Army of Shadows
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Army of Shadows is a 1969 French resistance drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, acclaimed for its stark, realistic portrayal of the French Resistance during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Army of Shadows canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10351891 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Army of Shadows Context triple: [Simone Signoret, notableWork, Army of Shadows]
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A.
A Study of War
A Study of War is Quincy Wright’s landmark scholarly work that systematically analyzes the causes, nature, and prevention of war using historical, legal, and statistical methods.
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B.
Army of the Righteous
Army of the Righteous is an alias for Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organization known for carrying out major terrorist attacks in India.
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C.
War in the Dark
War in the Dark is a supernatural espionage novel by Nick Setchfield that blends Cold War spy thriller elements with occult horror.
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D.
The Siege
The Siege is a 1998 American political thriller film about martial law in New York City following a series of terrorist attacks, starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, and Bruce Willis.
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E.
Die Soldaten
Die Soldaten is a seminal 18th-century German play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz that portrays the moral decay and social consequences of militarism and class oppression.
- 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: Army of Shadows Target entity description: Army of Shadows is a 1969 French resistance drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, acclaimed for its stark, realistic portrayal of the French Resistance during World War II.
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A.
A Study of War
A Study of War is Quincy Wright’s landmark scholarly work that systematically analyzes the causes, nature, and prevention of war using historical, legal, and statistical methods.
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B.
Army of the Righteous
Army of the Righteous is an alias for Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organization known for carrying out major terrorist attacks in India.
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C.
War in the Dark
War in the Dark is a supernatural espionage novel by Nick Setchfield that blends Cold War spy thriller elements with occult horror.
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D.
The Siege
The Siege is a 1998 American political thriller film about martial law in New York City following a series of terrorist attacks, starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, and Bruce Willis.
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E.
Die Soldaten
Die Soldaten is a seminal 18th-century German play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz that portrays the moral decay and social consequences of militarism and class oppression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Joseph Kessel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Army of Shadows (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Christian Barbier
NERFINISHED
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Claude Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Pierre Cassel NERFINISHED ⓘ Lino Ventura NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Meurisse NERFINISHED ⓘ Serge Reggiani NERFINISHED ⓘ Simone Signoret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Jean-François Jardie
NERFINISHED
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Luc Jardie NERFINISHED ⓘ Mathilde NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Gerbier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Pierre Lhomme
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Wottitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Jean-Pierre Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Valoria Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Françoise Bonnot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
resistance film
ⓘ
war drama ⓘ |
| hasReceivedCriticalAcclaim | true ⓘ |
| includedIn | lists of greatest films of all time ⓘ |
| mainSubject | French Resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Éric Demarsan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Occupied France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
austere visual style
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bleak tone ⓘ realistic depiction of the French Resistance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Jean-Pierre Melville filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstRelease | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Gestapo repression
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clandestine resistance networks ⓘ moral ambiguity in wartime ⓘ |
| producer | Jacques Dorfmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Les Films Corona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1969 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1969-09-10 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 145 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jean-Pierre Melville
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Kessel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 1940s ⓘ |
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Subject: Army of Shadows Description of subject: Army of Shadows is a 1969 French resistance drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, acclaimed for its stark, realistic portrayal of the French Resistance during World War II.
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