The most interesting photos of celebrities in Venice

On August 21, 1932, the first international film festival took place in Venice, traditionally gathering world stars. We have selected for you the most interesting historical photos of celebrities who visited Venice during the festival.

(Total 14 photos)

1. Newlyweds Mick and Bianca Jagger ride in a gondola through the streets of Venice in 1971. The two got married in May of the same year, and baby Jade will be born in October.

2. Hiding behind a lace fan, Joan Crawford poses for a photographer. The 1930s megastar, an American silent and talkie film actress, visited Venice in 1970 at the end of her career. In the same year, the last feature film "Trog" with her participation was released; later that year, she would be presented with the Sessil B. DeMile Award at the Golden Globe Awards.

3. Sean Connery on a boat in Venice in 1970; in 1998 he was awarded the Golden Lion, the main prize of the Venice Festival. And in 2003, he caused a stir when he decided to hold the premiere of his film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in Prague instead of Venice.

4. Catherine Deneuve on the set of Mayerling in Venice in 1968. Since the end of the 60s of the last century, when the actress presented the film "Beauty of the Day", which has become a classic of cinema, Katrin has been constantly attending the Venice Film Festival. In 1998, she was awarded the best actress award (the so-called Volpi Cup), since 2006 she has been the head of the international jury.

5. Actor and director Warren Beatty with a girl outside the Excelsior Hotel in Venice in 1965. In 1998, at the presentation of the prestigious award - the Golden Lion - the actor called the Venice Film Festival "a spiritual oasis in the dry world of cinema."

6. Paul Newman on a boat during a walk in Venice in 1963. St. Mark's Square is visible in the background. This year, the actor starred in such films as "Peel", "A New Kind of Love" and "Prize".

7. Oscar winner Rod Steiger traveled to Venice in 1963 with his wife, actress Claire Bloom. That year, his film "Hands over the City" won the main prize of the festival - the Golden Lion.

8. 1960: Elizabeth Taylor, along with her then-husband Eddie Fisher, on vacation on the island of Burano in the Venice lagoon. In the same year, for her role in the film Butterfield 8, the actress received an Oscar.

9. In 1961, Salvador Dali made a lasting impression on the Venetians. In 1969, Salvador Dali: A Light Self-Portrait, directed by Thomas Madigan and filmed in a Spanish artist's home, won the award for best documentary.

10. Actor, writer and artist Anthony Queen with actress Barbara Steele during a walk through the Venetian canals in 1958. Quinn's iconic La Strada won the Silver Lion at the 1954 Venice Film Festival.

11. After Brigitte Bardot attended the 1958 Venice Festival in the company of French jazz guitarist/vocalist Sacha Distel (right), the tabloids were full of headlines about their romance, and fans and the press did not give the couple a pass.

12. Gary Cooper visited Venice in 1955, two years after receiving an Oscar for his role in High Noon and 5 years before his death at the age of 60.

13. Ernest Hemingway and his wife Mary on vacation at the Gritti Palace Hotel after an interrupted trip to Africa, in which the couple survived two plane crashes (note the bandaged hand). Newspapers reported on the writer's intention to stay in Venice until his full recovery. In the same year, there was reason to welcome him with the Nobel Prize in Literature.

14 In Venice in 1953, on the Lido beach, Kirk Douglas basked in fame by signing the artist's thigh, Novella Parigini. Later, he took a picture with her and another girl, holding both of them in the air.