List of submissions to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 20 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 44th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Israel, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the USSR. The Oscar went to The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, a drama about an aristocratic Jewish family in Italy.[1] France, which received 27 nominations between 1957 and 1991, failed to receive an Oscar nomination for only the fourth time since the inauguration of the Foreign Language Film award.

Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa gained his first nomination for the award (although he had received an honorary award at the 24th Academy Awards in 1951 for Rashomon) for Dodes'ka-den, a film which was a critical and commercial failure in his native Japan.

Bulgaria and Canada submitted films for consideration for the first time.

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationLanguage(s)Original titleDirector(s)Result
 BrazilPra Quem Fica, TchauPortuguesePra Quem Fica, TchauReginaldo Faria Not Nominated
 BulgariaPorcupines Are Born Without BristlesBulgarianТаралежите се раждат без бодлиDimitar Petrov Not Nominated
 CanadaMon oncle AntoineFrenchMon oncle AntoineClaude Jutra Not Nominated
 DenmarkThe Missing ClerkDanishForsvundne fuldmægtigGert Fredholm Not Nominated
 EgyptA Woman and a ManArabicامرأة و رجلHoussam Eddine Mostafa Not Nominated
 FranceRamparts of ClayFrenchRemparts d'argileJean-Louis Bertucelli Not Nominated
 West GermanyThe CastleGermanDas SchloßRudolf Noelte Not Nominated
 HungaryLoveHungarianSzerelemKároly Makk Not Nominated
 IndiaReshma Aur SheraHindiरेशमा और शेराSunil Dutt Not Nominated
 IsraelThe PolicemanHebrewHa-Shoter AzulaiEphraim Kishon Nominated
 ItalyThe Garden of the Finzi-ContinisItalianIl Giardino dei Finzi-ContiniVittorio De Sica Won Academy Award
 JapanDodes'ka-denJapaneseどですかでんAkira Kurosawa Nominated
 MexicoEl TopoSpanishEl TopoAlejandro Jodorowsky Not Nominated
 NetherlandsMiraDutchMiraFons Rademakers Not Nominated
 PolandFamily LifePolishŻycie rodzinneKrzysztof Zanussi Not Nominated
 RomaniaThe Last CrusadeRomanianMihai ViteazulSergiu Nicolaescu Not Nominated
 SpainMartaSpanish...dopo di che, uccide il maschio e lo divoraJosé Antonio Nieves Conde Not Nominated
 SwedenThe EmigrantsSwedishUtvandrarnaJan Troell Nominated
 Soviet UnionTchaikovskyRussianЧайкoвскийIgor Talankin Nominated
 YugoslaviaBlack SeedMacedonianЦрно семеKiril Cenevski Not Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

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