List of submissions to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

The following 24 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 42nd Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The titles highlighted in blue and yellow were the five nominated films, which came from Algeria, France, Sweden, the USSR and Yugoslavia.

Algeria, submitting a film for the first time, became the first African country to receive an Oscar nomination in this category. Algeria ending up winning the award (for the only time) for the political thriller Z, a co-production with France.[1]

Submissions
Submitting countryFilm title used in nominationLanguage(s)Original titleDirector(s)Result
 AlgeriaZFrenchZCosta-Gavras Won Academy Award
 AustriaMoss on the StonesGermanMoos auf den SteinenGeorg Lhotsky Not Nominated
 BelgiumPalaverDutchPalaverEmile Degelin Not Nominated
 BrazilAntonio das MortesPortugueseO Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo GuerreiroGlauber Rocha Not Nominated
 CzechoslovakiaThe CrematorCzechSpalovač mrtvolJuraj Herz Not Nominated
 DenmarkBallad of Carl-HenningDanishBalladen om Carl-HenningLene Grønlykke and Sven Grønlykke Not Nominated
 FranceMy Night at Maud'sFrenchMa Nuit Chez MaudÉric Rohmer Nominated
 West GermanyHunting Scenes from BavariaGermanJagdszenen aus NiederbayernPeter Fleischmann Not Nominated
 GreeceGirls in the SunGreekΚοριτσια στον ΗλιοVasilis Georgiadis Not Nominated
 Hong KongThe ArchChinese董夫人Tang Shu Shuen Not Nominated
 HungaryThe Upthrown StoneHungarianFeldobott kőSándor Sára Not Nominated
 IndiaDeiva MaganTamilதெய்வ மகன்A. C. Tirulokchandar Not Nominated
 IsraelSiege/MatzorHebrewמצורGilberto Tofano Not Nominated
 ItalyFellini SatyriconItalianFellini SatyriconFederico Fellini Not Nominated
 JapanKuragejima, Legends From a Southern IslandJapanese神々の深き欲望Shōhei Imamura Not Nominated
 South KoreaThe Old Craftsman of JarKorean독 짓는 늙은이Choi Ha-won Not Nominated
 NetherlandsMonsieur HawardenDutchMonsieur HawardenHarry Kümel Not Nominated
 PeruThe Green WallSpanishLa muralla verdeArmando Robles Godoy Not Nominated
 PolandEverything for SalePolishWszystko na sprzedazAndrzej Wajda Not Nominated
 RomaniaA Woman for a SeasonRomanianRăutăciosul adolescentGheorghe Vitanidis Not Nominated
 Soviet UnionThe Brothers KaramazovRussianБратья КарамазовыKirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyryev and Mikhail Ulyanov Nominated
 SpainLa CelestinaSpanishLa CelestinaCésar Fernández Ardavín Not Nominated
 SwedenÅdalen 31SwedishÅdalen '31Bo Widerberg Nominated
 YugoslaviaBattle of NeretvaSerbianBitka na NeretviVeljko Bulajić Nominated

References
  1. "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

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