Oscar© winner Susanne Bier. Photo: Scanpix/Reuter

The Danish drama "In a Better World" won the best foreign language film Oscar, an honor for both the acclaimed filmmaker Susanne Bier and for Denmark cinema.

"This is a real Oscar? Thank you so much, the Academy, what an honor. I am so truly honored and grateful and happy, thank you very much. I really need to congratulate my fellow nominees whose movies were amazing. And I really want to thank Tom Bernard and Michael Barker at Sony Classics for believing so strongly "In a Better World." All my, all my creative partners whether they are in this room or in Denmark or Sweden, this one belongs to all of you as much as it belongs to me. Thank you very much."

"In a Better World" is the third Danish film to take the honor. The other two were "Babette's Feast" in 1987 and "Pelle the Conqueror" in 1988.