UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

**FORM N-Q**

**QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF        REGISTERED**

**MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY**

**_______________________________**

Investment Company Act file number        811-642

DWS        International Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in        charter)

 

345 Park        Avenue

New        York, NY 10154

(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip code)

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(Name and address of agent for        service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area        code:(212) 454-7190

Date of fiscal year end:10/31

Date of reporting        period:01/31/08

 

ITEM 1.        SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

| Investment Portfolio | **as of January 31, 2008 (Unaudited)** |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------|

         

**DWS        Europe Equity Fund**

|                                       | **Shares**              |    | **Value                        ($)** |
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|---------|--------------------------------------|
|                                            |
|                                       | **Common Stocks 98.6%** |    |
| **Austria 1.5%**                           |                    |
| Wienerberger AG (Cost $9,225,603)          |                    | 153,890 |                                 | **7,123,320** |
| **Denmark 1.1%**                           |                    |
| A P Moller-Maersk AS "B" (Cost $4,620,186) |                    | 549     |                                 | **5,431,637** |
| **Finland 2.1%**                           |                    |
| Nokia Oyj (Cost $7,055,074)                |                    | 274,600 |                                 | **10,099,128** |
| **France 8.6%**                            |                    |
| Axa                                        |                    | 338,757 |                                 | 11,612,192 |
| France Telecom SA                          |                    | 229,027 |                                 | 8,089,016 |
| Lafarge SA                                 |                    | 32,749  |                                 | 5,133,654 |
| Lagardere SCA                              |                    | 35,574  |                                 | 2,610,970 |
|                                            |                         |         |                                      |  |  |  |  |

| PPR                                        |   | 60,101         |   | 8,495,219     |
|--------------------------------------------|--------|----------------|--------|---------------|
| Rhodia SA (Registered)*                    |   | 63,692         |   | 1,776,840     |
| Seche Environnement                        |   | 8,552          |   | 1,390,939     |
| Sperian Protection                         |   | 25,053         |   | 2,363,156     |
|                                            |
| (Cost $41,211,095)                         |   | **41,471,986** |
| **Germany 8.9%**                           |   |
| Adidas AG                                  |   | 48,800         |   | 3,116,466     |
| Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG          |   | 133,141        |   | 7,365,259     |
| Deutsche Boerse AG                         |   | 28,500         |   | 5,034,572     |
| E.ON AG                                    |   | 31,200         |   | 5,736,009     |
| Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA   |   | 110,300        |   | 5,662,769     |
| SAP AG                                     |   | 109,197        |   | 5,260,224     |
| SGL Carbon AG*                             |   | 50,100         |   | 2,555,517     |
| Software AG                                |   | 37,817         |   | 2,913,693     |
| Stada Arzneimittel AG                      |   | 44,700         |   | 2,811,576     |
| Tognum AG*                                 |   | 103,527        |   | 2,525,944     |
|                                            |
| (Cost $43,729,157)                         |   | **42,982,029** |
| **Greece 1.0%**                            |   |
| Piraeus Bank SA (Cost $6,026,778)          |   | 145,100        |   | **4,679,451** |
| **Ireland 2.1%**                           |   |
| Anglo Irish Bank Corp. PLC                 |   | 511,496        |   | 7,207,868     |
| Kingspan Group PLC                         |   | 203,703        |   | 2,841,828     |
|                                            |
| (Cost $13,759,399)                         |   | **10,049,696** |
| **Italy 5.5%**                             |   |
| Assicurazioni Generali SpA                 |   | 241,490        |   | 10,313,047    |
| Telecom Italia SpA (RNC)                   |   | 2,401,800      |   | 5,534,533     |
| UniCredito Italiano SpA (a)                |   | 1,450,500      |   | 10,648,172    |
|                                            |
| (Cost $28,007,074)                         |   | **26,495,752** |
| **Netherlands 12.0%**                      |   |
| Corporate Express (a)                      |   | 203,513        |   | 1,188,558     |
| ING Groep NV (CVA)                         |   | 345,800        |   | 11,257,872    |
| Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV                 |   | 587,600        |   | 10,665,167    |
| Koninklijke (Royal) Philips Electronics NV |   | 136,200        |   | 5,343,201     |
| QIAGEN NV* (a)                             |   | 458,555        |   | 9,309,337     |
| SBM Offshore NV                            |   | 258,400        |   | 7,481,318     |
| TNT NV                                     |   | 118,300        |   | 4,382,138     |
| Wolters Kluwer NV                          |   | 286,456        |   | 8,189,195     |
|                                            |
| (Cost $57,685,568)                         |   | **57,816,786** |
| **Norway 2.7%**                            |   |
| Aker Kvaerner ASA                          |   | 103,050        |   | 1,923,626     |
| EDB Business Partner ASA                   |   | 335,800        |   | 2,229,271     |
| StatoilHydro ASA                           |   | 338,300        |   | 8,845,032     |
|                                            |
| (Cost $16,638,987)                         |   | **12,997,929** |
| **Spain 2.0%**                             |   |
| Iberdrola Renovables*                      |   | 551,800        |   | 4,446,355     |
| Iberdrola SA                               |   | 350,398        |   | 5,357,225     |
|                                            |
| (Cost $10,019,460)                         |   | **9,803,580**  |
| **Sweden 8.1%**                            |   |
| Autoliv, Inc. (SDR) (a)                    |   | 62,800         |   | 3,201,942     |
| Concordia Maritime AB "B" (a)              |   | 1,828,500      |   | 7,220,147     |
|                                            |        |                |        |               |  |  |

| Eniro AB                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 456,131         |                                 | 3,778,534  |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|------------|
| Svenska Handelsbanken AB "A"                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 268,800         |                                 | 7,528,448  |
| Swedish Match AB                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 778,900         |                                 | 17,220,301 |
|                                                                   |
| (Cost $38,281,095)                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **38,949,372**  |
| **Switzerland 8.4%**                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Nestle SA (Registered)                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 48,951          |                                 | 21,877,795 |
| Roche Holding AG (Genusschein)                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 51,438          |                                 | 9,319,479  |
| UBS AG (Registered)                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 228,134         |                                 | 9,440,849  |
|                                                                   |
| (Cost $41,272,436)                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **40,638,123**  |
| **United Kingdom 34.6%**                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Anglo American PLC                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 125,865         |                                 | 6,882,943  |
| ARM Holdings PLC                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2,783,103       |                                 | 6,511,620  |
| BAE Systems PLC                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 520,961         |                                 | 4,853,478  |
| BP PLC                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2,043,582       |                                 | 21,677,556 |
| Cadbury Schweppes PLC                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 487,965         |                                 | 5,386,207  |
| Daily Mail & General Trust "A"                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 271,082         |                                 | 2,862,559  |
| Diageo PLC                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 780,898         |                                 | 15,710,614 |
| Dicom Group PLC                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 2,942,409       |                                 | 8,679,422  |
| GlaxoSmithKline PLC                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 332,065         |                                 | 7,837,661  |
| HBOS PLC                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 191,629         |                                 | 2,646,488  |
| HSBC Holdings PLC                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 954,972         |                                 | 14,318,551 |
| Old Mutual PLC                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1,992,210       |                                 | 4,964,162  |
| Reed Elsevier PLC                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 350,783         |                                 | 4,238,507  |
| Rexam PLC                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 546,507         |                                 | 4,593,821  |
| Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 935,816         |                                 | 9,304,584  |
| Serco Group PLC                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 801,322         |                                 | 6,679,224  |
| Tesco PLC                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1,518,160       |                                 | 12,666,427 |
| The Sage Group PLC                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 1,413,680       |                                 | 6,240,161  |
| Vodafone Group PLC                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 4,795,822       |                                 | 16,831,187 |
| WPP Group PLC                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 337,247         |                                 | 4,161,933  |
|                                                                   |
| (Cost $179,739,138)                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **167,047,105** |
|                                                                   |
| **Total Common Stocks**(Cost                        $497,271,050) |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **475,585,894** |
|                                                              | **Securities Lending Collateral 4.8%**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |            |
| Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 4.22% (b) (c)(Cost $23,275,570)  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |            | 23,275,570                           |       | **23,275,570** |
|                                                              | **Cash Equivalents 1.2%**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |            |
| Cash Management QP Trust, 4.52% (b)(Cost $5,922,225)              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |            | 5,922,225                            |       | **5,922,225** |
|                                                              | **%                        of****Net Assets**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |            | **Value                        ($)** |
|                                                                   |
| **Total Investment Portfolio**(Cost $526,468,845)                 | 104.6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |            | **504,783,689**                      |
| **Other Assets and Liabilities, Net**                             | (4.6)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |            | **(22,402,325)**                     |
|                                                                   |
| **Net Assets**                                                    | 100.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |            | **482,381,364**                      |
|                                                              | *For information on the Fund's policies regarding the                        valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please                        refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial                        statements.* |
| ***                                                               | *Non-income producing security.*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| *(a)*                                                             | *All or a portion of these securities were on loan. The                        value of all securities loaned at January 31, 2008 amounted to $22,221,434                        which is 4.6% of net assets.*                                                                     |
| *(b)*                                                             | *Affiliated fund managed by Deutsche Investment                        Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield                        at period end.*                                                                                            |
|                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                 |                                      |            |  |  |  |  |  |  |

| *(c)*                                                                                   | *Represents collateral held in connection with                        securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower                        rebates.* |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| *CVA: Certificaten Van Aandelen*                                                        |
| *RNC: Riparmio Non-Convertible (Non-Convertible Savings                        Shares)* |
| *SDR: Swedish Depositary Receipt*                                                       |

| *At January 31, 2008, the DWS Europe Equity Fund had                        the following sector diversification:* |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ***Sector***                                                                                                       | ****Market Value                        ($)**** | *As a % of                        Common**Stocks* |
| *Financials*                                                                                                       | *99,651,672* | *21.0%* |
| *Consumer Staples*                                                                                                 | *82,165,928* | *17.3%* |
| *Consumer Discretionary*                                                                                           | *48,020,584* | *10.1%* |
| *Energy*                                                                                                           | *47,147,679* | *9.9%* |
| *Industrials*                                                                                                      | *46,678,940* | *9.8%* |
| *Information Technology*                                                                                           | *41,933,519* | *8.8%* |
| *Telecommunication Services*                                                                                       | *41,119,903* | *8.6%* |
| *Health Care*                                                                                                      | *34,940,822* | *7.3%* |
| *Materials*                                                                                                        | *18,387,258* | *3.9%* |
| *Utilities*                                                                                                        | *15,539,589* | *3.3%* |
| *Total*                                                                                                            | ***475,585,894*** | ***100.0%*** |

| **ITEM 2.** | **CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        | (a)                                 The Chief Executive                        and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure                        Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the                        Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the                        filing date of this report.                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        | (b)                                 There have been no                        changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting                        that occurred during the registrant’s last half-year (the                        registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of the annual                        report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially                        affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial                        reporting. |
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| **ITEM 3.** | **EXHIBITS**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|        | Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment                        Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as                        Exhibit 99.CERT.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

 

**SIGNATURES**

 

Pursuant to        the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of        1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the        undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

| Registrant: | DWS Europe Equity Fund, a series of DWS International Fund,                        Inc. |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

| By: | /s/Michael G. Clark |
|-----|---------------------|

|   | Michael G. Clark |
|--------|------------------|

President

 

| Date: | March 17, 2008 |
|-------|----------------|

 

 

Pursuant to        the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of        1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the        registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

| Registrant: | DWS Europe Equity Fund, a series of DWS International Fund,                        Inc. |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

| By: | /s/Michael G. Clark |
|-----|---------------------|

|   | Michael G. Clark |
|--------|------------------|

President

 

| Date: | March 17, 2008 |
|-------|----------------|

 

 

| By: | /s/Paul Schubert |
|-----|------------------|

|   | Paul Schubert |
|--------|---------------|

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

| Date: | March 17, 2008 |
|-------|----------------|