What?

1972 film directed by Roman Polanski
Movie film Q644316
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What?

Summary

What? is a film[1]. What? ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What?'s instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • What? was directed by Roman Polanski[4].
  • Roman Polanski wrote the screenplay for What?[5].
  • Gérard Brach wrote the screenplay for What?[6].
  • What?'s composer is recorded as Claudio Gizzi[7].
  • What?'s genre is comedy film[8].
  • A cast member of What? was Marcello Mastroianni[9].
  • A cast member of What? was Sydne Rome[10].
  • A cast member of What? was Hugh Griffith[11].
  • A cast member of What? was Guido Alberti[12].
  • A cast member of What? was Romolo Valli[13].
  • A cast member of What? was Nerina Montagnani[14].
  • A cast member of What? was John Karlsen[15].
  • A cast member of What? was Henning Schlüter[16].
  • A cast member of What? was Pietro Tordi[17].
  • A cast member of What? was Mogens Gadow[18].
  • A cast member of What? was Dieter Hallervorden[19].
  • A cast member of What? was Roman Polanski[20].
  • A cast member of What? was Carlo Delle Piane[21].
  • A cast member of What? was Carla Mancini[22].
  • A cast member of What? was Franco Pesce[23].
  • What? was produced by Carlo Ponti[24].
  • What?'s director of photography is recorded as Marcello Gatti[25].
  • What?'s director of photography is recorded as Giuseppe Ruzzolini[26].
  • The original language of What? was English[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

What? was produced by Carlo Ponti[24]. What? was directed by Roman Polanski[4]. Screenwriters include Roman Polanski[5] and Gérard Brach[6]. Cast members include Marcello Mastroianni[9], Sydne Rome[10], Hugh Griffith[11], Guido Alberti[12], Romolo Valli[13], and Nerina Montagnani[14].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1972[28], December 7, 1972[29], December 8, 1972[30], December 25, 1972[31], March 22, 1973[32], and October 3, 1973[33]. Original languages include English[27], German[34], French[35], and Italian[36]. What?'s genre is comedy film[8].

Reception

Reviews include 4.4/10[37] and 17%[38].

Why It Matters

What? ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (163 views/month).[2] What? has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] What? is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [38] . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [33] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: 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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