Venice International Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
The Grand Jury Prize is, after the "Golden Lion", the second most important award given out at the Venice Film Festival.
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- DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim HunterDisturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.Special Jury Prize - 1951
Won 4 Oscars.
Another 13 wins & 15 nominations - DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsPhyllis CalvertJack HawkinsTerence MorganMandy Garland was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught, and they enroll her with a special teacher.Special Jury Prize - 1952
Nominated for 6 BAFTA Film Awards.
Another 1 win & 1 nomination - DirectorRobert WiseStarsWilliam HoldenBarbara StanwyckJune AllysonWhen the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.Special Jury Prize - 1954
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 3 wins & 5 nominations - DirectorLouis MalleStarsJeanne MoreauAlain CunyJean-Marc BorySaddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger.Special Jury Prize - 1958
2 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsRosanna SchiaffinoJosé SuárezNino VingelliVito Polara is a young ambitious man from the slums of Naples, who wants to get as much power and money as possible. He decides to quit smuggling cigarettes and tries to take over the local fruit and vegetable distribution, which is considered more profitable. After challenging the rural crime boss of the local Camorra, Vito becomes part of his gang and soon his life changes. He moves to a new luxurious seaside apartment and plans to start a family with the beautiful Assunta. At their wedding party, however, and later on, he's about to see who the real boss is.Special Jury Prize - 1958
5 wins & 6 nominations - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowIngrid ThulinGunnar BjörnstrandA traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century. Their capture, however, didn't bring victory to those in power.Special Jury Prize - 1959
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award.
Another 3 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsAlain DelonRenato SalvatoriAnnie GirardotHaving recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.Special Jury Prize - 1960
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.
Another 10 wins & 7 nominations - DirectorAleksandr AlovVladimir NaumovStarsViktor AvdyushkoAleksandr DemyanenkoStanislav KhitrovOn the last day of World War II in Europe (May 8th, 1945) three Soviet soldiers are assigned the thankless task of taking a frightened pregnant German woman, whom they are unable to communicate with, to a hospital.Special Jury Prize - 1961
2 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsAnna KarinaSady RebbotAndré S. LabartheTwelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.Special Jury Prize - 1962
2 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorLouis MalleStarsMaurice RonetLéna SkerlaYvonne ClechDepressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living. Will this help him?Special Jury Prize - 1963
2 wins & 2 nominations - DirectorIgor TalankinStarsBoris TokarevNina UrgantYuri VolkovA movie dedicated to the lives and fates of the youths, that were forced to face the harsh reality of the WWII.Special Jury Prize - 1963
2 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsEnrique IrazoquiMargherita CarusoSusanna PasoliniThe life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.Special Jury Prize - 1964
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 7 wins & 5 nominations - DirectorGrigoriy KozintsevStarsInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyMikhail NazvanovElza RadzinaAfter the death of the King of Denmark - Hamlet's father - his brother Claudius ascends the throne, who takes his widow Gertrude as his wife. Hamlet meets the ghost of his father and learns that he was killed by Claudius.Special Jury Prize - 1964
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.
Another 5 wins & 4 nominations - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsClaudio BrookSilvia PinalEnrique Álvarez FélixSimon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.Special Jury Prize - 1965
2 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorMarlen KhutsievStarsValentin PopovNikolay GubenkoStanislav LyubshinFollowing three lifelong friends who return to Moscow after military service, we see their aspirations juxtaposed against everyday life in 1960 Soviet Union.Special Jury Prize - 1965
2 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorLeif KrantzStarsRoland GrönrosGunnar AhlströmUlla MelinVarious adventures in a fantasy world for boys.Special Jury Prize - 1965
1 win - 2 nominations - DirectorConrad RooksStarsConrad RooksJean-Louis BarraultWilliam S. BurroughsSemi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran.Special Jury Prize - 1966
1 win & 1 nomination - DirectorAlexander KlugeStarsAlexandra KlugeGünter MackEva Maria MeinekeThe film tells the story of Anita G., a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust to her new life.Special Jury Prize - 1966
10 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsGlauco MauriElda TattoliPaolo GraziosiVittorio is running as a Socialist candidate for the municipal office, but he gets overwhelmed by love, family and political entanglements.Special Jury Prize - 1967
5 wins & 6 nominations - DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsAnne WiazemskyJean-Pierre LéaudJuliet BertoA small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.Special Jury Prize - 1967
1 win & 1 nomination - DirectorCarmelo BeneStarsCarmelo BeneLydia MancinelliSalvatore SiniscalchiAvant Garde piece from Carmelo Bene. A series of vignettes drive a whirl of sounds, images and poetry - is it horror, is it comedy, make your own mind up.Special Jury Prize - 1968
1 win & 2 nominations - DirectorNanni MorettiStarsNanni MorettiDario CantarelliNicola Di PintoMichele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud's Mother."Special Jury Prize - 1981
1 win & 2 nominations - DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsGianfrancesco GuarnieriFernanda MontenegroCarlos Alberto RiccelliUnion leader's son doesn't want to engage in a strike, because his wife is pregnant, thus disregarding his father's tradition of political activism.Special Jury Prize - 1981
10 wins & 1 nomination - DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsRobert PowellBrigitte FosseySigfrit SteinerAugustin is a 30-year-old university professor. He does not believe in religion. His only belief is in maths, to which he devotes all his time. Then suddenly a series of pressing existential questions start looming in his mind.Special Jury Prize - 1982
4 wins & 1 nomination. - DirectorGeorges RouquierStarsHenri RouquierMaria RouquierRoger MaletBiquefarre is a small farm in Aveyron. The changing economics of farming lead Raoul, in late middle age, to decide to sell and move to Toulouse. At least two neighboring farmers want to buy Biquefarre: Lucien and the young Marcel. Behind the scenes, Henri, whose brother is Marcel's father and who is also Lucien's brother-in-law, negotiates with Raoul so that Marcel's father can secretly sweeten Marcel's offer. Will dad and uncle succeed? In the background is the hard daily work of farming: milking cows, harvesting at night, and finding help when a farmer falls ill. Progress brings challenges: polluted water, factory farms, and skyrocketing land prices.Grand Special Jury Prize - 1983
1 win & 2 nominations