# 16th Venice International Film Festival

The 16th Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 10 September 1955.
Italian film critic Mario Gromo was appointed as the president of the jury. The Golden Lion was awarded to Ordet, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.

## Jury
### Main Competition (Venezia 16)

* Mario Gromo, Italian journalist and film critic - Jury President
* Antonín Martin Brousil, Czechoslovak film critic and historian
* Piero Gadda Conti, Italian novelist and film critic
* Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, French actor, film director and critic
* Arthur Knight, American film critic and historian
* Emilio Lonero, Italian journalist and film critic
* Roger Manvell, British film historian
* Domenico Meccoli, Italian journalist, film critic and screenwriter
* Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Italian art critic and historian

## Official Sections
### In Competition

The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Abandoned | Gli sbandati | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| After the Storm | Después de la tormenta | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico |
| The Big Knife | The Big Knife | Robert Aldrich | United States |
| Boris Godunov | Борис Годунов | Vera Stroyeva | Soviet Union |
| Ciske the Rat | Ciske de Rat | Wolfgang Staudte | West Germany, Netherlands |
| The Deep Blue Sea | The Deep Blue Sea | Anatole Litvak | United Kingdom |
| The Devil's General | Des Teufels General | Helmut Käutner | West Germany |
| Doctor at Sea | Doctor at Sea | Ralph Thomas | United Kingdom |
| 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements | 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements | Hans Richter | United States |
| El canto del gallo | El canto del gallo | Rafael Gil | Spain |
| Friends for Life | Amici per la pelle | Franco Rossi | Italy, France, Spain |
| From My Life | Z mého života | Václav Krška | Czechoslovakia |
| The Grasshopper | Попрыгунья | Samson Samsonov | Soviet Union |
| Il bidone | Il bidone | Federico Fellini | Italy, France |
| Interrupted Melody | Interrupted Melody | Curtis Bernhardt | United States |
| Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje | झनक झनक पायल बाजे | V. Shantaram | India |
| John and Julie | John and Julie | William Fairchild | United Kingdom |
| The Kentuckian | The Kentuckian | Burt Lancaster | United States |
| La Tierra del Fuego se apaga | La Tierra del Fuego se apaga | Emilio Fernández | Argentina, Mexico |
| Le Amiche | Le Amiche | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy |
| Les héros sont fatigués | Les héros sont fatigués | Yves Ciampi | France, West Germany |
| Les mauvaises rencontres | Les mauvaises rencontres | Alexandre Astruc | France |
| The Little Rebels | Chiens perdus sans collier | Jean Delannoy | France, Italy |
| Mãos Sangrentas | Mãos Sangrentas | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Brazil, Argentina |
| The Mask and Destiny | 修禅寺物語 | Noboru Nakamura | Japan |
| Men of the Blue Cross | Błękitny krzyż | Andrzej Munk | Poland |
| Moment of Decision | Trenutki odločitve | František Čáp | Yugoslavia |
| The Naked Dawn | The Naked Dawn | Edgar G. Ulmer | United States |
| Ordet | Ordet | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark |
| Pride | Orgullo | Manuel Mur Oti | Spain |
| Princess Yang Kwei Fei | 楊貴妃 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan, Hong Kong |
| Seagulls Die in the Harbour | Meeuwen sterven in de haven | Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels, Roland Verhavert | Belgium |
| To a New Shore | К новому берегу | Leonid Lukov | Soviet Union |
| To Catch a Thief | To Catch a Thief | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| Troubled Road, a Man Decides | Неспокоен път | Dako Dakovski | Bulgaria |

## Official Awards

The following official awards were presented at the 15th edition:

### Main Competition

* Golden Lion: Ordet by Carl Theodor Dreyer
* Silver Lion:
** The Grasshopper by Samson Samsonov
** The Big Knife by Robert Aldrich
** Le Amiche by Michelangelo Antonioni
** Ciske the Rat by Wolfgang Staudte
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor:
** Kenneth More for The Deep Blue Sea
** Curd Jürgens for Les héros sont fatigués