The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks

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comedy film film satirical film silent film

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks is a 1924 Soviet silent comedy film that satirizes American misconceptions about Soviet Russia through the misadventures of a naive U.S. visitor.

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Label	Occurrences
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks canonical	2
Chrezvychainye priklyucheniya mistera Vesta v strane bolshevikov	1
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in Bolshevik Country	1
misadventures of a naive U.S. visitor in Soviet Russia	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2107109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
Context triple: [Lev Kuleshov, notableWork, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks]

A. The Hucksters
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B. Flora the Red Menace
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C. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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D. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
Target entity description: The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks is a 1924 Soviet silent comedy film that satirizes American misconceptions about Soviet Russia through the misadventures of a naive U.S. visitor.

A. The Hucksters
The Hucksters is a 1947 satirical drama film about postwar American advertising, starring Clark Gable and featuring Sydney Greenstreet in a memorable supporting role.
B. Flora the Red Menace
Flora the Red Menace is a 1965 Broadway musical that marked Liza Minnelli’s Tony Award–winning debut, featuring a satirical story about a young fashion designer entangled with communism during the Great Depression.
C. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 fantasy adventure film that blends surreal visuals, dark humor, and imaginative storytelling to depict the exaggerated exploits of the legendary Baron.
D. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
E. Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ silent film ⓘ
aimsTo	counter Western misconceptions about Bolsheviks ⓘ
cinematographer	Aleksandr Levitsky ⓘ
countryOfFirstRelease	Soviet Union ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
depicts	urban life in early Soviet Union ⓘ
director	Lev Kuleshov ⓘ
filmMovement	Soviet montage ⓘ
hasAlternativeLanguageTitle	The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chrezvychainye priklyucheniya mistera Vesta v strane bolshevikov
hasAlternativeTitle	The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks ⓘ surface form: The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in Bolshevik Country
hasFormat	black-and-white ⓘ
hasGenre	comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	early Soviet propaganda comedy ⓘ important work in Lev Kuleshov’s filmography ⓘ
hasIntertitles	Russian intertitles ⓘ
historicalContext	early years of the Soviet Union ⓘ
intendedAudience	Soviet domestic audience ⓘ
isSilent	true ⓘ
mainCharacter	Mr. West ⓘ
mainTheme	American misconceptions about Soviet Russia ⓘ cultural stereotypes ⓘ
medium	feature film ⓘ
narrativeFocus	The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: misadventures of a naive U.S. visitor in Soviet Russia
notableFor	early example of Soviet montage comedy ⓘ use of satire to counter foreign stereotypes about the USSR ⓘ
originalLanguage	Russian ⓘ
portrays	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ surface form: Bolsheviks Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Soviet Russia
producer	Lev Kuleshov ⓘ
productionCompany	Goskino ⓘ
protagonistNationality	American ⓘ
releaseDate	1924-04-26 ⓘ
releaseYear	1924 ⓘ
runtimeApprox	70 minutes ⓘ
satirizes	American anti-Soviet propaganda ⓘ American fears of Bolshevism ⓘ
screenwriter	Lev Kuleshov ⓘ Nina Agadzhanova ⓘ
setInPeriod	early 1920s ⓘ
settingLocation	Moscow ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork	post-Russian Civil War era ⓘ

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Lev Kuleshov → notableWork → The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks ⓘ

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks → narrativeFocus → The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: misadventures of a naive U.S. visitor in Soviet Russia

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks → hasAlternativeLanguageTitle → The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chrezvychainye priklyucheniya mistera Vesta v strane bolshevikov

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks → hasAlternativeTitle → The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in Bolshevik Country

Aleksandra Khokhlova → notableWork → The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks ⓘ

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