Foreign Language Film Submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards held in 1981 to get an Oscar Nomination in the Best Non-English Movie Category
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1. Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980)
95 min | Biography, Drama
The life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women.
Director: Herbert Vesely | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann, Kristina van Eyck
Votes: 464
AUSTRIA | Status: submitted
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2. Pixote (1980)
TV-MA | 128 min | Crime, Drama
The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
Director: Hector Babenco | Stars: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino
Votes: 9,241
3. Notre fille (1980)
90 min | Drama
Director: Daniel Kamwa | Stars: Nicole Okala, Daniel Kamwa, Stanislas Awona, Elise Atangana
Votes: 11
CAMEROON | Status: submitted
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4. Good Riddance (1980)
120 min | Drama
A woman is overwhelmed with having to deal with her emotionally unstable daughter, mentally-challenged brother and two suitors while simultaneously trying to run her small firewood business.
Director: Francis Mankiewicz | Stars: Charlotte Laurier, Marie Tifo, Germain Houde, Louise Marleau
Votes: 771
CANADA | Status: submitted
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5. El inmigrante latino (1980)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Gustavo Nieto Roa | Stars: Carlos Benjumea, Franky Linero, Daniel, María Margarita Giraldo
Votes: 24
COLOMBIA | Status: submitted
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6. Love Between the Raindrops (1980)
126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Karel Bursík (Lukás Vaculík), as a child called Kajda, recalls his childhood spent in Prague - Zizkov. His father (Vladimír Mensík), a shoe-maker, moved there his wife and three children ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Eduard Cupák, Vladimír Mensík, Lukás Vaculík, Michal Dlouhý
Votes: 254
CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Status: submitted
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7. Die Verlobte (1980)
105 min | Drama
The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to 10 years in prison for antifascist activities. The love between her and her fiancé enables her to survive the tribulations of her time in... See full summary »
Directors: Günter Reisch, Günther Rücker | Stars: Jutta Wachowiak, Regimantas Adomaitis, Slávka Budínová, Christine Gloger
Votes: 99
EAST GERMANY | Status: submitted
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8. Flame Top (1980)
155 min | Biography, Drama
The life of early-20th-century author, journalist, and revolutionary Algot Untola (also known as Maiju Lassila, Irmari Rantamala, and several more pseudonyms), one of the most enigmatic ... See full summary »
Directors: Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto | Stars: Asko Sarkola, Rea Mauranen, Kari Franck, Ari Suonsuu
Votes: 132
FINLAND | Status: submitted
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9. The Last Metro (1980)
PG | 131 min | Drama, Romance, War
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 15,830
FRANCE | Status: nominated
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10. Confidence (1980)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
During WW2 Hungarian resistance hides a married couple from the officials. The woman is sent to act as the wife of one of the resistance members who is also in hiding and pretending to be somebody else. They slowly begin to fall in love.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Andorai, Oszkárné Gombik, Károly Csáki
Votes: 1,036
HUNGARY | Status: nominated
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11. Land and Sons (1980)
91 min | Drama
An Icelandic farmer's son has to move from his farm during the depression. He leaves everything to start a new life elsewhere. Set in the crisis years, it describes tension between the farms and cities.
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson | Stars: Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Jón Sigurbjörnsson, Jónas Tryggvason, Guðný Ragnarsdóttir
Votes: 99
ICELAND | Status: submitted
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12. Payal Ki Jhankaar (1980)
Not Rated | 114 min | Romance
A girl who is passionate about dance is ill treated by her relatives. She runs away from home to pursue her dream and overcomes many obstacles to become an accomplished dancer.
Director: Satyen Bose | Stars: Alankar Joshi, Komal Mahuvakar, Surinder Kaur, Veena
Votes: 30
INDIA | Status: submitted
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13. A Thin Line (1980)
90 min | Drama
Explores the relationship between an eleven-year-old girl and her ailing mother, who is losing a grasp of reality in the surrounding environment of insensitivity and cruelty.
Director: Michal Bat-Adam | Stars: Gila Almagor, Alexander Peleg, Liat Pansky, Aya Veirov
Votes: 36
ISRAEL | Status: submitted
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14. A Leap in the Dark (1980)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and is now affected by psychic problems and suicide fantasies. She seems to recover from ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Anouk Aimée, Michele Placido, Gisella Burinato
Votes: 523
ITALY | Status: submitted
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15. Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)
PG | 162 min | Drama, History, War
A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu
Votes: 38,202
JAPAN | Status: nominated
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16. Opname (1979)
92 min | Drama
An unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite period of further examination and observation.
Directors: Marja Kok, Erik van Zuylen | Stars: Helmert Woudenberg, Frank Groothof, Hans Man in 't Veld, Marja Kok
Votes: 120
NETHERLANDS | Status: submitted
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17. Life and Death (1980)
83 min | Drama
When a married doctor brings home a gay medical student that he's smitten with, his wife goes along and the three try to build a non-traditional relationship. Then society's homophobia intervenes.
Directors: Petter Vennerød, Svend Wam | Stars: Bjørn Skagestad, Kjersti Døvigen, Audun Meling, Sossen Krohg
Votes: 36
NORWAY | Status: submitted
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18. Olimpiada 40 (1980)
96 min | Drama, War
Clandestine Olympics are to be held in a German POW camp during World War II which houses many Poles, but also French and British. A spit and polish German lieutenant is added to the staff ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Kotkowski | Stars: Mariusz Benoit, Jerzy Bonczak, Tadeusz Galia, Krzysztof Janczar
Votes: 56
POLAND | Status: submitted
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19. Manhã Submersa (1980)
127 min | Drama
Estefãnia is an old, rich, strict catholic woman, and when she sets her eyes on a couple of servants who have no means to bring up properly their youngest son, António, she decides to move ... See full summary »
Director: Lauro António | Stars: Eunice Muñoz, Vergílio Ferreira, Canto e Castro, Jacinto Ramos
Votes: 116
PORTUGAL | Status: submitted
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20. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
PG | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.
Director: Vladimir Menshov | Stars: Vera Alentova, Aleksey Batalov, Irina Muravyova, Aleksandr Fatyushin
Votes: 14,297 | Gross: $2.50M
SOVIET UNION | Status: won
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21. The Nest (1980)
PG | 97 min | Drama
In a town near Salamanca, an eccentric 60-year-old widower is captivated by an imp, a precocious 13-year-old. Alejandro is wealthy and alone, passing time with music, chess, and his shotgun... See full summary »
Director: Jaime de Armiñán | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Ana Torrent, Luis Politti, Agustín González
Votes: 632
SPAIN | Status: nominated
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22. Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1979)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Ralf Långbacka | Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Pekka Laiho, Arja Saijonmaa, Martin Kurtén
Votes: 53
SWEDEN | Status: submitted
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23. Every Man for Himself (1980)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
An examination of sexual relationships, in which three protagonists interact in different combinations.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Roland Amstutz
Votes: 3,950
SWITZERLAND | Status: submitted
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24. The Legend of the Six Dynasty (1979)
90 min | Drama, Horror
Director: Chu-Chin Wang | Stars: Kuo-Hsiung Fan, Chiang Han, Terry Hu, Shih-Chieh King
Votes: 36
TAIWAN | Status: submitted
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25. Fabian (1980)
R | 110 min | Drama
Novel-based story of Jacob Fabian, a somewhat liberal Berlin advertising copywriter who witnesses the collapse of the prewar German society during the 1930s.
Director: Wolf Gremm | Stars: Hans Peter Hallwachs, Hermann Lause, Silvia Janisch, Mijanou Van Baarzel
Votes: 154
WEST GERMANY | Status: submitted
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26. Poseban tretman (1980)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Dr. Ilic works in the hospital for compulsory treatment of alcoholics. By conducting his own "special treatment" through physical exercises, apple eating, the healing effects of listening ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Ljuba Tadic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Dusica Zegarac, Milena Dravic
Votes: 816
YUGOSLAVIA | Status: submitted
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