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Eskimo

1933 film
Movie film Q610633
Eskimo
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Summary

Eskimo is a film[1]. Eskimo ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (207 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Film Editing[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4]
  • Director: W. S. Van Dyke[5]
  • Screenwriter: John Lee Mahin[6]
  • Composer: William Axt[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Ray Mala[9], W. S. Van Dyke[10], Joe Sawyer[11], Peter Freuchen[12], Lotus Long[13]
  • Producer: Hunt Stromberg[14], Irving Thalberg[15]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[16]
  • Director of photography: Clyde De Vinna[17], Leonard Smith[18]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[19]
  • Commons category: Eskimo (film)[20]
  • Color: black-and-white[21]
  • Country of origin: United States[22]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1933[23]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[24]
  • Narrative location: Arctic[25]
  • Film editor: Conrad A. Nervig[26]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing[27]
  • Title: Eskimo[28]
  • Duration: 108 minutes[29]
  • P14449: 141424[30]

Why It Matters

Eskimo has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Eskimo is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did Eskimo receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Film Editing[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

Related Entities

film Irving Thalberg Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'p
    Ampas collections film id → W087936
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 175825
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  3. 9w ago · Davidultra · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv spielfilm film id → 1292966
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1933-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → John Lee Mahin
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+108'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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