Cannes 1961 - Compétition
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1. Viridiana (1961)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, José Calvo
Votes: 26,119
Palme d'Or Ex-aequo Unanimité
2. The Long Absence (1961)
94 min | Drama, Mystery
A Parisian café owner believes her long lost husband has returned but the man suffers from amnesia.
Director: Henri Colpi | Stars: Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette, Amédée
Votes: 1,017
Palme d'Or Ex-aequo Unanimité
3. Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961)
91 min | Drama, War
In early Summer 1941, German troops penetrate into Russia, wreaking human and material destruction. Ivan Orlyukov, a young Russian, takes up arms and rises up against the invader. He is not... See full summary »
Director: Yuliya Solntseva | Stars: Boris Andreyev, Sergei Lukyanov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Nikolay Vingranovskiy
Votes: 159
Prix de la mise en scène Mention spéciale de la Commission Supérieure Technique
4. Goodbye Again (1961)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A successful business woman, dissatisfied with her current, philandering lover, starts an affair with a much younger man.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Jessie Royce Landis
Votes: 3,116
Prix d'interprétation masculine pour Anthony Perkins
5. Two Women (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, War
In WWII Italy, a widow and her lonely daughter seek distance between themselves and the horrors of war.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone, Eleonora Brown
Votes: 12,421
Prix d'interprétation féminine pour Sophia Loren
6. The Hand in the Trap (1961)
90 min | Drama
A woman uncovers the secret of her aunt's withdrawal from the world and arranges a confrontation with the man who jilted her.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Stars: Elsa Daniel, Francisco Rabal, Leonardo Favio, María Rosa Gallo
Votes: 261
Prix de la Critique Internationale - F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I.
7. Brother (1960)
98 min | Drama
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Keiko Kishi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori
Votes: 484
Mention spéciale de la Commission Supérieure Technique
8. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska, Maria Chwalibóg
Votes: 4,307
Prix spécial du Jury
9. A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Approved | 128 min | Drama
A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands
Votes: 9,566
Prix Gary Cooper
10. The Joy of Living (1961)
132 min | Comedy
Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. He drops the offer he gets from a group of fascists to go in with the Fossatis, a family of anarchists (unknown to him).
Director: René Clément | Stars: Alain Delon, Barbara Lass, Gino Cervi, Rina Morelli
Votes: 547
11. Children of the Sun (1960)
10 min | Animation, Short
On the one hand, a healthy child who has enough to eat. On the other hand, a poor, undernourished kid. On the one had, a quarter of the blue planet's children. On the other hand, the remaining three quarters.
Directors: Faith Hubley, John Hubley | Stars: Emily Hubley, Georgia Hubley, Hampy Hubley, Mark Hubley
Votes: 11
12. The Sky Above, the Mud Below (1961)
92 min | Documentary
In September, 1959, six Europeans leave Cook's Bay on the southern coast of Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua or Irian Jaya, to trek north to the far side of the island. The journey (450 ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau | Stars: Gerard Delloye, Tony Saulnier, Herve de Maigret, William Dexter
Votes: 287
13. The Brute (1961)
96 min | Drama
The setting is the countryside, where an independent, landowning farmer busies himself in his free time by bedding down the women on his farm and then tossing them aside. One such ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Ferenc Bessenyei, Tibor Bitskey, Mária Medgyesi, Béla Barsi
Votes: 205
14. The Fourteenth Day (1960)
101 min | Crime, Drama
The adventures of four convicts who were given fourteen days of freedom on the basis of good conduct, and their attempts to adapt in rather changed environment.
Director: Zdravko Velimirovic | Stars: Nikola Popovic, Karlo Bulic, Slobodan 'Cica' Perovic, Dusan Janicijevic
Votes: 62
15. El centroforward murió al amanecer (1961)
80 min | Drama
Cacho Garibaldi is the soccer player of the moment, his goals lead to delirium fans. When an eccentric millionaire named Lupus buys his transfer, he believes he has reached the pinnacle of fame.
Director: René Múgica | Stars: Arturo Arcari, Didi Carli, Camilo Da Passano, Pierina Dealessi
Votes: 35
16. Darclée (1960)
110 min | Biography, Drama
Darclee is a lead singer for an opera company in Romania with a heavy load of responsibility. It seems the company is in dire need of a decent physical structure for their performances and a brace , or more.
Director: Mihai Iacob | Stars: Silvia Popovici, Costache Antoniu, Toma Dimitriu, Marcel Anghelescu
Votes: 54
17. Domaren (1960)
112 min | Drama
Krister and his fiancé Brita return to Stockholm after a stay in Italy. Shortly upon their return Krister learns that all his assets left to him by his father has disappeared. Together with... See full summary »
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Hellström, Per Myrberg, Georg Rydeberg
Votes: 106
18. The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
Approved | 101 min | Drama
Based on the life of Fr. Charles Clark, a minister to street gangs.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Don Murray, Larry Gates, Logan Ramsey, Don Joslyn
Votes: 497
19. Kazaki (1961)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Based on the story by L. N. Tolstoy. Yunker Olenin, representative of the St. Petersburg's golden youth, in search of romance, travels from St. Petersburg to the Caucasus.
Director: Vasili Pronin | Stars: Leonid Gubanov, Boris Andreyev, Zinaida Kirienko, Eduard Bredun
Votes: 74
20. Der letzte Zeuge (1960)
102 min | Crime
Courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid, who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to someone else... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Martin Held, Hanns Lothar, Ellen Schwiers, Jürgen Goslar
Votes: 283
21. Madalena (1960)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A tenacious daughter and an expert boatman are more than eager to prolong their parents' irreconcilable feud. However, an untimely demise will only make things worse. Can a humble priest help them bury the hatchet and, maybe, find love?
Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Pantelis Zervos, Thodoros Moridis
Votes: 1,228
22. The Mark (1961)
Approved | 127 min | Drama
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Maria Schell, Stuart Whitman, Rod Steiger, Brenda de Banzie
Votes: 993
23. Het mes (1961)
89 min | Drama
A young boy coming into puberty is resentful of his mother's budding romance with the best friend of her late husband, and is torn and confused about his emerging feelings for Toni, a young... See full summary »
Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Reitze van der Linden, Marie-Louise Videc, Ellen Vogel, Paul Cammermans
Votes: 193
24. Piesen o sivom holubovi (1961)
98 min | Drama, War
During the WW2 a group of Slovak children goes a trip on the mountains with their teacher.
Director: Stanislav Barabas | Stars: Karol Machata, Jirí Sovák, Radoslav Bartoník, Michal Belák
Votes: 98
25. Plein sud (1961)
Documentary, Adventure
The director recounts his disastrous expedition to Antarctica.
Director: Gaston De Gerlache | Star: Gaston De Gerlache
26. A Primeira Missa (1961)
90 min | Drama, Family
A little boy has many adventures in his small Brazilian town, including his first mass.
Director: Lima Barreto | Stars: Roberto Alrean, Dionísio Azevedo, Artur Barman, Felipe Barreto
Votes: 17
27. Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A girl pursues a guy who fooled her, but fascinates his younger brother instead.
Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo, Renato Baldini
Votes: 2,457
28. I Like Mike (1961)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
An Israeli woman wants her daughter to marry Mike, the rich American son of an oil tycoon. However, she is already in love with a poor soldier, and Mike only has eyes for a Yemenite whose picture he sees in the paper.
Director: Peter Frye | Stars: Batya Lancet, Gideon Singer, Zeev Berlinsky, Ilana Rovina
Votes: 20
29. The Wastrel (1961)
84 min | Drama
A wealthy and self-serving man, sets out on a perilous ocean voyage with his son. An unexpected incident with the vessel causes him to reflect on his not so perfect life.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Van Heflin, Franco Fabrizi, Fosco Giachetti
Votes: 80
30. La viaccia (1961)
102 min | Drama
The original Italian is La Viaccia (the name of the family farm which motivates the plot). The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Pietro Germi, Romolo Valli
Votes: 777
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