The Impossible Voyage
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The Impossible Voyage is a 1904 French silent fantasy film directed by Georges Méliès, renowned for its pioneering special effects and imaginative depiction of a fantastical journey.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Impossible Voyage canonical | 3 |
| Le Voyage à travers l’impossible | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2633211 — 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 Impossible Voyage Context triple: [Star Film Company, notableWork, The Impossible Voyage]
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A.
The Voyage
"The Voyage" is an essay by Washington Irving that reflects on the emotions and experiences of transatlantic travel, serving as the opening piece in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*
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B.
The Ship of Adventure
The Ship of Adventure is a children's adventure novel by Enid Blyton in her Adventure Series, featuring the recurring group of children embroiled in a mystery aboard a ship.
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C.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 silent drama film, one of the earliest Hollywood movies shot in Technicolor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
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D.
The Sea of Adventure
"The Sea of Adventure" is a children's adventure novel by Enid Blyton in which a group of young friends become embroiled in a mystery involving remote islands, secret installations, and dangerous criminals.
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E.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
- 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 Impossible Voyage Target entity description: The Impossible Voyage is a 1904 French silent fantasy film directed by Georges Méliès, renowned for its pioneering special effects and imaginative depiction of a fantastical journey.
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A.
The Voyage
"The Voyage" is an essay by Washington Irving that reflects on the emotions and experiences of transatlantic travel, serving as the opening piece in his collection *The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.*
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B.
The Ship of Adventure
The Ship of Adventure is a children's adventure novel by Enid Blyton in her Adventure Series, featuring the recurring group of children embroiled in a mystery aboard a ship.
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C.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea is a 1922 silent drama film, one of the earliest Hollywood movies shot in Technicolor, featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
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D.
The Sea of Adventure
"The Sea of Adventure" is a children's adventure novel by Enid Blyton in which a group of young friends become embroiled in a mystery involving remote islands, secret installations, and dangerous criminals.
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E.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fantasy film
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film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | play by Jules Verne and Adolphe d'Ennery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Georges Méliès ⓘ |
| distributor | Star Film Company ⓘ |
| era |
early cinema
ⓘ
silent era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | silent ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Star Film Company catalogue ⓘ |
| followsWork | A Trip to the Moon ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasDirectorRole | Georges Méliès as engineer character ⓘ |
| hasIntertitles | French intertitles ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
airship
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automobile ⓘ mountain observatory ⓘ submarine ⓘ Sun ⓘ
surface form:
the Sun
train ⓘ |
| hasSpecialEffectsBy | Georges Méliès ⓘ |
| hasStarFilmCatalogueNumber | 641–659 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
exploration
ⓘ
fantastical travel ⓘ scientific adventure ⓘ |
| influenced |
fantasy adventure films
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later science fiction cinema ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| notableFor |
imaginative depiction of a fantastical journey
ⓘ
pioneering special effects ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Star Film Company ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 20 ⓘ |
| stars |
Fernande Albany
ⓘ
Georges Méliès ⓘ Henri Delannoy ⓘ Jeanne d’Alcy ⓘ
surface form:
Jehanne d'Alcy
May de Lavergne ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
miniature models
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multiple exposures ⓘ pyrotechnics ⓘ stage machinery ⓘ substitution splices ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Georges Méliès ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Impossible Voyage Description of subject: The Impossible Voyage is a 1904 French silent fantasy film directed by Georges Méliès, renowned for its pioneering special effects and imaginative depiction of a fantastical journey.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Le Voyage à travers l’impossible