Breaking Glass

1980 film by Brian Gibson
Movie film Q1416009
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Summary

Breaking Glass is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,343 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Brian Gibson[3]
  • Screenwriter: Brian Gibson[4]
  • Composer: Hazel O'Connor[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6]
  • Cast member: Hazel O'Connor[7], Phil Daniels[8], Jon Finch[9], Jonathan Pryce[10], Peter-Hugo Daly[11]
  • Producer: Dodi Fayed[12]
  • Production company: Allied Stars Ltd[13]
  • Director of photography: Stephen Goldblatt[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[15]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[16]
  • Color: color[17]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[18]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1980[19], April 23, 1981[20]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[21], Netflix[22]
  • Film editor: Michael Bradsell[23]
  • Title: Breaking Glass[24]
  • Duration: 104 minutes[25]
  • Capital cost: 3,000,000 pounds sterling[26]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[27]
  • P14449: 162156[28]
  • P14724: 18982887[29]
  • P14821: 80469[30]

Why It Matters

Breaking Glass is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7h ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'en', 'hu', 'nl', 'nn', 'simple']
    P14724 → 18982887
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 18982887, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301991479|Breaking Glass (#301991479)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (f"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 80469
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 80469, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1980-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1981-04-23T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Brian Gibson
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+104'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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