Boy on a Dolphin

1957 film by Jean Negulesco

Movie Film Q935497

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Jean Negulesco^[1]
Genre: treasure hunt film, drama film, romance film^[4]^[5]^[6]
Publication date: 1957^[20]
Screenwriter: Dwight Taylor^[2]
Producer: Samuel G. Engel^[13]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment^[24]
Duration: +111^[28]
Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1^[29]
Cast member: Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren, Laurence Naismith, Charles Fernley Fawcett, Jorge Mistral^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Color: color^[18]
Composer: Hugo Friedhofer^[3]
Country of origin: United States^[19]
Director of photography: Milton Krasner^[15]
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios^[21]
Distribution format: video on demand^[17]
FSK film rating: FSK 12^[27]
Filming location: Greece^[23]
Has characteristic: film based on a literary work^[26]
Narrative location: Greece^[22]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[16]
Production company: 20th Century Studios^[14]
Set in environment: subaquaria^[30]
Title: Boy on a Dolphin^[25]

🏷️ Also known as

en Boy on a Dolphin de Der Knabe auf dem Delphin el Το παιδί και το δελφίνι es La sirena y el delfín es La estatua desnuda fr Ombres sous la mer he הנער על הדולפין it Il ragazzo sul delfino it Ragazzo sul delfino ja 島の女 ko 해녀 nl Jongen op een dolfijn pl Chłopiec na delfinie pl en:Boy on a Dolphin pt A Lenda da Estátua Nua ru Мальчик на дельфине zh 愛琴海奪寶記 zh 爱琴海夺宝记

🔖 Identifiers · 54

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 52115
Academy Awards Database film ID: 11
Academy Collection film ID: W082295
AdoroCinema film ID: 202212
AllMovie title ID: v85809
Allcinema film ID: 10170
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.6wsm42fsbxkdtm3ih5amsb8az
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 707003
Cinema Context ID: F017798
Cinema.de ID: 1309617
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 34332
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 72843

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Daum movie ID: 14194
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 3988
Douban film ID: 1306126
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 25257, 39028
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/8E07-9105-108A-796E-6281-Y
Eiga.com movie ID: 45288
ElFilm film ID: 50114
Elonet movie ID: 190564
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Boy-on-a-Dolphin
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/der-knabe-auf-dem-delfin
FilmAffinity film ID: 942986
FilmVandaag ID: film/10068
Filmfront film ID (archived): 44883
Filmová databáze film ID: 6239
Filmweb.pl film ID: 92389
Freebase ID: /m/0gj085
Garance item ID: 7997760
IMCDB work ID: 50208
IMDb ID: tt0050208
ITunes movie ID: 1067474979
KINENOTE film ID: 4142
Kinobox film ID: 247866
Kinopoisk film ID: 8590
LUMIERE film ID: 177809
LdiF ID: 20754
Letterboxd film ID: boy-on-a-dolphin
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 20311
Movie Review Query Engine ID: boy-on-a-dolphin-m100027433
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv4134
MovieLens movie ID: 80641
MovieMeter film ID: 32828
Moviepilot.de film ID: der-knabe-auf-dem-delphin
OFDb film ID: 57454
Plex media key: 5d77686beb5d26001f1ea994
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/boy_on_a_dolphin
Swedish Film Database ID: 33880
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 69516
TMDB movie ID: 37596
TheTVDB movie ID: 26991
Trakt.tv ID: movies/boy-on-a-dolphin-1957
Trakt.tv film ID: 24106
ČSFD film ID: 24904

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 6

Sophia Loren, Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Jorge Mistral, Laurence Naismith, Charles Fernley Fawcett

Genre 2

drama film, romance film

Composer 1

Hugo Friedhofer

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Jean Negulesco

Director of photography 1

Milton Krasner

Distributed by 1

20th Century Studios

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Filming location 1

Greece

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

Greece

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Samuel G. Engel

Production company 1

20th Century Studios

Screenwriter 1

Dwight Taylor

Set in environment 1

subaquaria

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — director (P57): Jean Negulesco. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — screenwriter (P58): Dwight Taylor. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — composer (P86): Hugo Friedhofer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — genre (P136): treasure hunt film. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — genre (P136): drama film. Retrieved 2019-05-27. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — genre (P136): romance film. Retrieved 2019-05-28. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — cast member (P161): Alan Ladd. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14. filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — cast member (P161): Clifton Webb. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — cast member (P161): Sophia Loren. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — cast member (P161): Laurence Naismith. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — cast member (P161): Charles Fernley Fawcett. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — cast member (P161): Jorge Mistral. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — producer (P162): Samuel G. Engel. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — production company (P272): 20th Century Studios. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — director of photography (P344): Milton Krasner. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — publication date (P577): 1957. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — distributed by (P750): 20th Century Studios. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — narrative location (P840): Greece. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — filming location (P915): Greece. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — title (P1476): Boy on a Dolphin. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — has characteristic (P1552): film based on a literary work. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 12. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — duration (P2047): 111 minutes. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — aspect ratio (W:H) (P2061): 2.35:1. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Boy on a Dolphin — set in environment (P8411): subaquaria. wikidata.org.

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8d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Garance item ID → 7997760

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26d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Academy Collection film ID → W082295

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IMCDB work ID → 50208

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Filmová databáze film ID → 6239

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Publication date → 1957

Screenwriter → Dwight Taylor

Duration → 111 minute

Aspect ratio (W:H) → 2.35:1

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