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A Desperate Crime

1906 film by Georges Méliès
Movie short_film Q3136616
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Summary

A Desperate Crime is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Georges Méliès[3]
  • Screenwriter: Gaston Méliès[4]
  • Genre: silent film[5], drama film[6]
  • Production company: Star Film Company[7]
  • Commons category: A Desperate Crime[8]
  • Color: black-and-white[9]
  • Country of origin: France[10]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1906[11]
  • Title: Les Incendiaires[12]
  • Duration: 7 minutes[13]
  • Copyright status: public domain[14]
  • State of transmission: lost[15]
  • P14449: 270592[16]
  • P14724: 18710591[17]

Why It Matters

A Desperate Crime has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

France Georges Méliès public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 9
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'en', 'fr', 'ht', 'no', 'ur']
    P14724 → 18710591
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 270592
    Publication date → +1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
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