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Historical film is a film genre . Films in this genre typically depict real historical events, figures, or periods, often combining factual foundations with dramatic interpretation. The genre allows audiences to engage with the past through the visual and narrative medium of cinema, bringing historical narratives to life on screen.

historical film

Summary

historical film is a film genre[1]. It draws 171 Wikipedia views per month (film_genre category, ranking #115 of 242).[2]

Key Facts

  • historical film's image is recorded as Historicalfilm.png[3].
  • historical film's instance of is recorded as film genre[4].
  • historical film's GND ID is recorded as 4160024-1[5].
  • historical film's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85061189[6].
  • historical film's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119753172[7].
  • historical film's subclass of is recorded as historical fiction[8].
  • historical film's subclass of is recorded as film[9].
  • historical film's Commons category is recorded as Historical films[10].
  • historical film's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q8752 (eus)-ElsaBornFree-zinema historiko.wav[11].
  • historical film's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 15714[12].
  • historical film's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph303237[13].
  • historical film's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Historical films[14].
  • historical film's LEM ID is recorded as LEM201001929[15].
  • historical film's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX534997[16].
  • historical film's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 791.43658[17].
  • historical film's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as PN1995.9.H5[18].
  • historical film's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000247301[19].
  • historical film's partially coincident with is recorded as historical drama film[20].
  • historical film's different from is recorded as historical documentary film[21].
  • historical film's FAST ID is recorded as 958120[22].
  • historical film's YSO ID is recorded as 5667[23].
  • historical film's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12290z2k[24].
  • historical film's Quora topic ID is recorded as Historical-Films[25].
  • historical film's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19822495[26].
  • historical film's UNESCO Thesaurus ID is recorded as concept8334[27].

Why It Matters

historical film draws 171 Wikipedia views per month (film_genre category, ranking #115 of 242).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . RAMEAU. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . LEMb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . BNE authority file. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Library of Congress Linked Data Service. Retrieved . id.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. 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.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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