The Cruel Sea
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The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British war film, based on Nicholas Monsarrat’s novel, that portrays the harsh realities of the Battle of the Atlantic through the crew of a Royal Navy corvette.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cruel Sea canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5553309 — 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 Cruel Sea Context triple: [Jack Hawkins, notableWork, The Cruel Sea]
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A.
Cruel Sea
"Cruel Sea" is an episode of the documentary series "Walking with Dinosaurs" that focuses on the life and environment of marine reptiles in the prehistoric oceans.
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B.
Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G
Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G was a Royal Navy cruiser squadron that engaged and helped defeat the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during the early stages of World War II.
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C.
Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea is a landmark 1950s American television documentary series about naval warfare in World War II, renowned for its innovative use of archival footage and its iconic musical score by Richard Rodgers.
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D.
Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches
The Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches was a senior Royal Navy command responsible for directing Allied naval operations and anti-submarine warfare in the strategically vital waters around the western approaches to the British Isles, particularly during the World Wars.
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E.
Admiral of the Red
Admiral of the Red was one of the highest senior ranks in the Royal Navy’s historical color-based admiralty system, signifying a top-tier fleet command position.
- 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 Cruel Sea Target entity description: The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British war film, based on Nicholas Monsarrat’s novel, that portrays the harsh realities of the Battle of the Atlantic through the crew of a Royal Navy corvette.
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A.
Cruel Sea
"Cruel Sea" is an episode of the documentary series "Walking with Dinosaurs" that focuses on the life and environment of marine reptiles in the prehistoric oceans.
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B.
Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G
Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G was a Royal Navy cruiser squadron that engaged and helped defeat the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during the early stages of World War II.
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C.
Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea is a landmark 1950s American television documentary series about naval warfare in World War II, renowned for its innovative use of archival footage and its iconic musical score by Richard Rodgers.
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D.
Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches
The Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches was a senior Royal Navy command responsible for directing Allied naval operations and anti-submarine warfare in the strategically vital waters around the western approaches to the British Isles, particularly during the World Wars.
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E.
Admiral of the Red
Admiral of the Red was one of the highest senior ranks in the Royal Navy’s historical color-based admiralty system, signifying a top-tier fleet command position.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Nicholas Monsarrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Cruel Sea (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Denholm Elliott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald Sinden NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ John Stratton NERFINISHED ⓘ Moira Lister NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia McKenna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gordon Dines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsBranchOfMilitary | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsConflict | Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsVesselType | corvette ⓘ |
| director | Charles Frend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Tanner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | post-war British cinema ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
convoy escort duty ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Commander George Ericson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sub-Lieutenant Keith Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alan Rawsthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
harsh realities of naval warfare
ⓘ
psychological strain on sailors ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of Royal Navy escort crews
ⓘ
realistic depiction of Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Donald Sinden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Leslie Norman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1951 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 126 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eric Ambler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceNovelGenre | naval war novel ⓘ |
| sourceNovelSetting | Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Cruel Sea Description of subject: The Cruel Sea is a 1953 British war film, based on Nicholas Monsarrat’s novel, that portrays the harsh realities of the Battle of the Atlantic through the crew of a Royal Navy corvette.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon