Nine German films were nominated in the documentary categories, but only Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959) by Bernhard Grzimek managed to win the Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
Sembilan film Jerman dinominasikan dalam kategori dokumenter, namun hanya Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959) karya Bernhard Grzimek yang memenangkan Penghargaan Akademi untuk Film Fitur Dokumenter.