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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001235110-05-000091
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050923
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050923

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001037949
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				841339282
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 CALIFORNIA ST
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3039921400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 CALIFORNIA ST
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	QUEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970416

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ANSCHUTZ PHILIP F
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000944423
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15577
		FILM NUMBER:		051100204

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ANSCHUTZ CO
		STREET 2:		555 SEVENTEENTH ST STE 2400
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3032981000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2400 ANACONDA TOWER 555 SEVENTEENTH ST
		STREET 2:		C/O ANSCHUTZ CO STE 2400
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202
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    <periodOfReport>2004-03-31</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001037949</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>Q</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000944423</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ANSCHUTZ PHILIP F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>555 SEVENTEENTH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DENVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>80202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Phantom Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On behalf of the reporting person, the Company previously filed Forms 4 in error, on April 2, 2004 and on a quarterly basis thereafter through July 1, 2005, to report the acquisition of phantom stock units under the Qwest Communications International Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.  The reporting person is not a participant in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and this Form 4 is filed to report that the reporting person is not the beneficial owner of phantom stock under the subject plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Thomas A. Richardson, Attorney in Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-09-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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