The 2nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 26 June to 9 July 1947. The best picture winner was Man About Town directed by René Clair. The film Cluny Brown also won praise, with Jennifer Jones winning best actress.
Linda Darnell was one of the few celebrities who had appearance at the festival to promote her film My Darling Clementine (1946).
The Soviet Union failed to submit a film to the festival. However, midway through the festival a representative from the Kremlin film industry showed up and demanded Admiral Nakhimov be screened, which it ultimately was.
Screenings The following films screened in these sections at 2nd Locarno Film Festival
Soirées de Gala Nocturne (Gala Evenings) English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country 13 Rue Madeleine 13, Rue Madeleine Henry Hathaway 1947 USA Admiral Nakhimov Vsevolod Poudovkine 1946 Russia The Singing House Das Singende Haus Franz Antel 1947 Austria In Those Days In Jenen Tagen Helmuth Käutner 1947 Germany The Stone Flower Kamenni Tsvetok Aleksandr Ptouchko 1946 Russia
Programme principal Highlighted title indicates winner English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country A Stolen Life Curtis Bernhardt 1946 USA Daniele Cortis Mario Soldati 1947 Italy The Nail El Clavo Rafael Gil 1944 Spain Bohemian Rapture Housle A Sen Václav Krška 1947 Czech Republic Man About Town Le Silence Est D'Or René Clair 1947 France My Darling Clementine John Ford 1946 USA Not Guilty Non Coupable Henri Decoin 1947 France Paisan Paisà Roberto Rossellini 1946 Italy Preludio D'Amore Giovanni Paolucci 1946 Italy San Francisco De Asis Alberto Gout 1943 Mexico Shoeshine Sciuscià Vittorio De Sica 1946 Italy Sonata A Kreutzer Mario Soffici Argentina Song of Scheherazade Walter Reisch 1947 USA The Bandit of Sherwood Forest George Sherman 1946 USA Lady in the Lake Robert Montgomery (actor) 1947 USA The Razor's Edge Edmund Goulding 1946 USA To Live in Peace Vivere In Pace Luigi Zampa 1947 Italy Wanted For Murder Lawrence Huntington 1946 Great Britain Wiener Melodien Theo Lingen, Hubert Marischka 1947 Austria
Special Sections / Private Visions English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country Albéniz Luis César Amadori Argentina Cluny Brown Ernst Lubitsch 1946 USA Copie Conforme Jean Dréville 1947 France The Dark Corner Henry Hathaway 1946 USA The Prince of the Desert El Principe Del Desierto Fernando A. Rivero 1947 Mexico The Sun Still Rises Il Sole Sorge Ancora Aldo Vergano 1946 Italy Naughty Martine L'Eventail Emil-Edwin Reinert 1947 France March Of Time Séléction Paul Terry 1946 USA María Candelaria Emilio Fernandez 1943 Mexico The Guilt of Janet Ames Henry Levin (director) 1947 USA Woman To Woman Maclean Rogers 1946 Great Britain
Educational and Scientific French Films Films pédagogiques et scientifiques français Title Director(s) Year Production Country Amibes Et Greffe De Noyau D'Amibes Dr. Comandon France Etudes Cinematographiques Du Soleil Bernard Lyot France Familles De Droites, Familles De Paraboles Marc Cantagrel France Idee D'Une Carte Jean Brérault France La Mouche Dr. Pierre Thévenard France La Varlope La Comedie Avant Moliere Jean Tedesco France
Cinema in the Service of Peace (Unesco) Le cinéma au service de la paix (Unesco) Title Director(s) Year Production Country Assassins D'Eau Douce Jean Painlevé France Election Of The Parliament Henning Jensen 1945 Denmark Gas Under The Earth's Surface Christensen 1942 Denmark Intravenöse Narkose Bei Bauchhöhlen-Operation N. Schaenker 1947 Switzerland The Corn Is In Danger Hesselbach 1945 Denmark Transfusion Mit Plazentarblut N. Schaenker Switzerland Un Pays Recommence adap. Bela Balasz Hungary We Chat Traffic Skot-Hansen 1942 Denmark Äussere Wendung Einer Querlage N. Schaenker 1947 Switzerland
Revue du film documentaire: Reconstruction Title Director(s) Year Production Country Au Service De La France Raymond Bernard France Calore Solare In Gocce Czech Republic Children On Trial Jack Lee Great Britain Ghetto De Prague Czech Republic Housing In Chile T. Cobb USA Inondation En Pologne Poland La Ferrovia Dei Bambini Russi Robert Cart USA La Svizzera Lavorando In Pace Switzerland Listen To Britain Humphrey Jennings Great Britain Mladina Gradi France Štiglic Yugoslavia Moedrehjaelpen Carl Theodor Dreyer 1942 Denmark Rehabilitation, Voyage To Recovery 1945 USA They Live Again Violazione Di Un Paese 1941 Netherlands
Official Awards Best Film: Man About Town (LE SILENCE EST D’OR) by René Clair Best Filmmaker Prize: René Clair for the film LE SILENCE EST D’OR Best Scenario Prize: TO LIVE IN PEACE by Luigi Zampa Best Short Film Prize: PALAZZO DEI DOGI by Francesco Pasinetti Best Photo Prize: ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV by Vsevolod Poudovkine, MARIA CANDELARIA by Emilio Fernandez Best Role of Composition Prize: CLUNY BROWN by Ernst Lubitsch, Richard Haydn, René Clair, Anne Baxter, THE RAZOR’S EDGE by Edmund Goulding Best Main Role Prize: Jennifer Jones in CLUNY BROWN, René Clair in LE SILENCE EST D’OR Source: References
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