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Eisenstein and Marina Ladynina awarded by first Cannes Film Festival

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Eisenstein and Marina Ladynina awarded by first Cannes Film Festival


19.11.2019


Photo credit: the festival organizing committee

The award ceremony of the first Cannes Film Festival took place in France, TASS reported. The screening was supposed to take place in 1939, but never happened. It was canceled due to the outbreak of war. The French town of Orleans was chosen as the venue for celebration. Jean Zay, who headed the French Ministry of Education before the Second World War, was born there. It was he who initiated the Cannes Film Festival.

The jury praised several Soviet features, which were announced at the first Cannes festival. In particular, the title of best actress went to Marina Ladynina. She was noted for her work in Ivan Pyryev’s film Tractor Drivers. The star of Soviet cinema became famous for her roles in The Pig-Tender and the Shepherd, Cossacks of the Kuban and others. She was repeatedly awarded the Stalin Prize for her work.

Alexander Nevsky by the classic of the world cinema Sergey Eisenstein was awarded the special jury prize. The director also created such legendary features as Battleship Potemkin and Ivan the Terrible.

The main prize named after Jean Zay was awarded to the American director Frank Capra for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Previously, the greatest success of Russian cinema at the Cannes festival was Mikhail Kalatozov’s film The Cranes Are Flying. The drama with Tatyana Samoilova and Alexey Batalov in the leading roles received the Palme d'Or in 1958.

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