List of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 26 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 53rd Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, Hungary, Japan and Spain. The Soviet Union won the award with the film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears.[1]

Cameroon, Colombia, Iceland and Portugal all submitted films for the first time. Iceland has submitted a film every year since then, while Cameroon never participated again.

Submissions

Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationLanguage(s)Original titleDirector(s)Result
 AustriaEgon Schiele – Exzess und BestrafungGermanEgon Schiele - ExzesseHerbert Vesely Not Nominated
 BrazilBye Bye BrazilPortugueseBye Bye BrazilCarlos Diegues Not Nominated
 CameroonOur DaughterFrenchNotre filleDaniel Kamwa Not Nominated
 CanadaGood RiddanceFrenchLes Bons débarrasFrancis Mankiewicz Not Nominated
 ColombiaThe Latin ImmigrantSpanishEl Inmigrante LatinoGustavo Nieto Roa Not Nominated
 CzechoslovakiaLove Between the RaindropsCzechLásky mezi kapkami deštěKarel Kachyňa Not Nominated
 FinlandTulipääFinnishTulipääPirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto Not Nominated
 FranceThe Last MetroFrenchLe Dernier métroFrançois Truffaut Nominated
 East GermanyThe FianceeGermanDie VerlobteGünther Rücker and Günter Reisch Not Nominated
 West GermanyFabianGermanFabianWolf Gremm Not Nominated
 HungaryConfidenceHungarianBizalomIstván Szabó Nominated
 IcelandLand and SonsIcelandicLand og synirÁgúst Guðmundsson Not Nominated
 IndiaPayal Ki JhankaarHindiपायल की झंकारSatyen Bose Not Nominated
 IsraelThe Thin LineHebrewעל חבל דקMichal Bat-Adam Not Nominated
 ItalyA Leap in the DarkItalianSalto nel vuotoMarco Bellocchio Not Nominated
 JapanKagemushaJapanese影武者Akira Kurosawa Nominated
 NetherlandsIn for TreatmentDutchOpnameMarja Kok and Erik van Zuylen Not Nominated
 NorwayLife and DeathNorwegianLiv og dødPetter Vennerød and Svend Wam Not Nominated
 PolandOlympics 40PolishOlimpiada 40Andrzej Kotkowski Not Nominated
 PortugalMorning UnderseaPortugueseManhã SubmersaLauro António Not Nominated
 SpainThe NestSpanishEl NidoJaime de Armiñán Nominated
 SwedenHerr Puntila and His Servant MattiSwedishHerr Puntila och hans dräng MattiRalf Långbacka Not Nominated
  SwitzerlandEvery Man for HimselfFrenchSauve qui peut (la vie)Jean-Luc Godard Not Nominated
 TaiwanThe Legend of Six DynastyChinese六朝怪談Guk-Gam Wong Not Nominated
 Soviet UnionMoscow Does Not Believe in TearsRussianМосква слезам не веритVladimir Menshov Won Academy Award
 YugoslaviaSpecial TreatmentSerbo-CroatianПосебан третманGoran Paskaljević Not Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 8 June 2013.

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