In the eighth year of the competitive category of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, the winner was Italian Fellini’s masterpiece, 81/2 (aka Eight and a Half).
81/2 also won the Best Foreign Language Film from the New York Film Critics Circle.
The five nominees were:
81/2, Italy (winner)
Knife on the Water, Poland
The Red Lanterns, Greece
Lost Tarantos, Spain
The Sisters of Kyoto, Japan
Note:
Keeper of Promises was the first Brazilian film to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.





