The film was invited for the 1975 Cannes Film Festival . It won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury , which is the second prize for films " in competition " at the festival ; the first is the Palme d'Or . In addition , it won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury . The film won two German Film Awards : to Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus for editing , and to Henning von Gierke for scene design . Herzog won the second prize ( '' Filmband in Silber '' ) in the category " Feature Film Direction " ( '' programmfüllender Spielfilm '' ( '' Gestaltung '' ) ) , which came with a substantial cash prize . The film was selected as the West German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nomination
48th Academy Awards
48th Academy Awards
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