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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 (230 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What?'s instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • What?'s director is recorded as Roman Polanski[4].
  • What?'s screenwriter is recorded as Roman Polanski[5].
  • What?'s screenwriter is recorded as Gérard Brach[6].
  • What?'s composer is recorded as Claudio Gizzi[7].
  • What?'s genre is recorded as comedy film[8].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Marcello Mastroianni[9].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Sydne Rome[10].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Hugh Griffith[11].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Guido Alberti[12].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Romolo Valli[13].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Nerina Montagnani[14].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as John Karlsen[15].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Henning Schlüter[16].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Pietro Tordi[17].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Mogens Gadow[18].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Dieter Hallervorden[19].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Roman Polanski[20].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Carlo Delle Piane[21].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Carla Mancini[22].
  • What?'s cast member is recorded as Franco Pesce[23].
  • What?'s producer is recorded as 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].
  • What?'s IMDb ID is recorded as tt0070913[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

What?'s producer is recorded as Carlo Ponti[24]. What?'s director is recorded as 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 +1972-01-01T00:00:00Z[28], +1972-12-07T00:00:00Z[29], +1972-12-08T00:00:00Z[30], +1972-12-25T00:00:00Z[31], +1973-03-22T00:00:00Z[32], and +1973-10-03T00:00:00Z[33]. Original languages include English[34], German[35], French[36], and Italian[37]. What?'s genre is recorded as comedy film[8].

Reception

Reviews include 4.4/10[38] and 17%[39].

Why It Matters

What? ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[2] What? has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] What? is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . filmportal.de. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  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] . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  30. [38] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [39] . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] . wikidata.org.
  33. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [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. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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