The Wind

1928 film by Victor Sjöström
Movie film Q2426434
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Summary

The Wind is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (624 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Victor Sjöström[3]
  • Screenwriter: Frances Marion[4]
  • Composer: William Axt[5]
  • Genre: romance film[6], silent film[7], drama film[8]
  • Based on: The Wind[9]
  • Cast member: Lillian Gish[10], Lars Hanson[11], Montagu Love[12], Dorothy Cumming[13], William Orlamond[14], Edward Earle[15]
  • Producer: Irving Thalberg[16]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[17]
  • Director of photography: John Arnold[18]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[19]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[20]
  • Commons category: The Wind (1928 film)[21]
  • Review score: 100%[22]
  • Color: black-and-white[23]
  • Country of origin: United States[24]
  • Publication date: September 15, 1928[25]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[26]
  • Filming location: California[27]
  • Film editor: Conrad A. Nervig[28]
  • Title: The Wind[29]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[30]
  • After a work by: Dorothy Scarborough[31]
  • Different from: Wicher[32]
  • Duration: 95 minutes[33]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3[34]

Why It Matters

The Wind has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . 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. 2d ago · CameoJewel · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Museum of modern art work id → 89498
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'k
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Museum of modern art work id: 89498, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/5097159|The Wind (#5097159)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/82|MOMA]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 42782
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 42782, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269267|batch #269267]]"
  3. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → the-wind
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: the-wind, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295960815|THE WIND (#295960815)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il cinema ritrovato f"
  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 43699
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
  5. 22w ago · ~2026-27389-82 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1928-09-15T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → film
    Has characteristic → film based on literature
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Eidr content id: 10.5240/5BC1-E54B-5F5E-C89B-FCC2-G"
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