| 15th Venice International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
| Date: | 22 August – 7 September 1954 |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 14th |
| Followed By: | 16th |
The 15th Venice International Film Festival was held from 22 August to 7 September 1954.[1]
Italian Writer Ignazio Silone was appointed as president of the jury.[2] The Golden Lion was awarded to Romeo and Juliet, directed by Renato Castellani.[3]
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annaluise and Anton | Pünktchen und Anton | data-sort-value="Engel" | Thomas Engel | West Germany, Austria | |
| The Bastard | Guacho | data-sort-value="Demare" | Lucas Demare | Argentina | |
| The Caine Mutiny | data-sort-value="Dmytryk" | Edward Dmytryk | United States | ||
| Camelia | data-sort-value="Gavaldón" | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico, Spain | ||
| Castles in Spain | El torero | data-sort-value="Wheeler" | René Wheeler | France, Spain | |
| Executive Suite | data-sort-value="Wise" | Robert Wise | United States | ||
| Father Brown | data-sort-value="Hamer" | Robert Hamer | United Kingdom | ||
| Ha-Maftayach Hazahav | data-sort-value="Alexander" | Sasha Alexander | Israel | ||
| An Inn at Osaka | 大阪の宿 | data-sort-value="Gosho" | Heinosuke Gosho | Japan | |
| Judas' Kiss | El beso de Judas | data-sort-value="Gil" | Rafael Gil | Spain | |
| Königliche Hoheit | data-sort-value="Braun" | Harald Braun | West Germany | ||
| L'air de Paris | data-sort-value="Carné" | Marcel Carné | France, Italy | ||
| La quintrala | data-sort-value="del Carril" | Hugo del Carril | Argentina | ||
| La Strada | data-sort-value="Fellini" | Federico Fellini | Italy | ||
| On the Waterfront | data-sort-value="Kazan" | Elia Kazan | United States | ||
| Raíces | data-sort-value="Alazraki" | Benito Alazraki | Mexico | ||
| Rear Window | data-sort-value="Hitchcock" | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | ||
| Rebellion of the Hanged | La rebelión de los colgados | data-sort-value="Crevenna" | Alfredo B. Crevenna, Emilio Fernández | Mexico | |
| The River and Death | El río y la muerte | data-sort-value="Buñuel" | Luis Buñuel | Mexico | |
| Romeo and Juliet | data-sort-value="del Carril" | Renato Castellani | Italy, United Kingdom | ||
| Sansho the Bailiff | 山椒大夫 | data-sort-value="Mizoguchi" | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan | |
| Senso | data-sort-value="Visconti" | Luchino Visconti | Italy | ||
| Seven Samurai | 七人の侍 | data-sort-value="Kurosawa" | Akira Kurosawa | Japan | |
| Simon Menyhért születése | data-sort-value="Várkonyi" | Zoltán Várkonyi | Hungary | ||
| The Sixth Continent | Sesto continente | data-sort-value="Quilici" | Folco Quilici | Italy | |
| Som i drömmar | data-sort-value="Gyllenberg" | Carl Gyllenberg | Sweden | ||
| Song of Man | Песен за човека | data-sort-value="Sharaliev" | Borislav Sharaliev | Bulgaria | |
| Surang | सुरंग | data-sort-value="Shantaram" | V. Shantaram | India | |
| Three Coins in the Fountain | data-sort-value="Negulesco" | Jean Negulesco | United States | ||
| Touchez Pas au Grisbi | data-sort-value="Becker" | Jacques Becker | France, Italy | ||
| Woman of Rome | La romana | data-sort-value="Zampa" | Luigi Zampa | Italy, France | |
The following official awards were presented at the 15th edition:[3]
Romeo and Juliet by Renato Castellani
Executive Suite by Robert Wise
Jean Gabin for Touchez Pas au Grisbi and The Air of Paris