The 7th International Venice Film Festival was held from August 8 to September 1 , 1939 . This festival was “saturated” with the influence of the fascist regime; as a result, the USA refused to participate. The Mussolini Cup was won by the Cardinal Messias colonial propaganda film, while other major prizes were not awarded.
| 7th Venice Film Festival | |
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| the date of the | from August 8 to September 1 , 1939 |
| Location |  Italy , Venice |
| Chairman of the jury | Giuseppe Volpi , Italy |
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Content
Jury
- Giuseppe Volpi (President) (Italy)
- Olaf Andersson (Sweden)
- Luigi Bonelli (Italy)
- Ottavio Croce (Italy)
- Antonio de Obregon (Spain)
- Dino Falconi (Italy)
- F. T. Geldenhuis (South Africa)
- Neville Kearney (UK)
- Ernest Leuchttenstern (Germany)
- Antonio Maraini (Italy)
- Hugo Oetti (Italy)
- Vecio Orazi (Italy)
- Giacomo Paulucci de'Calboli (Italy)
- Junzo Sato (Japan)
- D.I.Sucianu (Romania)
- Zdenk Urban (Bohemia)
- Luis Villany (Hungary)
- Karl Vincent (Belgium)
Films of the main competition program
Argentina
- Margarita, Armando and his father , director Francisco Mujica
- Divorce in Montevideo , directed by Manuel Romero
- From the mountains to the valley , directed by Antonio Ber Siani
- Ambition (film) , director Adelga Millard
- Bandit , director Orestes Cavaglia
Belgium
- Congo, land of water , directed by Andre Coven (short film)
- The Mystical Lamb Van Eyck , directed by Andre Coven (short film)
Bohemia
- Humoresque , director Otakar Wavra
- Tulak Macoun , Director Ladislav Brom
- Jars and bread , director Yaroslav Tuzar (short film)
France
- Behind the facade , directed by Yves Mirand and Georges Lacombe
- The Beast Man , directed by Jean Renoir
- End of the day , directed by Julien Duvivier
- The day begins , directed by Marcel Carne
- Girls in Distress , directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- The Last Youth , directed by Jeff Musso
- Chartres , directed by Andre Vinu (short film)
- French ski , director Marcel Ichac and Raymond Ruffin (short film)
Germany
- Robert Koch - death winner , director Hans Steinhoff
- Dear friend , director Willy Forst
- Merit Director Karl Ritter
- Carnival , director Hans Schweikart
- Amid a noisy ball , directed by Karl Fröhlich
- Governor , Director Victor Turzhansky
- Everything lies , director Heinz Ryman
- Stone Word , directed by Kurt Rupley (short film)
- The Western Wall , directed by Fritz Hippler and Hans Dieter Zeiler (short film)
- Black Forest Danube , directed by Otto Trippel (short film)
- Ewiges Werden , director Otto Trippel (short film)
- Paratroopers , director I. K. Beltzig (short film)
- Flieger Zursee , Director Martin Rickley (short film)
- Karntnerland (short film)
- Kennt ihr das land in deutschen gauen , director Albert Kling (short film)
- Können Tiere denken? , director Fritz Heidenreich (short film)
- Kraft und Schwung (short film)
- Lippizaner , director Wilhelm Prager (short film)
- Munster, Westfalens schone Hauptstadt , director Eugen York (short film)
- Rauber unter wasser , director Wolfram Junghans (short film)
- Schatzkammer Deutschlands , director Hans Curlis (short film)
- Schiff 754 , director Hans Heinrich (short film)
- Schff ohne klassen , director Hans Heinrich (short film)
- Sinfonie der Wolken , director Martin Rickley (short film)
- Tragodien im Insektenreich , director Wolfram Junghans e Gero Priemel (short film)
- Unsere Artillerie , directed by Georg Muchner (short film)
- Wissenschaft weist neue Wege , director Martin Rickley (short film)
Japan
- Earth , directed by Tom Utida
- Ani to sono imoto , directed by Yasujiro Shimazu
- Children of the Sun , directed by Yutaka Abe
- Shanhai rikusentai , directed by Hisator Kumagai
- La danza bugoku (short film)
- La fotografia che vede tutto (short film)
- Tokyo, Peiping, Chosen (short film)
UK
- Four Feathers , directed by Zoltan Korda
- Mikado , director Victor Scherzinger
- Young Man's Fancy , director Robert Stevenson
- Black gold (short film)
- Four and Twenty Fit Girls (short film)
- The Fern (short film)
- The Tough'Un , directed by Mary Field and Percy Smith (short film)
- This is England (short film)
Italy
- La grande luce , director Carlo Campogalliani
- Piccolo hotel, directed by Piero Ballerini
- Castelli in aria, director Augusto Jenina
- Cio-Cio-San , directed by Carmine Gallone
- Cardinal Messias , director Goffredo Alessandrini
- I grandi magazzini (Department Stores), director Mario Camerini
- Il pianto delle zitelle (To the cry of the old maid), directed by Giacomo Pozzi Bellini
- Cinema di tutti i tempi (film of all time), director Francesco Pasinetti (short film)
- Cinque minuti con la carta d'Europa , director Sandro Pallavicini (short film)
- Roman civilization (short film)
- Criniere al vento , directed by Giorgio Ferroni (short film)
- Fiamme verdi , director Mario Damicelli (short film)
- Actor / L'attore , director Luigi Chiarini (short film)
- L'inquadratura , directed by Paolo Uccello and Renato May (short film)
- Oro bianco (short film)
- Pisicchio e Melisenda , director Hugo Saitta (short film)
- Ritorna la vita , director Domenico Paolella (short film)
- Sinfonie in bianco (short film)
- Vent'anni di arte muta , director Emilio Scarpa (short film)
Netherlands
- Veertig jaren , director Johan De Mister and Edmond T. Greville
- Rijksmuseum (short film)
- South Sea Sweethearts , Director George Pal (short film)
Romania
- Bukovina, paese di monasteri , director Robert Alexander (short film)
- Land of the Highlanders / Țara Moților , directed by Paul Kalinescu (short film)
Slovakia
- Houba za liskou , director Rudy Wild (short film)
South Africa
- The Golden Harvest of the Witwa Tersand (short film)
Sweden
- Man och kvinna , director Gunnar Skuglund and Pal Feyosh
- Glad dig i din ungdom , directed by Per Lindbergh
- Valfangare , directed by Anders Henrikson and Tancred Ibsen
Switzerland
- L'Or dans la montagne , director Max Haufler
- Abenteuer in Marokko , director Leo Lapair
- Alpenfohn , director August Kern (short film)
- Sonnige Jugend , director August Kern (short film)
- Athenes , director Fred Sarville (short film)
- Cyclades , directed by Fred Sarville (short film)
- Peloponnese , directed by Fred Sarville (short film)
- Santorin , director Fred Sarville (short film)
Hungary
- 5 ora 40 , directed by Andre de Tot
- Bors Istvan , director Victor Banki
- La caccia in Ungheria (short film)
- Le provincie del nord che sono ritornate , director Laszlo Cerepi (short film)
- Talenti primitivi in Ungheria , director Bela Paulini (short film)
- Te saxa loquuntur , director Laszlo Cerepi (short film)
Uruguay
- ? Vocacion? , director Rina Massardi
Rewards
- Mussolini Cup for the best film: Cardinal Messias , film by Goffredo Alessandrini
- Biennale Cup: End of the Day , Robert Koch, Death Winner , Four Feathers , Glad dig i din ungdom , Man och kvinna
- The best work of the operator: Ubaldo Arata for Ultima giovinezza
- Special Alarm Medal: Bors Istvan and Tulak Macoun
- Bronze Medal: Girls in Distress
- Bronze medal: This ravishing ball night
- Alarm Medal: Mikado and Veertig Jaren
- Bronze plaque: L'Agneau Mystique de Van Eyck