5. Youssef Chahine in Cairo Station - A reasonably fine performance that is a bit repetitive but shows a bit more depth later on.
Best Scene: Nearly caught.
4. Max von Sydow in The Magician - A purposefully limited performance however he does grant a strong presence as to be expected while also successfully subverting that as well.
Best Scene: The performance.
3. Gustaw Holoubek in The Noose - A striking portrayal of just a man being stuck in an emotional hole that he fails to crawl out of again and again.
Best Scene: Making the decision.
2. Gary Cooper in Man of the West - Cooper's best performance, that delivers a gravitas, but also a real genuine intensity in portraying a man not of the west, but essentially fed up with the west.
Best Scene: Ghost town.
1. Chhabi Biswas in Jalsaghar - Biswas gives a powerful and complex portrayal of a man who gradually gives more and more into his delusions.
Best Scene: Admiring the portraits.
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