List of submissions to the 55th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
The following 25 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 55th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, Nicaragua, Sweden, the USSR and the eventual winner, Begin the Beguine, from Spain.[1]
Notable entries[]
Nicaragua submitted a film for the first time. Switzerland was allowed to submit their Palm d'Or-winning entry Yol,[2] a film in Turkish by a pair of Turkish directors. The film had been banned for political content at home, and was smuggled into Switzerland and edited in Paris.[3]
Submissions[]
Submitting country | Film title used in nomination | Language(s) | Original title | Director(s) | Result |
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Sandstorm | French | Vent de sable | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Not nominated |
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Last Days of the Victim | Spanish | Últimos días de la víctima | Adolfo Aristarain | Not nominated |
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Minuet | Dutch | Menuet | Lili Rademakers | Not nominated |
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Khan Asparoukh | Bulgarian | Хан Аспарух | Ludmil Staikov | Not nominated |
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Wild Flowers | French | Les fleurs sauvages | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Not nominated |
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The Assistant | Slovak | Pomocnik | Zoro Zahon | Not nominated |
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Tree of Knowledge | Danish | Kundskabens træ | Nils Malmros | Not nominated |
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Clean Slate | French | Coup de Torchon | Bertrand Tavernier | Nominated |
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Fitzcarraldo | German | Fitzcarraldo | Werner Herzog | Not nominated |
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Angel | Greek | Ангел | Giorgos Katakouzinos | Not nominated |
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Time Stands Still | Hungarian | Megáll az idö | Péter Gothár | Not nominated |
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Inter Nos | Icelandic | Okkar á milli: Í hita og þunga dagsins | Hrafn Gunnlaugsson | Not nominated |
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Hamsin | Hebrew, Arabic | חמסין | Daniel Wachsmann | Not nominated |
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The Night of the Shooting Stars | Italian | La Notte di San Lorenzo | Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani | Not nominated |
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Onimasa | Japanese | ���龍院花子の生涯 | Hideo Gosha | Not nominated |
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The Cool Lakes of Death | Dutch | Van de koele meren des doods | Nouchka van Brakel | Not nominated |
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Alsino and the Condor | Spanish | Alsino y el cóndor | Miguel Littín | Nominated |
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Victoria L | Norwegian | Leve sitt liv | Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam | Not nominated |
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Francisca | Portuguese | Francisca | Manoel de Oliveira | Not nominated |
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Private Life | Russian | Частная жизнь | Yuli Raizman | Nominated |
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Begin the Beguine | Spanish | Volver a empezar | José Luis Garci | Won Academy Award |
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The Flight of the Eagle | Swedish | Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd | Jan Troell | Nominated |
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Yol | Turkish | Yol | Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney | Not nominated |
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The Battle for the Republic of China | Chinese | 辛亥双十 | Ding Shan Xi | Not nominated |
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The Smell of Quinces | Bosnian | Miris dunja | Mirza Idrizović | Not nominated |
References[]
- ^ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ YOL - Festival de Cannes
- ^ "Yol - TIFF Cinematheque". TIFF.net. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
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