The Rift

1989 film by Juan Piquer Simón
Movie film Q5966848
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Summary

The Rift is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (624 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Juan Piquer Simón[3]
  • Screenwriter: Juan Piquer Simón[4]
  • Composer: Joel Goldsmith[5]
  • Genre: science fiction film[6]
  • Cast member: Jack Scalia[7], R. Lee Ermey[8], Ray Wise[9], Deborah Adair[10], Ely Pouget[11], Frank Braña[12], Edmund Purdom[13], Garrick Hagon[14], James Aubrey[15], Tony Spitzer Isbert[16]
  • Producer: Juan Piquer Simón[17]
  • Director of photography: Juan Mariné[18]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[19]
  • Color: color[20]
  • Country of origin: Spain[21], United States[22]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1989[23], October 5, 1990[24], February 21, 1991[25]
  • Filming location: Madrid[26]
  • Title: The Rift[27]
  • MPA film rating: R[28]
  • Duration: 79 minutes[29]
  • Capital cost: 1,300,000 US dollars[30]
  • BBFC rating: 15 certificate[31]
  • Australian Classification: M[32]
  • Original film format: 35 mm film[33]
  • P14449: 138754[34]
  • P14462: amzn1.dv.gti.a6a9f781-4ef6-8b97-ece1-4b742f1b7d78[35]
  • P14671: 30584[36]
  • P14778: The-Rift[37]
  • P14821: 99701[38]

Why It Matters

The Rift has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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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] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 1d ago · MrRobertman · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Australian classification → M
    Original film format → 35 mm film
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja']
    P14778 → The-Rift
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Does the dog die? media id: 115522, Added via Tricorder v5.3"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 99701
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 99701, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 103664
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  4. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 30584
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create P14671 statements based on Rating certificate id qualifier"
  5. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 138754
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
  6. 16w ago · Reubot · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color → color
    Filming location → Madrid
    Capital cost → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+1300000'}
    Instance of → film
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14462: amzn1.dv.gti.a6a9f781-4ef6-8b97-ece1-4b742f1b7d78, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259783|batch #259783]]"
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