| 8th Venice International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Grand International Prize of Venice: The Strike |
| Date: | 23 August – 15 September 1947 |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 7th |
| Followed By: | 9th |
The 8th Venice International Film Festival was held from 23 August to 15 September 1947.[1] Screenwriter Vinicio Marinucci was appointed as the president of the jury.[2]
Formally, it still was not the Golden Lion to designate the highest honor of the event. The main prize was known as the Grand International Prize of Venice,[3] which was awarded to The Strike, directed by Karel Steklý.[4]
The following films were selected for the main international competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral Nakhimov | Адмирал Нахимов | data-sort-value="Pudovkin" | Vsevolod Pudovkin | Soviet Union | |
| Angelina | L'onorevole Angelina | data-sort-value="Zampa" | Luigi Zampa | Italy | |
| Bethsabée | data-sort-value="Moguy" | Léonide Moguy | France | ||
| The Bouquinquant Brothers | Les frères Bouquinquant | data-sort-value="Daquin" | Louis Daquin | France | |
| Čapek's Tales | Čapkovy povídky | data-sort-value="Frič" | Martin Frič | Czechoslovakia | |
| Devil in the Flesh | Le Diable au corps | data-sort-value="Autant-Lara" | Claude Autant-Lara | France | |
| Ditte, Child of Man | Ditte menneskebarn | data-sort-value="Henning-Jensen" | Bjarne Henning-Jensen | Denmark | |
| Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani | डॉक्टर कोटनिस की अमर कहानी | data-sort-value="Shantaram" | V. Shantaram | India | |
| Enamorada | data-sort-value="Fernández" | Emilio Fernández | Mexico | ||
| Farrebique, or the Four Seasons | Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons | data-sort-value="Rouquier" | Georges Rouquier | France | |
| Flesh Will Surrender | Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo | data-sort-value="Lattuada" | Alberto Lattuada | Italy | |
| Frieda | data-sort-value="Dearden" | Basil Dearden | United Kingdom | ||
| Gallant Journey | data-sort-value="Wellman" | William A. Wellman | United States | ||
| The Great Glinka | Глинка | data-sort-value="Arnshtam" | Lev Arnshtam | Soviet Union | |
| Iris and the Lieutenant | Iris och löjtnantshjärta | data-sort-value="Sjöberg" | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden | |
| It Happened on 5th Avenue | data-sort-value="Del Ruth" | Roy Del Ruth | United States | ||
| La mujer de todos | data-sort-value="Bracho" | Julio Bracho | Mexico | ||
| La selva de fuego | data-sort-value="de Fuentes" | Fernando de Fuentes | Mexico | ||
| Leave Her to Heaven | data-sort-value="Stahl" | John M. Stahl | United States | ||
| Madness Rules | Matto regiert | data-sort-value="Lindtberg" | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland | |
| Major Barbara | data-sort-value="Pascal" | Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, David Lean | United Kingdom | ||
| Money | Pengar | data-sort-value="Poppe" | Nils Poppe | Sweden | |
| Monsieur Vincent | data-sort-value="Cloche" | Maurice Cloche | France | ||
| The Murderers Are Among Us | Die Mörder sind unter uns | data-sort-value="Staudte" | Wolfgang Staudte | Germany | |
| Odd Man Out | data-sort-value="Reed" | Carol Reed | United Kingdom | ||
| The Overlanders | data-sort-value="Watt" | Harry Watt | United Kingdom, Australia | ||
| The Pearl | La perla | data-sort-value="Fernández" | Emilio Fernández | Mexico, United States | |
| Quai des Orfèvres | data-sort-value="Clouzot" | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France | ||
| Reina santa | data-sort-value="Gil" | Rafael Gil | Spain, Portugal | ||
| Shakuntala | शकुन्तला | data-sort-value="Shantaram" | V. Shantaram | India | |
| Spellbound | data-sort-value="Hitchcock" | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | ||
| The Story of G.I. Joe | data-sort-value="Wellman" | William A. Wellman | |||
| The Stranger | data-sort-value="Welles" | Orson Welles | |||
| The Strike | Siréna | data-sort-value="Steklý" | Karel Steklý | Czechoslovakia | |
| Temptation Harbour | data-sort-value="Comfort" | Lance Comfort | United Kingdom | ||
| They Made Me a Fugitive | data-sort-value="Cavalcanti" | Alberto Cavalcanti | |||
| Those Blasted Kids | De pokkers unger | data-sort-value="Henning-Jensen" | Astrid Henning-Jensen, Bjarne Henning-Jensen | Denmark | |
| Tomorrow Is Forever | data-sort-value="Pichel" | Irving Pichel | United States | ||
| Torment | Hets | data-sort-value="Sjöberg" | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden | |
| Tragic Hunt | Caccia tragica | data-sort-value="De Santis" | Giuseppe De Santis | Italy | |
| Twilight | Crepúsculo | data-sort-value="Bracho" | Julio Bracho | Mexico | |
| Uomini senza domani | data-sort-value="Vernuccio" | Gianni Vernuccio | Italy | ||
The following official awards were presented at the 8th edition:[4]
Anna Magnani for Angelina
Pierre Fresnay for Monsieur Vincent