The "7th" annual (void) Venice International Film Festival was held from 8 August to 1 September 1939. This edition has been strongly influenced by the Fascist regime and was deserted by the United States of America. The Mussolini Cup was won by the historical film Cardinal Messias, while the other main prizes were not awarded.
Jury Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata - Jury President Olaf Andersson Luigi Bonelli Ottavio Croze Giacomo Paulucci de'Calboli Antonio de Obregón Dino Falconi F.T. Geldenhuys Neville Kearney Ernest Leichtenstern Antonio Maraini Ugo Ojetti Vezio Orazi Junzo Sato D.I. Suchianu Zdenk Urban Louis Villani Carl Vincent
In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Margarita, Armando y su padre Francisco Múgica Argentina Divorce in Montevideo Divorcio en Montevideo Manuel Romero Argentina From the Hills to the Valley De la sierra al valle Antonio Ber Ciani Argentina Ambition Ambición Adelqui Migliar Argentina The Outlaw El matrero Orestes Caviglia Argentina Congo, terre d'eaux vives (short film) André Cauvin Belgium L'Agneau Mystique de Van Eyck (short film) André Cauvin Belgium Humoreska Otakar Vávra Bohemia Macoun the Tramp Tulák Macoun Ladislav Brom Bohemia Sklenice i chléb (short film) Jaroslav Tuzar Bohemia Behind the Facade Derrière la façade Yves Mirande, Georges Lacombe France The Human Beast La Bête humaine Jean Renoir France The End of the Day La Fin du jour Julien Duvivier France The Five-Forty Öt óra 40 André De Toth Hungary
Awards Mussolini Cup Best Film - Cardinal Messias (Goffredo Alessandrini) Volpi Cup Best Actor - Best Actress - Bronze Medal Girls in Distress (Georg Wilhelm Pabst)
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1939 Awards on IMDb