A Foreign Affair
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A Foreign Affair is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, best known for featuring Marlene Dietrich as a glamorous cabaret singer in postwar Berlin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Foreign Affair canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4452930 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Foreign Affair Context triple: [Marlene Dietrich, notableWork, A Foreign Affair]
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A.
Foreign Affair
"Foreign Affair" is a 1989 studio album by Tina Turner that features a blend of pop and rock, including the hit single "The Best."
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B.
The Foreigner
The Foreigner is a 2017 action thriller film starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan, centered on a grieving father's quest for justice after his daughter is killed in a terrorist attack.
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C.
The Counselor
The Counselor is a 2013 crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy, following a lawyer who becomes entangled in a dangerous drug-trafficking scheme.
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D.
Love Affair
Love Affair is a classic 1939 romantic drama film about two strangers who fall in love on an ocean liner and agree to reunite later, a story so enduring it inspired the famous remake An Affair to Remember.
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E.
Hollywood Rose
Hollywood Rose was an early 1980s Los Angeles hard rock band that served as a precursor to and featured future members of Guns N' Roses.
- 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: A Foreign Affair Target entity description: A Foreign Affair is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, best known for featuring Marlene Dietrich as a glamorous cabaret singer in postwar Berlin.
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A.
Foreign Affair
"Foreign Affair" is a 1989 studio album by Tina Turner that features a blend of pop and rock, including the hit single "The Best."
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B.
The Foreigner
The Foreigner is a 2017 action thriller film starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan, centered on a grieving father's quest for justice after his daughter is killed in a terrorist attack.
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C.
The Counselor
The Counselor is a 2013 crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy, following a lawyer who becomes entangled in a dangerous drug-trafficking scheme.
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D.
Love Affair
Love Affair is a classic 1939 romantic drama film about two strangers who fall in love on an ocean liner and agree to reunite later, a story so enduring it inspired the famous remake An Affair to Remember.
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E.
Hollywood Rose
Hollywood Rose was an early 1980s Los Angeles hard rock band that served as a precursor to and featured future members of Guns N' Roses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Frederick G. Beck
NERFINISHED
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Hanns Heinz Ewers NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lund NERFINISHED ⓘ Marlene Dietrich NERFINISHED ⓘ Millard Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter von Zerneck NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Prager NERFINISHED ⓘ William Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Charles Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Friedrich Hollaender NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Billy Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Doane Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Captain John Pringle
NERFINISHED
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Erika von Schlütow NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoebe Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Paramount Studios, Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
romantic comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Foreign Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | postwar Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | American sector of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of postwar Berlin cabaret scene
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performance of Marlene Dietrich ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
American occupation of Germany
NERFINISHED
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romance between American officer and German singer ⓘ |
| producer | Charles Brackett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtime | 116 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Billy Wilder
NERFINISHED
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Charles Brackett NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard L. Breen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| starredRole | Marlene Dietrich as a glamorous cabaret singer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Foreign Affair Description of subject: A Foreign Affair is a 1948 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, best known for featuring Marlene Dietrich as a glamorous cabaret singer in postwar Berlin.
Referenced by (7)
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