Night and Fog

1956 short film directed by Alain Resnais
Movie short_film Q706373
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Night and Fog

Summary

Night and Fog is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Night and Fog's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • Night and Fog's director is recorded as Alain Resnais[4].
  • Night and Fog's screenwriter is recorded as Jean Cayrol[5].
  • Night and Fog's screenwriter is recorded as Chris Marker[6].
  • Night and Fog's composer is recorded as Hanns Eisler[7].
  • Night and Fog's genre is recorded as documentary film[8].
  • Night and Fog Decree is named after Night and Fog[9].
  • Night and Fog's cast member is recorded as Michel Bouquet[10].
  • Night and Fog's producer is recorded as Anatole Dauman[11].
  • Night and Fog's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316754293[12].
  • Night and Fog's GND ID is recorded as 4754635-9[13].
  • Night and Fog's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no00043127[14].
  • Night and Fog's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12441767d[15].
  • Night and Fog's IdRef ID is recorded as 058633871[16].
  • Night and Fog's production company is recorded as Argos Films[17].
  • Night and Fog's director of photography is recorded as Ghislain Cloquet[18].
  • Night and Fog's director of photography is recorded as Sacha Vierny[19].
  • Night and Fog's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0048434[20].
  • Night and Fog's original language of film or TV show is recorded as French[21].
  • Night and Fog's Commons category is recorded as Nuit et Brouillard[22].
  • Night and Fog's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[23].
  • Night and Fog's review score is recorded as 9/10[24].
  • Night and Fog's review score is recorded as 100%[25].
  • Night and Fog's color is recorded as color[26].
  • Night and Fog's color is recorded as black-and-white[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Night and Fog's producer is recorded as Anatole Dauman[11]. Its director is recorded as Alain Resnais[4]. Screenwriters include Jean Cayrol[5] and Chris Marker[6]. Its cast member is recorded as Michel Bouquet[10].

Publication

Night and Fog's publication date is recorded as +1956-00-00T00:00:00Z[28]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as French[21]. Its genre is recorded as documentary film[8].

Subject and Themes

Night and Fog's main subject is recorded as The Holocaust[29].

Reception

Reviews include 9/10[24] and 100%[25].

Why It Matters

Night and Fog ranks in the top 2% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . film-documentaire.fr. Retrieved . film-documentaire.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . film-documentaire.fr. Retrieved . film-documentaire.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . film-documentaire.fr. Retrieved . film-documentaire.fr. Provenance: 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . film-documentaire.fr. Retrieved . film-documentaire.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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