The Spy in Black (1939 film)
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The Spy in Black is a 1939 British World War I espionage thriller film starring Conrad Veidt as a German U-boat commander involved in a spy plot off the coast of Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Spy in Black (1939 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9184438 — 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)
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Target entity: The Spy in Black (1939 film) Context triple: [Denham Film Studios, producedWork, The Spy in Black (1939 film)]
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A.
The Secret Agent (1936 film)
The Secret Agent is a 1936 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on W. Somerset Maugham’s Ashenden stories and starring John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, and Madeleine Carroll.
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B.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) is an early British suspense thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, centered on an ordinary couple who accidentally uncover an assassination plot while on holiday.
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C.
The Black Cat (1941 film)
The Black Cat (1941 film) is a 1941 American horror-comedy movie loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s story, featuring a mix of mystery, dark humor, and spooky atmosphere.
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D.
Suspicion (1941 film)
Suspicion (1941 film) is a 1941 psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine, about a woman who comes to fear that her charming husband may be plotting to kill her.
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E.
The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
- 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 Spy in Black (1939 film) Target entity description: The Spy in Black is a 1939 British World War I espionage thriller film starring Conrad Veidt as a German U-boat commander involved in a spy plot off the coast of Scotland.
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A.
The Secret Agent (1936 film)
The Secret Agent is a 1936 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on W. Somerset Maugham’s Ashenden stories and starring John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, and Madeleine Carroll.
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B.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) is an early British suspense thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, centered on an ordinary couple who accidentally uncover an assassination plot while on holiday.
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C.
The Black Cat (1941 film)
The Black Cat (1941 film) is a 1941 American horror-comedy movie loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s story, featuring a mix of mystery, dark humor, and spooky atmosphere.
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D.
Suspicion (1941 film)
Suspicion (1941 film) is a 1941 psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine, about a woman who comes to fear that her charming husband may be plotting to kill her.
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E.
The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
espionage film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | U-Boat 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAsInUnitedStates | U-Boat 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artDirector | Vincent Korda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Spy in Black (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | J. Storer Clouston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characterPlayedByConradVeidt | Captain Hardt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Bernard Browne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesigner | Marcel Vertès NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Michael Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Charles Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme | naval warfare ⓘ |
| featuresVehicle | U-boat ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Denham Film Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
spy
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thriller ⓘ war ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | German U-boat commander ⓘ |
| musicBy | Miklós Rózsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | German espionage plot against British fleet ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Orkney Islands
NERFINISHED
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | first collaboration between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfCareerMilestoneFor | Michael Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Alexander Korda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | London Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource | 1917 ⓘ |
| releaseDateInUnitedKingdom | 1939-08-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 82 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Emeric Pressburger
NERFINISHED
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Roland Pertwee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Conrad Veidt
NERFINISHED
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Grant Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ Marius Goring NERFINISHED ⓘ Sebastian Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerie Hobson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProduction | pre-World War II era ⓘ |
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Subject: The Spy in Black (1939 film) Description of subject: The Spy in Black is a 1939 British World War I espionage thriller film starring Conrad Veidt as a German U-boat commander involved in a spy plot off the coast of Scotland.
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