1951 Cannes Film Festival

The 4th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 20 April 1951. The previous year, no festival had been held because of financial reasons. In 1951, the festival took place in April instead of September to avoid direct competition with the Venice Film Festival.

As in the previous two festivals, the entire jury was made up of French persons. The Grand Prix of the Festival went to two different films, Miss Julie by Alf Sjöberg and Miracle in Milan by Vittorio De Sica.

The festival honoured Michèle Morgan, Jean Marais and Jean Cocteau with the Victoire du cinéma français award.

Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature and short films. Substitute members Short films
 * André Maurois (author) - Jury President
 * Suzanne Borel (diplomat)
 * Louis Chauvet (journalist)
 * Evrard de Rouvre
 * Guy Desson (MP official)
 * Jacques Ibert (composer)
 * Gaby Morlay (actress)
 * Georges Raguis (union official)
 * René Jeanne (critic)
 * Carlo Rim (director)
 * Louis Touchagues
 * Paul Vialar (author)
 * Alexandre Kamenka
 * Paul Verneyras (MP official)
 * Paul Weill (lawyer)
 * Marcel De Hubsch
 * Marcel Ichac
 * Fred Orain
 * Jean Thevenot (journalist)

Feature film competition
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:


 * All About Eve by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
 * Bright Victory by Mark Robson
 * The Browning Version by Anthony Asquith
 * Caiçara by Adolfo Celi
 * Dance of Fire (La Danza del fuego) by Daniel Tinayre
 * The Deadly Dreams (Die tödlichen Träume) by Paul Martin
 * The Devil Is a Woman (Doña Diabla) by Tito Davison
 * Dream of a Cossack (Kavalier zolotoy zvezdy) by Yuli Raizman
 * Edward and Caroline (Édouard et Caroline) by Jacques Becker
 * The Falling Star (Der Fallende Stern) by Harald Braun
 * The Forbidden Christ (Il Cristo proibito) by Curzio Malaparte
 * Four in a Jeep (Die Vier im Jeep) by Leopold Lindtberg
 * The Honesty of the Lock (La honradez de la cerradura) by Luis Escobar
 * Los Isleros by Lucas Demare
 * Juliette, or Key of Dreams (Juliette ou La clef des songes) by Marcel Carné
 * Különös házasság by Márton Keleti
 * The Last Mission (Teleftaia apostoli) by Nikos Tsiforos
 * The Marihuana Story (Marihuana) by León Klimovsky
 * Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano) by Vittorio De Sica
 * Mirror of Holland (Spiegel van Holland) by Bert Haanstra
 * Miss Julie (Fröken Julie) by Alf Sjöberg
 * Mussorgsky (Musorgskiy) by Grigori Roshal
 * The New China (Osvobozhdyonnyy kitay) by Sergei Gerasimov
 * Los Olvidados by Luis Buñuel
 * Paris Vice Squad (Identité judiciaire) by Hervé Bromberger
 * Path of Hope (Il Cammino della speranza) by Pietro Germi
 * A Place in the Sun by George Stevens
 * Reckless (Balarrasa) by José Antonio Nieves Conde
 * Rumbo by Ramón Torrado
 * Side Street Story (Napoli milionaria) by Eduardo De Filippo
 * The Sin of Harold Diddlebock by Preston Sturges
 * The Tales of Hoffmann by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger


 * The Trap (Past) by Martin Frič
 * Unvanquished City (Robinson warszawski) by Jerzy Zarzycki
 * La Virgen gitana by Ramón Torrado
 * The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon (La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde) by Carlos Hugo Christensen and Luis Guillermo Villegas Blanco

Short films
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix du court métrage:


 * Así es Madrid directed by Joaquín Soriano
 * Azerbaidjan Soviètique directed by F. Kissiliov and M. Dadachev
 * Bali, eiland der Goden directed by N. Drakulić
 * Bim directed by Albert Lamorisse
 * Carnet de plongée directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
 * Chasse à courre au Pôle Nord directed by Nils Rasmussen
 * Colette directed by Yannick Bellon
 * Der gelbe Dom directed by Eugen Schuhmacher
 * Der goldene Brunnen directed by H. Walter Kolm-Veltee
 * Der zee ontrukt directed by Herman van der Horst
 * En Sevilla hay una fiesta directed by Joaquín Soriano
 * Esthonie Soviètique by V. Tomber and I. Guidine
 * Ett hörn i norr directed by Arne Sucksdorff
 * Family Portrait directed by Humphrey Jennings
 * Festival Time directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
 * French Canada: 1534-1848 directed by Bernard Devlin
 * Histoire d'un Facoun Royal directed by István Homoki Nagy
 * Homme des oasis directed by Georges Régnier
 * Inondations directed by Al Stark and Morten Parker
 * L'Algérie humaine directed by Jean-Charles Carlus
 * L'autre Moisson directed by René Lucot
 * L'Empire directed by Alberto Ancillotti
 * L'Eruption de l'Etna directed by Domenico Paolella
 * La vie due riz directed by Jinkichi Ohta
 * La Voie Est-Ouest directed by K. Gordon Murray
 * Lettonie Soviètique directed by F. Kissiliov
 * Magnetism directed by John Durst
 * New Pioneers directed by Baruch Dienar
 * Notre-Dame de Luxembourg directed by Florent Antony
 * Oton Joupantchitch by France Kosmač
 * The Private Life of a Silk Worm directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
 * Rajasthan N° 1 directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
 * River of Steel directed by Peter Sachs
 * Schwarze Gesellen directed by Prof. Walter Hege
 * Soutyeska by Pierre Maihrovski
 * Suite du de danses Berbères directed by Serge Debecque
 * Turay directed by Enrico Gras
 * Ukraine en Fleurs directed by Mikhail Slutsky
 * Vertigo directed by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín

Awards
The following films and people received the 1951 awards: Feature Films Short Films
 * Grand Prix:
 * Miss Julie by Alf Sjöberg
 * Miracle in Milan by Vittorio De Sica
 * Jury Special Prize: All About Eve by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
 * Best Director: Luis Buñuel for Los Olvidados
 * Best Actress: Bette Davis for All About Eve
 * Best Actor: Michael Redgrave for The Browning Version
 * Best Screenplay: Terence Rattigan for The Browning Version
 * Best Music: Joseph Kosma for Juliette ou La clef des songes
 * Best Cinematography: José María Beltrán for La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde
 * Best Art Direction: Abram Veksler for Musorgskiy
 * Special Award: The Tales of Hoffmann by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
 * Prix Spécial du Jury
 * La Voie Est-Ouest by K. Gordon Murray
 * Ukraine en Fleurs by Mikhail Slutsky
 * Lettonie Soviètique by F. Kissiliov
 * Azerbaidjan Soviètique by F. Kissiliov and M. Dadachev
 * Esthonie Soviètique by V. Tomber and I. Guidine
 * Grand Prix du Festival International du Film pour le Meilleur Film Scientifique:
 * L'Eruption de l'Etna by Domenico Paolella

Media

 * Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: List of award-winners at the 1951 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: Awarding of the "Victoire du cinéma français" awards at the opening of the 1951 Festival (commentary in French)