List of submissions to the 49th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 24 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 49th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film which took place in 1977. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from Côte d'Ivoire, East Germany, France, Italy and Poland. The Côte d'Ivoire became the first sub-Saharan African country to submit a film to the competition, and it ended up winning the Oscar for the dark comedy Black and White in Color.^[1] It is likely the film would not have even been accepted under today's rules, since the director was French and the film was a majority French production. The Ivorians have submitted just one film for the Foreign Language Oscar since, Run, which was submitted for the 88th Academy Awards but was not nominated.

Japan failed to submit a film, for the first and only time. East Germany received its only nomination ever for Jacob the Liar.

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Language(s)	Original title	Director(s)	Result
Argentina	Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic	Spanish	Los muchachos de antes no usaban arsénico	José A. Martínez Suárez	Not Nominated
Belgium	High Street	French	Rue Haute	André Ernotte	Not Nominated
Brazil	Xica da Silva	Portuguese	Xica	Carlos Diegues	Not Nominated
Czechoslovakia	One Silver Piece	Czech	Jeden Stříbrný	Jaroslav Balík	Not Nominated
Denmark	The Olsen Gang Sees Red	Danish	Olsen-banden ser rødt	Erik Balling	Not Nominated
Egypt	Whom Should We Shoot?	Arabic	على من نطلق الرصاص	Kamal El Sheikh	Not Nominated
France	Cousin, cousine	French	Cousin, Cousine	Jean-Charles Tacchella	Nominated
East Germany	Jacob the Liar	German	Jakob der Lügner	Frank Beyer	Nominated
West Germany	The Clown	German	Ansichten eines Clowns	Vojtěch Jasný	Not Nominated
Hong Kong	The Last Tempest	Mandarin	瀛台泣血	Han Hsiang Li	Not Nominated
Hungary	The Fifth Seal	Hungarian	Az Ötödik pecsét	Zoltán Fábri	Not Nominated
Italy	Seven Beauties	Italian	Pasqualino Settebellezze	Lina Wertmüller	Nominated
Ivory Coast	Black and White in Color	French	Noirs et blancs en couleur	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Won Academy Award
Mexico	Length of War	Spanish	Longitud de guerra	Gonzalo Martínez Ortega	Not Nominated
Netherlands	Max Havelaar	Dutch	Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche handelsmaatschappij	Fons Rademakers	Not Nominated
Philippines	Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon	Tagalog	Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon	Eddie Romero	Not Nominated
Poland	Nights and Days	Polish	Noce i dnie	Jerzy Antczak	Nominated
Romania	The Doom	Romanian	Osânda	Sergiu Nicolaescu	Not Nominated
Spain	Raise Ravens	Spanish	Cría cuervos	Carlos Saura	Not Nominated
Sweden	City of My Dreams	Swedish	Mina drömmars stad	Ingvar Skogsberg	Not Nominated
Switzerland	Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000	French	Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000	Alain Tanner	Not Nominated
Taiwan	Eight Hundred Heroes	Mandarin	八百壮士	Ting Shan-hsi	Not Nominated
Soviet Union	They Fought For Their Motherland	Russian	Они сражались за родину	Sergei Bondarchuk	Not Nominated
Yugoslavia	The Rat Savior	Serbo-Croatian	Izbavitelj	Krsto Papić	Not Nominated

References

Sources

• Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences