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The Bridge over the River Kwai

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The Bridge over the River Kwai

Summary

The Bridge over the River Kwai is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (303 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Bridge over the River Kwai authored Pierre Boulle[3].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's genre is recorded as historical prose literature[5].
  • River Kwai bridge is named after The Bridge over the River Kwai[6].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's OCLC number is recorded as 427264883[7].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's language of work or name is recorded as French[8].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's country of origin is recorded as France[9].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's publication date is recorded as +1952-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ccc6g[11].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's Open Library ID is recorded as OL1319501W[12].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's narrative location is recorded as Thailand[13].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's main subject is recorded as World War II[14].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 49632[15].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai'}[16].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's derivative work is recorded as The Bridge on the River Kwai[17].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's OCLC work ID is recorded as 4471965605[18].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's FantLab work ID is recorded as 23714[19].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's form of creative work is recorded as novel[20].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 16485[21].
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai's Databazeknih.cz work ID is recorded as 8359[22].

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Designation and Status

The Bridge over the River Kwai's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

History and Context

River Kwai bridge is named after The Bridge over the River Kwai[6].

Why It Matters

The Bridge over the River Kwai ranks in the top 4% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (303 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

France Pierre Boulle Thailand The Bridge on the River Kwai

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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