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The Willi Busch Report

1979 film by Niklaus Schilling

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ1198081 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Willi Busch Report (German: Der Willi-Busch-Report) is a 1979 German drama film directed by Niklaus Schilling. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “The Willi Busch Report” as 1979 film by Niklaus Schilling. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Willi, Busch and Report.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 1980—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Willi, Busch and Report providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “The Willi Busch Report”, the useful work is to connect “1979 film by Niklaus Schilling” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1198081. VIAF identifies the subject as 176583110. The Library of Congress control number is n00039777. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979 and 1980.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “The Willi Busch Report” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.