Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Festival date | 28 August – 9 September 1956 |
Website | Website |
The 17th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 9 September 1956.[1]
No Golden Lion was awarded, the international jury was unable to decide the winner, after a tie in the voting between The Burmese Harp and Calle Mayor, the award was declared void for the first (and only) time ever.[2][3]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Attack | Robert Aldrich | United States | |
The Awakening | Suor Letizia | Mario Camerini | Italy |
Big and Small | Veliki i mali | Vladimir Pogačić | Yugoslavia |
Bigger Than Life | Nicholas Ray | United States | |
The Burmese Harp | ビルマの竪琴 | Kon Ichikawa | Japan |
Bus Stop | Joshua Logan | United States | |
The Captain from Köpenick | Der Hauptmann von Köpenick | Helmut Käutner | West Germany |
Empire in the Sun | L'impero del sole | Enrico Gras | Italy |
Gervaise | René Clément | France | |
The Immortal Garrison | Бессмертный гарнизон | Zakhar Agranenko, Eduard Tisse | Soviet Union |
Main Street | Calle Mayor | Juan Antonio Bardem | Spain |
The Ogre of Athens | Ο Δράκος | Nikos Koundouros | Greece |
The Rocket from Calabuch | Calabuch | Luis García Berlanga | Spain |
Street of Shame | 赤線地帯 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
Torero! | Carlos Velo | Mexico | |
La Traversée de Paris | Claude Autant-Lara | France |