Oscar® winning Foreign Language Films
updated august, 2011
The Russian War and Peace (1968), directedby Sergei Bondarchuk was the most expensivemovie made at that point, costing 100 millionand using 250,000 extras for battle scenes
Followed by country and director
1947: Shoeshine (Italy) Vittorio DeSica
1948: Monsieur Vincent (France) Maurice Cloche
1949: The Bicycle Thief (Italy) Vittorio