Hanussen
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Hanussen is a 1988 Austrian-German biographical drama film about the clairvoyant performer Erik Jan Hanussen, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hanussen canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9519367 — 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: Hanussen Context triple: [Klaus Maria Brandauer, notableWork, Hanussen]
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A.
Friedrich Jeckeln
Friedrich Jeckeln was a high-ranking Nazi SS and police leader responsible for organizing and overseeing some of the largest mass shootings of Jews and civilians on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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B.
Julius Schreck
Julius Schreck was an early member of the Nazi Party and the first commander of Adolf Hitler’s SS bodyguard unit, playing a key role in the formation of the Schutzstaffel.
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C.
Günther
Günther is a German masculine given name traditionally associated with figures of Germanic origin and culture.
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D.
Günther
Günther is the zoologist who first formally described the impressed tortoise species Manouria impressa.
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E.
Hermann Blankenstein
Hermann Blankenstein was a prominent 19th-century German architect best known for designing numerous public buildings in Berlin, particularly schools and administrative structures.
- 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: Hanussen Target entity description: Hanussen is a 1988 Austrian-German biographical drama film about the clairvoyant performer Erik Jan Hanussen, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer.
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A.
Friedrich Jeckeln
Friedrich Jeckeln was a high-ranking Nazi SS and police leader responsible for organizing and overseeing some of the largest mass shootings of Jews and civilians on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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B.
Julius Schreck
Julius Schreck was an early member of the Nazi Party and the first commander of Adolf Hitler’s SS bodyguard unit, playing a key role in the formation of the Schutzstaffel.
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C.
Günther
Günther is the zoologist who first formally described the impressed tortoise species Manouria impressa.
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D.
Günther
Günther is a German masculine given name traditionally associated with figures of Germanic origin and culture.
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E.
Hermann Blankenstein
Hermann Blankenstein was a prominent 19th-century German architect best known for designing numerous public buildings in Berlin, particularly schools and administrative structures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (submission for Hungary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Erik Jan Hanussen ⓘ |
| characterIn | Erik Jan Hanussen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lajos Koltai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Austria
ⓘ
West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | István Szabó NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Filmverlag der Autoren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Mária Czigány NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFestivalSelection | 1988 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fate and destiny
ⓘ
political manipulation ⓘ propaganda ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Erik Jan Hanussen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | László Vidovszky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fictionalized biography ⓘ |
| occupation |
clairvoyant performer
ⓘ
mentalist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | István Szabó’s historical trilogy with Klaus Maria Brandauer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Klaus Maria Brandauer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
clairvoyance
ⓘ
rise of Nazism ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Colonel Redl
NERFINISHED
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Mephisto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
András Hámori
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hanno Huth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Hansa Film
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Objektív Filmstudio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 117 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Gyula Hernádi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
István Szabó NERFINISHED ⓘ Klaus Maria Brandauer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| starring |
Erland Josephson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
György Cserhalmi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ildikó Bánsági NERFINISHED ⓘ Klaus Maria Brandauer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Erik Jan Hanussen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Hanussen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hanussen Description of subject: Hanussen is a 1988 Austrian-German biographical drama film about the clairvoyant performer Erik Jan Hanussen, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.