List of submissions to the 40th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 16 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 40th 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, Japan, Spain, Yugoslavia and the eventual winner, Czechoslovakia. The winner, Jiří Menzel's Closely Watched Trains, was a wry comedy about a young man working at a village railway station during Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.[1]

Belgium and Peru submitted films to the competition for the first time.

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationLanguage(s)Original titleDirector(s)Result
 BelgiumLe départFrenchLe départJerzy Skolimowski Not Nominated
 BrazilCase of the Naves BrothersPortugueseO Caso dos Irmãos NavesLuis Sérgio Person Not Nominated
 CzechoslovakiaClosely Watched TrainsCzech, GermanOstře sledované vlakyJiří Menzel Won Academy Award
 DenmarkOnce There Was a WarDanishDer var engang en krigPalle Kjærulff-Schmidt Not Nominated
 FranceLive for LifeFrenchVivre pour VivreClaude Lelouch Nominated
 West GermanyTattooGermanTätowierungJohannes Schaaf Not Nominated
 HungaryFatherHungarianApaIstván Szabó Not Nominated
 IndiaThe Last LetterHindiAakhri KhatChetan Anand Not Nominated
 ItalyChina is NearItalianLa Cina è vicinaMarco Bellocchio Not Nominated
 JapanPortrait of ChiekoJapanese智恵子抄Noboru Nakamura Nominated
 MexicoThe AdolescentsSpanishLos AdolescentesAbel Salazar Not Nominated
 PeruNo Stars in the JungleSpanishEn la selva no hay estrellasArmando Robles Godoy Not Nominated
 PhilippinesBecause of a FlowerTagalogDahil sa isang bulaklakLuis Nepomuceno Not Nominated
 SpainEl Amor BrujoSpanishEl Amor BrujoFrancisco Rovira Beleta Nominated
 SwedenHere's Your LifeSwedishHär har du ditt livJan Troell Not Nominated
 YugoslaviaI Even Met Happy GypsiesRomany, SerbianSkupljaci perjaAleksandar Petrović Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

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