List of entries for the best foreign language film for the 1983 Academy Awards

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The following 25 films, all from different countries, were nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 1983 Academy Awards . The highlighted titles were the five ultimately nominated films, which come from France, Nicaragua, Sweden, Spain and the Soviet Union. The Oscar went to Volver A Empezar , who represented Spain.

For the first time a film from Nicaragua was submitted for this award. The film Yol - The Path , which actually comes from Turkey, was submitted from Switzerland . However, this was banned there due to its political content and smuggled into Switzerland and cut in Paris.

Contributions

country German distribution title Languages) Original title Director (s) Result
AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria Vent de sable French Vent de sable Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Not nominated
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Últimos días de la víctima Spanish Últimos días de la víctima Adolfo Aristarain Not nominated
BelgiumBelgium Belgium minuet Dutch Menuet Lili Rademakers Not nominated
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria Khan Asparuch Bulgarian Хан Аспарух (Khan Asparoukh) Ludmil Staikov Not nominated
DenmarkDenmark Denmark Tree of knowledge Dutch Kundskabens træ Nils Malmros Not nominated
Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany Fitzcarraldo German Fitzcarraldo Werner Herzog Not nominated
FranceFrance France The pigsty French Coup de Torchon Bertrand Tavernier Nominated
GreeceGreece Greece Angelos Greek Ангел (Angelos) Giorgos Katakouzinos Not nominated
IcelandIceland Iceland Between us Icelandic Okkar á milli: Í hita og þunga dagsins Hrafn Gunnlaugsson Not nominated
IsraelIsrael Israel The wind of the desert Hebrew , Arabic חמסין (Hamsin) Daniel Wachsmann Not nominated
ItalyItaly Italy The night of San Lorenzo Italian La Notte di San Lorenzo Paolo Taviani , Vittorio Taviani Not nominated
Japan 1870Japan Japan Onimasa Japanese 鬼 龍 院 花子 の 生涯 (Kiryûin Hanako no shôgai) Hideo Gosha Not nominated
YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia The scent of the quince Bosnian Miris dunja Mirza Idrizović Not nominated
CanadaCanada Canada Les Fleurs sauvages French Les fleurs sauvages Jean Pierre Lefebvre Not nominated
NicaraguaNicaragua Nicaragua Alsino and the Condor Spanish Alsino y el cóndor Miguel Littín Nominated
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Van de koele meren des doods Dutch Van de koele meren des doods Nouchka van Brakel Not nominated
NorwayNorway Norway Leve sitt liv Norwegian Leve sitt liv Petter Vennerød , Svend Wam Not nominated
PortugalPortugal Portugal Francisca Portuguese Francisca Manoel de Oliveira Not nominated
SwedenSweden Sweden The eagle's flight Swedish Ingenjör Andrées Luftfärd Jan Troell Nominated
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Yol - the way Turkish Yol Şerif Gören , Yılmaz Güney Not nominated
Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union A private life Russian Частная жизнь (Tschastnaja schisn) Yuli Raizman Nominated
SpainSpain Spain Volver A Empezar Spanish Volver a empezar José Luis Garci Won
TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan Xin hai shuang shi Mandarin 辛亥 双 十 (Xin hai shuang shi) Ding Shan Xi Not nominated
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia The assistant Slovak Pomocnik Zoro Zahon Not nominated
Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary Time stands still Hungarian Megáll az idö Péter Gothár Not nominated