Symphony of a City

1947 short film directed by Arne Sucksdorff
Movie short_film Q794344
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Symphony of a City

Summary

Symphony of a City is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Symphony of a City received the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel[3].
  • Symphony of a City's instance of is recorded as short film[4].
  • Symphony of a City's director is recorded as Arne Sucksdorff[5].
  • Symphony of a City's screenwriter is recorded as Arne Sucksdorff[6].
  • Symphony of a City's composer is recorded as Stig Rybrant[7].
  • Symphony of a City's genre is recorded as documentary film[8].
  • Symphony of a City's producer is recorded as Edmund Reek[9].
  • Symphony of a City's director of photography is recorded as Arne Sucksdorff[10].
  • Symphony of a City's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0039648[11].
  • Symphony of a City's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Swedish[12].
  • Symphony of a City's color is recorded as black-and-white[13].
  • Symphony of a City's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 931336[14].
  • Symphony of a City's country of origin is recorded as Sweden[15].
  • Symphony of a City's publication date is recorded as +1947-08-15T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Symphony of a City's publication date is recorded as +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Symphony of a City's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04f_34m[18].
  • Symphony of a City's distributed by is recorded as SF Studios[19].
  • Symphony of a City's nominated for is recorded as Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel[20].
  • Symphony of a City's title is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Människor i stad'}[21].
  • Symphony of a City's DNF film ID is recorded as 889[22].
  • Symphony of a City's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+18'}[23].
  • Symphony of a City's Swedish Film Database ID is recorded as 13724[24].
  • Symphony of a City's Elonet movie ID is recorded as 105624[25].
  • Symphony of a City's ČSFD film ID is recorded as 289444[26].
  • Symphony of a City's Kinopoisk film ID is recorded as 164898[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Symphony of a City's producer is recorded as Edmund Reek[9]. Its director is recorded as Arne Sucksdorff[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Arne Sucksdorff[6].

Publication

Publication dates include +1947-08-15T00:00:00Z[16] and +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z[17]. Symphony of a City's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Swedish[12]. Its genre is recorded as documentary film[8].

Reception

Symphony of a City received the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel[3].

Why It Matters

Symphony of a City ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Symphony of a City receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [3] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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