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Dear John

1964 film by Lars-Magnus Lindgren
Movie film Q653375
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Summary

Dear John is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Lars-Magnus Lindgren[3]
  • Screenwriter: Lars-Magnus Lindgren[4]
  • Composer: Bengt-Arne Wallin[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6], romance film[7]
  • Cast member: Jarl Kulle[8], Christina Schollin[9], Erik Hell[10], Emy Storm[11], Hans Wigren[12], Håkan Serner[13]
  • Director of photography: Rune Ericson[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Swedish[15]
  • Color: color[16]
  • Country of origin: Sweden[17]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1964[18]
  • Narrative location: Sweden[19]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[20], International Submission to the Academy Awards[21]
  • Title: Käre John[22]
  • Duration: 115 minutes[23]
  • P14449: 247210[24]
  • P14821: 58281[25]

Why It Matters

Dear John has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

film Sweden

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'mk', 'pt', 'sh', 'sr', 'sv']
    Ampas collections film id → W119085
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W119085, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 58281
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 58281, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  3. 6w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com movie id → 65985
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eiga.com movie id: 65985, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/258756421|歓び（1964） (#258756421)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7457|Eiga.com movie]] #mix'n'm"
  4. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 4423
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 4423, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 247210
    Publication date → +1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Director of photography → Rune Ericson
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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