The 5th Locarno Film Festival was held from 29 June to 9 July 1950 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival returned to its no official prizes standard this year; however, the attending international critics decided to vote anyways and declared When Willie Comes Marching Home by John Ford the best picture of the festival.
Screenings The following films were screened in the sections: Pre-Program (Avant-Programme) Pre-Program Title Director(s) Year Production CountryA Day With BrumasActualite CinesBack Alley OproarFritz Freleng1948USAGinger Nutt's Forest DragonBert Felsead1950United KingdomLa Vie Secrete Des VisagesAlbert Guyot1945FranceCaffe GaribaldiLuxembourg Il Museo Dei SogniLuigi Comencini1950ItalyPaint Pot SymphonyConnie Rasinski1949USAPattern Of ProgressJohn Krish1948United KingdomRippling RomanceBob Wickersham1945USAMusique En Boîte (March Of Time)Processione AbruzzeseScendono A NataleSettimana IncomItalian News Reel
Main Program Main Program (Programme Principal) English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country Welcome, Reverend! Benvenuto Reverendo Aldo Fabrizi 1950 Italy Hearts at Sea Cuori Sul Mare Giorgio Bianchi 1950 Italy Abundance of Life Des Lebens Überfluss Wolfgang Liebeneiner 1950 Germany The Lie Die Lüge Gustav Fröhlich 1950 Germany Sunday in August Domenica D'Agosto Luciano Emmer 1950 Italy Golden Salamander Ronald Neame 1950 Great Britain Il Mulatto Francesco De Robertis 1950 Italy The Force of Destiny La Forza Del Destino Carmine Gallone 1949 Italy Not Wanted Elmer Clifton, Ida Lupino 1949 USA Only One Night Nur Eine Nacht Fritz Kirchhoff 1950 Germany Incorrigible Rötägg Arne Mattson 1946 Sudan Stage Fright Alfred Hitchcock 1950 USA The Astonished Heart Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher 1949 Great Britain They Were Not Divided Terence Young 1950 Great Britain Three Came Home Jean Negulesco 1950 USA Twenty Years Vent'Anni Giorgio Bianchi 1949 Italy We Were Strangers John Huston 1949 USA When Willie Comes Marching Home John Ford 1950 USA
Retrospective Retrospective Film Review English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country A Nous La Liberte René Clair 1931France Il Museo Dei SogniLuigi ComenciniItaly The Italian Straw Hat Le Chapeau De Paille D'Italie René Clair 1928France Nascita Di CharlotGianni Comencini, Luigi RognoniItaly Road to Life Putevka V Zizn Nikolaï Ekk 1931Russia Vent'Anni D'Arte MutaEmilio ScarpaItaly
Complementary Program Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country DankaliaE.A. WittlinSwitzerland La Grande Voliere Georges Péclet 1948France La Soif Des Hommes Thirst of Men Serge de Poligny 1949France Oinggongs Mishi Zhu Shilin 1948Hong Kong
Special Sections Documentary Film Review (Special Program Under the Patronage of UNESCO) English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country Droits De L'Enfant, Droits De L'HommeJean BrenekCanada, France L'Onu A L'OeuvreE. GenkalskiPoland L'Or Des ForètsTheodor ChristensenSudan Picture In Your MindPhilip StappUSA Savoir C'Est PouvoirCarlos JimenezMexicoProgram Dedicated To Israel, India And AfricaArt IndigeneBelgium Daybreak In Udi John Taylor 1949Great BritainLadakh Diary Melody Of Hindustany Glimpses Of GhandhijiParulkaIndiaOmer FestivalIsraelProgram Dedicated To Retrospective Documentary Film Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis Berlin, Die Symphonie Einer Grossstadt Walter Ruttmann 1927Germany Nanook Of The North Robert Flaherty 1922USA Ninety Degrees South Herbert G. Ponting 1912Great Britain Pini Di Roma Mario Costa 1944Italy Turksib Victor Tourine 1929Russia
Awards International Journalist Jury Premio della giuria internazionale dei giornalisti: When Willie Comes Marching Home by John Ford Mention assigned to: Golden Salamander by Ronald Neame, Dankalia by E. A. Wittlin, Domenica d'agosto by Luciano Emmer, Stage Fright by Alfred Hitchcock Source:
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