Venice Film Festival

1954 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerLa stradaFederico FelliniA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.AmazonOn the WaterfrontElia KazanAn ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.AmazonSansho the BailiffKenji MizoguchiIn medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.AmazonSeven SamuraiAkira KurosawaA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.Amazon

1953 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion - Best Director WinnerI vitelloniFederico FelliniA character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.AmazonLittle FugitiveRay AshleyA young boy fears that he shot his older brother, who is only faking. He then runs away to Coney Island, a crowded beach area, and gets money by returning soda bottles for their deposits.AmazonMoulin RougeJohn HustonFictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.AmazonSadkoAleksandr PtushkoArriving home to find his native land under the yoke of corrupt merchants, an adventurer named Sadko sets sail in search of a mythical bird of happiness.AmazonThe AdultressMarcel CarnéA truckdriver kills the husband of the woman he loves, and becomes the object of blackmai...