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War Photographer

2001 film by Christian Frei
Movie film Q686914
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Summary

War Photographer is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Phoenix-Dokumentarfilmpreis[3]
  • Director: Christian Frei[4]
  • Composer: Eleni Karaindrou[5]
  • Genre: documentary film[6]
  • Cast member: James Nachtwey[7], Christiane Amanpour[8]
  • Producer: Christian Frei[9]
  • Depicts: professional photographer[10]
  • Original language of film or TV show: German[11], English[12]
  • Commons category: War Photographer[13]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[14]
  • Review score: 6.9/10[15], 79/100[16], 81%[17]
  • Color: color[18]
  • Country of origin: Switzerland[19]
  • Publication date: November 2001[20], July 11, 2002[21]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[22]
  • Filming location: New York City[23], Indonesia[24]
  • Main subject: war correspondent[25], photographer[26]
  • Film editor: Christian Frei[27]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[28]
  • Title: War Photographer[29]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[30]
  • Duration: 96 minutes[31]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[32]

Why It Matters

War Photographer has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did War Photographer receive?

Honors received include Phoenix-Dokumentarfilmpreis[3].

Related Entities

Christiane Amanpour film Indonesia Netflix New York City Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . metacritic.com. Retrieved . metacritic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . web.ard.de. web.ard.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . zelluloid.de. Retrieved . zelluloid.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'pt', '
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 29254
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2001-11-00T00:00:00Z, +2002-07-11T00:00:00Z
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+96'}
    Original language of film or tv show → German, English
    Nominated for → Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
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