In the second year of the new competitive category of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, the winner was again an Italian film, The Nights of Cabiria, also directed by Federico Fellini.
The New York Film Critics Circle honored the French film, Gervaise, with its top honor for foreign films.
The five nominees were:
The Nights of Cabiria, Italy (winner)
The Devil Came at Night, Germany (Federal Republic)
Gates of Paris, France
Mother India, India
Nine Lives, Norway
Neglected Films
Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece, The Seventh Seal, deserved but did not earn an Oscar nomination
