Shake Hands with the Devil

2007 film by Roger Spottiswoode
Movie film Q1109094
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Summary

Shake Hands with the Devil is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,089 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Roger Spottiswoode[3]
  • Screenwriter: Michael Donovan[4]
  • Composer: David Hirschfelder[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6], historical film[7], Satanic film[8]
  • Based on: Shake Hands with the Devil[9]
  • Cast member: Roy Dupuis[10], Jean-Hugues Anglade[11], Deborah Kara Unger[12], James Gallanders[13], Tom McCamus[14], Owen Sejake[15], Michel-Ange Nzojibwami[16], Michel Mongeau[17], Robert Lalonde[18], John Sibi-Okumu[19], Akin Omotoso[20], John Matshikiza[21], Odile Katesi Gakire[22], Chris Thorne[23]
  • Director of photography: Mirosław Baszak[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: French[25], English[26]
  • Commons category: Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: Canada[30]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2007[31]
  • Characters: Roméo Dallaire[32], Henry Kwami Anyidoho[33], Théoneste Bagosora[34], Luc Marchal[35], Maurice Baril[36], Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh[37], Paul Kagame[38], Juvénal Habyarimana[39], Bernard Kouchner[40], Agathe Uwilingiyimana[41], Johnnie Carson[42], Boutros Boutros-Ghali[43], Stefan Stec[44]
  • Distributed by: Les Films Séville[45], Netflix[46]
  • Narrative location: Rwanda[47]
  • Official website: http://dallairemovie.com/[48]
  • Filming location: Nova Scotia[49]
  • Main subject: 1994 Genocide against Tutsi[50]
  • Film editor: Michel Arcand[51], Louis-Martin Paradis[52]
  • Executive producer: Compton Ross[53], Sunmin Park[54], Steven Silver[55]
  • Title: Shake Hands with the Devil[56]
  • Has characteristic: film adaptation[57]
  • After a work by: Roméo Dallaire[58]
  • Different from: Shake Hands with the Devil[59]

Why It Matters

Shake Hands with the Devil has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
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  28. [30] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  49. [51] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8h ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 10
    P14724 → 10309461
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'ig', 'it', 'pl', 'tr']
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 472562
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 88058
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → 1994 Genocide against Tutsi
    Based on → Shake Hands with the Devil
    Executive producer → Compton Ross, Sunmin Park, Steven Silver
    Aliases → —
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