14th Venice International Film Festival
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The 14th Venice International Film Festival was held from 20 August to 4 September 1953.[1]
Jury
- Eugenio Montale (head of jury)[2]
- Gaetano Carancini
- Sandro De Feo
- Nino Ghelli
- Gian Gaspare Napolitano
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- Antonio Petrucci
In Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Vitelloni | Federico Fellini |  Italy |
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| Roman Holiday | William Wyler |  United States |
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| Thérèse Raquin | The Adultress | Marcel Carné |  France |
| Easy Years | Anni facili | Luigi Zampa | Italy |
| Neapolitans in Milan | Napoletani a Milano | Eduardo De Filippo | Italy |
| Moulin Rouge | John Huston |  United Kingdom |
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| Pickup on South Street | Samuel Fuller | United States |
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| The Four Poster | Irving Reis | United States |
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| The God without faith | Le bon Dieu sans confession | Claude Autant-Lara | France |
| I Was a Parish Priest | La guerra de Dios | Rafael Gil |  Spain |
| Ugetsu | Kenji Mizoguchi |  Japan |
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| Little Fugitive | Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin | United States |
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| The Return of Vasili Bortnikov | Vozvrashshyeniye Vasiliya Bortnikova | Vsevolod Pudovkin |  Russia |
| Sadko | Aleksandr Ptushko | Russia |
Awards
- Silver Lion
- Volpi Cup
- Best Actor - Le bon Dieu sans confession (Henri Vilbert)
- Best Actress - The Fourposter (Lilli Palmer)
- Bronze Lion
- OCIC Award
- La guerra de Dios (Rafael Gil)
- Pasinetti Award
