List of submissions to the 30th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 12 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 30th 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, India, Italy, Norway and West Germany. Italy won the award for Federico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, a drama about a heartbroken, young prostitute.[1]

Documentary Torero, which represented Mexico, failed to get an Oscar nomination in the Foreign Language Film category, but was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.[1]

Denmark's Annelise Hovmand became the first female director to have a film in the running at the submission stage.

Country Film title used in nomination Language Original title Director IMDB
 Denmark No Time for Tenderness Danish Ingen tid til kærtegn Annelise Hovmand [1]
 France Gates of Paris French Porte des Lilas René Clair [2]
 West Germany The Devil Came at Night German Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam Robert Siodmak [3]
 Greece The Lagoon of Desire Greek Η λίμνη των πόθων Giorgos Zervos [4]
 India Mother India Hindi भारत माता Mehboob Khan [5]
 Italy Nights of Cabiria Italian Le Notti di Cabiria Federico Fellini [6]
 Japan Arakure Japanese あらくれ Mikio Naruse [7]
 Mexico Torero Spanish Torero Carlos Velo [8]
 Norway Nine Lives Norwegian Ni Liv Arne Skouen [9]
 Spain High Street Spanish Calle Mayor Juan Antonio Bardem [10]
 Sweden The Seventh Seal Swedish Det Sjunde inseglet Ingmar Bergman [11]
 Taiwan Amina Mandarin Chinese 阿美娜 Yuan Congmei

References

  1. ^ a b "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/30th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 

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