The following 16 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 40th Academy Awards

40th Academy Awards

The 40th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1967. Originally scheduled for 8 April 1968, the awards were postponed to two days later, 10 April 1968, because of the assassination of Dr...

 in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

. 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.

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

Country	Film title used in nomination	Language	Original title	Director	IMDB
	Le départ	French	Le départ	Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début Oko wykol...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061605/
	Case of the Naves Brothers Case of the Naves Brothers Case of the Naves Brothers is a 1967 Brazilian drama film directed by Luis Sérgio Person. It was entered into the 1967 Moscow International Film Festival...	Portuguese	O Caso dos Irmãos Naves	Luis Sérgio Person	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139927/
	Closely Watched Trains Closely Watched Trains Closely Watched Trains is a 1966 Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel. It was released in the United Kingdom as Closely Observed Trains. It is a coming-of-age story about a boy working at a train station in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II. The film is based on a story by...	Czech, German	Ostre sledované vlaky	Jiří Menzel Jirí Menzel Jiří Menzel is a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060802/
	Once There Was a War Once There Was a War (film) Once There Was a War is a 1966 Danish drama film directed by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt. The film was selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:* Ole Busck as Tim...	Danish	Der var engang en krig	Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 32 films between 1957 and 1995. His 1964 film To was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060299/
	Live for Life Live for Life Live for Life is a 1967 French film directed by Claude Lelouch and starred by Yves Montand, Candice Bergen and Annie Girardot. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...	French	Vivre pour Vivre	Claude Lelouch	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062452/
	Tattoo Tattoo (1967 film) Tattoo is a 1967 West German film directed by Johannes Schaaf. The film was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee...	German	Tätowierung	Johannes Schaaf	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062408/
	Father Father (1966 film) Father is a 1966 Hungarian drama film written and directed by István Szabó. The film is a coming of age story. The main character copes with his childhood loss of his father against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and memories of the Arrow Cross dictatorship.-Cast:* András Bálint...	Hungarian	Apa	István Szabó István Szabó István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060116/
	The Last Letter Aakhri Khat Aakhri Khat is a 1966 Bollywood film written and directed by Chetan Anand. This is Rajesh Khanna's first film released, but actually his debut film is Raaz, which was released a year later...	Hindi	Aakhri Khat	Chetan Anand	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140784/
	China is Near China is Near China is Near is a 1967 Italian drama film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. It is a satirical movie about the struggle for political power...	Italian	La Cina è vicina	Marco Bellocchio	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061483/
	Portrait of Chieko Portrait of Chieko is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura and based on a poem by the Japanese poet and sculptor Kōtarō Takamura. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-Cast:* Shima Iwashita as Chieko Takamura...	Japanese	智恵子抄	Noboru Nakamura	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061471/
	The Adolescents The Adolescents (1968 film) The Adolescents is a 1968 Mexican drama film directed by Abel Salazar. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:* Luis Aragón as Rafael* Sandra Boyd...	Spanish	Los Adolescentes	Abel Salazar Abel Salazar (actor) Abel Salazar was a Mexican actor, producer and director. He appeared in 70 films between 1941 and 1989.-Selected filmography:* La Vírgen morena * El hombre y el monstruo...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294268/
	No Stars in the Jungle	Spanish	En la selva no hay estrellas	Armando Robles Godoy	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061622/
	Because of a Flower Because of a Flower Because of a Flower is a 1967 Philippine drama film directed by Luis Nepomuceno. The film was selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee...	Tagalog	Dahil sa isang bulaklak	Luis Nepomuceno	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294494/
	El Amor Brujo	Spanish	El Amor Brujo	Francisco Rovira Beleta Francisco Rovira Beleta Francisco Rovira Beleta was a twice Academy Award nominee Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film Los atracadores was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1962 film Los Tarantos was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category...	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061350/
	Here's Your Life Here's Your Life Here's Your Life is a 1966 Swedish drama film directed by Jan Troell, based on the second of Eyvind Johnson's semi-autobiographical series of four novels Romanen om Olof, about a working-class boy growing up in northern Sweden.-Selected cast:...	Swedish	Här har du ditt liv	Jan Troell	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060529/
	I Even Met Happy Gypsies I Even Met Happy Gypsies I Even Met Happy Gypsies is a 1967 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Aleksandar Petrović. Its original Serbian title is Skupljači perja, which means The Feather Gatherers. The film is centered around Roma people's life in a village in northern Vojvodina, but it also deals with subtler themes such...	Romany Romani language Romani or Romany, Gypsy or Gipsy is any of several languages of the Romani people. They are Indic, sometimes classified in the "Central" or "Northwestern" zone, and sometimes treated as a branch of their own.... , Serbian	Skupljaci perja	Aleksandar Petrović	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062277/

Sources

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