List of submissions to the 32nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 13 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 32nd Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands and West Germany. The Oscar went to Black Orpheus, a Portuguese-language drama, filmed in Brazil by a French director.[1] The film represented France.

The Netherlands, Pakistan and two Chinese-speaking British colonies- Hong Kong and Singapore- submitted films for the first time.

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationLanguage(s)Original titleDirector(s)Result
 DenmarkPawDanishPawAstrid Henning-Jensen Nominated
 EgyptThe Nightingale's PrayerArabicدعاء الكروان (Doaa al-Karawan)Henry Barakat Not Nominated
 FranceBlack OrpheusPortugueseOrfeu NegroMarcel Camus Won Academy Award
 West GermanyThe BridgeGermanDie BrückeBernhard Wicki Nominated
 Hong KongFor Better, for WorseMandarin雨過天青 (Yu guo tian qing)Yueh Feng Not Nominated
 IndiaThe World of ApuBengaliঅপুর সংসার (Opur Shôngshar)Satyajit Ray Not Nominated
 ItalyThe Great WarItalianLa Grande guerraMario Monicelli Nominated
 JapanFires on the PlainJapanese野火 (Nobi)Kon Ichikawa Not Nominated
 MexicoNazarínSpanishNazarínLuis Buñuel Not Nominated
 NetherlandsThe Village on the RiverDutchDorp aan de rivierFons Rademakers Nominated
 PakistanThe Day Shall DawnUrduJago Hua SaveraA. J. Kardar Not Nominated
 SingaporeThe Kingdom and the BeautyMandarin江山美人 (Jiang shan mei ren)Li Han-hsiang Not Nominated
 YugoslaviaTrain Without a TimetableSerbo-CroatianVlak bez voznog reda (Влак без возног реда)Veljko Bulajić Not Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-27.

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