7th Venice International Film Festival

The "7th" annual (void) Venice International Film Festival was held from 8 August to 1 September 1939. This edition has been strongly influenced by the Fascist regime and was deserted by the United States of America. The Mussolini Cup was won by the historical film Cardinal Messias, while the other main prizes were not awarded.

7th Venice International Film Festival

Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Festival date	8 August – 1 September 1939
Website	Website

Jury

• Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata - Jury President
• Olaf Andersson
• Luigi Bonelli
• Ottavio Croze
• Giacomo Paulucci de'Calboli
• Antonio de Obregón
• Dino Falconi
• F.T. Geldenhuys
• Neville Kearney
• Ernest Leichtenstern
• Antonio Maraini
• Ugo Ojetti
• Vezio Orazi
• Junzo Sato
• D.I. Suchianu
• Zdenk Urban
• Louis Villani
• Carl Vincent

In Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
—	Margarita, Armando y su padre	Francisco Múgica	Argentina
Divorce in Montevideo	Divorcio en Montevideo	Manuel Romero	Argentina
From the Hills to the Valley	De la sierra al valle	Antonio Ber Ciani	Argentina
Ambition	Ambición	Adelqui Migliar	Argentina
The Outlaw	El matrero	Orestes Caviglia	Argentina
—	Congo, terre d'eaux vives (short film)	André Cauvin	Belgium
—	L'Agneau Mystique de Van Eyck (short film)	André Cauvin	Belgium
Humoreska		Otakar Vávra	Bohemia
Macoun the Tramp	Tulák Macoun	Ladislav Brom	Bohemia
—	Sklenice i chléb (short film)	Jaroslav Tuzar	Bohemia
Behind the Facade	Derrière la façade	Yves Mirande, Georges Lacombe	France
The Human Beast	La Bête humaine	Jean Renoir	France
The End of the Day	La Fin du jour	Julien Duvivier	France
The Five-Forty	Öt óra 40	André De Toth	Hungary

Awards

• Mussolini Cup
  • Best Film - Cardinal Messias (Goffredo Alessandrini)
• Volpi Cup
  • Best Actor - Not awarded.
  • Best Actress - Not awarded.
• Bronze Medal
  • Girls in Distress (Georg Wilhelm Pabst)

External links

• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1939 Awards on IMDb