A Canterbury Tale
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A Canterbury Tale is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger that blends wartime drama with mystical overtones in a modern reimagining of Chaucer’s pilgrimage to Canterbury.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Canterbury Tale canonical | 4 |
| A Canterbury Tale (1944 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6571064 — 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.
Target entity: A Canterbury Tale Context triple: [Sheila Sim, notableWork, A Canterbury Tale]
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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is a 1995 British romantic comedy film set in World War I–era Wales, following two English cartographers whose measurement of a local hill sparks a village’s determined effort to have it recognized as a mountain.
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The Titfield Thunderbolt
The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British Ealing Studios comedy film about villagers who band together to run their own railway line.
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In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve is a 1942 British war film co-directed by and starring Noël Coward that portrays the crew of a Royal Navy destroyer during World War II.
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The Canterbury Pilgrims
The Canterbury Pilgrims is a choral-orchestral work by British composer George Dyson, inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Canterbury Tales" and known for its vivid character portrayals and rich, late-Romantic musical language.
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The Oyster Eater
The Oyster Eater is a celebrated painting by Belgian artist James Ensor that depicts an intimate interior scene of a woman eating oysters, showcasing his early use of light, color, and bourgeois subject matter.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: A Canterbury Tale Target entity description: A Canterbury Tale is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger that blends wartime drama with mystical overtones in a modern reimagining of Chaucer’s pilgrimage to Canterbury.
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A.
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is a 1995 British romantic comedy film set in World War I–era Wales, following two English cartographers whose measurement of a local hill sparks a village’s determined effort to have it recognized as a mountain.
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B.
The Titfield Thunderbolt
The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British Ealing Studios comedy film about villagers who band together to run their own railway line.
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C.
In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve is a 1942 British war film co-directed by and starring Noël Coward that portrays the crew of a Royal Navy destroyer during World War II.
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D.
The Canterbury Pilgrims
The Canterbury Pilgrims is a choral-orchestral work by British composer George Dyson, inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Canterbury Tales" and known for its vivid character portrayals and rich, late-Romantic musical language.
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E.
The Oyster Eater
The Oyster Eater is a celebrated painting by Belgian artist James Ensor that depicts an intimate interior scene of a woman eating oysters, showcasing his early use of light, color, and bourgeois subject matter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Erwin Hillier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director |
Emeric Pressburger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | John Seabourne Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Canterbury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
mystical drama
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war drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community
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faith ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ wartime Britain ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alison Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergeant Bob Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Colpeper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Allan Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Canterbury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of wartime realism and mystical elements
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modern reimagining of Chaucer’s pilgrimage to Canterbury ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
filmography of Emeric Pressburger
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filmography of Michael Powell ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Dennis Price
NERFINISHED
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Eric Portman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheila Sim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Emeric Pressburger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Archers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1944-08-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 124 minutes ⓘ |
| setDuring | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1940s ⓘ |
| title | A Canterbury Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Emeric Pressburger
NERFINISHED
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Michael Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: A Canterbury Tale Description of subject: A Canterbury Tale is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger that blends wartime drama with mystical overtones in a modern reimagining of Chaucer’s pilgrimage to Canterbury.
Referenced by (5)
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