EXHIBIT 16

                       SCUDDER INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC.


                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated. By so signing, the undersigned in his capacity as
director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of the Registrant, does
hereby appoint Sheldon A. Jones, Allison R. Beakley, Caroline Pearson and John
Millette and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney and
agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead (in such capacity) any and
all amendments to the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments
thereto and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection therewith, to
attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys and agents shall
have power to act with or without the other and have full power and authority
to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the
premises as fully and to all intents and the purposes as the undersigned might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys
and agents and each of them.

         SIGNATURE                         TITLE                     DATE
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/s/ Nicholas Bratt                       President              February 8, 2000
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Nicholas Bratt

/s/ Sheryle J. Bolton                    Director              February 8, 2000
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Sheryle J. Bolton

/s/ William T. Burgin                    Director              February 8, 2000
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William T. Burgin

/s/ Keith R. Fox                         Director              February 8, 2000
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Keith R. Fox

/s/ William H. Luers                     Director              February 8, 2000
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William H. Luers

/s/ Kathryn L. Quirk           Director, Vice President and    February 8, 2000
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Kathryn L. Quirk

/s/ Joan E. Spero                        Director              February 8, 2000
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Joan E. Spero

                                    Treasurer (Principal       February 8, 2000
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John R. Hebble                       Accounting Officer


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