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The Last Emperor

1987 film by Bernardo Bertolucci
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Summary

The Last Emperor is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,401 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], David di Donatello for Best Film[4], César Award for Best Foreign Film[5], Academy Award for Best Director[6], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[7], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[8], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[9], Academy Award for Best Costume Design[10], Academy Award for Best Production Design[11], Academy Award for Best Original Score[12], Academy Award for Best Sound[13], European Film Academy Special Jury Award[14], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[15]
  • Director: Bernardo Bertolucci[16]
  • Screenwriter: Bernardo Bertolucci[17], Enzo Ungari[18], Mark Peploe[19]
  • Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto[20], David Byrne[21], Cong Su[22]
  • Genre: drama film[23], biographical film[24], historical film[25], epic film[26]
  • Based on: The First Half of My Life[27]
  • Cast member: John Lone[28], Joan Chen[29], Peter O'Toole[30], Ying Ruocheng[31], Victor Wong[32], Ryuichi Sakamoto[33], Vivian Wu[34], Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa[35], Lisa Lu[36], Dennis Dun[37], Maggie Han[38], Ric Young[39], Chen Kaige[40], Tao Wu[41]
  • Producer: Jeremy Thomas[42]
  • Production company: Recorded Picture Company[43]
  • Director of photography: Vittorio Storaro[44]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Chinese[45], English[46], Japanese[47], Standard Chinese[48], Russian[49], Mandarin[50]
  • Commons category: The Last Emperor (film)[51]
  • Distribution format: theatrical release[52], video on demand[53]
  • Review score: 8/10[54], 87%[55], 4/4[56], 76/100[57]
  • Color: color[58]

Why It Matters

The Last Emperor has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

FAQs

What awards did The Last Emperor receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3], David di Donatello for Best Film[4], César Award for Best Foreign Film[5], and Academy Award for Best Director[6].

Related Entities

Beijing Bernardo Bertolucci Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Chen Kaige David Byrne Empress Dowager Cixi film France Italy Joan Chen People's Republic of China Peter O'Toole Puyi Ryuichi Sakamoto Tianjin United Kingdom Vittorio Storaro

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  2. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  4. [19] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  6. [21] ↑ . cyberleninka.ru. cyberleninka.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [27] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [28] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [33] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [34] ↑ . filmow.com. Retrieved . filmow.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [7] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [8] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [9] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [10] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [11] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [12] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [13] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [14] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . The Last Emperor. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Unifrance. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . RogerEbert.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . 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. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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