The Queen of Spades (1949 film)
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The Queen of Spades (1949 film) is a British gothic horror drama, adapted from Alexander Pushkin’s short story, about an officer obsessed with learning a secret card trick that leads to his downfall.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Queen of Spades (1949 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10027961 — 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 Queen of Spades (1949 film) Context triple: [Desmond Dickinson, workedOn, The Queen of Spades (1949 film)]
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The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades is an opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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opera "The Queen of Spades"
"The Queen of Spades" is a Russian opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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Mayerling (1936 film)
Mayerling (1936 film) is a 1936 French historical romantic drama directed by Anatole Litvak that dramatizes the tragic love affair and deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
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Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades is the tragic young heroine of the opera, torn between love and duty amid a dark tale of obsession and fate.
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E.
Mayerling (1968 film)
Mayerling (1968 film) is a 1968 historical romantic drama about the tragic affair of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera, starring Omar Sharif and Catherine Deneuve.
- 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 Queen of Spades (1949 film) Target entity description: The Queen of Spades (1949 film) is a British gothic horror drama, adapted from Alexander Pushkin’s short story, about an officer obsessed with learning a secret card trick that leads to his downfall.
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A.
The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades is an opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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B.
opera "The Queen of Spades"
"The Queen of Spades" is a Russian opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.
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C.
Mayerling (1936 film)
Mayerling (1936 film) is a 1936 French historical romantic drama directed by Anatole Litvak that dramatizes the tragic love affair and deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
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D.
Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades is the tragic young heroine of the opera, torn between love and duty amid a dark tale of obsession and fate.
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E.
Mayerling (1968 film)
Mayerling (1968 film) is a 1968 historical romantic drama about the tragic affair of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera, starring Omar Sharif and Catherine Deneuve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Russian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Alexander Pushkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Queen of Spades (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Anthony Dawson
NERFINISHED
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Anton Walbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ Aubrey Mather NERFINISHED ⓘ Edith Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivor Barnard NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Jerrold NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Malleson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvonne Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Otto Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Thorold Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Charles Knott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | studio-based production ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
gothic horror ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasTitleCardLanguage | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Anton Walbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Herman Suvorin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | feature film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressionistic cinematography
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gothic atmosphere ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An officer becomes obsessed with learning a secret card trick that promises wealth but leads to his downfall. ⓘ |
| producer | George King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | George King Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | army officer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Arthur Boys
NERFINISHED
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Rodney Ackland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
fate
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greed ⓘ obsession ⓘ supernatural pact ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Queen of Spades (1949 film) Description of subject: The Queen of Spades (1949 film) is a British gothic horror drama, adapted from Alexander Pushkin’s short story, about an officer obsessed with learning a secret card trick that leads to his downfall.
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