List of submissions to the 47th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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This is a list of submissions to the 47th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.[1] The award is handed out annually, and is accepted by the winning film's director, although it is considered an award for the submitting country as a whole.[2] Countries are invited by the Academy to submit their best films for competition according to strict rules, with only one film being accepted from each country.[2]

For the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Argentina, France, Hungary, Italy and Poland. Italy won the Oscar for Federico Fellini's slice-of-life comedy-drama, Amarcord.[3]

Submissions

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Argentina The Truce La tregua Spanish Sergio Renán Nominated
 Belgium The Conscript De loteling Dutch Roland Verhavert Not nominated
 Brazil The Scarecrow's Night A Noite do Espantalho Brazilian Portuguese Sérgio Ricardo Not nominated
 Bulgaria The Last Summer Последно лято Bulgarian Hristo Hristov Not nominated
 Czechoslovakia Lovers in the Year One Milenci v roce jedna Czech Jaroslav Balík Not nominated
 Denmark The Olsen Gang's Last Escapade Olsen-bandens sidste bedrifter Danish Erik Balling Not nominated
 Egypt Where Is My Mind? أين عقلي Arabic Atef Salem Not nominated
 France Lacombe, Lucien French, German Louis Malle Nominated
 West Germany One or the Other Einer von uns beiden German Wolfgang Petersen Not nominated
 Hungary Cats' Play Macskajáték Hungarian Károly Makk Nominated
 India Hot Winds गरम हवा Hindi, Urdu M. S. Sathyu Not nominated
 Italy Amarcord Italian Federico Fellini Won Academy Award
 Japan The Fossil 化石 Japanese Masaki Kobayashi Not nominated
 Mexico Calzonzin Inspector Spanish Alfonso Arau Not nominated
 Netherlands Help! The Doctor Is Drowning Help, de dokter verzuipt! Dutch Nikolai van der Heyde Not nominated
 Poland The Deluge Potop Polish Jerzy Hoffman Nominated
 Soviet Union The Ferocious One Лютый Russian Tolomush Okeyev Not nominated
 Spain La Prima Angelica Spanish Carlos Saura Not nominated
 Switzerland The Middle of the World Le Milieu du monde French Alain Tanner Not nominated
 Yugoslavia
The Dervish and Death
Derviš i smrt Serbo-Croatian Zdravko Velimirović Not nominated

Notes

  • AMPAS
    . It appears likely that the film was not screened.
  • Kyrgyz Republic
    with mostly Russian dialogue.

References

  1. ^ "History of the Academy Awards 2 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Rule 14 | 81st Academy Awards Rules | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

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