep and dreams of adventures as Adam and Eve in heaven and hell.
- DirectorJosef von BákyStarsFritz KortnerJohanna HoferRosemary MurphyA Jewish professor returns to Germany following World War II. He hopes to help rebuild a new, free Germany, but he must confront the antisemitism of his colleagues and students.
- DirectorKurt MaetzigStarsCamilla SpiraWerner HinzLiselotte LieckFamily drama spanning three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII.
- DirectorHans BertramStarsGisela UhlenMichael KorrontayBarbara BertramAristocratic Sabine marries her childhood love Klaus despite his coming from a lower class. When he does not return from World War I, she sinks into despair. They do find each other again until they've both grown old.
- DirectorWalter Kolm-VeltéeStarsEwald BalserMarianne SchönauerJudith Holzmeister"Eroica" is an Austrian film from 1949 that illustrates the life and work of composer Ludwig von Beethoven.
- DirectorHampe FaustmanStarsAdolf JahrGeorge FantStig JärrelA Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland. In a port tavern a Polish dockworkers tries to tell something to the Swedish sailors. Later in the evening he is found dead.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsEdward G. RobinsonSusan HaywardRichard ConteAfter years in prison, Max promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal. His lover Irene and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective.Award for Best Actor: Edward G. ROBINSON
- DirectorJean PichonnierPaul PichonnierStarsGeorges FarineauRobert LefebvreA documentary about Ethiopia's culture, both traditional and modern.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsAnna VitaAnnie O'HaraSergio RaimondiDocumentary short about the romantic Italian comic strips called Fumetti.
- DirectorRené ClémentStarsJean GabinIsa MirandaVera TalchiA French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.Award for Best Director
Award for Best Actress - Isa MIRANDA - DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsBeatrice PearsonMel FerrerSusan Douglas RubesThis story is a true account of the lives of Scott and Marsha Carter. Having graduated from medical school, Scott Carter, a fair-skinned African American, marries Marsha Mitchell and moves to Georgia. When he arrives at the black clinic in Georgia, he discovers that the job must inconveniently go to a Southerner. Discussions between two nurses at this clinic suggest that Scott's light skin may have some bearing on the decision not to hire him. Defeated but not conquered, Scott returns to Massachusetts to live with his in-laws until he can get employment. He tries unsuccessfully to obtain employment as an African American. Because Marsha is pregnant, Scott decides to take a job at Portsmouth Hospital, but he reluctantly does so as a white man. While there, he manages to save the life of Dr. Bracket, who encourages him to take a postion in Keenham, New Hampshire. Scott decides to continue "passing" for white. In Keenham, Dr. Scott Carter proves to be quite a success for the town. For twenty years, Dr. and Mrs. Carter live peacefully in Keenham with son, Howard and daughter, Shelley. All goes well until Scott and Howard decide to enter the military during World War II. When Scott applies for officer status with the Navy, an investigation reveals his black heritage, and he is barred from receiving a commission.Award for Best Screenplay
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsKoukaSeraj MunirZaki ToleimatThe knight and poet Antar fights for his love, Abla.
- DirectorFrance StiglicStarsLojze PotokarFranc PresetnikMileva ZakrajsekSet in a small Slovenian village , it tells the story of its residents who lived under German occupation after the Italian defeat in 1943. While helping the partisans, the residents look forward to the upcoming liberation.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRobert NewtonSally GrayPhil BrownClive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsDanielle DarrieuxJean DesaillyVictor GuyauOnce a lowly chambermaid, Amelie Pochet now revels as the pampered mistress of a military man named Etienne.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsColumba DomínguezRoberto CañedoArturo Soto RangelAurelio Rodríguez is released from jail, and tries to start a new life marrying Paloma and working his land. But the local landowners, the brothers González, interfere with his plans.
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsDaniel GélinBrigitte AuberNicole CourcelHopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.
- DirectorAndré CayatteHenri-Georges ClouzotJean DrévilleStarsBernard BlierLouis JouvetNoël-NoëlFive prisoners, a woman and four men, return to France after WW2. We follow their rocky road to life. It's a movie which consists of five different stories.
- DirectorGiuseppe De SantisStarsVittorio GassmanDoris DowlingSilvana ManganoTwo criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsAnn ToddTrevor HowardClaude RainsA woman meets a man whose love she rejected years ago.
- DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsAnton WalbrookEdith EvansYvonne MitchellAn army officer becomes obsessed with learning the secret to a card game for which an elderly countess sold her soul years earlier.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert RyanAudrey TotterGeorge TobiasExpecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida ValliPulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.Grand Prix
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsLaraine DayDane ClarkFranchot ToneJane Bandle has recently married, but Bill, her husband's brother, tries to wreck her marriage because Jane rejected his sexual advances before her marriage.
- DirectorHenry CorneliusStarsStanley HollowayBetty WarrenBarbara MurrayResidents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty, which leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".OUT OF COMPETITION
- DirectorBernard DevlinStarsLorne GreeneJacques GréberSHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorHelmar LerskiStarsSam BalterBenjamin HildesheimerJimmie LiptonSHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorHugh McInnesSHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJoseph KochA man and a woman on a motorcycle arrive with a ferry to Assens. They want to catch the next ferry in Nyborg, on the other side of the island, but this ferry will leave in three quarters of an hour and the ferry berth is 70 km away. The road has lot of curves, but they ride the bike in a high speed. An old-fashioned car has left the ferry in Assens at the same time as the motorcycle. They try to overtake the car on the road, but the driver won't let them pass. When they take a chance on his right side, the motorcycle smashes into a tree. The Ferryman takes the bodies of the man and the woman on his boat to the land of the dead.SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorR. Maslyn WilliamsSHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorBert FelsteadThis cartoon features a squirrel, crow, mole, hare, & fish.SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorPierre PetelStarsRené LecavalierSHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorJean EpsteinDocumentary film shot in Brittany about lighthouses and lighthouse keepers on the island of Ouessant and coast of Finistere.SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorIrving LernerJoseph StrickAmateur athletes and bodybuilders at the original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, California.SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorJean MitryAn engine moves from the roundhouse to a track where it couples with several passenger cars. At 2:10 in the afternoon, it starts a trip out of the station through the countryside to its destination. The film consists of a montage of shots, some close up, of the engine and its gears and wheels. With the accompanying ambient sounds and an orchestral score, the emphasis is on the engine's power and speed. Parallel lines of multiple tracks, telephone wires, and trees confirm a careful composition.SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorAstrid Henning-JensenStarsLars Henning-JensenLily BrobergPalle, a young boy wakes up to find all other people have gone, leaving him free to do whatever he wantsSHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorMary Ellen ButeTed NemethSHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerThe first of the True-Life Adventure featurettes. Fur seals arrive on the Pribilof Islands for the purpose of mating. The older seals are known as bulls and have "harems" of females which they protect very seriously. The younger male seals get together, train themselves to fight, and then help each other overthrow the bulls to become the new masters of the harems.SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorJohn HeyerStarsNigel LovellSHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
- DirectorEugeniusz CekalskiSHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION