Carl Theodor Dreyer
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Carl Theodor Dreyer was a Danish film director renowned for his austere, spiritually intense cinema and masterpieces such as "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "Ordet."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carl Theodor Dreyer canonical | 3 |
| Carl Th. Dreyer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6043126 — 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: Carl Theodor Dreyer Context triple: [Paul Schrader, influencedBy, Carl Theodor Dreyer]
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A.
F. W. Murnau
F. W. Murnau was a pioneering German film director of the silent era, best known for expressionist and visually innovative classics such as "Nosferatu" and "Sunrise."
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B.
Mauritz Stiller
Mauritz Stiller was a pioneering Swedish film director of the silent era, best known for his influential work in Scandinavian cinema and for discovering actress Greta Garbo.
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C.
Anatol Ludwig Stiller
Anatol Ludwig Stiller is the enigmatic central character of Max Frisch’s novel "Stiller," known for his radical attempt to abandon his former identity and reinvent himself.
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D.
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström was a pioneering Swedish film director and actor, renowned as one of the key figures of early Scandinavian cinema and an influential force in the development of silent film narrative and style.
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E.
Günter Dreyer
Günter Dreyer was a German Egyptologist renowned for his excavations at Abydos and his contributions to the study of Egypt’s earliest dynastic periods.
- 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: Carl Theodor Dreyer Target entity description: Carl Theodor Dreyer was a Danish film director renowned for his austere, spiritually intense cinema and masterpieces such as "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "Ordet."
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A.
F. W. Murnau
F. W. Murnau was a pioneering German film director of the silent era, best known for expressionist and visually innovative classics such as "Nosferatu" and "Sunrise."
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B.
Mauritz Stiller
Mauritz Stiller was a pioneering Swedish film director of the silent era, best known for his influential work in Scandinavian cinema and for discovering actress Greta Garbo.
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C.
Anatol Ludwig Stiller
Anatol Ludwig Stiller is the enigmatic central character of Max Frisch’s novel "Stiller," known for his radical attempt to abandon his former identity and reinvent himself.
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D.
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström was a pioneering Swedish film director and actor, renowned as one of the key figures of early Scandinavian cinema and an influential force in the development of silent film narrative and style.
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E.
Günter Dreyer
Günter Dreyer was a German Egyptologist renowned for his excavations at Abydos and his contributions to the study of Egypt’s earliest dynastic periods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Danish person
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editor ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910s ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1889-02-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Copenhagen
NERFINISHED
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Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Denmark ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1968-03-20 ⓘ |
| familyName | Dreyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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psychological drama ⓘ religious film ⓘ |
| givenName |
Carl
NERFINISHED
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Theodor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
silent film
ⓘ
sound film ⓘ |
| influenced |
Andrei Tarkovsky
NERFINISHED
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Ingmar Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED ⓘ Lars von Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
austere visual style
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innovative use of close-ups ⓘ minimalist mise-en-scène ⓘ spiritually intense themes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Danish ⓘ |
| movement |
art cinema
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silent film ⓘ |
| name | Carl Theodor Dreyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Danish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Day of Wrath
NERFINISHED
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Gertrud NERFINISHED ⓘ Leaves from Satan's Book NERFINISHED ⓘ Master of the House NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ Ordet NERFINISHED ⓘ The Parson's Widow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Passion of Joan of Arc NERFINISHED ⓘ The President NERFINISHED ⓘ Vampyr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film editor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Copenhagen
NERFINISHED
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Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | retrospectives at major film festivals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Carl Theodor Dreyer Description of subject: Carl Theodor Dreyer was a Danish film director renowned for his austere, spiritually intense cinema and masterpieces such as "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "Ordet."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Carl Th. Dreyer