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

This is a list of submissions to the 41st 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 41st Academy Awards, eighteen films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The titles highlighted 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 | Original title | Language(s) | Director(s) | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | The Amorous Ones | As Amorosas | Brazilian Portuguese | Walter Hugo Khouri | Not nominated |
| Czechoslovakia | The Firemen's Ball | Horí, má panenko | Czech | Miloš Forman | Nominated |
| Denmark | People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart | Människor möts och ljuv musik uppstår i hjärtat | Danish | Henning Carlsen | Not nominated |
| France | Stolen Kisses | Baisers volés | French | François Truffaut | Nominated |
| West Germany | Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed | Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos | German | Alexander Kluge | Not nominated |
| Greece | Imperiale | Βυζαντινή Ραψωδία | Greek | Giorgos Skalenakis | Not nominated |
| Hungary | The Boys of Paul Street | A Pál-utcai fiúk | Hungarian | Zoltán Fábri | Nominated |
| India | Elder Sister | मझली दीदी | Hindi | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Not nominated |
| Israel | Every Bastard a King | כל ממזר מלך | Hebrew | Uri Zohar | Not nominated |
| Italy | The Girl with the Pistol | La ragazza con la pistola | Italian | Mario Monicelli | Nominated |
| Japan | Tunnel to the Sun | 黒部の太陽 | Japanese | Kei Kumai | Not nominated |
| South Korea | Descendants of Cain | 카인의 후예 | Korean | Yu Hyun-mok | Not nominated |
| Poland | Matthew's Days | Zywot Mateusza | Polish | Witold Leszczyński | Not nominated |
| Romania | The Column | Columna | Romanian | Mircea Drăgan | Not nominated |
| Soviet Union | War and Peace | Война и мир | Russian | Sergei Bondarchuk | Won Academy Award |
| Spain | Spain Again | España otra vez | Spanish | Jaime Camino | Not nominated |
| Sweden | Shame | Skammen | Swedish | Ingmar Bergman | Not nominated |
| Yugoslavia | It Rains in My Village | Biće skoro propast sveta | Serbo-Croatian | Aleksandar Petrović | Not nominated |
