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7th Locarno Film Festival
LocationLocarno, Switzerland
Founded1946
Festival dateOpening: 2 July 1953 (1953-07-02)
Closing: 12 July 1953 (1953-07-12)
WebsiteLocarno Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival

The 7th Locarno Film Festival was held from 2 July to 12 July 1953 in Locarno, Switzerland.[1] This was the first time the festival had a films for tourism section[1]

The festival was also notable for screening films from three countries under Soviet influence, the Soviet Union (Russia), Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, despite many European festivals admitting no films from the Soviet bloc during this period.[2] This is, in part, due to the fact that films at Locarno were submitted by their Swiss distributors not directly by their government.[2]

Official Sections

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The following films were screened in these sections:[3]

Pre-Program

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Pre-Program
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Brücken Über Europa Joachim Gunther, Walter Leckebusch 1950 Germany
Ciampino Italy
Costumi Della Sardegna Fiorenzo Serra Italy
Halte! Frontiere Suisse Switzerland
Immagini E Colori Vittorio Sala 1938 Italy
Peccato Di Desiderio M. Crispolti Italy
Peccatori Di Laguna Antonio Petrucci Italy
Quick Das Eichhörnschen Heinz Spielman 1953 Germany
Staré Povesti Ceské Old Czech Legends Jiri Trnka 1953 Czech Republic

Programme Principal

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Programme Principal

Programme Principal
English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Algiers - Cape Town Alger - Le Cap Serge de Poligny 1952 France
Wonderful Mentality Belle Mentalite' André Berthomieu 1953 France
Half a Century of Song Canzoni Di Mezzo Secolo Domenico Paolella 1952 Italy
Carnival Carnaval Henri Verneuil 1953 France
The Emperor and the Golem Cisaruv Pekar Martin Frič 1951 Czech Republic
Citius-Altius-Fortius Hannu Leminen 1952 Finland
Magic Concert Concierto Magico Rafael J. Salvia 1953 Spain
All Clues Lead to Berlin Die Spur Führt Nach Berlin František Čáp 1952 Germany
Girls' Dormitory Dortoir Des Grandes Henri Decoin 1953 France
Erkel Márton Keleti 1952 Hungary
Europe '51 Europa '51 Roberto Rossellini 1952 Italy
Eager to Live Febbre Di Vivere Claudio Gora 1953 Italy
Ferdinand Hodler Face to Man Ferdinand Hodler Face A L'Homme Herbert E. v Switzerland
Hell Raiders of the Deep I Sette Dell'Orsa Maggiore Duilio Coletti 1952 Italy
The Show Must Go On Jianghu Ernü Fei Mu, Zhu Shilin 1952 Hong Kong
Julius Caesar David Bradley 1953 USA
The Composer Glinka Kompositor Glinka Grigorij Aleksandrov 1952 Russia
The Lady Without Camelias La Signora Senza Camelie Michelangelo Antonioni 1953 Italy
The Unfaithfuls Le Infedeli Steno Monicelli, Mario Monicelli 1953 Italy
The Father of the Girl Le Père De Mademoiselle Robert Dagan, Marcel L'Herbier 1953 France
My Six Convicts Hugo Fregonese 1952 USA
Never Wave At A Wac Norman Z. McLeod 1952 USA
Turtledove General Delivery Postlagernd Turteltaube Gerhard T. Buchholz 1952 Germany
Puccini Carmine Gallone 1953 Italy
Rayes Des Vivants Maurice Cloche 1952 France
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad Sadko Aleksandr Ptouchko 1953 Russia
The Glass Wall Maxwell Shane 1953 USA
The Yellow Balloon J. Lee Thompson 1953 Great Britain
Don't Forget Love Vergiss Die Liebe Nicht Paul Verhoeven 1953 Germany
In the Arctic Wo Ldach Arktis Aleksandr Sguridi 1953 Russia

Special Sections

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Special Sections / Private Visions
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Carmen Proibita G.M. Scotese 1953 Italy
Cronaca Di Un Delitto Mario Sequi 1953 Italy
Non Ê Mai Troppo Tardi It's Never Too Late Carlo Carlini 1953 Italy
Potomok Tchingis-Khana Storm Over Asia Vsevolod Poudovkine 1928 Russia
Rund Um Den Kilimandscharo G. Schneider Switzerland
Siamo Tutti Inquilini Mario Mattoli 1953 Italy
Son Dernier Noël Her Last Christmas Jacques Daniel-Norman 1952 France
Una Donna Prega Anton Giulio Rajano 1953 Italy
Il Viale Della Speranza Dino Risi 1953 Italy
Vozvrachtchenie Vassilia Bortnikova Vsevolod Poudovkine 1952 Russia

International Tourism Film Review

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Ballon Vole Switzerland
Baroque Czech Republic
Bauernhochzeit In Der Schwalm Germany
Carcassone, Vigie Occitane France
Dafni (Panagia Hrysodafniotissa) Daphni: The Virgin Of The Golden Laurels George Hoynigen-Huene, Angelos Propkopiou 1951 Greece
Die Alte Deutsche Stadt Germany
Fishing The Water Wilderness USA
L'Or Vert, Tresor De La Finlande Finland
La Chanson De La Foret Czech Republic
La Finlande Vous Sourit Finland
Land Of Enlightment India
Le Rocce Di Eolo Giovanni Paolucci Italy
Music Of India India
Noche De Grenada Spain
Ousbekistan Sovietique Switzerland
Presentation De La Beauce A Notre-Dame De Chartres France
Promenade A Travers Le Danemark Denmark
Reiseziel Aegypten Switzerland
Road To Canterbury David Eady 1952 Great Britain
Salzburger Welttheater Austria
Sardegna Ubaldo Magnaghi Italy
Seville Spain
Summertime In Attica Greece
Travel Royal Peter Bradford 1952 Great Britain
Yellowstone National Park USA

Comic Cinema in the Silent Era

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France - Early Comedies

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Aspects of Comic Cinema At the Time of Mute / France (Primitive Comics)
English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Boireau Domestique André Deed 1907 France
Ten Wives for One Husband Dix Femmes Pour Un Mari Georges Hatot, Lucien Nonguet, Ferdinand Zecca 1905 France
The Waterer Watered L'Arroseur Arrose Louis Lumière 1895 France
Calino's Baptism Le Baptême De Calino Jean Durand 1907 France
Baby’s Breakfast Le Dejeuner De Bebe Émile Reynaud 1895 France
The False Cripple Le Faux Cul De Jatte 1903 France
An Impossible Voyage Le Voyage A Travers L'Impossible G. Méliès 1904 France
Max as a Chriopodist Max Pédicure Max Linder 1914 France
Max Joins the Giants Max Veut Grandir Max Linder 1912 France
Max Takes Tonics Max Victime Du Quinquina Max Linder 1911 France
Rigadin and Miss Margaret Rigadin Et Miss Margaret Georges Monca 1907 France
Hunchback Brings Luck Une Veine De Bossu Max Linder 1908 France

Italy - Early Comedies

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English Title Original Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Pedestrian Love Amor Pedestre Marcel Favre 1914 Italy
Cinessino and the Gramophone Cinessino Il Grammofono Conès 1914 Italy
/Foolshead Looks for a Duel Il Duello /Cretinetti Cerca Un Duello (?) André Deed 1909 Italy
L'Avventura Galante Di Un Provinciale Luca Comerio 1908 Italy
La Sveglia Travetti 1908 Italy
Onomastico Della Moglie 1908 Italy
Polidor Si Sposa Ferdinand Guillaume 1912 Italy
Tweedledum as a Cycling Policeman Robinet Guardia Ciclista Marcel Favre 1913 Italy

United States - Comedy And Satire

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Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
L'Allegro Fante Charles Reisner 1920 USA
Sunnyside Charlie Chaplin 1919 USA

United States - Mack Sennett School

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Italian Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Fatty Portalettere Roscoe Arbuckle 1917 USA
Harold Antiquario Harold Lloyd 1919 USA
Il Solitario Luca Harold Lloyd USA
Nel Paese Degli Armadilli Buster Keaton 1918 USA
The Freshman Harold Lloyd 1925 USA
Un'Avventura Nominata Mack Sennett 1920 USA

Independent Sections

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Swiss Cinema

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Swiss Cinema Retrospective Review
Original Title English Title Director(s) Year Production Country
Die Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe Léopold Lindtberg 1940 Switzerland
Il Neige Sul Le Haut Pays C.G. Duvanel 1944 Switzerland
L'Annee Vigneronne C.G. Duvanel Switzerland
La Vocation D'Andre Carel The Vocation of André Carel Jean Choux 1952 Switzerland
Romeo Und Julia Auf Dem Dorfe Valerian Schmidely, Hans Trommer 1941 Switzerland
So Lebt China Emil Berna, Lazare Wechsler 1936 Switzerland

Awards

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International Critics Jury

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Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists

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  • Prize of the Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists: JULIUS CAESAR by David Bradley, STARE POVESTI CESKE by Jiri Trnka, THE UNFAITHFULS by Steno Vanzina
  • Mention of the Jury of the Swiss Association of Film Journalists: Hans Trommer, Herbert Meyer, Charles-Georges Duvanel

Source:[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "International: Locarno film fete in july". Variety. 190. Los Angelos: 11. 29 April 1953. ProQuest 963295336. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b Hawkins, R. E. (22 July 1953). "Miscellany: Locarno pix fest sees russian return, hassle over 16m 'caesar' entry". Variety. Vol. 191, no. 7. pp. 2, 62. ProQuest 963161990.
  3. ^ "Locarno Film Festival · All the films of the Locarno Film Festival..." Locarno Film Festival. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  4. ^ "1953 Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
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