The 7th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 July to 12 July 1953 in Locarno, Switzerland. This was the first time the festival had a films for tourism section
The festival was also notable for screening films from three countries under Soviet influence, the Soviet Union (Russia), Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, despite many European festivals admitting no films from the Soviet bloc during this period. This is, in part, due to the fact that films at Locarno were submitted by their Swiss distributors not directly by their government. Official Sections The following films were screened in these sections: Pre-Program Pre-Program Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Brücken Über Europa Joachim Gunther, Walter Leckebusch 1950GermanyCiampinoItaly Costumi Della SardegnaFiorenzo SerraItalyHalte! Frontiere SuisseSwitzerland Immagini E Colori Vittorio Sala 1938Italy Peccato Di DesiderioM. CrispoltiItaly Peccatori Di LagunaAntonio PetrucciItaly Quick Das Eichhörnschen Heinz Spielman 1953Germany Staré Povesti Ceské Old Czech Legends Jiri Trnka 1953Czech Republic
Programme Principal
Programme Principal {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="5" |Programme Principal |- ! English Title ! Original Title ! Director(s) ! Year ! Production Country |- |Algiers - Cape Town | Alger - Le Cap | Serge de Poligny | 1952 | France |- |Wonderful Mentality | ''Belle Mentalite| André Berthomieu | 1953 | France |- |Half a Century of Song | Canzoni Di Mezzo Secolo | Domenico Paolella | 1952 | Italy |- |Carnival | Carnaval | Henri Verneuil | 1953 | France |- |The Emperor and the Golem | Cisaruv Pekar | Martin Frič | 1951 | Czech Republic
| Citius-Altius-Fortius | Hannu Leminen | 1952 | Finland |- |Magic Concert | Concierto Magico | Rafael J. Salvia | 1953 | Spain |- |All Clues Lead to Berlin | Die Spur Führt Nach Berlin | František Čáp | 1952 | Germany |- |Girls' Dormitory | Dortoir Des Grandes | Henri Decoin | 1953 | France |- | colspan="2" |Erkel | Márton Keleti | 1952 | Hungary |- |Europe '51 | Europa '51 | Roberto Rossellini | 1952 | Italy |- |Eager to Live | Febbre Di Vivere | Claudio Gora | 1953 | Italy |- |Ferdinand Hodler Face to Man | Ferdinand Hodler Face A L'Homme | Herbert E. v | | Switzerland |- |Hell Raiders of the Deep | I Sette Dell'Orsa Maggiore | Duilio Coletti | 1952 | Italy |- |The Show Must Go On | Jianghu Ernü | Fei Mu, Zhu Shilin | 1952 | Hong Kong |- | colspan="2" |Julius Caesar | David Bradley | 1953 | USA |- |The Composer Glinka | Kompositor Glinka | Grigorij Aleksandrov | 1952 | Russia |- |The Lady Without Camelias | La Signora Senza Camelie | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1953 | Italy |- |The Unfaithfuls | Le Infedeli | Steno Monicelli, Mario Monicelli | 1953 | Italy |- |The Father of the Girl | Le Père De Mademoiselle | Robert Dagan, Marcel L'Herbier | 1953 | France |- | colspan="2" |My Six Convicts | Hugo Fregonese | 1952 | USA |- | colspan="2" |Never Wave At A Wac | Norman Z. McLeod | 1952 | USA |- |Turtledove General Delivery | Postlagernd Turteltaube | Gerhard T. Buchholz | 1952 | Germany |- | colspan="2" |Puccini | Carmine Gallone | 1953 | Italy |- | colspan="2" |Rayes Des Vivants | Maurice Cloche | 1952 | France |- |The Magic Voyage of Sinbad | Sadko | Aleksandr Ptouchko | 1953 | Russia |- | colspan="2" |The Glass Wall | Maxwell Shane | 1953 | USA |- | colspan="2" |The Yellow Balloon | J. Lee Thompson | 1953 | Great Britain |- |Don't Forget Love | Vergiss Die Liebe Nicht | Paul Verhoeven | 1953 | Germany |- |In the Arctic | Wo Ldach Arktis | Aleksandr Sguridi |1953 | Russia
Special Sections Special Sections / Private Visions Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Carmen Proibita G.M. Scotese 1953Italy Cronaca Di Un Delitto Mario Sequi 1953Italy Non Ê Mai Troppo Tardi It's Never Too Late Carlo Carlini 1953Italy Potomok Tchingis-Khana Storm Over Asia Vsevolod Poudovkine 1928Russia Rund Um Den KilimandscharoG. SchneiderSwitzerland Siamo Tutti Inquilini Mario Mattoli 1953Italy Son Dernier Noël Her Last Christmas Jacques Daniel-Norman 1952France Una Donna Prega Anton Giulio Rajano 1953Italy Il Viale Della Speranza Dino Risi 1953Italy Vozvrachtchenie Vassilia Bortnikova Vsevolod Poudovkine 1952Russia
International Tourism Film Review Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production CountryBallon VoleSwitzerlandBaroqueCzech RepublicBauernhochzeit In Der SchwalmGermanyCarcassone, Vigie OccitaneFranceDafni (Panagia Hrysodafniotissa) Daphni: The Virgin Of The Golden Laurels George Hoynigen-Huene, Angelos Propkopiou1951GreeceDie Alte Deutsche StadtGermanyFishing The Water WildernessUSAL'Or Vert, Tresor De La FinlandeFinlandLa Chanson De La ForetCzech RepublicLa Finlande Vous SouritFinlandLand Of EnlightmentIndia Le Rocce Di Eolo Giovanni PaolucciItalyMusic Of IndiaIndiaNoche De GrenadaSpainOusbekistan SovietiqueSwitzerlandPresentation De La Beauce A Notre-Dame De ChartresFrancePromenade A Travers Le DanemarkDenmarkReiseziel AegyptenSwitzerlandRoad To Canterbury David Eady1952Great BritainSalzburger WelttheaterAustria Sardegna Ubaldo MagnaghiItalySevilleSpainSummertime In AtticaGreeceTravel Royal Peter Bradford1952Great BritainYellowstone National ParkUSA
Comic Cinema in the Silent Era France - Early Comedies Aspects of Comic Cinema At the Time of Mute / France (Primitive Comics) English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production CountryBoireau Domestique André Deed 1907France Ten Wives for One HusbandDix Femmes Pour Un Mari Georges Hatot, Lucien Nonguet, Ferdinand Zecca 1905France The Waterer WateredL'Arroseur ArroseLouis Lumière 1895France Calino's BaptismLe Baptême De Calino Jean Durand 1907FranceBaby’s BreakfastLe Dejeuner De Bebe Émile Reynaud 1895France The False CrippleLe Faux Cul De Jatte 1903France An Impossible Voyage Le Voyage A Travers L'Impossible G. Méliès 1904France Max as a Chriopodist Max Pédicure Max Linder 1914France Max Joins the Giants Max Veut Grandir Max Linder 1912France Max Takes Tonics Max Victime Du Quinquina Max Linder 1911FranceRigadin and Miss MargaretRigadin Et Miss Margaret Georges Monca 1907France Hunchback Brings Luck Une Veine De Bossu Max Linder 1908France
Italy - Early Comedies English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country Pedestrian Love Amor Pedestre Marcel Favre 1914Italy Cinessino and the Gramophone Cinessino Il Grammofono Conès 1914Italy Foolshead Looks for a Duel Il Duello /Cretinetti Cerca Un Duello (?) André Deed 1909ItalyThe Gallant Adventure of a Provincial L'Avventura Galante Di Un Provinciale Luca Comerio 1908ItalyLa Sveglia Travetti 1908ItalyOnomastico Della Moglie 1908ItalyPolidor Gets Married Polidor Si SposaFerdinand Guillaume 1912Italy Tweedledum as a Cycling Policeman Robinet Guardia Ciclista Marcel Favre 1913Italy
United States - Comedy And Satire Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country L'Allegro Fante Charles Reisner 1920USASunnyside Charlie Chaplin 1919USA
United States - Mack Sennett School Italian Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Fatty Portalettere Roscoe Arbuckle 1917USA Harold Antiquario Harold Lloyd 1919USA Il Solitario LucaLonesome LukeHarold LloydUSA Nel Paese Degli Armadilli Buster Keaton 1918USAThe Freshman Harold Lloyd 1925USA Un'Avventura Nominata Mack Sennett 1920USA
Independent Sections Swiss Cinema Swiss Cinema Retrospective Review Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country Die Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe Léopold Lindtberg 1940Switzerland Il Neige Sul Le Haut Pays C.G. Duvanel 1944Switzerland L'Annee VigneronneC.G. DuvanelSwitzerland La Vocation D'Andre Carel The Vocation of André Carel Jean Choux 1952Switzerland Romeo Und Julia Auf Dem Dorfe Valerian Schmidely, Hans Trommer 1941Switzerland So Lebt China Emil Berna, Lazare Wechsler 1936Switzerland Awards International Critics JuryPrize of the International Critics Jury: THE GLASS WALL directed by Maxwell Shane, KOMPOSITOR GLINKA directed by Grigorij Aleksandrov, JULIUS CAESAR directed by David Bradley Jury of the Swiss Association of Film JournalistsPrize of the Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists: JULIUS CAESAR directed by David Bradley, STARE POVESTI CESKE directed by Jiri Trnka, THE UNFAITHFULS directed by Steno VanzinaMention of the Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists:''' Hans Trommer, Herbert Meyer, Charles-Georges Duvanel Source:
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