5th Venice International Film Festival

Jury

• Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata
• Luigi Chiarini
• Sandro De Feo
• Luigi Freddi
• Mario Gromo
• René Jeanne
• Neville Kearney
• Oswald Lehnich
• Karl Meltzer
• Georges Lourau
• Ryszard Ordynski
• Esodo Pratelli
• Louis Vilani

  In-Competition films

• A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman
• Der Herrscher by Veit Harlan
• Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty
• Kid Galahad by Michael Curtiz
• La grande illusion by Jean Renoir
• Les perles de la couronne by Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry
• Marked Woman by Lloyd Bacon
• by Carmine Gallone
• Shall We Dance by Mark Sandrich
• Theodora Goes Wild by Ryszard Bolesławski
• Victoria the Great by Herbert Wilcox
• Winterset by Alfred Santell
• Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier

  Awards

• Best Foreign Film: Un carnet de bal by Julien Duvivier
• Best Italian Film: ' by Carmine Gallone
• Volpi Cup:
• * Best Actor: Emil Jannings for Der Herrscher
• * Best Actress: Bette Davis for Kid Galahad and Marked Woman
• Special Recommendation:
• * Batalión by Miroslav Cikán
• * Kōjō no Tsuki by Keisuke Sasaki
• * Mária növér by Viktor Gertler
• * Sant Tukaram by Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal
• * The Flying Doctor by Miles Mander
• Honorable Mention:
• * Barbara Radziwillówna by Joseph Lejtes
• * ' by Eugeniusz Cekalski, Stanislaw Wohl
• Best Director: Elephant Boy by Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltán Korda
• Best Screenplay: Les perles de la couronne by Sacha Guitry, Christian-Jaque
• Best Cinematography: Winterset by J. Peverell Marley