Official poster of the 25th Cannes Film Festival
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Opening film | Malpertuis |
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Closing film | Frenzy |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (La classe operaia va in paradiso and Il Caso Mattei) |
Number of films | 25 (In Competition) 20 (Out of Competition) 14 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 4 May 1972 | – 19 May 1972
Website | festival-cannes |
The 25th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 4–19, 1972. The Palme d'Or went to the La classe operaia va in paradiso by Elio Petri and Il Caso Mattei by Francesco Rosi.
The festival opened with Malpertuis, directed by Harry Kümel and closed with Frenzy, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.