The Legend of the Holy Drinker
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The Legend of the Holy Drinker is a 1988 Italian drama film, directed by Ermanno Olmi and based on Joseph Roth’s novella, about a homeless alcoholic in Paris who is repeatedly given chances at redemption.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Legend of the Holy Drinker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9449600 — 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 Legend of the Holy Drinker Context triple: [Rutger Hauer, notableWork, The Legend of the Holy Drinker]
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A.
The Red Priest
The Red Priest is the famous Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi, renowned for works such as "The Four Seasons."
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B.
Book of Purity
Book of Purity is a section of the Mishneh Torah by Maimonides that systematically codifies Jewish laws concerning ritual purity and impurity.
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C.
The Heathens
The Heathens is the historic nickname of Newton Heath F.C., the football club that later became Manchester United.
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D.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
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E.
Viandar de la Vera
Viandar de la Vera is a small rural municipality in the La Vera comarca of Cáceres province in Extremadura, western Spain, known for its traditional architecture and scenic natural surroundings.
- 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 Legend of the Holy Drinker Target entity description: The Legend of the Holy Drinker is a 1988 Italian drama film, directed by Ermanno Olmi and based on Joseph Roth’s novella, about a homeless alcoholic in Paris who is repeatedly given chances at redemption.
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A.
The Red Priest
The Red Priest is the famous Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi, renowned for works such as "The Four Seasons."
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B.
Book of Purity
Book of Purity is a section of the Mishneh Torah by Maimonides that systematically codifies Jewish laws concerning ritual purity and impurity.
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C.
The Heathens
The Heathens is the historic nickname of Newton Heath F.C., the football club that later became Manchester United.
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D.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
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E.
Viandar de la Vera
Viandar de la Vera is a small rural municipality in the La Vera comarca of Cáceres province in Extremadura, western Spain, known for its traditional architecture and scenic natural surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Joseph Roth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedAt | Venice Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Legend of the Holy Drinker (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Dante Spinotti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Ermanno Olmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Artisti Associati
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orion Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ermanno Olmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFestivalAward | Golden Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| hasMedium | cinema ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistTrait |
alcoholic
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homeless ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
faith
ⓘ
miracles ⓘ moral debt ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Andreas Kartak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Igor Stravinsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
alcoholism
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redemption ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La leggenda del santo bevitore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Italian cinema ⓘ |
| plotElement | repeated chances at redemption ⓘ |
| producer | Ermanno Olmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 127 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ermanno Olmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| sourceWorkLanguage | German ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| starring |
Anthony Quayle
NERFINISHED
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Rutger Hauer NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandro Franchina NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophie Segalen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Legend of the Holy Drinker Description of subject: The Legend of the Holy Drinker is a 1988 Italian drama film, directed by Ermanno Olmi and based on Joseph Roth’s novella, about a homeless alcoholic in Paris who is repeatedly given chances at redemption.
Referenced by (1)
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