Awards

Win

• Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Deborah Kerr - 1956 Hollywood Foreign Press Association
• Best Picture - Musical or Comedy - 1956 Hollywood Foreign Press Association
• Best Actor - Yul Brynner - 1956 National Board of Review
• Best Actor - Yul Brynner - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Color Art Direction - Paul S. [sd/ad/pd-456] Fox - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Color Art Direction - Walter M. [sd] Scott - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Color Art Direction - Lyle R. Wheeler - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Color Art Direction - John [Sr.] DeCuir - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Musical Score - Ken Darby - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Musical Score - Alfred Newman - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Sound - Carl Faulkner - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nomination

• Best Director - Walter [di-wr] Lang - 1956 Directors Guild of America
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Yul Brynner - 1956 Hollywood Foreign Press Association
• Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding - 1956 Hollywood Foreign Press Association
• Best Picture - 1956 National Board of Review
• Best Actress - Deborah Kerr - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Color Cinematography - Leon Shamroy - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Director - Walter [di-wr] Lang - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Best Picture - 1956 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences