1959 Cannes: Black Orpheus, by Marcel Camus (France) Berlin: The Cousins, by Claude Chabrol (Spain) Venice: Tie - The Great War, by Mario Monicelli (Italy)                  - General della Rovere, by Roberto Rossellini (Italy) Oscar: Ben-Hur, by William Wyler 1958 Cannes: The Cranes Are Flying, by Mikheil Kalatozishvili (USSR) Berlin: Wild Strawberries, by Ingmar Bergman (Sweden) Venice: The Rickshaw Man, by Hiroshi Inagaki (Japan) Oscar: Gigi, by Vincente Minnelli 1957 Cannes: Friendly Persuasion, by William Wyler (US) Berlin: 12 Angry Men, by Sidney Lumet (US) Venice: The Unvanquished, by Satyjit Ray (India) Oscar: The Bridge on the River Kwai, by David Lean 1956 Cannes: The Silent World, by Jacques-Yves Cousteau & Louis Malle (France) Berlin: Invitation to the Dance, by Gene Kelly (US) Venice: no award Oscar: Around the World in 80 Days, by Michael Anderson 1955 Cannes: Marty, by Delbert Mann (US) Berlin: The Rats, by Robert Siodmak (West Germany) Venice: Ordet, by Carl Theodor Dreyer (Denmark) Oscar: Marty, by Delbert Mann 1954 Cannes: Gate of Hell, by Teinosuke Kinugasa (Japan) Berlin: Hobson's Choice, by David Lean (UK) Venice: Romeo & Juliet, by Renato Castellani (UK) Oscar: On the Waterfront, by Elia Kazan 1953 Cannes: The Wages of Fear, by Henri Georges Clouzot (France) Berlin: The Wages of Fear, by Henri Georges Clouzot (France) Venice: no award Oscar: From Here to Enternity, by Fred Zinnemann 1952 Cannes: Tie - Othello, by Orson Welles (Morocco)                   - Two Cents Worth of Hope, by Renato Castellani (Italy) Berlin: One Summer of Happiness, by Arne Mattsson (Sweden) Venice: Forbidden Games, by Rene Clement (France) Oscar: The Greates Show on Earth, by Cecil B. DeMille 1951 Cannes: Tie - Miracle in Milan, by Vittorio DeSica (Italy)                   - Miss Julie, by Alf Sjoberg (Sweden) Berlin: Tie - Sans laisser d'adresse, by Jean-Paul Le Chanois (France) (1st fest)   - Beaver Valley, by James Algar (US)                 - Cinderella, by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske (US)                 - Justice Is Done, by Andre Cayette (France)                 - Four in a Jeep, by Leopold Lindtberg (Switzerland) Venice: Rashomon, by Akira Kurosawa (Japan) Oscar: An American in Paris, by Vincente Minnelli 1950 Cannes: no festival Venice: Justice Is Done, by Andre Cayette (France) Oscar: All About Eve, by Joseph L. Mankiewicz