Waxworks

1924 film by Paul Leni, Leo Birinski
Movie film Q566863
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Waxworks

Summary

Waxworks is a film[1]. Waxworks ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Waxworks's video is recorded as Waxworks (1924) by Paul Leni.webm[3].
  • Waxworks's video is recorded as Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (1924).webm[4].
  • Waxworks's image is recorded as Wachsfigurenkabinett - crew.jpg[5].
  • Waxworks's instance of is recorded as film[6].
  • Waxworks's director is recorded as Paul Leni[7].
  • Waxworks's director is recorded as Leo Birinski[8].
  • Waxworks's screenwriter is recorded as Henrik Galeen[9].
  • Waxworks's genre is recorded as silent film[10].
  • Waxworks's genre is recorded as fantasy film[11].
  • Waxworks's genre is recorded as horror film[12].
  • Waxworks's genre is recorded as anthology film[13].
  • Waxworks's cast member is recorded as Werner Krauss[14].
  • Waxworks's cast member is recorded as Conrad Veidt[15].
  • Waxworks's cast member is recorded as Emil Jannings[16].
  • Waxworks's cast member is recorded as William Dieterle[17].
  • Waxworks's cast member is recorded as Georg John[18].
  • Waxworks's cast member is recorded as John Gottowt[19].
  • Waxworks's cast member is recorded as Paul Biensfeldt[20].
  • Waxworks's cast member is recorded as Ernst Legal[21].
  • Waxworks's cast member is recorded as Fritz Alberti[22].
  • Waxworks's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316753294[23].
  • Waxworks's GND ID is recorded as 4351384-0[24].
  • Waxworks's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13561549n[25].
  • Waxworks's director of photography is recorded as Helmar Lerski[26].
  • Waxworks's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0014586[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Directors include Paul Leni[7] and Leo Birinski[8]. Waxworks's screenwriter is recorded as Henrik Galeen[9]. Cast members include Werner Krauss[14], Conrad Veidt[15], Emil Jannings[16], William Dieterle[17], Georg John[18], and John Gottowt[19].

Publication

Waxworks's publication date is recorded as +1924-01-01T00:00:00Z[28]. Waxworks's original language of film or TV show is recorded as German[29]. Genres include silent film[10], fantasy film[11], horror film[12], and anthology film[13].

Why It Matters

Waxworks ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2] Waxworks has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Waxworks is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . filmportal.de. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . filmportal.de. 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] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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