The 3rd Locarno Film Festival was held in July, 1948 in Locarno, Switzerland. No official prizes were awarded at the festival this year. The festival was noted for using new projection technology with arc lamps to screen Technicolor films at the 2,000 seat out-door theater at the Locarno Grand Hotel.
Screenings The following films screened in these sections at the 3rd Locarno Film Festival.
Programme principal English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country Anni, Eine Wiener Ballade Max Neufeld 1948Austria Be Seeing You, Father Arrivederci, Papà! Camillo Mastrocinque 1948 Italy Captain From Castile Henry King 1947USA Fight Without Hate Combat Sans Haine André MichelSwitzerland How I Lost the War Come Persi La Guerra Carlo Borghesio 1947 Italy Heart and Soul Cuore Duilio Coletti 1948 Italy Fort Apache John Ford 1948USA Germany Year Zero Germania Anno Zero Roberto Rossellini 1948 Italy Lost Youth Gioventù Perduta Pietro Germi 1947 Italy God's Angels Are Everywhere Gottes Engel Sind Überall Hans Thimig 1948Austria I Have Always Loved You Frank Borzage 1946USA It Always Rains On Sunday Robert Hamer 1947Great Britain It Had To Be You Rudolph Maté 1947USA The Wandering Jew L'Ebreo Errante Goffredo Alessandrini 1948 Italy The Charterhouse of Parma La Chartreuse De Parme Christian-Jacque 1948France La Grande Maguet Roger Richebe 1947France La Traviata Carmine Gallone Italy The Loves of Colette La Vie En Rose Jean Faurez 1947France Convicted Les Condamnes Georges Lacombe 1948France Hey Boy Proibito Rubare Luigi Comencini 1948 Italy Sleep My Love Douglas Sirk 1948USA The Unconquered Cecil B. DeMille 1947USA The Unfinished Dance Henry Koster 1947USA The Voice Of The Turtle Irving Rapper 1947USA Spring Vesna Grigori Alexandrov 1947Russia
Special Sections / Private Visions Sections spéciales / Visions privées English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country A Walk In The Sun Lewis Milestone 1945USA Blanche Fury Marc Allégret 1948Great Britain Film Without a Name Film Ohne Titel Rudolf Jugert, Helmuth Käutner 1948Germany The Execrable Fate of Guillemette Babin Guillemette Babin Guillaume Radot 1948France Kiss Of Death Henry Hathaway 1947USA Miranda Ken Annakin 1948Great Britain The Last Stage Ostatni Etap Wanda Jakubowska 1948Poland Presentiment Predtucha Otakar Vavra 1947Czech Republic Sitting Pretty Walter Lang 1948USA Miracle on 34th Street George Seaton 1947USA The October Man Roy Baker 1947Great Britain It Happened in Europe Valahol Europaban Géza Radvànyi 1947Hungary
Swiss Documentary Film Review Revue du film documentaire Suisse English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country A L'Assaut Du Ciel Switzerland Enfants De Montagne Otto RitterSwitzerland Les Soldats Etrangers En Suisse Switzerland Murmures De La Foret Et Switzerland Nains Etranges Switzerland Reiseziel Aegypten Victor StaubSwitzerland Unvergessliche Melodie Switzerland
Documentary Film Review / Youth and Reconstruction Revue du film documentaire / Jeunesse et reconstruction English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country Tomorrow's a Wonderful Day Adamah Helmar Lerski 1947Israel Aubervilliers Elie Lotar 1946France Bush Christmas Ralph Keene 1947Great Britain C'Est L'Aviron Norman McLaren 1944Canada Calling Indonesia Joris Ivens Ivens 1945Australia Fiddle-De-Dee Norman McLaren 1947Canada I Romantici A Venezia Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras 1948 Italy Journey Into Medicine Willard van Dyke 1947USA La Provincia Dei Sette Laghi Gigi Martello 1948 Italy La-Haut Sur La Montagne Norman McLaren 1946Canada Le Bâton Marcel Gibaut 1946France Lumei Francesco Pasinetti Italy Mapple Sugar 1941Canada Nous Construisons Les Ruines Emmanuel KaneraCzech Republic Temptation of Mr. Prokouk Pan Prokouk V Pokuseni Karel ZemanPoland School In The Mailbox Stanley Hawes 1947Australia Wroclaw, Ville Universitaire Jerzy BossakPoland
Documentary Film Review / Special Program under the patronage of UNESCO Revue du film documentaire / Programme spécial sous le patronage de l'Unesco English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country Hungry Minds Les Esprits Assoiffes Tom Daly 1948Canada The People's Charter 1947USA The World Is Rich Paul RothaGreat Britain
Documentary Film Review (Revue du film documentaire) English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country Television Is Here Again P.H. DorteGreat Britain
Awards
Swiss Cinema Magazine Jury (Cine Suisse Magacine Jury) Great Prize: GERMANY, YEAR ZERO by Roberto Rossellini Best Scenario Prize: GERMANY, YEAR ZERO by Roberto Rossellini, LA VIE EN ROSE by Jean Faurez Best Arrangement Prize: THE MIRACLE OF 34TH STREET by George Seaton, KISS OF DEATH by Henry Hathaway Best Short Film Prize: RAPE OF THE EARTH Best Black and White Photo Prize: LA CHARTREUSE DE PARME by Christian-Jacque,FORT APACHE by John Ford Best Color Photo Prize: BLANCHE FURY by Marc Allégret,THE UNFINISHED DANCE by Henry Koster Best Director – First Prize: John Ford for FORT APACHE Best Director – Second Prize: Roberto Rossellini for GERMANIA ANNO ZERO Best Actress: Hildegard Knef in FILM WITHOUT A TITLE Best Actor: Victore Mature in KISS OF DEATH Best Actor – Second Prize: Gérard Philipe in LA CHARTREUSE DE PARME Source:
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