The Colditz Story
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The Colditz Story is a 1955 British war film dramatizing the real-life escape attempts of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious German fortress-turned-POW camp Colditz Castle during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Colditz Story canonical | 7 |
| Colditz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4869751 — 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: The Colditz Story Context triple: [Guy Hamilton, directed, The Colditz Story]
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A.
Colditz
Colditz is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, best known for its historic hilltop castle that served as a high-security prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
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The Great Escape
The Great Escape is a 1963 World War II adventure film about a mass escape from a German POW camp, renowned for its ensemble cast, suspenseful plot, and iconic motorcycle chase sequence.
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story is a 1988 television war drama film that revisits and expands on the true story of Allied POWs’ escape from a German camp during World War II.
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D.
The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed is a bestselling World War II thriller novel by Jack Higgins about a fictional German commando mission to kidnap Winston Churchill in England.
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E.
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B is a comedic World War II prison-camp parody episode from the British television series Ripping Yarns, created by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
- 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: The Colditz Story Target entity description: The Colditz Story is a 1955 British war film dramatizing the real-life escape attempts of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious German fortress-turned-POW camp Colditz Castle during World War II.
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A.
Colditz
Colditz is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, best known for its historic hilltop castle that served as a high-security prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
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B.
The Great Escape
The Great Escape is a 1963 World War II adventure film about a mass escape from a German POW camp, renowned for its ensemble cast, suspenseful plot, and iconic motorcycle chase sequence.
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C.
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story is a 1988 television war drama film that revisits and expands on the true story of Allied POWs’ escape from a German camp during World War II.
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D.
The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed is a bestselling World War II thriller novel by Jack Higgins about a fictional German commando mission to kidnap Winston Churchill in England.
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E.
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B is a comedic World War II prison-camp parody episode from the British television series Ripping Yarns, created by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British war film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Colditz Story (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Pat Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gerald Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Allied prisoners of war
ⓘ
escape attempts from POW camp ⓘ |
| director | Guy Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Rank Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | post-war British cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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prisoner-of-war film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | PG ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Allied forces in WWII
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military imprisonment ⓘ prison escape ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Francis Chagrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | planning and execution of POW escapes ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of Colditz Castle escapes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter | Pat Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysFacility | POW camp ⓘ |
| portraysOrganization |
British Army
NERFINISHED
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German military ⓘ |
| producer | Ivan Foxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ivan Foxwell Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource |
1952
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1953 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Guy Hamilton
NERFINISHED
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Ivan Foxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Colditz Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Anton Diffring
NERFINISHED
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Bryan Forbes NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Portman NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Valk NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Jeffries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Colditz Story Description of subject: The Colditz Story is a 1955 British war film dramatizing the real-life escape attempts of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious German fortress-turned-POW camp Colditz Castle during World War II.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Colditz