7th Venice International Film Festival
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7th 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.[1]
Jury
- Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (Head of Jury)[2]
- Olaf Andersson
- Luigi Bonelli
- Ottavio Croze
- Antonio de Obregón
- Dino Falconi
- F.T. Geldenhuys
- Neville Kearney
- Ernest Leichtenstern
- Antonio Maraini
- Ugo Ojetti
- Vezio Orazi
- Giacomo Paulucci de'Calboli
- Junzo Sato
- D.I. Suchianu
- Zdenk Urban
- Louis Villani
- Carl Vincent
In Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 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 |
| N/A | Ambición | Adelqui Migliar | Argentina |
| N/A | El matrero | Orestes Caviglia | Argentina |
| N/A | Congo, terre d'eaux vives (short film) | André Cauvin |  Belgium |
| N/A | L'Agneau Mystique de Van Eyck (short film) | André Cauvin | Belgium |
| N/A | Humoreska | Otakar Vávra |  Bohemia |
| N/A | Tulák Macoun | Ladislav Brom | Bohemia |
| N/A | Sklenice i chléb (short film) | Jaroslav Tuzar | Bohemia |
| N/A | Derrière la façade | Yves Mirande, Georges Lacombe |  France |
| N/A | La Bête humaine | Jean Renoir | France |
| N/A | La Fin du jour | Julien Duvivier | France |
Awards
- Mussolini Cup
- Best Film - Cardinal Messias (Goffredo Alessandrini)
- Volpi Cup
- Best Actor - Not awarded.
- Best Actress - Not awarded.
- Bronze Medal
