List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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This is a list of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards (1978) 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 51st Academy Awards, nineteen films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Cuba and Lebanon submitted films for consideration for the first time. The highlighted titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, West Germany, Hungary, Italy and the USSR. France won the award with the comedy, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs,[3] starring Gérard Depardieu as a husband who finds a new lover for his depressed wife.

Submissions[edit]

Submitting country Film title used in nomination Original title Language(s) Director(s) Result
 Brazil The Lyre of Delight A Lira do Delírio Brazilian Portuguese Walter Lima Jr. Not nominated
 Cuba The Recourse to the Method / Viva el Presidente El recurso del método Spanish Miguel Littín Not nominated
 Czechoslovakia Dinner for Adele / Nick Carter in Prague Adéla ještě nevečeřela Czech Oldřich Lipský Not nominated
 Denmark Me and Charly Mig og Charly Danish Morten Arnfred and Henning Kristiansen Not nominated
 France Get Out Your Handkerchiefs Préparez vos mouchoirs French Bertrand Blier Won Academy Award
 West Germany The Glass Cell Die Gläserne Zelle German Hans W. Geißendörfer Nominated
 Hungary Hungarians Magyarok Hungarian Zoltán Fábri Nominated
 India The Chess Players शतरंज के खिलाड़ी Hindi, Urdu, English Satyajit Ray Not nominated
 Israel Lemon Popsicle אסקימו לימון Hebrew Boaz Davidson Not nominated
 Italy Viva Italia! I nuovi mostri Italian Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli Nominated
 Japan Empire of Passion 愛の亡霊 Japanese Nagisa Oshima Not nominated
 Kuwait The Wedding of Zein عرس الزين Arabic Khalid Al Siddiq Not nominated
 Lebanon Promise of Love Սիրո Խոստումը Armenian, English, French Sarky Mouradian Not nominated
 Mexico The Place Without Limits El lugar sin límites Spanish Arturo Ripstein Not nominated
 Netherlands Pastorale 1943 Dutch Wim Verstappen Not nominated
 Poland Death of a President Smierc prezydenta Polish Jerzy Kawalerowicz Not nominated
 Soviet Union White Bim Black Ear Белый Бим Черное ухо Russian Stanislav Rostotsky Nominated
 Spain Somnambulists Sonámbulos Spanish Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Not nominated
 Yugoslavia Occupation in 26 Pictures Okupacija u 26 slika Serbo-Croatian, Italian, German, Russian, French, Latin Lordan Zafranović Not nominated

References[edit]

  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 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

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