1952 Cannes Film Festival

Jury

• Maurice Genevoix Jury President
• André Lang
• Chapelain-Midy
• Charles Vildrac
• Evrard De Rouvre
• Gabrielle Dorziat
• Georges Raguis
• Guy Desson
• Jacques-Pierre Frogerais
• Jean Dréville
• Jean Mineur
• Louis Chauvet
• Madame Georges Bidault
• Pierre Billon
• Raymond Queneau
• Tony Aubin

  Feature film competition

• The Absentee by Julio Bracho
• An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli
• Ascent to Heaven by Luis Buñuel
• Cops and Robbers by Mario Monicelli and Steno
• Cry, the Beloved Country by Zoltán Korda
• Dead City by Frixos Iliadis
• Desires by Rolf Hansen
• Detective Story by William Wyler
• A Devil of a Woman by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
• Emergency Landing by Arne Skouen
• Encore by Harold French, Pat Jackson and Anthony Pelissier
• The Evil Forest by Daniel Mangrané and Carlos Serrano de Osma
• Fanfan la Tulipe by Christian-Jaque
• Furrows by José Antonio Nieves Conde
• The Immortal Song by V. Shantaram
• María Morena by José María Forqué and Pedro Lazaga
• Man in the Storm by Kiyoshi Saeki
• The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti
• Nami by Noboru Nakamura
• A Night of Love by Ahmed Badrakhan
• No Greater Love by Harald Braun
• One Summer of Happiness by Arne Mattsson
• Othello by Orson Welles
• The Overcoat by Alberto Lattuada
• Pasó en mi barrio by Mario Soffici
• The Smugglers' Banquet by Henri Storck
• Son of the Nile by Youssef Chahine
• The Tale of Genji by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
• Three Women by André Michel
• Tico-Tico no Fubá by Adolfo Celi
• Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
• Umberto D. by Vittorio De Sica
• Under the Thousand Lanterns by Erich Engel
• Viva Zapata! by Elia Kazan
• We Are All Murderers by André Cayatte

  Out of competition

• The Crimson Curtain by Alexandre Astruc

  Short film competition

• Les ailes de Ariel by Gaetano De Maria
• Animated Genesis by Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes
• Aperçus Sud Africain N° 5 - Afrique Préhistorique by Errol Hinds
• Apollon Musageta by Irène Dodall
• L'Art Sacre Missionnaire by Gentil Marques
• Aux frontières Yougoslaves by Djordie Vukotic
• Bambini by Francesco Maselli
• Cairo by Massimo Dallamano
• Les charmes des détails dans les tableaux des maîtres d'autrefois by Dr. Hans Curlis
• Le cordonnier et le chapelier by John Halas
• Dans les royaumes de la mer by Giovanni Roccardi
• Démonstration en matière de perception by Garett I. Johnson
• Les deux mousquetaires by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
• Diagnostiquer et guérir by Ernest Bingen
• Djerba l'île biblique by Philippe Este
• El Dorado by John Alderson
• Et la noce dansait by Yehoshua Bertonov
• Indian Village by Arne Sucksdorff
• Le flottage du bois by Lee Prater, Dick Mosher
• La fugue de Mahmoud by Roger Leenhardt
• Les gens du nord by René Lucot
• La gloire verte by M. Ahmed
• Le grand Boudha by Noburo Ofuji
• La grande île au cœur des Saintes Eaux by Monique Muntcho, J.K. Raymond-Millet
• La grande passion by Alphonse Stummer
• Groenland : Vingt mille lieux sur les glaces by Marcel Ichac, Jean-Jacques Languepin
• L'homme dans la tour by Bernard Devlin, Jean P. Palardy
• T Schot is te boord! by Herman van der Horst
• Les joies rustiques by V.R. Sarma
• Le jour de l'independance by Victor Vicas
• Le jour promis by S.I. Shweig
• Maskerage by Max De Haas
• Masques et visages de James Ensor by Paul Haesaerts
• Moines de l'ordre de la Merci by Christian Anwander
• Paysans de l'Aures by Philippe Este
• La peinture de Boldini by Gian Luigi Rondi
• Quarante ans d'évolution Marocaine - présence Française au Maroc by Serge Debecque
• Rythmes de Rotterdam by Ytzen Brusse
• Six mille ans de civilisation by Ahmed Korshid
• Story of Steel by Jagat Murari
• Strasbourg européenne by Ernest Bingen
• Terre neuve by Sid Newman
• Tout s'écroule by Bert Haanstra
• Union infernale by Ulrich Kayser
• Victor Hugo by Roger Leenhardt & Yvonne Gerber
• La vie des fresques by Zoran Markus
• Vieux temples, vieilles statues by Sôya Mizuki

  Awards

Official awards

• Grand Prix
• *Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
• *Othello by Orson Welles
• Best Director: Christian-Jaque for Fanfan la Tulipe
• Best Screenplay: Piero Tellini for Cops and Robbers
• Best Actress: Lee Grant for Detective Story
• Best Actor: Marlon Brando for Viva Zapata!
• Best Cinematography: The Tale of Genji by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
• Best Music: Sven Sköld for One Summer of Happiness
• Jury Special Prize: We Are All Murderers by André Cayatte
• Best Lyrical Film: The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti

• Grand Prix: T Schot is te boord! by Herman van der Horst
• Prix spécial du Jury: Indian Village by Arne Sucksdorff
• Prix pour la couleur: Animated Genesis by Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes
• Prix spécial du Jury - film scientifique ou pédagogique: Groenland : Vingt mille lieux sur les glaces by Marcel Ichac, Jean-Jacques Languepin

  Independent awards

• Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
• Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus'' by Marcel Gibaud

  Media