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Break the News

1938 film by René Clair
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Break the News

Summary

Break the News is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Break the News's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Break the News's director is recorded as René Clair[4].
  • Break the News's screenwriter is recorded as René Clair[5].
  • Break the News's composer is recorded as Theo Mackeben[6].
  • Break the News's genre is recorded as musical film[7].
  • Break the News's genre is recorded as comedy film[8].
  • Break the News's cast member is recorded as Jack Buchanan[9].
  • Break the News's cast member is recorded as Maurice Chevalier[10].
  • Break the News's producer is recorded as René Clair[11].
  • Break the News's director of photography is recorded as Philip Tannura[12].
  • Break the News's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0029944[13].
  • Break the News's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[14].
  • Break the News's color is recorded as black-and-white[15].
  • Break the News's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 758129[16].
  • Break the News's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[17].
  • Break the News's publication date is recorded as +1938-01-01T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Break the News's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09sb7_7[19].
  • Break the News's distributed by is recorded as General Film Distributors[20].
  • Break the News's narrative location is recorded as London[21].
  • Break the News's filming location is recorded as Pinewood Studios[22].
  • Break the News's film editor is recorded as Frederick Wilson[23].
  • Break the News's AlloCiné film ID is recorded as 4645[24].
  • Break the News's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Break the News'}[25].
  • Break the News's AllMovie title ID is recorded as v85896[26].
  • Break the News's MovieMeter film ID is recorded as 57277[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Break the News's producer is recorded as René Clair[11]. Its director is recorded as René Clair[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as René Clair[5]. Cast members include Jack Buchanan[9] and Maurice Chevalier[10].

Publication

Break the News's publication date is recorded as +1938-01-01T00:00:00Z[18]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[14]. Genres include musical film[7] and comedy film[8].

Why It Matters

Break the News ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

film London Maurice Chevalier René Clair United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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MLA “Break the News.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/break-the-news-q970195-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_break-the-news-q970195-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Break the News}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/break-the-news-q970195-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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