1956 Soviet film "Mother" directed by Mark Donskoy
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The 1956 Soviet film "Mother," directed by Mark Donskoy, is a classic socialist realist adaptation of Maxim Gorky's novel, depicting a working-class woman's political awakening during the Russian revolutionary movement.
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| 1956 Soviet film "Mother" directed by Mark Donskoy canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1956 Soviet film "Mother" directed by Mark Donskoy Context triple: [Mother, notableAdaptation, 1956 Soviet film "Mother" directed by Mark Donskoy]
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A.
Mother (1926 film)
Mother (1926 film) is a seminal Soviet silent drama directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, renowned for its innovative use of montage and its powerful depiction of revolutionary struggle.
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B.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980 film)
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears is a Soviet romantic drama film released in 1980 that follows the lives of three women in Moscow over two decades, and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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C.
Ivan's Childhood (1962 film)
Ivan's Childhood is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky that follows a young boy working as a scout on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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D.
documentary film "Love, Antosha"
"Love, Antosha" is a documentary film that explores the life, career, and personal struggles of actor Anton Yelchin through archival footage and interviews with those who knew him.
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E.
White Sun of the Desert (1970 film)
White Sun of the Desert (1970 film) is a classic Soviet adventure-comedy set in Central Asia during the Russian Civil War, renowned for its blend of action, humor, and iconic status in Russian popular culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1956 Soviet film "Mother" directed by Mark Donskoy Target entity description: The 1956 Soviet film "Mother," directed by Mark Donskoy, is a classic socialist realist adaptation of Maxim Gorky's novel, depicting a working-class woman's political awakening during the Russian revolutionary movement.
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A.
Mother (1926 film)
Mother (1926 film) is a seminal Soviet silent drama directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, renowned for its innovative use of montage and its powerful depiction of revolutionary struggle.
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B.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980 film)
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears is a Soviet romantic drama film released in 1980 that follows the lives of three women in Moscow over two decades, and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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C.
Ivan's Childhood (1962 film)
Ivan's Childhood is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky that follows a young boy working as a scout on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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D.
documentary film "Love, Antosha"
"Love, Antosha" is a documentary film that explores the life, career, and personal struggles of actor Anton Yelchin through archival footage and interviews with those who knew him.
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E.
White Sun of the Desert (1970 film)
White Sun of the Desert (1970 film) is a classic Soviet adventure-comedy set in Central Asia during the Russian Civil War, renowned for its blend of action, humor, and iconic status in Russian popular culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Maxim Gorky’s novel "Mother" ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork |
Maksim Gorky
ⓘ
surface form:
Maxim Gorky
|
| basedOn | Mother (novel) ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | mother–son relationship ⓘ |
| cinematicTradition | Soviet revolutionary drama ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts |
Russian working class
ⓘ
Tsarist repression ⓘ revolutionary activism ⓘ |
| director | Mark Donskoy ⓘ |
| directorOfPhotography | Aleksei Temerin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | earlier 1926 film adaptation "Mother" ⓘ |
| genre |
political drama
ⓘ
socialist realist film ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Tsarist Russia ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova ⓘ |
| musicBy | Lev Shvarts ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | working-class woman’s political awakening ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | sympathetic to revolutionaries ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of a woman’s politicization in a revolutionary context ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet cinema
ⓘ
adaptations of Maxim Gorky’s works ⓘ |
| portrays |
Pavel Vlasov as a revolutionary
ⓘ
Pelageya Nilovna’s transformation into a revolutionary sympathizer ⓘ Tsarist police persecution ⓘ factory workers’ protests ⓘ illegal revolutionary circles ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Gorky Film Studio ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | working-class mother ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 104 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Mark Donskoy
ⓘ
Tamara Motyleva ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Russian revolutionary movement ⓘ |
| sonCharacter | Pavel Vlasov ⓘ |
| style |
realist
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socialist realism ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
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oppression and resistance ⓘ political awakening ⓘ revolutionary consciousness ⓘ |
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