The Virgin Spring
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The Virgin Spring is a 1960 Swedish medieval drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its stark exploration of faith, guilt, and revenge and for winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Virgin Spring canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7746455 — 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: The Virgin Spring Context triple: [Sven Nykvist, notableWork, The Virgin Spring]
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A.
Viridiana
Viridiana is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its controversial critique of religion and bourgeois morality.
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B.
Red Faun
Red Faun is an ancient Roman statue of a reclining satyr, renowned for its vivid reddish marble and housed in Rome’s Capitoline Museums.
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C.
Orpheus Descending
Orpheus Descending is a 1957 play by Tennessee Williams that reimagines the Orpheus myth in the American South, exploring themes of desire, repression, and social intolerance.
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D.
Cries and Whispers
Cries and Whispers is a 1972 Swedish psychological drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its intense exploration of mortality, suffering, and sisterly relationships, as well as its striking use of color and close-ups.
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E.
Liliom
Liliom is a 1909 play by Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár about a troubled carousel barker whose tragic life and afterlife explore themes of love, redemption, and human frailty.
- 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: The Virgin Spring Target entity description: The Virgin Spring is a 1960 Swedish medieval drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its stark exploration of faith, guilt, and revenge and for winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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A.
Viridiana
Viridiana is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its controversial critique of religion and bourgeois morality.
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B.
Red Faun
Red Faun is an ancient Roman statue of a reclining satyr, renowned for its vivid reddish marble and housed in Rome’s Capitoline Museums.
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C.
Orpheus Descending
Orpheus Descending is a 1957 play by Tennessee Williams that reimagines the Orpheus myth in the American South, exploring themes of desire, repression, and social intolerance.
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D.
Cries and Whispers
Cries and Whispers is a 1972 Swedish psychological drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its intense exploration of mortality, suffering, and sisterly relationships, as well as its striking use of color and close-ups.
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E.
Liliom
Liliom is a 1909 play by Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár about a troubled carousel barker whose tragic life and afterlife explore themes of love, redemption, and human frailty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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medieval film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| basedOn | medieval Swedish ballad Töres döttrar i Wänge ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sven Nykvist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Ingmar Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Svensk Filmindustri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Oscar Rosander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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historical drama ⓘ medieval drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ingeri
NERFINISHED
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Karin NERFINISHED ⓘ Töre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPosterArt | original Swedish theatrical poster ⓘ |
| influenced | The Last House on the Left NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Erik Nordgren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
parents’ quest for vengeance
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rape and murder of a young girl ⓘ |
| notableFor | stark exploration of faith, guilt, and revenge ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Swedish ⓘ |
| partOf | Ingmar Bergman filmography ⓘ |
| producer | Ingmar Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Svensk Filmindustri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 89 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ulla Isaksson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | medieval Sweden ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural Sweden ⓘ |
| starring |
Axel Düberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Birgitta Pettersson NERFINISHED ⓘ Birgitta Valberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Gunnel Lindblom NERFINISHED ⓘ Max von Sydow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
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guilt ⓘ paganism versus Christianity ⓘ religion ⓘ revenge ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Virgin Spring Description of subject: The Virgin Spring is a 1960 Swedish medieval drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its stark exploration of faith, guilt, and revenge and for winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.