List of submissions to the 31st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 10 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 31st Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, Italy, Spain, West Germany and Yugoslavia. France won its first-ever contested Foreign Language Oscar for My Uncle (Mon Oncle), a comedy with little dialogue.

Egypt and Yugoslavia submitted films to the competition for the first time.

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Language(s)	Original title	Director(s)	Result
Denmark	Dollars from the Sky	Danish	Guld og grønne skove	Gabriel Axel	Not Nominated
United Arab Republic	Cairo Station	Arabic	باب الحديد (Bab el hadid)	Youssef Chahine	Not Nominated
France	My Uncle	French	Mon Oncle	Jacques Tati	Won Academy Award
West Germany	Arms and the Man	German	Helden	Franz Peter Wirth	Nominated
India	Madhumati	Hindi	मधुमती	Bimal Roy	Not Nominated
Italy	Big Deal on Madonna Street	Italian	I soliti ignoti	Mario Monicelli	Nominated
Japan	Ballad of Narayama	Japanese	楢山節考 (Narayama Bushikō)	Keisuke Kinoshita	Not Nominated
Spain	La Venganza	Spanish	La Venganza	Juan Antonio Bardem	Nominated
Sweden	The Magician	Swedish	Ansiktet	Ingmar Bergman	Not Nominated
Yugoslavia	The Road a Year Long	Italian	La strada lunga un anno (Cesta duga godinu dana)	Giuseppe De Santis	Nominated

Sources

• Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences