9th Venice International Film Festival

The 9th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 19 August to 4 September 1948.

9th Venice International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Awards	Grand International Prize of Venice: Hamlet
Festival date	19 August – 4 September 1948
Website	Website

Italian filmmaker Luigi Chiarini was the Jury President for the International Competition. The Grand International Prize of Venice was awarded to Hamlet by Laurence Olivier.

Jury

• Luigi Chiarini, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
• Guido Aristarco, Italian film critic and author
• Alberto Consiglio
• Mario Gromo, Italian writer and film critic
• Arturo Lanocita
• Vinicio Marinucci
• Mario Melloni
• Andrew Félix Morlión
• Giorgio Prosperi, Italian screenwriter

Official Sections

International Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
L'Amore		Roberto Rossellini	Italy
Difficult Years	Anni difficili	Luigi Zampa
A Double Life		George Cukor	United States
Duel in the Sun		King Vidor
The Fallen Idol		Carol Reed	United Kingdom
The Fugitive		John Ford	United States
Hamlet		Laurence Olivier	United Kingdom
La Terra Trema		Luchino Visconti	Italy
Louisiana Story		Robert J. Flaherty	United States
Maclovia	Belleza Maldita	Emilio Fernández	Mexico
Oliver Twist		David Lean	United Kingdom
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre		John Huston	United States
The Trial	Der Prozeß	Georg Wilhelm Pabst	Austria
Under the Sun of Rome	Sotto il sole di Roma	Renato Castellani	Italy

Official Awards

International Competition

• Grand International Prize of Venice: Hamlet by Laurence Olivier
• Best Italian Film: Under the Sun of Rome by Renato Castellani
• Silver Lion for Best Direction: Georg Wilhelm Pabst for The Trial
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Ernst Deutsch for The Trial
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Jean Simmons for Hamlet
• Best Original Screenplay: Graham Greene for The Fallen Idol
• Best Cinematography: Desmond Dickinson for Hamlet
• Best Original Music: Max Steiner for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• Outstanding Technical Contribution: John Bryan for Oliver Twist

Independent Awards

International Award

• Louisiana Story for Robert J. Flaherty
• The Fugitive for John Ford
• La Terra Trema for Luchino Visconti

ANICA Cup

• Under the Sun of Rome by Renato Castellani

Cinecittà Cup

• Duel in the Sun for David O. Selznick

ENIC Cup

• Difficult Years for Luigi Zampa

External links

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1948 Awards on IMDb