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

This is a list of submissions to the 31st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States. The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole. Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.

For the 31st Academy Awards, ten films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The United Arab Republic (Egypt) and Yugoslavia submitted films to the competition for the first time. The five nominated films came from France, Italy, Spain, West Germany and Yugoslavia.

France won for the fourth time (its first competitive win) with Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati.

Submissions Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result Dollars from the Sky Guld og grønne skove Danish Gabriel Axel Mon Oncle French Jacques Tati Arms and the Man Helden German Franz Peter Wirth Madhumati मधुमती Hindi Bimal Roy Big Deal on Madonna Street I soliti ignoti Italian Mario Monicelli Ballad of Narayama 楢山節考 Japanese Keisuke Kinoshita La Venganza Spanish Juan Antonio Bardem The Magician Ansiktet Swedish Ingmar Bergman Cairo Station باب الحديد Egyptian Arabic Youssef Chahine The Road a Year Long La strada lunga un anno Italian Giuseppe De Santis

References

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