List of submissions to the 34th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 13 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 34th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film which took place in 1962. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Denmark, Japan, Mexico, Spain and Sweden.

For the second year in a row, the Oscar went to an Ingmar Bergman film from Sweden, this time for Through A Glass Darkly.

Argentina, Austria and Switzerland submitted films for the first time. France and Italy both failed to be nominated for the first time since the introduction of the competitive award.

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Language(s)	Original title	Director(s)	Result
Argentina	Summer Skin	Spanish	Piel de verano	Leopoldo Torre Nilsson	Not Nominated
Austria	Jedermann	German	Jedermann	Gottfried Reinhardt	Not Nominated
Denmark	Harry and the Butler	Danish	Harry og kammertjeneren	Bent Christensen	Nominated
Egypt	Love and Faith	Arabic	وا إسلاماه	Enrico Bomba & Andrew Marton	Not Nominated
France	Last Year at Marienbad	French	L'Année dernière à Marienbad	Alain Resnais	Not Nominated
India	Stree	Hindi	Stree	Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram	Not Nominated
Italy	The Night	Italian	La Notte	Michelangelo Antonioni	Not Nominated
Japan	Immortal Love	Japanese	永遠の人	Keisuke Kinoshita	Nominated
Mexico	The Important Man	Spanish	Ánimas Trujano	Ismael Rodríguez	Nominated
Philippines	The Moises Padilla Story	Tagalog	The Moises Padilla Story	Gerardo de León	Not Nominated
Spain	Plácido	Spanish	Plácido	Luis García Berlanga	Nominated
Sweden	Through a Glass Darkly	Swedish	Såsom i en spegel	Ingmar Bergman	Won Academy Award
Switzerland	Die Schatten werden länger (Lengthening Shadows)	German	Die Schatten werden länger	Ladislao Vajda	Not Nominated

Sources

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