List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 18 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 41st 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 Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy and the eventual winner, the USSR.

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Language(s)	Original title	Director(s)	Result
Brazil	The Amorous Ones	Portuguese	As Amorosas	Walter Hugo Khouri	Not Nominated
Czechoslovakia	The Firemen's Ball	Czech	Horí, má panenko	Miloš Forman	Nominated
Denmark	People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart	Danish	Människor möts och ljuv musik uppstår i hjärtat	Henning Carlsen	Not Nominated
France	Stolen Kisses	French	Baisers volés	François Truffaut	Nominated
West Germany	Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed	German	Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos	Alexander Kluge	Not Nominated
Greece	Imperiale	Greek	Βυζαντινή Ραψωδία	George Skalenakis	Not Nominated
Hungary	The Boys of Paul Street	Hungarian	A Pál-utcai fiúk	Zoltán Fábri	Nominated
India	Elder Sister	Hindi	Majhli Didi	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Not Nominated
Israel	Every Bastard a King	Hebrew	כל ממזר מלך	Uri Zohar	Not Nominated
Italy	The Girl with the Pistol	Italian	La Ragazza con la pistola	Mario Monicelli	Nominated
Japan	Tunnel to the Sun	Japanese	黒部の太陽	Kei Kumai	Not Nominated
South Korea	Descendants of Cain	Korean	카인의 후예	Yu Hyun-mok	Not Nominated
Poland	Matthew's Days	Polish	Zywot Mateusza	Witold Leszczyński	Not Nominated
Romania	The Column	Romanian	Columna	Mircea Drăgan	Not Nominated
Spain	Spain Again	Spanish	España otra vez	Jaime Camino	Not Nominated
Sweden	Shame	Swedish	Skammen	Ingmar Bergman	Not Nominated
Soviet Union	War and Peace	Russian	Война и мир	Sergei Bondarchuk	Won Academy Award
Yugoslavia	It Rains in My Village	Serbian	Bice skoro propast sveta	Aleksandar Petrović	Not Nominated

Sources

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