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- DirectorShantaram Rajaram VankudreStarsPanditrao NagarkarLalita PawarSandhyaVeteran director V. Shantaram spins this biopic about poet and musician Honaji Bala - best know for popularizing the lavani dance form and for writing the classic raga Ghanashyam sundara shirdhara, who reached the zenith of his creative powers just as the Maratha empire was collapsing to British invasion forces. The film shows not only Bala's passionate interest in lavani, but also his passionate interest in prostitutes - particularly a beautiful dancer named Tamasha (Sandhya). As the Pune court bestows Bala an award for his talents, the film shows the Maratha army getting routed by the British onslaught.In Competition
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGene KellyLeslie CaronOscar LevantThree friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.In Competition
- DirectorKôzô SaekiStarsKyôko KagawaYaeko MizutaniYôichi NumataIn Competition
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsCanada LeeSidney PoitierCharles CarsonIn the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Msimangu (Sidney Poitier) is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.In Competition
- DirectorRolf HansenStarsHeidemarie HatheyerO.W. FischerSybil WerdenDuring the Salzburg Festival a drug-addicted ballerina tries everything to get some morphine in her hands. She put her moves on a young pharmacist, Hans Falkner (O.W. Fischer) and almost ruins his marriage with his wife Anna (Heidemarie Hatheyer). A doctor advises the ballerina to join a rehab and yet hands her a prescription for morphine, but accidentally prescribes a lethal dose. Subsequently, Anna Falkner, who gets the prescription, is lead into temptation to get rid of her hatred competitor. Evetually, morality wins and Anna mixes the morphine in the right dose.In Competition
- DirectorWolfgang LiebeneinerStarsHilde KrahlKurt HeintelBruno HübnerA border official falls in love with a smuggler's wife.In Competition
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsKirk DouglasEleanor ParkerWilliam BendixOn one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.In Competition
- DirectorRenato CastellaniStarsMaria FioreVincenzo MusolinoFilomena RussoA love story between a poor fellow and a daughter of respected workshop owner set in an Italian post-war village.In Competition
- DirectorHarold FrenchPat JacksonAnthony PelissierStarsNigel PatrickRoland CulverAlison LeggattAdaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham comprise this anthology film in which the celebrated author introduces each segment of the film in front of the camera.In Competition
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsGérard PhilipeGina LollobrigidaMarcel HerrandSwashbuckling adventures of young army recruit Fanfan la Tulipe during the reign of King Louis XV in 18th Century France.In Competition
- DirectorKôzaburô YoshimuraStarsKazuo HasegawaMichiyo KogureMachiko KyôBased on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of desire he must never obtain: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of resolution to his life.In Competition
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsAldo FabriziTotòAve NinchiEsposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.In Competition
- DirectorHarald BraunStarsHilde KrahlDieter BorscheWerner HinzYoung Bertha von Suttner meets Alfred Nobel and envisions the horrendous effect his invention of dynamite will have on modern warfare. Bertha and husband Arthur become pacifists, with Bertha being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905.In Competition
- DirectorArne MattssonStarsEdvin AdolphsonUlla JacobssonJohn ElfströmAfter graduation, a Swedish youth goes to live with his uncle in the countryside and immediately takes a liking to a local girl.In Competition
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFaten HamamahYehia ChahineShukri SarhanA young man from outskirt rebels against his life and abandons his woman to go to Cairo.In Competition
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsRenato RascelYvonne SansonGiulio StivalBased on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, THE OVERCOAT is the story of a poor city hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.In Competition
- DirectorJulio BrachoStarsArturo de CórdovaRosita QuintanaAndrea PalmaA man suffers great pain for the death of his wife in an automobile accident and decides to investigate the surroundings of the accident that he thinks are mysteriousIn Competition
- DirectorAhmed BadrakhanStarsMaryam FakhruddinAbbas FaresGamal FaresIn Competition
- DirectorHenri StorckStarsFrançoise RosayJean-Pierre KérienChristiane LénierSmugglers, factory workers, and customs agents struggle in an uncertain economy following World War II.In Competition
- DirectorJosé María ForquéPedro LazagaStarsPaquita RicoJosé María MompínRafael Luis CalvoStory of a young man who returns to his village home after twenty years to avenge the murder of his father. He is helped by a gypsy girl with whom he falls in love.In Competition
- DirectorNoboru NakamuraStarsChikage AwashimaAkira IshihamaHanshirô IwaiBefore a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.In Competition
- DirectorFrixos IliadisStarsIrene PapasNikos TzogiasEleni ZafeiriouPetros finishes his studies and returns to his home, in Mystras. His mother expects him to continue an old vendetta of his ancestors, but he hasn't such intentions. On the contrary, he falls in love with Lena, member of the hostile family.In Competition
- DirectorAndré CayatteStarsMarcel MouloudjiRaymond PellegrinAntoine BalpêtréThe problem of the reasonableness of capital punishment.In Competition
- DirectorArne SkouenStarsHenki KolstadJack KennedyRandi KolstadAn American bomber is shot down over the western side of the Oslo fjord during World War II, and survivors are hidden in a church by local citizens to escape German occupiers.In Competition
- DirectorDaniel MangranéCarlos Serrano de OsmaStarsGustavo RojoLudmilla TchérinaFélix de PomésFilm freely inspired on old poems and legends about the Holy Grail and on the opera by Richard Wagner.In Competition
- DirectorMario SofficiStarsTita MerelloMario FortunaAlberto de MendozaWhen her husband is imprisoned for manslaughter, a strong willed woman must work to provide for her family.In Competition
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsLilia PradoCarmelita GonzálezEsteban MayoA newly-wed country boy receives the terrible news that his mother is dying, and takes a long and dangerous bus trip to the city to contact a notary for her last will and testament. Will he resist temptation and do the right thing?In Competition
- DirectorJosé Antonio Nieves CondeStarsLuis PeñaMaría AsquerinoFrancisco ArenzanaThe struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.In Competition
- DirectorGian Carlo MenottiStarsMarie PowersLeopoldo SavonaBelva KiblerMadame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for five singers, a dance-mime role, and a chamber opera for thirteen instruments and fourteen players: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, piano (4 hands), and string quintet. The music is dissonant, eerie, and morbid and includes melodies such as 'O, black swan.'In Competition
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesMicheál MacLiammóirRobert CooteThe Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.In Competition
- DirectorAdolfo CeliStarsAnselmo DuarteTônia CarreroMarisa PradoFictionalized version of the life of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935), who wrote the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s.In Competition
- DirectorAndré MichelStarsLuc AndrieuxMarcelle ArnoldMadeleine BarbuléeThree portraits of young women, each taken from a short story by the French writer Maupassant.In Competition
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsCarlo BattistiMaria Pia CasilioLina GennariAn elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.In Competition
- DirectorErich EngelStarsMichel AuclairGisela TroweHanna RuckerWhen a composer is murdered and leaves his work unfinished, his apprentice and a singer must decide who is to blame.In Competition
- DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoJean PetersAnthony QuinnThe story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.In Competition
- DirectorAlexandre AstrucStarsAnouk AiméeJean-Claude PascalMarguerite GarcyaAlbertine is a young woman full of grace. She pursues a forbidden relationship.Out of Competition