1946 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Winner and Nominees

1946 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or Winner

Brief Encounter

David Lean

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

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María Candelaria (Xochimilco)

Emilio Fernández

In Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. Maria Candelaria is segregated for being a prostitute’s child and the couple …

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Men Without Wings

Frantisek Cáp

The action takes place in occupied Czechoslovak Republic after assassination of Schutzstaffel (SS)-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei Reinhard Heydrich, acting Reichsprotektor of the…

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Neecha Nagar

Chetan Anand

The films takes an expressionist look at the gulf between the rich and poor in the society. The film centers on a wealthy and capacious landlord, Sarkar (Rafi Peer) who lives in a palatial …

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Pastoral Symphony

Jean Delannoy

A minister falls in love with a blind young woman he sheltered, but so does his son.

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Red Meadows

Bodil Ipsen

A 1945 Danish war drama based on resistance fighter Ole Vlademar Juul’s 1945 novel of the same name, is a suspense tale revolving around the memories of a Danish saboteur as he await s his execution in a German war-time prison.

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Rome, Open City

Roberto Rossellini

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

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The Last Chance

Leopold Lindtberg

Escaping a Nazi prison train in war-torn Italy, an American and a British soldier set out for the Swiss border and find themselves leading a multi-national party of refugees for the Italian underground.

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The Lost Weekend

Billy Wilder

The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.

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The Turning Point

Fridrikh Ermler

Released after the Russian victory over the Germans in WWII, the film stresses the role of the officer staff during the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Torment

Alf Sjöberg

An idealistic adolescent, suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster, falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.

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