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Step Across the Border

1990 film by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel
Movie Film Q2058578

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
film
Award received
European Film Award Special Mention[1]
Director
Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel[2][3]
Genre
documentary film[7]
Publication date
1990, September 27, 1990[23][24]
Screenwriter
Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel[4][5]
Duration
+90[37]
Broadcast by
artfilm.ch[39]
CNC film rating (France)
no age restriction[38]
Cast member
Fred Frith, René Lussier, Iva Bittová, Jonas Mekas, Robert Frank, Pavel Fajt, Eitetsu Hayashi, John Zorn, Arto Lindsay[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Color
black-and-white[20]
Composer
Fred Frith[6]
Country of origin
Germany, Switzerland[21][22]
Distributed by
RecRec Music[25]
Distribution format
video on demand[19]
Film editor
Gisela Castronari[34]
Filming location
Japan, Italy, France, Germany, England, United States, Switzerland[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
Main subject
Fred Frith[33]
Original language of film or TV show
English[18]
Participant in
Wikidata item[35]
Production company
CineNomad[17]
Title
Step Across the Border[36]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 47
AllMovie title ID
v144243
Allcinema film ID
11948
AlloCiné film ID
5821
Cinema.de ID
1299989
Cineplex Germany film ID
17458
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID
4992
DNF film ID
8219
Described at URL
www.artfilm.ch, www.artfilm.ch, www.artfilm.ch
EIDR content ID
10.5240/F754-F6B3-9240-2E23-ABB0-U
ElFilm film ID
100341
Elonet movie ID
1555662
European Film Awards ID (archived)
5259
Show all 47 identifiers +35
Exploitation mark number
75241
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/step-across-the-border
Film-documentaire.fr film ID
19022
FilmAffinity film ID
574665
FilmVandaag ID
film/19130
Filmportal ID
2b37d650b5bd450097a84742ff6b5ae3
Filmweb.pl film ID
158772
Freebase ID
/m/026vf4r
Garance item ID
10392551
IMDb ID
tt0100692
ISAN
0000-0000-67D6-0000-V-0000-0000-I
KINENOTE film ID
15877
Kinobox film ID
206488
Kinopoisk film ID
64356
LUMIERE film ID
16179
LdiF ID
17685
Letterboxd film ID
step-across-the-border
MUBI film numeric ID
33777
Movie Review Query Engine ID
step-across-the-border-m100058612
Movie Walker Press film ID
mv15746
MovieLens movie ID
194768
MovieMeter film ID
11481
Netflix ID
70026189
NientePopCorn movie ID
step-across-the-border
OFDb film ID
80863
PORT film ID
89714
Plex media key
5d77695e96b655001fdccb9e
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/770856250
Swiss Films ID
247608C0B8D54DB0AFF70884B2D5C656
TMDB movie ID
112785
TheTVDB movie ID
47451
Trakt.tv ID
movies/step-across-the-border-1990
Trakt.tv film ID
79197
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Movie", "StepAcrossTheBorder::263f7"]
ČSFD film ID
181164

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🔗 Connections
Cast member 8
John Zorn, Jonas Mekas, Robert Frank, Fred Frith, Arto Lindsay, Iva Bittová, René Lussier, Eitetsu Hayashi
Filming location 7
France, United States, Japan, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, England
Country of origin 2
Germany, Switzerland
Director 2
Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel
Screenwriter 2
Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel
Color 1
black-and-white
Composer 1
Fred Frith
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Genre 1
documentary film
Instance of 1
film
Main subject 1
Fred Frith
Original language of film or TV show 1
English
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FAQs

What awards did Step Across the Border receive?

Honors received include European Film Award Special Mention[1].

Related Entities

England film France Germany Italy Japan John Zorn Jonas Mekas Robert Frank Switzerland United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [15] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . artfilm.ch. Retrieved . artfilm.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . artfilm.ch. Retrieved . artfilm.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Garance item ID → 10392551
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    Publication date → 1990, September 27, 1990
    Screenwriter → Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel
    Duration → 90 minute
    Rotten Tomatoes ID → m/770856250
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