What book was the first foreign language film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture based on?
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11th Academy Awards The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. It was the first Academy Awards show without any official host. This was also the first ceremony in which a foreign language film (Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusion") was nominated for Best Picture.
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La Grande Illusion La Grande Illusion (also known as Grand Illusion) is a 1937 French war film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape. The title of the film comes from the book "The Great Illusion" by British journalist Norman Angell, which argued that war is futile because of the common economic interests of all European nations. The perspective of the film is generously humanistic to its characters of various nationalities.
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Le Chant du monde (film) Le Chant du monde is a 1965 Italian film directed by Marcel Camus. It is based on the novel "The Song of the World" (Fr. "Le Chant du monde", 1934) by French author Jean Giono.
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Crime and Punishment (1956 film) Crime and Punishment (French: "Crime et Châtiment" ) is a 1956 French crime film based on the eponymous novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
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The White Parade The White Parade is a 1934 film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Rian James, Jesse Lasky Jr., Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal, from the novel by Rian James. The film was directed by Irving Cummings.
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Pickpocket (film) Pickpocket is a 1959 French film directed by Robert Bresson, generally believed to have been inspired by the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It stars the young Uruguayan Martin LaSalle, who was a nonprofessional actor at the time, in the title role, with Marika Green as the ingénue. It was the first film for which Bresson wrote an original screenplay rather than "adapting it from an existing text."
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Foreign Affairs (novel) Foreign Affairs is a 1984 novel by Alison Lurie, which concerns itself with American academics in England. The novel won multiple awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1985, was nominated for the 1984 National Book Award, and was made into a television movie in 1993.
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Black and White (book) Black and White is a book by David Macaulay. Released by Houghton Mifflin, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1991. The book contains four different illustrated stories told at once, two on the left hand page and two on the right. Each story has a distinct artistic style; however, they all share similar characters, themes and plot elements leading the reader to believe that the four stories may or may not be one story told from different points of view. The overall effect is rather similar to that of the film "Rashomon".
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Swallows and Amazons (1974 film) Swallows and Amazons is a 1974 British film based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Ransome.
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List of foreign-language films nominated for Academy Awards List of foreign-language films nominated for Academy Awards
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List of submissions to the 71st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of submissions to the 71st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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Diary of a Country Priest Diary of a Country Priest (French: "Journal d'un curé de campagne" ) is a 1951 French film written and directed by Robert Bresson, and starring Claude Laydu. It was closely based on the novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos. Published in 1936, the novel received the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française. It tells the story of a young, sickly priest, who has been assigned to his first parish, a village in northern France.
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King of the Children King of the Children () is a 1987 drama film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Chen Shaohua. The film was based on a novella of the same name by Ah Cheng. The film was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
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List of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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Lost Loves (film) Lost Loves (ឃ្លាតទៅសែនឆ្ងាយ "khlea t tow sen chhngay") is a 2010 Cambodian drama film directed by Chhay Bora and based on real events. It is the first Cambodian film in more than 20 years to deal with facts during the Khmer Rouge era. "Lost Loves" was selected as the Cambodian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It is only the second Cambodian film to be listed for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. The film made its premiere at the 2010 Cambodia International Film Festival
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Sofie (film) Sofie is a 1992 Danish drama film based on the novel "Mendel Philipsen and Son" by Henri Nathansen. It was Denmark's submission for the 1992 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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The Bondman (novel) The Bondman was an 1890 best-selling novel by Hall Caine set in the Isle of Man and Iceland. It was the first novel to be released by the newly established Heinemann publishing company. It was a phenomenal success and was later adapted into a successful play and two silent films.
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List of Australian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film List of Australian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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My Dear Subject My Dear Subject (French: Mon cher sujet ) is a 1988 Swiss drama film directed by Anne-Marie Miéville. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Zabana! Zabana! (Arabic: زبانة‎ ‎ ) is a 2012 Algerian drama film directed by Saïd Ould Khelifa. The film was selected as the Algerian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
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Babette's Feast Babette's Feast (Danish: "Babettes gæstebud" ) is a 1987 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel. The film's screenplay was written by Axel based on the story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). Produced by Just Betzer, Bo Christensen, and Benni Korzen with funding from the Danish Film Institute, "Babette's Feast" was the first Danish cinema film of a Blixen story. It was also the first Danish film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
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List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film