List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 30 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 58th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The bolded titles were the five nominated films, which came from France, Hungary, West Germany and Yugoslavia and the eventual winner, The Official Story, from Argentina.^[1] It became the first Latin American film to win the award.

Submissions

Submitting country	Film title used in nomination	Language(s)	Original title	Director(s)	Result
Argentina	The Official Story	Spanish	La Historia oficial	Luis Puenzo	Won Academy Award
Austria	Malambo	German	Malambo	Milan Dor	Not Nominated
Belgium	Dust	French	Dust	Marion Hänsel	Not Nominated
Canada	Jacques and November	French	Jacques et novembre	Jean Beaudry and François Bouvier	Not Nominated
Czechoslovakia	Scalpel, Please	Czech	Skalpel, prosím	Jirí Svoboda	Not Nominated
Denmark	Twist and Shout	Danish	Tro, håb og kærlighed	Bille August	Not Nominated
France	Three Men and a Cradle	French	Trois hommes et un couffin	Coline Serreau	Nominated
West Germany	Angry Harvest	German	Bittere Ernte	Agnieszka Holland	Nominated
Hungary	Colonel Redl	German	Oberst Redl	István Szabó	Nominated
Iceland	Deep Winter	Icelandic	Skammdegi	Þráinn Bertelsson	Not Nominated
India	Saagar	Hindi	सागर	Ramesh Sippy	Not Nominated
Israel	When Night Falls	Hebrew	עד סוף הלילה	Eitan Green	Not Nominated
Italy	Macaroni	Italian	Maccheroni	Ettore Scola	Not Nominated
Japan	Gray Sunset	Japanese	花いちもんめ	Shunya Ito	Not Nominated
South Korea	Eoudong	Korean	어우동	Lee Jang-ho	Not Nominated
Mexico	Frida Still Life	Spanish	Frida, naturaleza viva	Paul Leduc	Not Nominated
Netherlands	The Dream	Dutch, West Frisian	De Dream	Pieter Verhoeff	Not Nominated
Norway	Wives – Ten Years After	Norwegian	Hustruer - ti år etter	Anja Breien	Not Nominated
Peru	The City and the Dogs	Spanish	La ciudad y los perros	Francisco José Lombardi	Not Nominated
Philippines	This Is My Country	Tagalog	Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim	Lino Brocka	Not Nominated
Poland	Yesterday	Polish	Yesterday	Radosław Piwowarski	Not Nominated
Portugal	Ana	Portuguese	Ana	Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis	Not Nominated
Romania	Ciuleandra	Romanian	Ciuleandra	Sergiu Nicolaescu	Not Nominated
Spain	The Witching Hour	Spanish	La hora bruja	Jaime de Armiñán	Not Nominated
Sweden	Ronia the Robber's Daughter	Swedish	Ronja Rövardotter	Tage Danielsson	Not Nominated
Switzerland	Alpine Fire	Swiss German	Höhenfeuer	Fredi M. Murer	Not Nominated
Taiwan	Kuei-Mei, a Woman	Chinese	我這樣過了一生	Chang Yi	Not Nominated
Soviet Union	Come and See	Russian, Belarusian	Иди и смотри	Elem Klimov	Not Nominated
Venezuela	Oriana	Spanish	Oriana	Fina Torres	Not Nominated
Yugoslavia	When Father Was Away on Business	Serbo-Croatian	Otac na sluzbenom putu	Emir Kusturica	Nominated

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