The "10th" annual (void) Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 5 September 1942. The events were hosted at places far away from the Lido and very few countries participated due to World War II and directors that were members of the Rome-Berlin axis. Additionally, a strong fascist political meddling from the Italian fascist government under Benito Mussolini had led to Italy experiencing a period of cultural depression oppressed by fascist propaganda. It is the last edition before the suspension for the Second World War.
Jury Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata (Head of Jury) Joaquin Argamasilla Ottavio Croze Stavtscho Danailov Augusto Fantechi Wolfgang Fischer Mario Gromo Aladar Haasz Ferdinand Imhof Manuel Lopez Ribeiro Marijan Micac Karl Melzer Antonio Maraini Mihai Puscariu Yrio Erik Ranniko Stefan Ravasz Carl Vincent
In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Golden City Die goldene Stadt Veit Harlan Nazi Germany Bengasi Augusto Genina Kingdom of Italy Alfa Tau! Francesco De Robertis Kingdom of Italy The Great King Der große König Veit Harlan Nazi Germany Ala-Arriba! José Leitão de Barros Portugal Sirius Szíriusz Dezsõ Ákos Hamza Hungary
Awards Mussolini Cup Best Foreign Film - (Veit Harlan) Best Italian Film - (Augusto Genina) Volpi Cup Best Actor - Fosco Giachetti () Best Actress - Kristina Söderbaum () International Film Chamber Award Technical - (Francesco De Robertis) Color - (Veit Harlan) Current Affairs
Animation Design (Roberto Sgrilli) (Antonio Rubino) Biennale Award (José Leitão de Barros) (Paul Verhoeven) Vienna Blood (Willi Forst) (Goffredo Alessandrini) Odessa in Flames (Carmine Gallone) (Benito Perojo) People of the Mountains (István Szőts) Biennale Medal The Cursed Village (Florián Rey) (Åke Ohberg) (Wilho Ilmari) (Zoltán Farkas) Biennale Medal for documentary (Kurt Früh) (Fernando Cerchio) (Edmondo Cancellieri) (Walter Hege and V. Loewenstein) (Victor Borel) (Arturo Gemmiti) (István Horty) (Béla Molnar)
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1942 Awards on IMDb