1963 Cannes Film Festival
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Jury
- Armand SalacrouArmand SalacrouArmand Camille Salacrou was a French dramatist.He was born in Rouen, but spent most of his childhood at Le Havre, and moved to Paris in 1917. His first works show the influence of the Surrealists....
(France) (president) - Rouben MamoulianRouben MamoulianRouben Mamoulian was an Armenian-American film and theatre director.-Biography:Born in Tbilisi, Georgia to an Armenian family, Rouben relocated to England and started directing plays in London in 1922...
(USA) (vice president) - Jacqueline AudryJacqueline AudryJacqueline Audry was a French film director who started making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful woman director of post-war France....
(France) - Wilfrid Baumgartner (France) (BDF official)
- François Chavane (France)
- Jean De Baroncelli (France) (critic)
- Robert HosseinRobert HosseinRobert Hossein is a French film actor of Azeri origin, director and writer. He directed the 1982 adaption of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute...
(France) - Rostislav Yurenev (Soviet Union)
- Kashiko KawakitaKashiko KawakitaKashiko Kawakita was a Japanese film curator. For decades she had a leading role in bringing Japanese film to the west and in introducing high quality western films to Japanese audiences.-First encounters with cinema:...
(Japan) - Steven Pallos (UK)
- Gian Luigi RondiGian Luigi RondiGian Luigi Rondi is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was a member of the jury at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival and the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. He was also a member of the jury three times at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963, 1967 and 1980.-External links:...
(Italy) - Henri AlekanHenri AlekanHenri Alekan was a French cinematographer.-Life:Henri Alekan was born in Montmartre in 1909. At the age of sixteen he and his brother became travelling puppeteers. A little later he started work as third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt studios. He then spent a short time in the army,...
(France) (short films president) - Robert Alla (France) (short films)
- Karl Schedereit (West Germany) (short films)
- Ahmed SefriouiAhmed SefriouiAhmed Sefrioui was a Moroccan novelist and pioneer of Moroccan literature in the French language. He was born in Fes in 1915 of Berber parents....
(Morocco) (short films) - Semih Tugrul (Turkey) (journalist) (short films)
Feature film competition
- Les AbyssesLes AbyssesLes Abysses is a 1963 French crime film directed by Nikos Papatakis. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Francine Bergé as Michelle* Colette Bergé as Marie-Louise* Pascale de Boysson as Elisabeth Lapeyre...
by Nikos Papatakis - Als twee druppels waterLike Two Drops of WaterLike Two Drops of Water is a 1963 Dutch drama film directed by Fons Rademakers. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:* Lex Schoorel - Ducker /...
by Fons Rademakers - AlvoradaAlvorada (film)Alvorada is a 1962 German documentary film directed by Hugo Niebeling. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival....
by Hugo Niebeling - L'ape regina by Marco Ferreri
- Až přijde kocourThe Cassandra CatThe Cassandra Cat , also released under the titles When the Cat Comes, The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses, and/or That Cat) is a 1963 Czechoslovakian film directed by Vojtěch Jasný....
by Vojtěch JasnýVojtech JasnýVojtěch Jasný is a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat .... - El Buen amorThe Good LoveThe Good Love is a 1963 Spanish drama film directed by Francisco Regueiro. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Simón Andreu - José* Marta del Val - Mari Carmen* Enriqueta Carballeira - Juanita...
by Francisco RegueiroFrancisco RegueiroFrancisco Regueiro is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed twelve films between 1962 and 1993.-Selected filmography:* The Good Love * Padre nuestro -External links:... - La CageThe Cage (film)The Cage is a 1963 French film directed by Robert Darène. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Marina Vlady* Jean Servais - Rispal* Philippe Mory* Muriel David* Colette Duval* Alain Bouvette...
by Robert DarèneRobert DarèneRobert Darène is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in twelve films between 1934 and 1959. He also directed nine films between 1951 and 1963.-Selected filmography:* Goubbiah, mon amour... - CarambolagesCarom ShotsCarom Shots is a 1963 French comedy film directed by Marcel Bluwal. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Jean-Claude Brialy - Paul Martin* Louis de Funès - Norbert Charolais* Michel Serrault - Le commissaire Baudu / Policeman Baudu...
by Marcel BluwalMarcel BluwalMarcel Bluwal is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 40 films since 1955.-External links:... - Codine by Henri ColpiHenri ColpiHenri Colpi was a French film editor and film director.Colpi directed the 1961 film Une aussi longue absence, which is well-known for sharing the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival with Viridiana, which was directed by Luis Buñuel...
- I Fidanzati by Ermanno OlmiErmanno OlmiErmanno Olmi is a renowned Italian film director.-Biography:Olmi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy. He is married to Loredana Detto, who played Antonietta Masetti in Il Posto....
- Il GattopardoThe Leopard (film)The Leopard is a 1963 Italian film by director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel of the same name.-Cast:* Burt Lancaster as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina* Claudia Cardinale as Angelica Sedara / Bertiana...
by Luchino ViscontiLuchino ViscontiLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:... - Jak być kochanąHow To Be LovedHow to be Loved , a Polish film released in 1963, directed by Wojciech Has.The film, based on a novel of the same name by Kazimierz Brandys, examines the emotional casualties of war, which is perhaps the central theme of the Polish Film School...
by Wojciech HasWojciech HasWojciech Jerzy Has was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer.-Early Life & Studies:... - Kertes házak utcájaA Cozy CottageA Cozy Cottage is a 1963 Hungarian drama film directed by Tamás Fejér. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Margit Bara as Panni - Máté felesége* Miklós Gábor as Palotás* György Pálos as Máté József...
by Tamás FejérTamás FejérTamás Fejér was an Hungarian film director. He directed 28 films between 1937 and 1988.-External links:... - Lord of the FliesLord of the Flies (1963 film)Lord of the Flies is a 1963 film adaptation of William Golding's novel of the same name. It was directed by Peter Brook and produced by Lewis M. Allen, known since for producing films based on modern-classic novels. The film was in production for much of 1961 though the film was not released until...
by Peter BrookPeter BrookPeter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE is an English theatre and film director and innovator, who has been based in France since the early 1970s.-Life:... - Optimisticheskaya tragediyaOptimistic Tragedy (film)Optimistic Tragedy is a 1963 Soviet film directed by Samson Samsonov. It is based on the eponymous play by Vsevolod Vishnevsky and was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival....
by Samson SamsonovSamson SamsonovSamson Iosifovich Samsonov was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991.... - El Otro CristóbalEl Otro CristóbalEl Otro Cristóbal is a 1963 Cuban film directed by Armand Gatti. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Bertina Acevedo* Jean Bouise* Pierre Chaussat* Marc Dudicourt* Alden Knight* Eslinda Núñez* Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera...
by Armand GattiArmand GattiArmand Gatti is a French playwright, poet, journalist, screenwriter, film-maker and former WW II resistance fighter. His 1963 film, El Otro Cristóbal was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.... - OuranosGlory SkyGlory Sky is a 1962 Greek war film directed by Takis Kanellopoulos. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Aimilia Pitta - Sofia* Faidon Georgitsis - Stratos* Takis Emmanuel - Giagos* Eleni Zafeiriou* Niki Triantafillidi - Anthoula...
by Takis Kanellopoulos - Pour la suite du monde by Pierre PerraultPierre PerraultPierre Perrault was a Québécois documentary film director. He directed 20 films between 1963 and 1996. He was one of the most important filmmakers in Canada although largely unknown outside of Québec...
and Michel BraultMichel BraultMichel Brault, OQ is a Quebec cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s... - Le Rat d'AmériqueRat Trap (film)Rat Trap is a 1963 French adventure film directed by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Charles Aznavour - Charles* Richard Badouh* Franco Fabrizi* Matias Ferreira Diaz* Sara Gimenez* Emilio Gnocchi...
by Jean-Gabriel AlbicoccoJean-Gabriel AlbicoccoJean-Gabriel Albicocco was a French film director.In 1960 he married French actress and singer Marie Laforêt... - Seppuku by Masaki Kobayashi
- This Sporting LifeThis Sporting LifeThis Sporting Life is a 1963 British film based on a novel of the same name by David Storey which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. It tells the story of a rugby league footballer, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining area of Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting...
by Lindsay AndersonLindsay AndersonLindsay Gordon Anderson was an Indian-born, British feature film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading light of the Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave... - To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird (film)To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film adaptation of Harper Lee's novel of the same name directed by Robert Mulligan. It stars Mary Badham in the role of Scout and Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch....
by Robert MulliganRobert MulliganRobert Mulligan was an American film and television director best known as the director of humanistic American dramas, including To Kill A Mockingbird , Summer of '42 , The Other , Same Time, Next Year and The Man in the Moon... - TyutyunTobacco (film)Tobacco is a 1962 Bulgarian drama film directed by Nikola Korabov. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.The film was based on Dimitar Dimov's best-selling novel Tobacco.-Cast:* Nevena Kokanova - Irina* Yordan Matev - Boris Morev...
by Nikola KorabovNikola KorabovNikola Korabov is a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter. He directed thirteen films between 1956 and 1999. His 1962 film Tyutyun was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Magia... - Los Venerables todosThe Venerable OnesThe Venerable Ones is a 1962 Argentine film written and directed by Manuel Antín. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. - Cast :* Lautaro Murúa * Fernanda Mistral * Walter Vidarte * Leonardo Favio * Maurice Jouvet * Raúl Parini...
by Manuel AntínManuel AntínManuel Antín is an Argentine film director and screenwriter.Manuel Antin was born in Las Palmas, Chaco Province, in 1926. He first wrote for Argentine television in 1956 and made his directorial debut in 1962 with his first film: La Cifra Impar based on a tale of Julio Cortázar... - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film)What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. The screenplay by Lukas Heller is based on the novel of the same name by Henry Farrell...
by Robert AldrichRobert AldrichRobert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly , The Big Knife , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte , The Flight of the Phoenix , The Dirty Dozen , and The Longest Yard .-Biography:Robert... - Wu Ze TianEmpress Wu Tse-TienEmpress Wu Tse-Tien is a 1963 Hong Kong drama film directed by Li Han Hsiang, about the life of Empress Wu Zetian. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Diana Chang Chung Wen - Empress Wang* Paul Chang - Zhang Yizhi...
by Li Han HsiangLi Han HsiangRichard Li Han Hsiang was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s....
Films out of competition
- Otto e mezzo8½8½ is a 1963 Italian fantasy film directed by Federico Fellini. Co-scripted by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, and Brunello Rondi, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director...
by Federico FelliniFederico FelliniFederico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century... - The BirdsThe Birds (film)The Birds is a 1963 horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1952 short story "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier. It depicts Bodega Bay, California which is, suddenly and for unexplained reasons, the subject of a series of widespread and violent bird attacks over the course of a few...
by Alfred HitchcockAlfred HitchcockSir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...
Awards
- Palme d'OrPalme d'OrThe Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
: Il GattopardoThe Leopard (film)The Leopard is a 1963 Italian film by director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel of the same name.-Cast:* Burt Lancaster as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina* Claudia Cardinale as Angelica Sedara / Bertiana...
by Luchino ViscontiLuchino ViscontiLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:... - Jury Special PrizeJury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)The Jury Prize is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It is considered the third most prestigious prize at the film festival, after the Palme d'Or and the Grand Prix....
:- Až přijde kocourThe Cassandra CatThe Cassandra Cat , also released under the titles When the Cat Comes, The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses, and/or That Cat) is a 1963 Czechoslovakian film directed by Vojtěch Jasný....
by Vojtěch JasnýVojtech JasnýVojtěch Jasný is a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat .... - Seppuku by Masaki Kobayashi
- Až přijde kocour
- Best ActorBest Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.- Award Winners :-External links:* * ....
: Richard HarrisRichard HarrisRichard St John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer....
for This Sporting LifeThis Sporting LifeThis Sporting Life is a 1963 British film based on a novel of the same name by David Storey which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. It tells the story of a rugby league footballer, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining area of Yorkshire, whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting... - Best ActressBest Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * ....
: Marina VladyMarina VladyMarina Vlady is a French actress.She won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for The Conjugal Bed. From 1955 to 1959 she was married to actor/director Robert Hossein...
for L'ape regina - Best ScreenplayBest Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)The Best Screenplay Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival...
: Dumitru Carabat, Henri ColpiHenri ColpiHenri Colpi was a French film editor and film director.Colpi directed the 1961 film Une aussi longue absence, which is well-known for sharing the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival with Viridiana, which was directed by Luis Buñuel...
and Yves Jamiaque for CodineCodine (film)Codine is a 1963 French crime film directed by Henri Colpi. It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for Best Screenplay.-Cast:* Alexandru Virgil Platon - Codine* Françoise Brion - Irène* Nelly Borgeaud - Zoitza Zograffi... - Best Evocation of a World-Shattering Epic: Optimisticheskaya tragediyaOptimistic Tragedy (film)Optimistic Tragedy is a 1963 Soviet film directed by Samson Samsonov. It is based on the eponymous play by Vsevolod Vishnevsky and was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival....
by Samson SamsonovSamson SamsonovSamson Iosifovich Samsonov was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1991.... - Short Film Palme d'OrShort Film Palme d'OrThe Short Film Palme d'Or is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the same jury of the Cinéfondation....
:- Le Haricot by Edmond Séchan
- In wechselndem Gefälle by Alexander J. Seiler
- Jury Prize - Short Film: Moj Stan by Zvonimir BerkovićZvonimir BerkovićZvonimir Berković was a Croatian film director and screenwriter.Berković had studied film directing at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts...
- Special Mention - Short Film:
- Di Domenica by Luigi Bazzoni
- Te by István SzabóIstván SzabóIstván Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...
- Gary Cooper Award: To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird (film)To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film adaptation of Harper Lee's novel of the same name directed by Robert Mulligan. It stars Mary Badham in the role of Scout and Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch....
by Robert MulliganRobert MulliganRobert Mulligan was an American film and television director best known as the director of humanistic American dramas, including To Kill A Mockingbird , Summer of '42 , The Other , Same Time, Next Year and The Man in the Moon... - OCIC Award: I Fidanzati by Ermanno OlmiErmanno OlmiErmanno Olmi is a renowned Italian film director.-Biography:Olmi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy. He is married to Loredana Detto, who played Antonietta Masetti in Il Posto....
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