The Desert Fox (1951 film)
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The Desert Fox (1951 film) is a 1951 biographical war drama portraying German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s World War II career and moral conflict under the Nazi regime.
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| The Desert Fox (1951 film) canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Desert Fox (1951 film) Context triple: [Leigh Harline, workedOn, The Desert Fox (1951 film)]
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Desert Fox
Desert Fox is the famous wartime nickname of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, renowned for his tactical brilliance in North Africa during World War II.
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B.
The Last Command (1955 film)
The Last Command is a 1955 American Western film dramatizing the life and final stand of Alamo commander Jim Bowie, starring Sterling Hayden.
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C.
Duel in the Desert
Duel in the Desert is the longstanding college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State University Sun Devils.
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D.
Stagecoach (1966 film)
Stagecoach (1966 film) is a color Western remake of John Ford’s 1939 classic, featuring an ensemble cast and retelling the story of diverse passengers traveling by stagecoach through dangerous territory.
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E.
Rats of Tobruk
The Rats of Tobruk were the Allied soldiers, largely Australian, who defiantly held the Libyan port of Tobruk against Axis forces during a prolonged World War II siege.
- 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: The Desert Fox (1951 film) Target entity description: The Desert Fox (1951 film) is a 1951 biographical war drama portraying German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s World War II career and moral conflict under the Nazi regime.
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A.
Desert Fox
Desert Fox is the famous wartime nickname of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, renowned for his tactical brilliance in North Africa during World War II.
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B.
The Last Command (1955 film)
The Last Command is a 1955 American Western film dramatizing the life and final stand of Alamo commander Jim Bowie, starring Sterling Hayden.
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C.
Duel in the Desert
Duel in the Desert is the longstanding college football rivalry game between the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Arizona State University Sun Devils.
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D.
Stagecoach (1966 film)
Stagecoach (1966 film) is a color Western remake of John Ford’s 1939 classic, featuring an ensemble cast and retelling the story of diverse passengers traveling by stagecoach through dangerous territory.
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E.
Rats of Tobruk
The Rats of Tobruk were the Allied soldiers, largely Australian, who defiantly held the Libyan port of Tobruk against Axis forces during a prolonged World War II siege.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical war film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Rommel: The Desert Fox
NERFINISHED
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biography by Desmond Young ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Norbert Brodine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depictsCountry |
Nazi Germany
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Henry Hathaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | James B. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Adolf Hitler
NERFINISHED
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Dr. Karl Strölin NERFINISHED ⓘ Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucie Rommel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
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drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Erwin Rommel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Daniele Amfitheatrof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
postwar re-evaluation of German military leaders
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sympathetic portrayal of Erwin Rommel ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
20 July plot
NERFINISHED
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Erwin Rommel NERFINISHED ⓘ German military operations in North Africa ⓘ North African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ moral conflict under Nazi regime ⓘ |
| portraysActorAs |
Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. Karl Strölin
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James Mason as Erwin Rommel ⓘ Jessica Tandy as Lucie Rommel NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo G. Carroll as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt NERFINISHED ⓘ Luther Adler as Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1951-10-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 88 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Cedric Hardwicke
NERFINISHED
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Everett Sloane NERFINISHED ⓘ George Macready NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Tandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo G. Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ Luther Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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