Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 42nd Academy Awards held in 1970 to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best Non-English Movie Category
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1. Z (1969)
M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer
Votes: 31,363 | Gross: $0.08M
ALGERIA | Status: won
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2. Moos auf den Steinen (1968)
82 min | Drama
Hostile literary friends Petrik (young, idealistic, unsuccessful) and Mehlmann (enterprising, successful) spend a weekend at a crumbling baroque castle in the Marchfeld, illustrating very different ideas of a post-war Austria.
Director: Georg Lhotzky | Stars: Fritz Muliar, Erika Pluhar, Louis Ries, Johannes Schauer
Votes: 39
AUSTRIA | Status: submitted
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3. Palaver (1970)
78 min | Fantasy
"Palaver" tells us the day of three Congolese students (Albert, Victor and Marcel) who visit Bruges for a tour of the city, and end up on the beaches of Ostend. During their trip, they ... See full summary »
Director: Emile Degelin | Stars: Umberto Bettencourt, Christie Dermie, Marion Hänsel, Jean Kabuta
Votes: 53
BELGIUM | Status: submitted
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4. Antonio das Mortes (1969)
100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this sequel to "Black God, White Devil", Antonio das Mortes must return back to action after killing the last of the Cangaceiros 29 years ago, when a new outlaw appears, who will eventually reveal as an idealist and mark him profoundly.
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos, Hugo Carvana
Votes: 2,282
BRAZIL | Status: submitted
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5. The Cremator (1969)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Set in Central Europe during World War II, a demented cremator believes cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world.
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic
Votes: 10,785
CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Status: submitted
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6. Balladen om Carl-Henning (1969)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
The warmhearted but rather naive Carl Henning (Jesper Klein) is an 18 y.o. dairy apprentice. He takes the run after a nightly fight with his employer (John Wittig), and is soon introduced to society's darker sides.
Directors: Lene Grønlykke, Sven Grønlykke | Stars: Jesper Klein, Paul Hüttel, Inge Baaring, Edith Thrane
Votes: 114
DENMARK | Status: submitted
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7. My Night at Maud's (1969)
GP | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A devout Catholic man's rigid principles are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Antoine Vitez
Votes: 14,558
FRANCE | Status: nominated
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8. Koritsia ston ilio (1968)
80 min | Drama, Romance
A shepherd falls in love with an English tourist in Greece.
Director: Vasilis Georgiadis | Stars: Giannis Voglis, Anne Lonnberg, Kostas Bakas, Miranta Myrat
Votes: 633
GREECE | Status: submitted
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9. The Arch (1968)
94 min | Drama
A woman falls in love with a visiting cavalry captain, but chooses to suppress it for the sake of her daughter.
Director: Shu Shuen Tong | Stars: Lisa Lu, Roy Chiao, Hilda Chow Hsuan, Szu-yun Chen
Votes: 246
HONG KONG | Status: submitted
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10. Feldobott kö (1969)
91 min | Drama
An aspiring film student is denied a scholarship to the state-funded university when his father is thrown in jail. The man had stopped a train in order to facilitate the union between two ... See full summary »
Director: Sándor Sára | Stars: Lajos Balázsovits, Nadesda Kazassian, Todor Todorov, László Bánhidi
Votes: 218
HUNGARY | Status: submitted
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11. Deiva Magan (1969)
166 min | Drama, Family
The story is about a father and his sons--all three roles played by Sivaji Ganesan. One son who had disappeared shortly after his birth reappears, spends time with his father, and solves ... See full summary »
Director: A.C. Trilogchander | Stars: Shivaji Ganesan, Jayalalitha J, Pandari Bai, Major Sundarrajan
Votes: 157
INDIA | Status: submitted
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12. Siege (1969)
100 min | Drama
Story of a war-widow pressured by her friends to behave in the role of the heroic widow, and the journey she takes in a country of people under siege.
Director: Gilberto Tofano | Stars: Eran Agmon, Gila Almagor, Yael Aviv, Dahn Ben Amotz
Votes: 116
ISRAEL | Status: submitted
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13. Fellini Satyricon (1969)
R | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy
A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone
Votes: 17,191 | Gross: $1.14M
ITALY | Status: submitted
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14. Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
Not Rated | 173 min | Drama
An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought-ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill. He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Hideko Okiyama, Kanjûrô Arashi
Votes: 1,948
JAPAN | Status: submitted
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15. Monsieur Hawarden (1968)
109 min | Drama
Meriora Gillibrand (Ellen Vogel) disguises herself as a man to avoid prosecution for murdering her lover.
Director: Harry Kümel | Stars: Ellen Vogel, Hilde Uitterlinden, Joan Remmelts, Dora van der Groen
Votes: 195
NETHERLANDS | Status: submitted
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16. The Green Wall (1969)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple forsakes their urban existence for life in the exciting but dangerous Peruvian jungle.
Director: Armando Robles Godoy | Stars: Julio Alemán, Sandra Riva, Raúl Martin, Lorena Duval
Votes: 303
PERU | Status: submitted
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17. Everything for Sale (1969)
105 min | Drama
The disappearance of the leading actor from the film's set worries its director Andrzej. He embarks on a journey to look out for the actor with a young actor and missing actor's wife and mistress.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Beata Tyszkiewicz, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Andrzej Lapicki, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 863
POLAND | Status: submitted
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18. Rautaciosul adolescent (1969)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A doctor falls in love with a hospital nurse.
Director: Gheorghe Vitanidis | Stars: Irina Petrescu, Iurie Darie, Virgil Ogasanu, Ioana Bulca
Votes: 70
ROMANIA | Status: submitted
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19. The Old Jar Craftsman (1969)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he feels for her. However she feels obligated to marry him. In time, her former ... See full summary »
Director: Ha Won Choi | Stars: Hae Hwang, Yun Jeong-hie, Won Namkung, Kim Hee-ra
Votes: 37
SOUTH KOREA | Status: submitted
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20. The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
232 min | Drama
Three brothers, one spiritual and living at a monastery, the other - a gambler, and the third - an intellectual, work out their problems in 19th century Russia.
Directors: Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyrev, Mikhail Ulyanov | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Lionella Pyryeva, Kirill Lavrov, Andrey Myagkov
Votes: 942
SOVIET UNION | Status: nominated
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21. La Celestina (1969)
123 min | Drama
In the last years of the Middle Ages, the Corpus Christi procession takes place in the Spanish city of Toledo. There, the young Calixto meets the beautiful lady Melibea, and he falls in ... See full summary »
Director: César Fernández Ardavín | Stars: Julián Mateos, Elisa Ramírez, Amelia de la Torre, Gonzalo Cañas
Votes: 108
SPAIN | Status: submitted
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22. Adalen 31 (1969)
X | 115 min | Drama, History, Romance
During a strike strike-breakers are being transported to Lunde, where they are assaulted by the strikers. The military are sent in. On the 14th May 1931 there is a confrontation between ... See full summary »
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Peter Schildt, Kerstin Tidelius, Roland Hedlund, Stefan Feierbach
Votes: 1,749
SWEDEN | Status: nominated
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23. Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
88 min | Drama, Horror
Abram returns to his small village and although his repairing skills are needed, people's suspicion about his sexual preferences make his life hard.
Director: Peter Fleischmann | Stars: Martin Sperr, Angela Winkler, Else Quecke, Michael Strixner
Votes: 756
WEST GERMANY | Status: submitted
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24. The Battle of Neretva (1969)
G | 105 min | Drama, History, War
World War II drama about the 1943 battle around the Neretva River between Axis forces and Yugoslav partisan units.
Director: Veljko Bulajic | Stars: Yul Brynner, Hardy Krüger, Franco Nero, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 4,045
YUGOSLAVIA | Status: nominated
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