| 16th Venice International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
| Date: | 25 August – 10 September 1955 |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 15th |
| Followed By: | 17th |
The 16th Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 10 September 1955.[1]
Italian film critic Mario Gromo was appointed as the president of the jury.[2] The Golden Lion was awarded to Ordet, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.[3]
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abandoned | Gli sbandati | data-sort-value="Maselli" | Francesco Maselli | Italy | |
| After the Storm | Después de la tormenta | data-sort-value="Gavaldón" | Roberto Gavaldón | Mexico | |
| The Big Knife | data-sort-value="Aldrich" | Robert Aldrich | United States | ||
| Boris Godunov | Борис Годунов | data-sort-value="Stroyeva" | Vera Stroyeva | Soviet Union | |
| Ciske the Rat | Ciske de Rat | data-sort-value="Staudte" | Wolfgang Staudte | West Germany, Netherlands | |
| The Deep Blue Sea | data-sort-value="Litvak" | Anatole Litvak | United Kingdom | ||
| The Devil's General | Des Teufels General | data-sort-value="Käutner" | Helmut Käutner | West Germany | |
| Doctor at Sea | data-sort-value="Thomas" | Ralph Thomas | United Kingdom | ||
| data-sort-value="Richter" | Hans Richter | United States | |||
| El canto del gallo | data-sort-value="Gil" | Rafael Gil | Spain | ||
| Friends for Life | Amici per la pelle | data-sort-value="Rossi" | Franco Rossi | Italy, France, Spain | |
| From My Life | Z mého života | data-sort-value="Krška" | Václav Krška | Czechoslovakia | |
| The Grasshopper | Попрыгунья | data-sort-value="Samsonov" | Samson Samsonov | Soviet Union | |
| Il bidone | data-sort-value="Fellini" | Federico Fellini | Italy, France | ||
| Interrupted Melody | data-sort-value="Bernhardt" | Curtis Bernhardt | United States | ||
| Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje | झनक झनक पायल बाजे | data-sort-value="Shantaram" | V. Shantaram | India | |
| John and Julie | data-sort-value="Fairchild" | William Fairchild | United Kingdom | ||
| The Kentuckian | data-sort-value="Lancaster" | Burt Lancaster | United States | ||
| La Tierra del Fuego se apaga | data-sort-value="Fernández" | Emilio Fernández | Argentina, Mexico | ||
| Le Amiche | data-sort-value="Antonioni" | Michelangelo Antonioni | Italy | ||
| Les héros sont fatigués | data-sort-value="Ciampi" | Yves Ciampi | France, West Germany | ||
| Les mauvaises rencontres | data-sort-value="Astruc" | Alexandre Astruc | France | ||
| The Little Rebels | Chiens perdus sans collier | data-sort-value="Delannoy" | Jean Delannoy | France, Italy | |
| Mãos Sangrentas | data-sort-value="Christensen" | Carlos Hugo Christensen | Brazil, Argentina | ||
| The Mask and Destiny | 修禅寺物語 | data-sort-value="Nakamura" | Noboru Nakamura | Japan | |
| Men of the Blue Cross | Błękitny krzyż | data-sort-value="Munk" | Andrzej Munk | Poland | |
| Moment of Decision | Trenutki odločitve | data-sort-value="Čáp" | František Čáp | Yugoslavia | |
| The Naked Dawn | data-sort-value="Ulmer" | Edgar G. Ulmer | United States | ||
| Ordet | data-sort-value="Dreyer" | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Denmark | ||
| Pride | Orgullo | data-sort-value="Mur Oti" | Manuel Mur Oti | Spain | |
| Princess Yang Kwei Fei | 楊貴妃 | data-sort-value="Mizoguchi" | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan, Hong Kong | |
| Seagulls Die in the Harbour | Meeuwen sterven in de haven | data-sort-value="Kuypers" | Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels, Roland Verhavert | Belgium | |
| To a New Shore | К новому берегу | data-sort-value="Lukov" | Leonid Lukov | Soviet Union | |
| To Catch a Thief | data-sort-value="Hitchcock" | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | ||
| Troubled Road, a Man Decides | Неспокоен път | data-sort-value="Dakovski" | Dako Dakovski | Bulgaria | |
The following official awards were presented at the 15th edition:[3]