11th British Academy Film Awards
# 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 Kwai

* The Prince and the Showgirl
* The Shiralee
* Windom's Way

### Best 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 Costello

* Deborah Kerr in Tea and Sympathy
* Sylvia Syms in Woman in a Dressing Gown

### Best 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

### Best British Screenplay

The Bridge on the River Kwai - Pierre Boulle

