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biographical film

film genre; dramatizes the life of an actual person or people
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Summary

biographical film is a film genre[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of film genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,782 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: biographical work[3], film[4]
  • Commons category: Biographical films[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Biographical films[6]
  • Facet of: based on[7]
  • Has list: list of biographical films[8]

Why It Matters

biographical film has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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