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List Of Submissions To The 41st Academy Awards For Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards 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. 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. 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. For the 41st Academy Awards, eighteen films were submitted in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The titles highlighted were the five nominated films, which came from Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, and the eventual winner, the USSR. Submissions References Sources * Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Fábri
Zoltán Fábri (15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films '' The Boys of Paul Street'' (1969) and ''Hungarians'' (1978) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1965 film ''Twenty Hours'' shared the Grand Prix with ''War and Peace'' at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1969 film ''The Toth Family'' was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1975 film '' 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence'' was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival, where he won a Special Prize for Directing. Life and career Fábri wanted to become an artist from an early age on. He studied painting and graduated at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts. He began working in the Hungarian film industry in 1950 as a production designer. He directed his first film '' Vihar'' (''Storm'') in 1951. He became an internationally acclaimed director with his third feature ''Kö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Column
''The Column'' ( ro, Columna) is a 1968 Romanian historical film directed by Mircea Drăgan. The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The action starts near the end of Trajan's Dacian Wars (106 AD), when south western Dacia was transformed into a Roman province: Roman Dacia. It covers the years after the war, including the beginnings of the Romanization and Romanian ethnogenesis, the construction of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, resistance of the Free Dacians, and first barbarian invasions. Plot Part 1 As the Romans under Trajan take the Dacian capital Sarmizegetusa, the Dacian king Decebalus and his closest followers are forced to retreat. Trajan takes command of the city and orders one of his officers, Tiberius, to pursue the defeated king. In a cave, Decebalus broods on his defeat, and tells his devoted supporter Gerula that the Dacian people must continue to resist. Tiberius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witold Leszczyński
Witold Leszczyński (16 August 1933 – 1 September 2007) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. In 1967 he graduated from the National Film School in Łódź. He directed over thirty films between 1959 and 2007. Most known for ''Żywot Mateusza'' (''Matthew's Days'') based on a novel by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas, ''Konopielka'', adapted from the novel of Edward Redliński , ''Siekierezada'' based on a novel by Edward Stachura and many others films. He received numerous awards, including Grand Prix at the Polish Film Festival in 1986. Official website The director died during the shoot of his film ''Stary człowiek i pies'' (''The Old Man and the Dog'') in 2007. Filmography * '' |
Matthew's Days
''Matthew's Days'' ( pl, Żywot Mateusza) is a 1968 Polish drama film directed by Witold Leszczyński. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. The film was also selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The film is based on Tarjei Vesaas' novel '' The Birds''. Cast * Franciszek Pieczka - Mateusz * Anna Milewska - Olga, sister of Mateusz * Wirgiliusz Gryń - Jan * Aleksander Fogiel - Host * Hanna Skarżanka - Hostess * Małgorzata Braunek - Anna * Maria Janiec - Ewa * Elzbieta Nowacka - Girl * Kazimierz Borowiec - Boy * Aleksander Iwaniec - Hunter * Joanna Szczerbic See also * List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Hyun-mok
Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with ''Gyocharo'' (''Crossroads''). According to the website koreanfilm.org, his 1961 film ''Obaltan'' "has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls." Yu attended the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1963, where ''Variety'' called ''Obaltan'' a "remarkable film", and praised Yu's " illiantly detailed camera" and the film's "probing sympathy and rich characterizations." His dedication to the intellectual side of film and interest in using film to deal with social and political issues led him to have difficulties both with box-office-oriented producers, and with Korea's military government during the 1960s and 1970s. Korean critics have said his directing style is "in the tradition of the Italian Neorealists," yet "the terms 'modernist' or 'expressionistic' rejust a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Descendants Of Cain (film)
''Descendants of Cain'' ( 카인의 후예 – ''Kaineui huye'') is a 1968 South Korean film directed by Yu Hyun-mok. Plot An anti-communist film depicting North Koreans extorting the land and property of civilians in the name of revolution after the liberation from Japan in 1945. Cast * Kim Jin-kyu as Pak Hun * Moon Hee as O Jang-nyeo *Park Nou-sik as Do-seop *Jang Dong-he *Jeong Min *Choe Bong *Yang Hun *Jang hoon *Kim Chil-seong *Seong So-min Awards At the Blue Dragon Film Awards in 1968, it won the award for Best Film. The film was also selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. See also * List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film *List of South Korean submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film South Korea has submitted films to compete for the Academy Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kei Kumai
was a Japanese film director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he began work as a director's assistant. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his first film, '' Nihon rettō'', in 1965. His 1972 film '' Shinobu Kawa'' was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1973 film ''Rise, Fair Sun'' was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. ''Sandakan No. 8'' received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World War II. Kinuyo Tanaka won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards. Kumai's follow-up film was 1976's ''Cape of North'', starring French actress Claude Jade as a Swiss nun who falls in love with a Japanese engineer on a trip from Marseilles to Yokohama. His 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sands Of Kurobe
is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was Japan's submission to the 41st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Produced by its stars Toshiro Mifune and Yujiro Ishihara, the film's first run in cinemas lasted for a month, significantly longer than the week or ten days that films at that time usually ran in Japan. Cast * Toshiro Mifune as Kitagawa * Yujiro Ishihara as Iwaoka * Osamu Takizawa as Otagaki * Takashi Shimura as Ashimura * Shūji Sano as Hirata * Jūkichi Uno as Mori * Ryūtarō Tatsumi as Genzō * Isao Tamagawa as Sayama * Takeshi Katō as Kunikida * Sumio Takatsu as Ōno * Tappie Shimokawa * Asao Sano * Mizuho Suzuki as Senda * Eijirō Yanagi as Fujimura * Akira Yamanouchi as Tsukamoto * Masao Shimizu as Tayama * Hideaki Nitani as Odagiri See also *List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film *List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awarded the Golden Lion for his career. Biography The early times Monicelli was born in Rome to a well-do family from Ostiglia,. a ''comune'' in the province of Mantua, in the Northern Italian region of Lombardy, as the second of five children of Tomaso Monicelli, a journalist, and Maria Carreri, a housewife. His older half-brother, Giorgio (whose mother was actress Elisa Severi), worked as writer and translator. An older brother, Franco, was a journalist. Raised in Rome, Viareggio (Tuscany) and Milan,.. Monicelli lived a carefree youth, and many of the cinematic jokes he later shot in ''Amici Miei'' ( My Friends) were inspired by his own experiences during his youth in Tuscany. In Milan, he finished his third year of high school a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl With The Pistol
''The Girl with the Pistol'' ( it, La ragazza con la pistola) is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Monica Vitti won the David di Donatello as Best Actress. The film tackled the themes of bride kidnapping and honour killing, which were still relevant in the Southern Italian culture of the time and normalized to some extent by Italian law, and had then only recently been challenged when Franca Viola publicly refused to marry the man who raped her. Plot In a small village in Sicily, the young woman Assunta falls in love with Vincenzo, who serenades her under the window of the house where she lives with her sisters. One day, Assunta is walking down the street with her sisters when two men in a car cut them off, and a passer-by warns them they are attempting bride kidnapping. Sensing the men are sent by Vincenzo to kidnap her, Assunta throws herself into their car, but when she finally me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uri Zohar
Uri Zohar ( he, אורי זוהר; 4 November 1935 – 2 June 2022) was an Israeli film director, actor and comedian who left the entertainment world to become an Orthodox rabbi. Biography Uri Zohar was born in Tel Aviv. His parents were Polish Jewish immigrants. In 1952, he graduated high school and did his military service in an army entertainment troupe. His first marriage, to singer Ilana Rovina, ended in divorce. In 1960, he studied philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was sentenced to three months of community service on charges of marijuana possession. In the late 1970s, under the influence of Yitzhak Shlomo Zilberman, Zohar turned to religion, becoming a Haredi Orthodox Jew and a rabbi. He was a close friend of Arik Einstein, with whom he made some of his most noted films. Einstein’s two daughters married Zohar’s sons. Zohar was one of the founding members of Ma'ale Amos. Later, he resided in Jerusalem. He died at the age of 86 on 2 June 2022. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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