And Then There Was Light

1989 film by Otar Iosseliani
Movie film Q3059143
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And Then There Was Light

Summary

And Then There Was Light is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • And Then There Was Light received the Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival[3].
  • And Then There Was Light's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • And Then There Was Light was directed by Otar Iosseliani[5].
  • Otar Iosseliani wrote the screenplay for And Then There Was Light[6].
  • And Then There Was Light's composer is recorded as Nicolas Zourabichvili[7].
  • And Then There Was Light's genre is drama film[8].
  • And Then There Was Light was produced by Alain Queffelean[9].
  • And Then There Was Light's director of photography is recorded as Robert Alazraki[10].
  • The original language of And Then There Was Light was French[11].
  • And Then There Was Light's color is recorded as color[12].
  • And Then There Was Light's country of origin is recorded as France[13].
  • And Then There Was Light's country of origin is recorded as Italy[14].
  • And Then There Was Light's country of origin is recorded as Germany[15].
  • And Then There Was Light was published on January 1, 1989[16].
  • And Then There Was Light was released on June 7, 1990[17].
  • And Then There Was Light's narrative location is recorded as Africa[18].
  • And Then There Was Light's film editor is recorded as Otar Iosseliani[19].
  • And Then There Was Light's film editor is recorded as Ursula West[20].
  • And Then There Was Light's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Et la lumière fut'}[21].
  • And Then There Was Light's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+105'}[22].
  • And Then There Was Light's costume designer is recorded as Charlotte David[23].
  • And Then There Was Light's CNC film rating is recorded as no age restriction[24].
  • And Then There Was Light's sound designer is recorded as Alix Comte[25].

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Authorship and Creation

And Then There Was Light was produced by Alain Queffelean[9]. It was directed by Otar Iosseliani[5]. Otar Iosseliani wrote the screenplay for it[6].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1989[16] and June 7, 1990[17]. The original language of And Then There Was Light was French[11]. Its genre is drama film[8].

Reception

And Then There Was Light received the Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival[3].

Why It Matters

And Then There Was Light ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

FAQs

What awards did And Then There Was Light receive?

Honors received include Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . filmportal.de. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . 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] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: 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] . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color color
    Duration {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+105'}
    Cnc film rating (france) no age restriction
    Instance of film
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