11th British Academy Film Awards
The 11th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, were held on 6 March 1958, to honor the best national and foreign films of 1957.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
The Bridge on the River Kwai- 12 Angry Men
- 3:10 to Yuma
- The Bachelor Party
- Edge of the City
- The Shiralee
- That Night!
- The Tin Star
- Windom's Way
- Paths of Glory
- Pather Panchali
- Celui qui doit mourir
- Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
- Porte des Lilas
- The Prince and the Showgirl
- ''A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth''
Best British Film
The Bridge on the River KwaiBest Foreign Actor
Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men- Sidney Poitier in Edge of the City
- Ed Wynn in The Great Man
- Robert Mitchum in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
- Pierre Brasseur in Porte des Lilas
- Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success
- Richard Basehart in Time Limit
- Jean Gabin in ''La Traversee de Paris''
Best British Actor
Alec Guinness in The Bridge on the River Kwai- Trevor Howard in Manuela
- Laurence Olivier in The Prince and the Showgirl
- Michael Redgrave in Time Without Pity
- Peter Finch in ''Windom's Way''
Best British Actress
Heather Sears in The Story of Esther CostelloBest Foreign Actress
Simone Signoret in Les Sorcieres de Salem- Katharine Hepburn in The Rainmaker
- Joanne Woodward in The Three Faces of Eve
- Augusta Dabney in That Night!
- Eva Marie Saint in A Hatful of Rain
- Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl
- Lilli Palmer in ''Anastasia - Die letzte Zarentochter''