List of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions

Submitting country
Film title used in nomination
Language(s)
Original title
Director(s)
Result
Algeria
The Last Image
French
La Dernière image
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Not Nominated
Argentina
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Spanish, French
Tangos, el exilio de Gardel
Fernando Solanas
Not Nominated
Austria
'38 – Vienna Before the Fall
German
38 – Auch das war Wien
Wolfgang Glück
Nominated
Belgium
Jumping
Dutch
Springen
Jean-Pierre De Decker
Not Nominated
Brazil
The Hour of the Star
Portuguese
A Hora da Estrela
Suzana Amaral
Not Nominated
Canada
The Decline of the American Empire
French
Le Déclin de l'empire américain
Denys Arcand
Nominated
China
Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Chinese
孙中山
Ding Yinnan
Not Nominated
Colombia
Time to Die
Spanish
Tiempo de morir
Jorge Alí Triana
Not Nominated
Czechoslovakia
My Sweet Little Village
Czech
Vesnicko má stredisková
Jiří Menzel
Nominated
Denmark
The Dark Side of the Moon
Danish
Manden i månen
Erik Clausen
Not Nominated
Finland
The Unknown Soldier
Finnish
Tuntematon sotilas
Rauni Mollberg
Not Nominated
France
Betty Blue
French
37°2 le matin
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Nominated
West Germany
Men...
German
Männer...
Doris Dörrie
Not Nominated
Hungary
Cat City
Hungarian
Macskafogó
Béla Ternovszk
Not Nominated
Iceland
The Beast
Icelandic
Eins og skepnan deyr
Hilmar Oddsson
Not Nominated
India
The Pearl
Telugu
Swati Mutyam
Kasinathuni Viswanath
Not Nominated
Israel
Avanti Popolo
Arabic, Hebrew
אוונטי פופלו
Rafi Bukai
Not Nominated
Italy
Summer Night
Italian
Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico
Lina Wertmüller
Not Nominated
Japan
Final Take
Japanese
キネマの転地
Yôji Yamada
Not Nominated
South Korea
Eunuch
Korean
내시
Doo-yong Lee
Not Nominated
Mexico
The Realm of Fortune
Spanish
El imperio de la fortuna
Arturo Ripstein
Not Nominated
Netherlands
The Assault
Dutch, German
De Aanslag
Fons Rademakers
Won Academy Award
Norway
Hard Asphalt
Norwegian
Hard Asfalt
Sølve Skagen
Not Nominated
Poland
Axiliad
Polish
Siekierezada
Witold Leszczyński
Not Nominated
Puerto Rico
La Gran Fiesta
Spanish
La Gran Fiesta
Marcos Zurinaga
Not Nominated
Romania
The Last Assault
Romanian
Noi, cei din linia întîi
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Not Nominated
Spain
Half of Heaven
Spanish
La Mitad del cielo
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Not Nominated
Sweden
The Sacrifice
Swedish, French
Offret
Andrei Tarkovsky
Not Nominated
Switzerland
Tanner
Swiss German
Der Schwarze Tanner
Xavier Koller
Not Nominated
Taiwan
The Heroic Pioneers
Chinese
唐山过台湾
Li Hsing
Not Nominated
Soviet Union
The Wild Pigeon
Russian
Чужая белая и рябой
Sergei Solovyov
Not Nominated
Yugoslavia
Happy New Year '49
Macedonian, Serbian
Среќна Нова '49
Stole Popov
Not Nominated

Question: What film was submitted by Brazil to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Answer: Suzana Amaral's The Hour of the Star was submitted by Brazil to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.