Lease of Life
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Lease of Life is a 1954 British drama film about a village vicar facing a terminal illness, produced by Ealing Studios and starring Robert Donat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lease of Life canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778674 — 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: Lease of Life Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, Lease of Life]
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A.
Escape to Life
Escape to Life is a 1939 nonfiction book by Erika Mann that portrays the lives, struggles, and cultural contributions of German exiles who fled Nazi persecution.
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B.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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C.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
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E.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, sung by the character Lucy as she dreams of escaping her troubled existence and starting over.
- 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: Lease of Life Target entity description: Lease of Life is a 1954 British drama film about a village vicar facing a terminal illness, produced by Ealing Studios and starring Robert Donat.
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A.
Escape to Life
Escape to Life is a 1939 nonfiction book by Erika Mann that portrays the lives, struggles, and cultural contributions of German exiles who fled Nazi persecution.
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B.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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C.
This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
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E.
A New Life
"A New Life" is a powerful solo ballad from the musical Jekyll & Hyde, sung by the character Lucy as she dreams of escaping her troubled existence and starting over.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| aspectOf | British cinema of the 1950s ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematography | Otto Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colourProcess | Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Charles Frend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Rank Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Seth Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | feature film ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasTerminalIllnessPlot | true ⓘ |
| hasVicarProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Reverend William Thorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Addison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of Robert Donat's final film roles ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A village vicar learns he has a terminal illness and reevaluates his life and duties. ⓘ |
| producedIn | 1950s ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1954-09-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Eric Ambler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Adrienne Corri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denholm Elliott NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoffrey Keen NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Donat NERFINISHED ⓘ Vida Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfrid Hyde-White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
duty
ⓘ
faith ⓘ family relationships ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lease of Life Description of subject: Lease of Life is a 1954 British drama film about a village vicar facing a terminal illness, produced by Ealing Studios and starring Robert Donat.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon