Hour of the Wolf
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Hour of the Wolf is a 1968 Swedish psychological horror film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its surreal exploration of fear, madness, and artistic torment.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hour of the Wolf canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7746451 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hour of the Wolf Context triple: [Sven Nykvist, notableWork, Hour of the Wolf]
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A.
The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House is a 1932 horror-comedy film directed by James Whale, known for its atmospheric blend of macabre humor and suspense and featuring an ensemble cast including Melvyn Douglas, Boris Karloff, and Gloria Stuart.
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B.
Lolly Willowes
Lolly Willowes is a 1926 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that follows an English spinster who escapes her oppressive family life by moving to the countryside and embracing witchcraft as a form of female independence.
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C.
The Company of Wolves
The Company of Wolves is a 1984 dark fantasy horror film directed by Neil Jordan that reimagines Little Red Riding Hood as a surreal, gothic coming-of-age tale involving werewolves and dreamlike folklore.
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D.
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black is a gothic horror story, best known as a novel, stage play, and 2012 film adaptation about a vengeful ghost haunting a remote English village.
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E.
The Spectre Bridegroom
The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
- 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: Hour of the Wolf Target entity description: Hour of the Wolf is a 1968 Swedish psychological horror film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its surreal exploration of fear, madness, and artistic torment.
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A.
The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House is a 1932 horror-comedy film directed by James Whale, known for its atmospheric blend of macabre humor and suspense and featuring an ensemble cast including Melvyn Douglas, Boris Karloff, and Gloria Stuart.
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B.
Lolly Willowes
Lolly Willowes is a 1926 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that follows an English spinster who escapes her oppressive family life by moving to the countryside and embracing witchcraft as a form of female independence.
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C.
The Company of Wolves
The Company of Wolves is a 1984 dark fantasy horror film directed by Neil Jordan that reimagines Little Red Riding Hood as a surreal, gothic coming-of-age tale involving werewolves and dreamlike folklore.
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D.
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black is a gothic horror story, best known as a novel, stage play, and 2012 film adaptation about a vengeful ghost haunting a remote English village.
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E.
The Spectre Bridegroom
The Spectre Bridegroom is a short Gothic-humor tale by Washington Irving about a mysterious, seemingly supernatural bridegroom whose true identity is revealed in a comic twist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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psychological horror film ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | painter ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sven Nykvist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| dialogueLanguage | Swedish ⓘ |
| director | Ingmar Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | AB Svensk Filmindustri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ulla Ryghe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresPsychologyOf | artist ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Fårö NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | black-and-white cinematography ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSurrealElements | true ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | psychological horror cinema ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alma Borg
NERFINISHED
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Johan Borg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Lars Johan Werle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | remote island ⓘ |
| notableFor | surreal exploration of fear and madness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Swedish ⓘ |
| partOf | Ingmar Bergman filmography ⓘ |
| producer | Ingmar Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | AB Svensk Filmindustri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ingmar Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Erland Josephson
NERFINISHED
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Ingrid Thulin NERFINISHED ⓘ Liv Ullmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Max von Sydow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic torment
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fear ⓘ isolation ⓘ madness ⓘ marital relationship ⓘ nightmares ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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