The film received a lukewarm initial response , but was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival where it tied for the ( the selection of the Technical Committee ) alongside Vojtěch Jasný 's '' Desire '' ( ) . It also won an Honourable Medal at the 20th Venice International Film Festival in 1959 ; first prize for best film in Bucharest in 1960 ; second prize in Montevideo in 1960 ; and first prize — the " Golden Mercury " — for music in Valencia in 1962
1959 Cannes Film Festival
1959 Cannes Film Festival
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 film)