9th Venice International Film Festival

9th Venice International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Festival date	19 August – 4 September 1948
Website	http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/

The 9th Venice International Film Festival was held from 19 August to 4 September 1948.

Jury

• Luigi Chiarini
• Mario Gromo
• Guido Aristarco
• Alberto Consiglio
• Arturo Lanocita
• Vinicio Marinucci
• Mario Melloni
• Giorgio Prosperi
• Andrew Félix Morlión

In Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
The Trial	Der Prozeß	Georg Wilhelm Pabst	Austria
N/A	L'Amore	Roberto Rossellini	Italy
N/A	Oliver Twist	David Lean	United Kingdom
	Hamlet	Laurence Olivier	United Kingdom
N/A	The Fallen Idol	Carol Reed	United Kingdom
N/A	A Double Life	George Cukor	United States
N/A	Duel in the Sun	King Vidor	United States
N/A	The Fallen Idol	Carol Reed	United Kingdom
Difficult Years	Anni difficili	Luigi Zampa	Italy
Maclovia	Belleza Maldita	Emilio Fernández	Mexico

Awards

• Grand International Prize of Venice
  • Best Film - Hamlet (Laurence Olivier)
• Best Italian Film
  • Sotto il sole di Roma (Renato Castellani)
• Silver Lion for Best Direction
  • Der Prozeß (Georg Wilhelm Pabst)
• Volpi Cup
  • Best Actor - Der Prozeß (Ernst Deutsch)
  • Best Actress - Hamlet (Jean Simmons)
• Golden Osella
  • Best Original Screenplay - The Fallen Idol (Graham Greene)
  • Best Cinematography - Hamlet (Desmond Dickinson)
  • Best Original Music - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Max Steiner)
  • Outstanding Technical Contribution - Oliver Twist (John Bryan)
• International Award
  • Louisiana Story (Robert J. Flaherty)
  • The Fugitive (John Ford)
  • La Terra Trema (Luchino Visconti)
• ANICA Cup
  • Sotto il sole di Roma (Renato Castellani)
• Cinecittà Cup
  • Duel in the Sun (David O. Selznick)
• ENIC Cup
  • Anni difficili (Luigi Zampa)

External links

• 1948 Venice Film Festival at IMDB
• Venice Film Festival 1948