1954 Cannes Film Festival
The 7th Cannes Film Festival was held from 25 March to 9 April 1954. With Jean Cocteau as President of the Jury, the Grand Prix went to the Gate of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa. The festival opened with Le Grand Jeu by Robert Siodmak. This was the last festival with a predominantly French jury.
As the festival was becoming more and more a pole of showbiz attraction, scandals and romances of stars were appearing in the press. In 1954, the Simone Silva affair during the Cannes Festival ended up in the destruction of her career as an actor and her premature death, three years later.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1954 competition:Feature films
- Jean Cocteau Jury President
- Jean Aurenche
- André Bazin
- Luis Buñuel
- Henri Calef
- Guy Desson
- Philippe Erlanger
- Michel Fourre-Cormeray
- Jacques-Pierre Frogerais
- Jacques Ibert
- Georges Lamousse
- André Lang
- Noël-Noël
- Georges Raguis
- Henning Jensen
- Albert Lamorisse
- Jean Queval
- Jean Tedesco
- Jean Vivie
Feature film competition
- Adventures of the Barber of Seville by Ladislao Vajda
- All Is Possible in Granada by Carlos Blanco and José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
- As Long as You're Near Me by Harald Braun
- Before the Deluge by André Cayatte
- Beneath the 12-Mile Reef by Robert D. Webb
- The Boy and the Fog by Roberto Gavaldón
- Bread of Love by Arne Mattsson
- Chronicle of Poor Lovers by Carlo Lizzani
- Circus Fandango by Arne Skouen
- Comedians by Juan Antonio Bardem
- Five Boys from Barska Street by Aleksander Ford
- Flesh and the Woman by Robert Siodmak
- From Here to Eternity by Fred Zinnemann
- Gate of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa
- The Great Adventure by Arne Sucksdorff
- The Great Warrior Skanderbeg by Sergei Yutkevich
- An Inlet of Muddy Water by Tadashi Imai
- The Kidnappers by Philip Leacock
- Kiskrajcár by Márton Keleti
- Knave of Hearts by René Clément
- Knights of the Round Table by Richard Thorpe
- Komedianti by Vladimír Vlcek
- The Last Bridge by Helmut Käutner
- Little Boy Lost by George Seaton
- The Living Desert by Walt Disney and James Algar
- Love in a Hot Climate by Georges Rouquier and Ricardo Muñoz Suay
- Love Letter by Kinuyo Tanaka
- Maddalena by Augusto Genina
- Man of Africa by Cyril Frankel
- Marina's Destiny by Isaak Shmaruk and Viktor Ivchenko
- The Martyr of Calvary by Miguel Morayta
- Mayurpankh by Kishore Sahu
- Memories of a Mexican by Carmen Toscano
- The Monster by Salah Abu Seif
- Naked Amazon by Zygmunt Sulistrowski
- Neapolitan Carousel by Ettore Giannini
- Pamposh by Ezra Mir
- Si mis campos hablaran by José Bohr
- Sira` Fi al-Wadi by Youssef Chahine
- Song of the Sea by Alberto Cavalcanti
- Stars of the Russian Ballet by Gerbert Rappaport
- Two Acres of Land by Bimal Roy
- Windfall in Athens by Michael Cacoyannis
Short film competition
- Apollon kai Dafni by Thanassis Meritzis
- Aptenodytes forsteri by Mario Marret
- Aquarium by Ágoston Kollányi
- The Blakes Slept Here by Jacques Bernard Brunius
- Christophe Plantin, imprimeur des humanistes du XVIeme siècle by Gaston Vermaillen
- Der dom zu Koeln by Ulrich Kayser
- El Greco en su obra maestra : El entierro del Conde Orgaz by Juan Serra
- Er is altijd een tockomst by Kees Stip
- Exploratieboren by Bert Haanstra
- Feminine Fashions by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
- Il fiume della vita by Enrico Castelli Gattinara
- Folk Dances of India by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
- Det gjelder livet by Titus Vibe Müller
- Una goccia d'acqua by Enzo Trovasilli
- Highlands of Iceland by Magnus Johannsson
- Hokusai by Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Jaktflygare by Helge Sahlin
- Jyske kyst by Søren Melson
- Kék vércsék erdejében by István Homoki-Nagy
- Koziołeczek by Lechosław Marszałek
- Kutna hora by Fr. Lukas
- Land of Enlightment by Mohan Wadhwani
- Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne by Johan Jacobsen
- Lumière by P. Paviot
- Miniatury kodesku behema by Stanisław Lenartowicz
- Le mystère de la Licorne by Arcady, Jean-Claude See
- Nouveaux horizons by Marcel Ichac
- Nytt land under svillene by Per Opsahl
- O kohoutkovi a slepicce by Zdenec Miler
- A Drop Too Much by Bretislav Pojar
- L'Ombre de St Michel by Jean Pichonnier, Paul Pichonnier
- De Opsporing van Aardolie by Bert Haanstra
- The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Brian Borthwick, John Halas
- Pik droujby by I. Goutman
- Plastik im Freien by Adalbert Baltes
- The Pleasure Garden by James Broughton
- Polyot na lunu by Vladimir Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg
- Promenade au Luxembourg by Philippe Schneider
- Rene Leriche chirurgien de la douleur by René Lucot
- River of Hope by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
- Ruban noir by Henry Jacques
- El solitario de Sayan by Enrico Gras
- Stare miasto by Jerzy Bossak
- Stern von Bethlehem by Wilhelm Döderlein
- Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom by Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols
- Uspavana ljepotica by Rudolf Sremec
- La vie des Chamois by André Bureau, Paul Claudon, P. Dalli, Pierre Levent, André Villard
- Vieren maar by Herman van der Horst
- Viragos kalocsa by Vince Lakatos
- Vita della libellula by Alberto Ancillotto
- Wild Life Sanctuary by D.D. Reucassel
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1954 awards:- Grand Prix: Gate of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa
- International Prize
- *Before the Deluge by André Cayatte
- *Neapolitan Carousel by Ettore Giannini
- *Chronicle of Poor Lovers by Carlo Lizzani
- *Two Acres of Land by Bimal Roy
- *Five Boys from Barska Street by Aleksander Ford
- *The Last Bridge by Helmut Käutner
- *The Living Desert by James Algar
- *The Great Adventure by Arne Sucksdorff
- *The Great Warrior Skanderbeg by Sergei Yutkevich
- Jury Special Prize: Knave of Hearts by René Clément
- Special Award: From Here to Eternity by Fred Zinnemann
- Best Puppet Film: A Drop Too Much by Břetislav Pojar
- Best Poetic Fantasy Film: The Pleasure Garden by James Broughton
- Best Film on Reality: Stare miasto by Jerzy Bossak
- Best Film on Nature: Aptenodytes forsteri by Mario Marret
- Best Entertainment Film: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom by Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols
Independent awards
- Before the Deluge by André Cayatte
- The Last Bridge by Helmut Käutner
- Special Mention
- *André Cayatte and Charles Spaak for Before the Deluge
- *Maria Schell for her acting performance in The Last Bridge
- *The camera crew of The Living Desert
- *Aleksander Ford for his direction of Five Boys from Barska Street
- *Arne Sucksdorff for his direction of The Great Adventure
- *Sergei Yutkevich for his direction of The Great Warrior Skanderbeg
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