Les Mystères du Château de Dé (Man Ray film he commissioned)
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Les Mystères du Château de Dé is a 1929 avant-garde surrealist film by Man Ray, created as an experimental, dreamlike exploration of chance and modernist aesthetics.
All labels observed (1)
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| Les Mystères du Château de Dé (Man Ray film he commissioned) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Mystères du Château de Dé (Man Ray film he commissioned) Context triple: [Charles de Noailles, notableWork, Les Mystères du Château de Dé (Man Ray film he commissioned)]
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film)
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) is a French mystery movie adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic locked-room detective novel, directed by and starring Charles de Rochefort.
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Les Mystères de Paris
Les Mystères de Paris is a French film adaptation of Eugène Sue’s classic 19th-century serialized novel, known for its melodramatic depiction of Parisian underworld life.
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C.
Mystère
Mystère is a long-running, acrobatic and theatrical resident show by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas known for its surreal imagery and high-energy performances.
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D.
The Renoir cinema
The Renoir cinema is an art-house movie theater in London known for showcasing independent, foreign, and classic films.
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E.
The Artist’s Studio on the Rue de la Condamine
The Artist’s Studio on the Rue de la Condamine is a large 1870 group portrait by Frédéric Bazille that depicts his Paris studio and fellow Impressionist painters, offering a vivid snapshot of the emerging Impressionist circle.
- 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: Les Mystères du Château de Dé (Man Ray film he commissioned) Target entity description: Les Mystères du Château de Dé is a 1929 avant-garde surrealist film by Man Ray, created as an experimental, dreamlike exploration of chance and modernist aesthetics.
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A.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film)
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930 film) is a French mystery movie adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic locked-room detective novel, directed by and starring Charles de Rochefort.
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B.
Les Mystères de Paris
Les Mystères de Paris is a French film adaptation of Eugène Sue’s classic 19th-century serialized novel, known for its melodramatic depiction of Parisian underworld life.
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C.
Mystère
Mystère is a long-running, acrobatic and theatrical resident show by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas known for its surreal imagery and high-energy performances.
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D.
The Renoir cinema
The Renoir cinema is an art-house movie theater in London known for showcasing independent, foreign, and classic films.
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E.
The Artist’s Studio on the Rue de la Condamine
The Artist’s Studio on the Rue de la Condamine is a large 1870 group portrait by Frédéric Bazille that depicts his Paris studio and fellow Impressionist painters, offering a vivid snapshot of the emerging Impressionist circle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde film
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experimental film ⓘ film ⓘ surrealist film ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Charles de Noailles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marie-Laure de Noailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Man Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Villa Noailles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modernist villa ⓘ |
| director | Man Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
chance
ⓘ
dreamlike imagery ⓘ games ⓘ modernist aesthetics ⓘ |
| filmFormat | silent ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hyères NERFINISHED ⓘ Villa Noailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBlackAndWhiteVersion | true ⓘ |
| hasCinematographyStyle |
experimental camera angles
ⓘ
visual abstraction ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Man Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
avant-garde
ⓘ
experimental cinema ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| hasPatron |
Charles de Noailles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marie-Laure de Noailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
experimental
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modernist ⓘ surrealist ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | short film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration with patrons Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
integration of architecture and film ⓘ use of chance operations in narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | silent film ⓘ |
| partOfMovement |
French avant-garde cinema
NERFINISHED
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surrealist cinema ⓘ |
| producer |
Charles de Noailles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marie-Laure de Noailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| runtimeApproximate | 27 minutes ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
dice
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geometric architecture ⓘ masks ⓘ |
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