1972 Cannes Film Festival

The 25th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 19 May 1972. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian films The Working Class Goes to Heaven by Elio Petri and The Mattei Affair by Francesco Rosi.

The festival opened with the French film L'aventure, c'est l'aventure by Claude Lelouch and closed with the British film Frenzy by Alfred Hitchcock.

Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1972 feature film competition:

Feature films Short films
 * Joseph Losey (UK) - Jury President
 * Bibi Andersson (Sweden)
 * Georges Auric (France)
 * Erskine Caldwell (USA)
 * Mark Donskoi (Soviet Union)
 * Miloš Forman (USA)
 * Giorgio Papi (Yugoslavia)
 * Jean Rochereau (France) (journalist)
 * Alain Tanner (Switzerland)
 * Naoki Togawa (Japan)
 * Frédéric Rossif (France) - Jury President
 * Istvan Dosai (Hungary) (Cinématographie official)
 * Vicente Pineda (Italy) (journalist)

In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:


 * Dear Louise (Chère Louise) by Philippe de Broca
 * A Fan's Notes by Eric Till
 * Havoc (Das Unheil) by Peter Fleischmann
 * Hearth Fires (Les Feux de la Chandeleur) by Serge Korber
 * I Love You Rosa (Ani Ohev Otach Rosa) by Moshé Mizrahi
 * Images by Robert Altman
 * Jeremiah Johnson by Sydney Pollack
 * King, Queen, Knave by Jerzy Skolimowski
 * Malpertuis by Harry Kümel
 * The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei) by Francesco Rosi
 * Oil Lamps (Petrolejové lampy) by Juraj Herz
 * Pearl in the Crown (Perła w koronie) by Kazimierz Kutz
 * Red Psalm (Még kér a nép) by Miklós Jancsó
 * The Ruling Class by Peter Medak
 * The Seduction of Mimi (Mimí metallurgico ferito nell'onore) by Lina Wertmüller
 * Silence (Chinmoku) by Masahiro Shinoda
 * Slaughterhouse-Five by George Roy Hill
 * Solaris (Solyaris) by Andrei Tarkovsky
 * The Surveyors (Les arpenteurs) by Michel Soutter
 * To Find a Man by Buzz Kulik
 * Trotta by Johannes Schaaf
 * The True Nature of Bernadette (La vraie nature de Bernadette) by Gilles Carle
 * The Visitors by Elia Kazan
 * We Won't Grow Old Together (Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble) by Maurice Pialat
 * The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso) by Elio Petri

Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


 * Asta Nielsen by Asta Nielsen
 * Bröder Carl by Susan Sontag
 * Faustine et le bel été by Nina Companéez
 * Frenzy by Alfred Hitchcock
 * L'aventure c'est l'aventure by Claude Lelouch
 * La dérive by Paula Delsol
 * La Génération du désert by Nicole Stéphane
 * Une guerre pour une paix by Nicole Stéphane
 * Lisa and the Devil by Mario Bava
 * Den gale dansker by Kirsten Stenbæk
 * Le lys de mer by Jacqueline Audry
 * Hvezda Betlémská by Hermína Týrlová
 * Alye maki Issyk-Kulya by Bolotbek Shamshiyev
 * Les Jeunes Filles En Fleurs by David Hamilton, Philippe Leroi
 * Macbeth by Roman Polanski
 * Marie by Márta Mészáros
 * Merry-Go-Round by Kirsten Stenbæk
 * Papa, les petits bateaux by Nelly Kaplan
 * Roma by Federico Fellini
 * Serata by Malvina Ursianu
 * Sziget a szárazföldön by Judit Elek

Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


 * Atlantyda by Piotr Szpakowicz
 * The Birth of Aphrodite by Leland Auslender
 * Le Fusil à lunette by Jean Chapot
 * Giovanni Michelucci by Fernando Cerchio
 * Hundertwasser's Rainy Day by Peter Schamoni
 * Jour de classe by Henri Jouf
 * Magic Graz by Curt Faudon
 * Malka dnevna muzika by Ivan Vesselinov
 * Mini by Stoian Doukov
 * I Omorfia tou thanatou by Nestoras Matsas
 * Operation X-70 by Raoul Servais
 * Pour solde de tout compte by Louis Pitzele
 * Een Zeer zonnige wereld by Pieter De Groot
 * Zikkaron by Laurent Coderre

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 11th International Critics' Week (11e Semaine de la Critique):


 * Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès by René Vautier (France)
 * Fritz the Cat by Ralph Bakshi (United States)
 * The Hamburg Uprising of 1923 (Der Hamburger Aufstand Oktober 1923) by Reiner Etz, Gisela Tuchtenhagen, Klaus Wildenhahn (West Germany)
 * Dirty Money (La Maudite Galette) by Denys Arcand (Canada)
 * Pilgrimage by Beni Montreso (United States)
 * The Trial of Catonsville Nine by Gorgon Davidson (United States)
 * Winter Soldier (Anonymous) (United States)
 * Prata Palomares by André Faria (Brazil) (screening was canceled at the request of the Brazilian government)

Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1972 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


 * Alianza para el progreso by Julio César Ludueña (Argentina)
 * All the Advantages by Christopher Mason (United Kingdom)
 * The Birch Wood (Brzezina) by Andrzej Wajda (Poland)
 * Confessions Among Actresses (Kokuhakuteki joyûron) by Yoshishige Yoshida (Japan)
 * The Days of Water (Los días del agua) by Manuel Octavio Gómez (Cuba)
 * Diary of a Suicide (Le journal d'un suicidé) by Stanislav Stanojevic (France)
 * Los dias del amor by Alberto Isaac (Mexico)
 * The Dupes (Al-makhdu'un) by Tewfik Saleh (Syria)
 * Emitai by Ousmane Sembene (Senegal)
 * Faire la déménageuse by José Varela (director) (France)
 * Family Life by Ken Loach (United Kingdom)
 * Film Portrait [doc.) by Jerome Hill (United States)
 * Il gesto by Marcello Grottesi (Italy)
 * Hail by Fred Levinson (United States)
 * Heat by Paul Morrissey (United States)
 * Homolka a tobolka by Jaroslav Papoušek (Czechoslovakia)
 * Land of Silence and Darkness (Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit) (doc.) by Werner Herzog (West Germany)
 * Luminous Procuress by Steven Arnold (United States)
 * Marjoe by Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan (United States)
 * The People by John Korty (United States)
 * Postchi by Dariush Mehrjui (Iran)
 * ¡Qué hacer! by Saul Landau, Raoul Ruiz, James Becket, Bill Yarhaus, Nina Serrano (Chile, United States)
 * Reed: Insurgent Mexico (Reed, México insurgente) by Paul Leduc (Mexico)
 * Le Sang by Jean-Daniel Pollet (France)
 * São Bernardo by Leon Hirszman (Brazil)
 * Savages by James Ivory (United Kingdom)
 * Shura by Toshio Matsumoto (Japan)
 * St. Michael Had a Rooster (San Michele aveva un gallo) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Italy)
 * Summer Soldiers by Hiroshi Teshigahara (Japan)
 * La tecnica e il rito by Miklós Jancsó (Italy)
 * The Death of Maria Malibran by Werner Schroeter (West Germany)
 * Week-end à Sochaux by Groupe Medvedkine (France)
 * Wezwanie by Wojciech Solarz (Poland)
 * The Wise Guys (Les smattes) by Jean-Claude Labrecque (Canada)
 * Die Zelle by Horst Bienek (West Germany)


 * Short films


 * Autoportrait d'un pornographe by Robert Swaim (France)
 * Camille ou la comédie catastrophique by Claude Miller (France)
 * Celui qui venait d'ailleurs by Atahualpa Lichy, J.P. Torok (France)
 * Das Kaputte Kino by H.H.K. Schoenherr (Switzerland)
 * Death of a Sandwichman by G. Henderickx, Robbe De Hert (Belgium)
 * Drug Abuse by Pat Lehman (United States)
 * Empereur Tomato-Ketchup by Shuji Terayama (Japan)
 * Homo Augens by Ante Zaninovic (Yougoslavie)
 * Kamasutra Rides Again by Bob Godfrey (United Kingdom)
 * La Chute by Paul Dopff (France)
 * Le Cabot by P. Letellier J. (France)
 * Le Sourire by Paul Dopff (France)
 * Légendes et chateaux by Patrick Hella (Belgium)
 * Luger by Georges Bensoussan (France)
 * Saint-Denis sur Avenir by Sarah Maldoror (France)
 * Yunbogi no nikki by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1972 Official selection awards: Short films
 * Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
 * The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso) by Elio Petri
 * The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei) by Francesco Rosi
 * Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: Solaris (Solyaris) by Andrei Tarkovsky
 * Best Director: Miklós Jancsó for Red Psalm (Még kér a nép)
 * Best Actress: Susannah York for Images
 * Best Actor: Jean Yanne for We Won't Grow Old Together (Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble)
 * Jury Prize: Slaughterhouse-Five by George Roy Hill
 * Grand Prix International du Festival: Le Fusil à lunette by Jean Chapot
 * Prix spécial du Jury: Operation X-70 by Raoul Servais

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Commission Supérieure Technique Other awards
 * FIPRESCI Prize: Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès by René Vautier
 * Technical Grand Prize: Zikkaron by Laurent Coderre
 * Special Mention: Gian Maria Volonté for La Classe operaia va in paradiso and Il Caso Mattei

Media

 * INA: Atmosphere at the 1972 Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: Groucho Marx and Alfred Hitchcock at Cannes (interview in French and English)
 * INA: Présentation du film "Malpertuis" (commentary in French)
 * INA: The winners (commentary in French)