Friday, April 19

1959 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Winner and Nominees

1959 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Winner

Black Orpheus Marcel Camus

Black Orpheus

Marcel Camus

A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.

1959 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Nominees

A Midsummer Night's Dream Jirí Trnka
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Jirí Trnka
Araya Margot Benacerraf
Araya
Margot Benacerraf
Arms and the Man Franz Peter Wirth
Arms and the Man
Franz Peter Wirth
Bloody Twilight Andreas Labrinos
Bloody Twilight
Andreas Labrinos
Compulsion Richard Fleischer
Compulsion
Richard Fleischer
Court Martial Kurt Meisel
Court Martial
Kurt Meisel
Die Halbzarte Rolf Thiele
Die Halbzarte
Rolf Thiele
Édes Anna Zoltán Fábri
Édes Anna
Zoltán Fábri
Fanfare Bert Haanstra
Fanfare
Bert Haanstra
Hiroshima mon amour Alain Resnais
Hiroshima mon amour
Alain Resnais
Honeymoon Michael Powell
Honeymoon
Michael Powell
Lajwanti Narendra Suri
Lajwanti
Narendra Suri
Middle of the Night Delbert Mann
Middle of the Night
Delbert Mann
Miss April Göran Gentele
Miss April
Göran Gentele
Nazarin Luis Buñuel
Nazarin
Luis Buñuel
Otchiy dom Lev Kulidzhanov
Otchiy dom
Lev Kulidzhanov
Portuguese Rhapsody João Mendes
Portuguese Rhapsody
João Mendes
Room at the Top Jack Clayton
Room at the Top
Jack Clayton
Shirasagi Teinosuke Kinugasa
Shirasagi
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Stars Konrad Wolf
Stars
Konrad Wolf
Sugar Harvest Lucas Demare
Sugar Harvest
Lucas Demare
The 400 Blows François Truffaut
The 400 Blows
François Truffaut
The Diary of Anne Frank George Stevens
The Diary of Anne Frank
George Stevens
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa Ismael Rodriguez
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa
Ismael Rodriguez
Touha Vojtech Jasný
Touha
Vojtech Jasný
Vlak bez voznog reda Veljko Bulajic
Vlak bez voznog reda
Veljko Bulajic