They Fought for Their Country
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They Fought for Their Country is a 1975 Soviet war drama film depicting the harrowing experiences of Red Army soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| They Fought for Their Country canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: They Fought for Their Country Context triple: [Sergei Bondarchuk, notableWork, They Fought for Their Country]
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A.
One of Ours
One of Ours is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1922 novel by Willa Cather that follows a young Nebraskan man's search for purpose culminating in his experiences as a soldier in World War I.
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B.
The Fighting American
The Fighting American is a patriotic comic book superhero created in the 1950s as a satirical response to anti-communist fervor and a counterpart to Captain America.
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C.
Seven Lives for the Country
"Seven Lives for the Country" was a fervent patriotic slogan of the Imperial Japanese Army expressing the ideal of sacrificing oneself repeatedly for the nation and emperor.
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D.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young is a non-fiction book by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway that recounts their firsthand experiences and leadership during one of the first major battles between U.S. forces and the North Vietnamese Army in the Vietnam War.
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E.
Your Country Needs You
"Your Country Needs You" is a famous British World War I recruitment slogan and poster featuring Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer to encourage men to enlist in the army.
- 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: They Fought for Their Country Target entity description: They Fought for Their Country is a 1975 Soviet war drama film depicting the harrowing experiences of Red Army soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
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A.
One of Ours
One of Ours is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 1922 novel by Willa Cather that follows a young Nebraskan man's search for purpose culminating in his experiences as a soldier in World War I.
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B.
The Fighting American
The Fighting American is a patriotic comic book superhero created in the 1950s as a satirical response to anti-communist fervor and a counterpart to Captain America.
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C.
Seven Lives for the Country
"Seven Lives for the Country" was a fervent patriotic slogan of the Imperial Japanese Army expressing the ideal of sacrificing oneself repeatedly for the nation and emperor.
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D.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young is a non-fiction book by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway that recounts their firsthand experiences and leadership during one of the first major battles between U.S. forces and the North Vietnamese Army in the Vietnam War.
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E.
Your Country Needs You
"Your Country Needs You" is a famous British World War I recruitment slogan and poster featuring Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer to encourage men to enlist in the army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Mikhail Sholokhov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | USSR State Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | They Fought for Their Country (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Vadim Yusov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfArmyDepicted | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts | Red Army soldiers ⓘ |
| director | Sergei Bondarchuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Mosfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Valentina Mironova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | 1975 Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Azerbaijan SSR
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moldavian SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ Rostov Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical film
ⓘ
war drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
camaraderie among soldiers
ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ psychological impact of war ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Palme d'Or NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | realistic depiction of front-line life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| portrays | Soviet–German War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Mosfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1959 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1975-07-12 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 157 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Sergei Bondarchuk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valentin Ezhov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInEvent | Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| starring |
Anatoly Kuznetsov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgi Burkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Innokenty Smoktunovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivan Lapikov NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Gubenko NERFINISHED ⓘ Nonna Mordyukova NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Bondarchuk NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasily Shukshin NERFINISHED ⓘ Vyacheslav Tikhonov NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuri Nikulin NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuri Solomin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1975 ⓘ |
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