title: 11th British Academy Film Awards
text: # 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
  
  