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It's a Wonderful Life

1946 film directed by Frank Capra
Movie film Q204191
It's a Wonderful Life
Liberty Films · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

It's a Wonderful Life is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,012 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Frank Capra[4]
  • Screenwriter: Frances Goodrich[5], Albert Hackett[6], Jo Swerling[7], Frank Capra[8], Michael Wilson[9], Philip Van Doren Stern[10]
  • Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin[11]
  • Genre: romantic comedy film[12], fantasy film[13], drama film[14], flashback film[15], comedy film[16], Christmas film[17]
  • Based on: The Greatest Gift[18]
  • Cast member: James Stewart[19], Donna Reed[20], Lionel Barrymore[21], Henry Travers[22], Thomas Mitchell[23], Samuel S. Hinds[24], Beulah Bondi[25], H. B. Warner[26], Gloria Grahame[27], Frank Faylen[28], Ward Bond[29], Frank Albertson[30], Todd Karns[31], William Edmunds[32]
  • Producer: Frank Capra[33]
  • Depicts: angel[34]
  • Production company: Liberty Films[35], RKO Pictures[36]
  • Director of photography: Joseph Walker[37], Joseph F. Biroc[38], Victor Milner[39]

Why It Matters

It's a Wonderful Life has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

What awards did It's a Wonderful Life receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Beulah Bondi California Dimitri Tiomkin Donna Reed Ellen Corby film Frank Capra Gloria Grahame James Stewart Jean Acker Lionel Barrymore Netflix New York public domain RKO Pictures Thomas Mitchell United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . filmstarts.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [3] ↑ . nationalboardofreview.org. nationalboardofreview.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  9. 21w ago · Mcampany · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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