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Requiem for a Falling Star

episode of Columbo
Movie television_film Q66856120
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Summary

Requiem for a Falling Star is a television film[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: television series episode[3]
  • Director: Richard Quine[4]
  • Screenwriter: Jackson Gillis[5]
  • Genre: crime film[6]
  • Named after: mass for the dead[7], meteor[8]
  • Follows: Dagger of the Mind[9]
  • Followed by: A Stitch in Crime[10]
  • Cast member: Peter Falk[11]
  • Part of the series: Columbo[12]
  • Director of photography: Harry L. Wolf[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Country of origin: United States[15]
  • Publication date: January 21, 1973[16]
  • Title: Requiem for a Falling Star[17]
  • Duration: 74[18]
  • Season: Columbo, season 2[19]
  • P14821: 71350[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 71350
    Genre → crime film
    Named after → mass for the dead, meteor
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 71350, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  2. 20w ago · Cantor · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1973-01-21T00:00:00Z
    Imdb id → tt0071350
    Trakt.tv id → movies/columbo-requiem-for-a-falling-star
    Screenwriter → Jackson Gillis
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: mass for the dead"
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