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My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts

1999 film by Torill Kove
Movie short_film Q1956391
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My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts

Summary

My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts was directed by Torill Kove[4].
  • Torill Kove wrote the screenplay for My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts[5].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's composer is recorded as Kevin Dean[6].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's genre is comedy film[7].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts was produced by Marcy Page[8].
  • The original language of My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts was English[9].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's color is recorded as color[10].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's country of origin is recorded as Canada[11].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's country of origin is recorded as Norway[12].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts was published on January 1, 1999[13].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's distributed by is recorded as National Film Board of Canada[14].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's main subject is World War II[15].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's nominated for is recorded as Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[16].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts"}[17].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Ma grand-mère repassait les chemises du roi'}[18].
  • My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+10'}[19].

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Authorship and Creation

My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts was produced by Marcy Page[8]. It was directed by Torill Kove[4]. Torill Kove wrote the screenplay for it[5].

Publication

My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts was released on January 1, 1999[13]. The original language of it was English[9]. Its genre is comedy film[7].

Subject and Themes

My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts's main subject is World War II[15].

Why It Matters

My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Canada Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → World War II
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 186343
    Producer → Marcy Page
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