The 33rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 21 August to 3 September 1972.
There were no official prizes because the festival was not competitive from 1969 to 1979. However, the critics' jury voted the Swedish film Foreigners, directed by Johan Bergenstrahle, the most worthy in the program. Charlie Chaplin, Anatoli Golovnya and Billy Wilder were awarded the Career Golden Lion.
Official Selection The following films were selected to be screened:
Venezia 33 English title Original title Director(s) Production country Cabaret Bob Fosse United States Calcutta 71 Mrinal Sen India The Candidate Michael Ritchie United States A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick United Kingdom The Conspirators Os Inconfidentes Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Brazil The Dawns Here Are Quiet А зори здесь тихие Stanislav Rostotsky Soviet Union Dear Summer Sister 夏の妹 Nagisa Ōshima Japan Felix and Otilia Felix si Otilia Iulian Mihu Romania Field Lilies Lalie polné Elo Havetta Czechoslovakia Floch Dan Wolman Israel A Free Woman Strohfeuer Volker Schlöndorff West Germany Klara Lust Kjell Grede Sweden Life of a Shock Force Worker Slike iz života udarnika Bahrudin Čengić Yugoslavia Made John Mackenzie United Kingdom The Master and Margaret Majstor i Margarita Aleksandar Petrović Yugoslavia The Merchant of Four Seasons Händler der vier Jahreszeiten Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany My Friend Robinson Mein lieber Robinson Roland Gräf East Germany Nathalie Granger Marguerite Duras France Obscured by Clouds La Vallée Barbet Schroeder France Play It As It Lays Frank Perry United States Salome Salomé Carmelo Bene Italy Savage Messiah Ken Russell United Kingdom A Separate Peace Larry Peerce United States Siddhartha Conrad Rooks United States, India Szindbád Zoltán Huszárik Hungary Tout Va Bien Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Groupe Dziga Vertov France Tutte le domeniche mattina Carlo Tuzii Italy
Venezia Giovani English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Harder They Come Perry Henzell Jamaica I Was Nineteen Ich war neunzehn Konrad Wolf East Germany Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King Ludwig - Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König Hans-Jürgen Syberberg West Germany Narco: A Film About Love Narko - en film om kærlighed Claus Ørsted Denmark Night of the Flowers La notte dei fiori Gian Vittorio Baldi Italy Planet Venus Pianeta Venere Elda Tattoli Italy The Ragman's Daughter Harold Becker United Kingdom Sea of Silence Bas ya Bahar Khalid Al Siddiq Kuwait Tonight or Never Heute nacht oder nie Daniel Schmid Switzerland The Two Seasons of Life Les deux saisons de la vie Samy Pavel France You and Me Ты и я Larisa Shepitko Soviet Union
Venezia Critici English title Original title Director(s) Production country Ağıt Yilmaz Güney Turkey Her Third Der Dritte Egon Günther East Germany The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter Wim Wenders West Germany Take Two הצד השני Baruch Dienar Israel Foreigners Jag heter Stelios Johan Bergenstråhle Sweden The Time of the Hunt Le temps d'une chasse Francis Mankiewicz Canada My Childhood Bill Douglas United Kingdom Daughter-In-Law Nevestka Khodzha Kuli Narliyev Soviet Union Nidhanaya Lester James Peries Sri Lanka The Postman پستچی Dariush Mehrjui Iran The Power and the Truth Puterea și adevărul Manole Marcus Romania Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe Satyadev Dubey India
Official Awards
Silver Lion Best First Film: My Childhood by Bill Douglas
Career Golden Lion Charlie Chaplin Anatoli Golovnya Billy Wilder
Independent Awards
Venezia Giovani Award Best First Film: Les deux saisons de la vie by Samy Pavel
FIPRESCI Prize The Cruel Sea by Khalid Al Siddiq Seemabaddha by Satyajit Ray
Pasinetti Award Best Foreign Film: A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick Notes The 34th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 26 August to 11 September 1975.
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1972 Awards on IMDb