La Jetée

1962 French science fiction featurette directed by Chris Marker
Movie short_film Q451434
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La Jetée

Summary

La Jetée is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,044 views/month, #12 of 3,345).[2]

Key Facts

  • La Jetée's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • La Jetée's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • La Jetée's director is recorded as Chris Marker[5].
  • La Jetée's screenwriter is recorded as Chris Marker[6].
  • La Jetée's composer is recorded as Trevor Duncan[7].
  • La Jetée's genre is recorded as dystopian film[8].
  • La Jetée's genre is recorded as post-apocalyptic film[9].
  • La Jetée's genre is recorded as series of images[10].
  • La Jetée's genre is recorded as science fiction film[11].
  • La Jetée's genre is recorded as arthouse science fiction film[12].
  • La Jetée's cast member is recorded as Jacques Ledoux[13].
  • La Jetée's cast member is recorded as Hélène Châtelain[14].
  • La Jetée's cast member is recorded as Jean Négroni[15].
  • La Jetée's cast member is recorded as Ligia Branice[16].
  • La Jetée's producer is recorded as Anatole Dauman[17].
  • La Jetée's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 188542445[18].
  • La Jetée's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92041787[19].
  • La Jetée's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14648888z[20].
  • La Jetée's IdRef ID is recorded as 092140858[21].
  • La Jetée's director of photography is recorded as Chris Marker[22].
  • La Jetée's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0056119[23].
  • La Jetée's original language of film or TV show is recorded as French[24].
  • La Jetée's original language of film or TV show is recorded as German[25].
  • La Jetée's Commons category is recorded as La Jetée[26].
  • La Jetée's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

La Jetée's producer is recorded as Anatole Dauman[17]. Its director is recorded as Chris Marker[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Chris Marker[6]. Cast members include Jacques Ledoux[13], Hélène Châtelain[14], Jean Négroni[15], and Ligia Branice[16].

Publication

La Jetée's publication date is recorded as +1962-02-16T00:00:00Z[28]. Original languages include French[24] and German[25]. Genres include dystopian film[8], post-apocalyptic film[9], series of images[10], science fiction film[11], and arthouse science fiction film[12].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include time travel[29] and time loop[30].

Reception

Reviews include 8.7/10[31] and 93%[32].

Why It Matters

La Jetée ranks in the top 0.36% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,044 views/month, #12 of 3,345).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: 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] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). La Jetée. Retrieved April 19, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/la-jetee
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_la-jetee_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{La Jetée}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/la-jetee}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-19}}
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