The 4th Locarno Film Festival was held from 8 July to 17 July, 1949 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival created official awards this year and gave out the grand prize, in later years called the Golden Leopard, to The Farm of Seven Sins by Jean Devaivre. Ten films were entered for prize judging.
Screenings The following films screened in these sections:
Programme principal / Longs métrages en compétition English title Original Title Director(s) Year Production CountryAdam and Evelyne Adam Und Evelyne Harold French 1949 Great BritainBill And Coo Dan Riesner 1948 USAThe Lost Face Das Verlorene Gesicht 1948 GermanyThe Time with You Die Zeit Mit Dir Georg Hurdalek 1948 GermanyDuel with Death Duell Mit Dem Tod Paul May 1949 AustriaEnchantment Irving Reis 1948 USAPort of Call Hamnstad Ingmar Bergman 1948 SudanHe Walked By Night Alfred Werker 1948 USAThe Mill on the Po Il Mulino Del Po Alberto Lattuada 1949 ItalyEquator with a hundred faces L'Equateur Aux Cent Visages André Cauvin 1948 BelgiumThe Farm of Seven Sins La Ferme Des Sept Peches Jean Devaivre 1949 FranceBicycle Thieves Ladri Di Biciclette Vittorio De Sica 1948 ItalyThe Sorcerer of the Sky Le Sorcier Du Ciel Marcel Blistène 1949 FranceLove '47 Liebe '47 Wolfgang Liebeneiner 1949 GermanyMission A Tanger André Hunebelle 1949 FranceWhite Paws Pattes Blanches Jean Grémillon 1949 FranceQuartet Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree 1948 Great BritainSilent Dust Lance Comfort 1948 Great BritainSorry, Wrong Number Anatole Litvak 1948 USAThat Lady In Ermine Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger 1948 USAThe Big Cat Phil Carlson 1949 USA The Girl from the Marsh Croft Toesen Fran Stormytorpet Gustav Edgren 1947 SudanYellow Sky William A. Wellman 1948 USA
Special Sections / Private Visions Title Director(s) Year Production Country Combats Sans Haine André Michel Switzerland Cry Of The Citiy Robert Siodmark 1948 USA Jour De Fête Jacques Tati 1947 France L'Escadron Blanc René Chanas 1949 France Le Secret De Mayerling Jean Delannoy 1949 France
Official Awards Grand Prix de Locarno: The Farm of Seven Sins by Jean Devaivre Special Jury Prize: Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio De Sica Special Prize for the Best Crime Movie: HE WALKED BY NIGHT by Alfred Werker Special Prize for the Film that has combine the Photography and the Assembly better: White Paws by Jean Grémillon Best Director: William A. Wellman for the film YELLOW SKY Best Actress: Hilde Krahl in Love '47 Special Prize for the Best Realisation: ENCHANTMENT by Irving Reis Special Prize for the Funniest Film: Adam and Evelyne by Harold French Source:
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