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silent film

film with no synchronized recorded dialogue
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Summary

silent film is a type of cinematic work[1]. It draws 9,712 Wikipedia views per month (type of cinematic work category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: cinematic technique[3], film genre[4]
  • Subclass of: film[5]
  • Commons category: Silent film[6]
  • Opposite of: sound film[7]
  • Archives at: Library of Congress Music Division[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Silent film[9], Category:Silent films[10]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Silent film[11]
  • Has characteristic: silence[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

silent film has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

It has been cited as an influence by Alfons Figueras[16], a comics artist[17], 1922–2009[18], of Spain[19], awarded the Award Gato Perich[20].

FAQs

Who did silent film influence?

silent film has been cited as an influence by Alfons Figueras[16].

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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] ↑ . lccn.loc.gov. lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 9h ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 87
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bew', 'bg', 'bn
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX4576234"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → silent-film, silent-films
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: silent-film, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289959567|silent film (#289959567)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0319164-nemy-film
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0319164-nemy-film, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 13224, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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