List of Submissions To The 49th Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film

The following 23 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. 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 not submitted a single film for the Foreign Language Oscar since.

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

Country Film title used in nomination Language Original title Director IMDB
Argentina Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic Spanish Los muchachos de antes no usaban arsénico José A. Martínez Suárez
Belgium High Street French Rue Haute André Ernotte
Brazil Xica da Silva Portuguese Xica Carlos Diegues
Czechoslovakia One Silver Piece Czech Jeden Stříbrný Jaroslav Balík
Denmark The Olsen Gang Sees Red Danish Olsen-banden ser rødt Erik Balling
Egypt Whom Should We Shoot? Arabic على من نطلق الرصاص Kamal El Sheikh
France Cousin, cousine French Cousin, Cousine Jean-Charles Tacchella
East Germany Jacob the Liar German Jakob der Lügner Frank Beyer
West Germany The Clown German Ansichten eines Clowns Vojtěch Jasný
Hong Kong The Last Tempest Cantonese 瀛台泣血 Han Hsiang Li
Hungary The Fifth Seal Hungarian Az Ötödik pecsét Zoltán Fábri
Italy Seven Beauties Italian Pasqualino Settebellezze Lina Wertmüller
Ivory Coast Black and White in Color French Noirs et blancs en couleur Jean-Jacques Annaud
Mexico Length of War Spanish Longitud de guerra Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
Netherlands Max Havelaar Dutch Max Havelaar of de koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche handelsmaatschappij Fons Rademakers
Philippines Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon Tagalog Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon Eddie Romero
Poland Nights and Days Polish Noce i dnie Jerzy Antczak
Romania The Doom Romanian Osânda Sergiu Nicolaescu
Spain Raise Ravens Spanish Cría cuervos Carlos Saura
Sweden City of My Dreams Swedish Mina drömmars stad Ingvar Skogsberg
Switzerland Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 French Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 Alain Tanner
Taiwan The 800 Heroes Chinese 八百壮士 Shan-si Ting
Soviet Union They Fought For Their Motherland Russian Они сражались за родину Sergei Bondarchuk
Yugoslavia The Rat Savior Serbo-Croatian Izbavitelj Krsto Papić

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