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Glass

1958 Dutch short documentary film directed by Bert Haanstra
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Summary

Glass is a short film[1]. Glass ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3]
  • Director: Bert Haanstra[4]
  • Screenwriter: Bert Haanstra[5]
  • Composer: Pim Jacobs[6]
  • Commissioned by: Ver. Glasfabrieken[7]
  • Genre: documentary film[8]
  • Producer: Bert Haanstra[9]
  • Depicts: glass blowing[10]
  • Collection: Q138882508[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Dutch[12]
  • Commons category: Glass (film)[13]
  • Language of work or name: multiple languages[14]
  • Color: color[15], black-and-white[16]
  • Country of origin: Netherlands[17]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1958[18]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[19]
  • Title: Glas[20], Glass[21]
  • Duration: 10 minutes[22]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[23]
  • Does not have characteristic: dialogue[24], narration[25]
  • P14449: 171779[26]

Why It Matters

Glass has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Glass is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Glass receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)[3].

Related Entities

Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q140180093. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 12
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'hy', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'ur', 'zh']
    Ampas collections film id → W061167
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W061167, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → multiple languages
    P14449 → 171779
    Does not have characteristic → dialogue, narration
    Depicts → glass blowing
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  3. 16w ago · Jerimee · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Glas'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Glass'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Title: Glass"
  4. 16w ago · Jerimee · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Screenwriter → Bert Haanstra
    Publication date → +1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Original language of film or tv show → Dutch
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Collection: Q138882508, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782163890585"
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