The Masks of the Devil

1928 film by Victor Sjöström
Movie film Q10687421
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Summary

The Masks of the Devil is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Victor Sjöström[3]
  • Screenwriter: Svend Gade[4], Frances Marion[5], Jakob Wassermann[6]
  • Composer: William Axt[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8]
  • Cast member: John Gilbert[9], Alma Rubens[10], Theodore Roberts[11], Frank Reicher[12], Ralph Forbes[13], Polly Ann Young[14], Ethel Wales[15]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[16]
  • Director of photography: Oliver T. Marsh[17]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[18]
  • Color: black-and-white[19]
  • Country of origin: United States[20]
  • Publication date: November 17, 1928[21]
  • Narrative location: Austria[22]
  • Film editor: Conrad A. Nervig[23]
  • Title: The Masks of the Devil[24]
  • Duration: 80 minutes[25]
  • State of transmission: lost[26]
  • P14724: 8311190[27]

Why It Matters

The Masks of the Devil has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 8311190
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'nl', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 8311190, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301701846|The Masks of the Devil (#301701846)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance "
  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color → black-and-white
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+80'}
    Instance of → film
    Production company → Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 85239, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269269|batch #269269]]"
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