List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
West Germany

List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Section Title: West Germany
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Year (Ceremony)	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Director	Result

1956 (29th)	The Captain of Köpenick	Der Hauptmann von Köpenick	Helmut Käutner	Nominated

1957 (30th)	The Devil Strikes at Night	Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam	Robert Siodmak	Nominated

1958 (31st)	Arms and the Man	Helden	Franz Peter Wirth	Nominated

1959 (32nd)	The Bridge	Die Brücke	Bernhard Wicki	Nominated

1960 (33rd)	Faust	Faust	Peter Gorski	Not Nominated

1966 (39th)	Young Törless	Der junge Törless	Volker Schlöndorff	Not Nominated

1967 (40th)	Tattoo	Tätowierung	Johannes Schaaf	Not Nominated

1968 (41st)	Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed	Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos	Alexander Kluge	Not Nominated

1969 (42nd)	Hunting Scenes from Bavaria	Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern	Peter Fleischmann	Not Nominated

1970 (43rd)	o.k.	o.k.	Michael Verhoeven	Not Nominated

1971 (44th)	The Castle	Das Schloß	Rudolf Noelte	Not Nominated

1972 (45th)	Trotta	Trotta	Johannes Schaaf	Not Nominated

1973 (46th)	The Pedestrian	Der Fußgänger	Maximilian Schell	Nominated

1974 (47th)	One or the Other of Us	Einer von uns beiden	Wolfgang Petersen	Not Nominated

1975 (48th)	The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser	Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle	Werner Herzog	Not Nominated

1976 (49th)	The Clown	Ansichten eines Clowns	Vojtěch Jasný	Not Nominated

1977 (50th)	The American Friend	Der amerikanische Freund	Wim Wenders	Not Nominated

1978 (51st)	The Glass Cell	Die gläserne Zelle	Hans W. Geißendörfer	Nominated

1979 (52nd)	The Tin Drum	Die Blechtrommel	Volker Schlöndorff	Won Academy Award

1980 (53rd)	Fabian	Fabian	Wolf Gremm	Not Nominated

1981 (54th)	Lili Marleen	Lili Marleen	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Not Nominated

1982 (55th)	Fitzcarraldo	Fitzcarraldo	Werner Herzog	Not Nominated

1983 (56th)	A Woman in Flames	Die flambierte Frau	Robert van Ackeren	Not Nominated

1984 (57th)	Man Under Suspicion	Morgen in Alabama	Norbert Kückelmann	Not Nominated

1985 (58th)	Angry Harvest	Bittere Ernte	Agnieszka Holland	Nominated

1986 (59th)	Men...	Männer…	Doris Dörrie	Not Nominated

1987 (60th)	Wings of Desire	Der Himmel über Berlin	Wim Wenders	Not Nominated

1988 (61st)	Yasemin	Yasemin	Hark Bohm	Not Nominated

1989 (62nd)	Spider's Web	Das Spinnennetz	Bernhard Wicki	Not Nominated

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Hunting Scenes from Bavaria was West Germany's submission to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and did not receive a nomination.

final_sentence: Hunting Scenes from Bavaria was West Germany's submission to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and did not receive a nomination.