List of submissions to the 30th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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The following 12 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 30th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The titles highlighted in blue and yellow were the five nominated films, which came from France, India, Italy, Norway and West Germany. Italy won the award for Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, a drama about a heartbroken, young prostitute.[1]

Documentary Torero, which represented Mexico, failed to get an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Language Film category, but was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.[1]

Denmark's Annelise Hovmand became the first female director to have a film in the running at the submission stage.

Submissions

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Language(s) Original title Director(s) Result
 Denmark No Time for Tenderness Danish Ingen tid til kærtegn Annelise Hovmand Not Nominated
 France Gates of Paris French Porte des Lilas René Clair Nominated
 West Germany The Devil Strikes at Night German Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam Robert Siodmak Nominated
 Greece The Lagoon of Desire Greek Η λίμνη των πόθων (I limni ton pothon) Giorgos Zervos Not Nominated
 India Mother India Hindi भारत माता Mehboob Khan Nominated
 Italy Nights of Cabiria Italian Le Notti di Cabiria Federico Fellini Won Academy Award
 Japan Arakure Japanese あらくれ (Arakure) Mikio Naruse Not Nominated
 Mexico Torero! Spanish Torero Carlos Velo Not Nominated
 Norway Nine Lives Norwegian Ni Liv Arne Skouen Nominated
23x15px Spain High Street Spanish Calle Mayor Juan Antonio Bardem Not Nominated
 Sweden The Seventh Seal Swedish Det Sjunde inseglet Ingmar Bergman Not Nominated
 Taiwan Amina Mandarin Chinese 阿美娜 Yuan Congmei Not Nominated

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