Zouzou
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Zouzou is a 1934 French musical film starring Josephine Baker, notable for being one of the first major French films to feature a Black woman in a leading role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zouzou canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2565212 — 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: Zouzou Context triple: [Josephine Baker, notableWork, Zouzou]
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A.
Zibelle
Zibelle is a village in eastern Germany, historically part of Lusatia, known in this context as the place where physicist Walther Nernst died.
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B.
Doudou
Doudou is a familiar nickname or short form of the French given name Édouard.
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C.
Fifi
Fifi was one of Jane Goodall’s most closely observed wild chimpanzees at Gombe, known for her long-term presence in the study and her role in revealing chimpanzee social and family dynamics.
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D.
Zaza
Zaza is an Iranian ethnic group primarily inhabiting eastern Turkey, known for speaking the Zazaki language and maintaining distinct cultural traditions.
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E.
ZuZu
ZuZu is a lounge-style section within The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its intimate atmosphere, drinks, and live entertainment.
- 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: Zouzou Target entity description: Zouzou is a 1934 French musical film starring Josephine Baker, notable for being one of the first major French films to feature a Black woman in a leading role.
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A.
Zibelle
Zibelle is a village in eastern Germany, historically part of Lusatia, known in this context as the place where physicist Walther Nernst died.
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B.
Doudou
Doudou is a familiar nickname or short form of the French given name Édouard.
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C.
Fifi
Fifi was one of Jane Goodall’s most closely observed wild chimpanzees at Gombe, known for her long-term presence in the study and her role in revealing chimpanzee social and family dynamics.
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D.
Zaza
Zaza is an Iranian ethnic group primarily inhabiting eastern Turkey, known for speaking the Zazaki language and maintaining distinct cultural traditions.
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E.
ZuZu
ZuZu is a lounge-style section within The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its intimate atmosphere, drinks, and live entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
ⓘ
film ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| basedOn | an original screenplay ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Jules Kruger
ⓘ
Roger Hubert ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Coco Chanel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Marc Allégret ⓘ |
| distributor |
Pathé
ⓘ
surface form:
Pathé-Natan
|
| featuresCharacter |
Jean, Zouzou's childhood friend
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Zouzou, an orphaned girl who becomes a music-hall star ⓘ |
| featuresPerformer | Josephine Baker musical numbers ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| genre |
musical film
ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Jean Gabin
ⓘ
Josephine Baker ⓘ Pierre Larquey ⓘ Yvette Lebon ⓘ |
| hasFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Zouzou self-link ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
interracial representation in early 20th-century French cinema
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romantic jealousy ⓘ show business ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Zouzou self-link ⓘ |
| musicBy | Vincent Scotto ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first major French films to feature a Black woman in a leading role
ⓘ
showcasing Josephine Baker as a star of French cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | French pre-war cinema ⓘ |
| producer | André Daven ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Les Films André Daven ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1934-09-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Carlo Rim
ⓘ
Marc Allégret ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| soundFilm | true ⓘ |
| starring |
Jean Gabin
ⓘ
Josephine Baker ⓘ Pierre Larquey ⓘ Yvette Lebon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Zouzou Description of subject: Zouzou is a 1934 French musical film starring Josephine Baker, notable for being one of the first major French films to feature a Black woman in a leading role.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Josephine Baker