The Wind Cannot Read

1958 film by Ralph Thomas

Movie Film Q426284

Facts

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Instance of: film
Director: Ralph Thomas^[1]
Genre: drama film, war film^[4]^[5]
Publication date: 1958^[20]
Screenwriter: Richard Mason^[2]
Producer: Betty Box, Earl St. John^[14]^[15]
Duration: +112^[27]
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction^[28]
Cast member: Dirk Bogarde, Yoko Tani, Ronald Lewis, John Fraser, Anthony Bushell, Donald Pleasence, Marne Maitland, Richard Leech^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Color: color^[18]
Composer: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino^[3]
Country of origin: United Kingdom^[19]
Director of photography: Ernest Steward^[16]
FSK film rating: FSK 12^[26]
Film editor: Frederick Wilson^[24]
Filming location: Pinewood Studios^[21]
Main subject: Pacific War, World War II^[22]^[23]
Medierådet rating: Prohibited for children under 16^[29]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[17]
Title: The Wind Cannot Read^[25]

🏷️ Also known as

en The Wind Cannot Read en Wind Cannot Read da Vinden kan ikke læse de … denn der Wind kann nicht lesen es El viento no sabe leer fr Le vent ne sait pas lire fr vent ne sait pas lire it Il vento non sa leggere it Vento non sa leggere ja 風は知らない zh 戰地櫻花夢

🔖 Identifiers · 43

ACMI ID: works/88397
AllMovie title ID: v117151
Allcinema film ID: 4525
AlloCiné film ID: 109140
BFI National Archive work ID: 150054413
Cinema Context ID: F018348
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 93348
DNF film ID: 18643
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 33633
Douban film ID: 1304746
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 33855
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/CFCA-E687-C607-AD40-2123-A

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ElFilm film ID: 52298
Elonet movie ID: 191110
Exploitation mark number: 21231
FilmAffinity film ID: 716438
FilmVandaag ID: film/36749
Filmweb.pl film ID: 169842
Freebase ID: /m/0bwj0kr
IMDb ID: tt0052396
ISAN: 0000-0000-2966-0000-Q-0000-0000-X
KINENOTE film ID: 12825
Kinobox film ID: 249819
Kinopoisk film ID: 14577
LdiF ID: 22938
Letterboxd film ID: the-wind-cannot-read
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 27311
Movie Review Query Engine ID: the-wind-cannot-read-m100038393
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv12740
MovieLens movie ID: 134320
MovieMeter film ID: 30946
Moviepilot.de film ID: denn-der-wind-kann-nicht-lesen
OFDb film ID: 60959
Plex media key: 5d7768859ab54400214e71cd
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/770803681
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 54318
Swedish Film Database ID: 27048
TMDB movie ID: 47706
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 122943
TheTVDB movie ID: 212199
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-wind-cannot-read-1958
Trakt.tv film ID: 32976
ČSFD film ID: 23322

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Cast member 8

Donald Pleasence, Dirk Bogarde, Yoko Tani, Anthony Bushell, John Fraser, Marne Maitland, Richard Leech, Ronald Lewis

Genre 2

drama film, war film

Main subject 2

World War II, Pacific War

Producer 2

Betty Box, Earl St. John

Country of origin 1

United Kingdom

Director 1

Ralph Thomas

Director of photography 1

Ernest Steward

Film editor 1

Frederick Wilson

Filming location 1

Pinewood Studios

Instance of 1

film

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Screenwriter 1

Richard Mason

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — director (P57): Ralph Thomas. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — screenwriter (P58): Richard Mason. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — composer (P86): Angelo Francesco Lavagnino. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — genre (P136): drama film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — genre (P136): war film. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — cast member (P161): Dirk Bogarde. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — cast member (P161): Yoko Tani. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — cast member (P161): Ronald Lewis. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — cast member (P161): John Fraser. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — cast member (P161): Anthony Bushell. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — cast member (P161): Donald Pleasence. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — cast member (P161): Marne Maitland. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — cast member (P161): Richard Leech. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — producer (P162): Betty Box. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — producer (P162): Earl St. John. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — director of photography (P344): Ernest Steward. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — country of origin (P495): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — publication date (P577): 1958. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — filming location (P915): Pinewood Studios. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — main subject (P921): Pacific War. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — main subject (P921): World War II. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — film editor (P1040): Frederick Wilson. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — title (P1476): The Wind Cannot Read. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 12. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — duration (P2047): 112 minutes. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — CNC film rating (France) (P2758): no age restriction. cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Wind Cannot Read — Medierådet rating (P5970): Prohibited for children under 16. Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.

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Main subject → Pacific War, World War II

MovieLens movie ID → 134320

Producer → Betty Box, Earl St. John

Publication date → 1958

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