The Desert of the Tartars
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The Desert of the Tartars is a 1976 Italian-French film adaptation of Dino Buzzati’s novel, renowned for its haunting atmosphere and visual depiction of existential waiting and military futility.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Desert of the Tartars canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13063426 — 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 Desert of the Tartars Context triple: [Giuseppe Rotunno, notableWork, The Desert of the Tartars]
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A.
Prince of Tartary
The Prince of Tartary is a fictional royal character, most famously appearing as the hero Calaf in Giacomo Puccini’s opera "Turandot," where he seeks to win the love of the icy Princess Turandot.
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B.
Burning Steppes
Burning Steppes is a volcanic, war-torn region in World of Warcraft, known for its lava-scarred landscape, high-level enemies, and proximity to major raid dungeons like Blackwing Lair.
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C.
The Black Camel
The Black Camel is a 1931 mystery film in the Charlie Chan series, notable for starring Warner Oland as the famous detective.
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D.
Canyon of the Crescent Moon
The Canyon of the Crescent Moon is the fictional, remote desert canyon in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade that hides the temple housing the Holy Grail.
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E.
Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands is a classic travel memoir by Wilfred Thesiger recounting his arduous mid-20th-century journeys across the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and the vanishing Bedouin way of life.
- 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 Desert of the Tartars Target entity description: The Desert of the Tartars is a 1976 Italian-French film adaptation of Dino Buzzati’s novel, renowned for its haunting atmosphere and visual depiction of existential waiting and military futility.
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A.
Prince of Tartary
The Prince of Tartary is a fictional royal character, most famously appearing as the hero Calaf in Giacomo Puccini’s opera "Turandot," where he seeks to win the love of the icy Princess Turandot.
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B.
Burning Steppes
Burning Steppes is a volcanic, war-torn region in World of Warcraft, known for its lava-scarred landscape, high-level enemies, and proximity to major raid dungeons like Blackwing Lair.
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C.
The Black Camel
The Black Camel is a 1931 mystery film in the Charlie Chan series, notable for starring Warner Oland as the famous detective.
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D.
Canyon of the Crescent Moon
The Canyon of the Crescent Moon is the fictional, remote desert canyon in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade that hides the temple housing the Holy Grail.
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E.
Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands is a classic travel memoir by Wilfred Thesiger recounting his arduous mid-20th-century journeys across the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and the vanishing Bedouin way of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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Italian film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Tartar Steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Il deserto dei Tartari
NERFINISHED
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Le désert des Tartares NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Dino Buzzati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Tartar Steppe
NERFINISHED
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novel by Dino Buzzati ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Luciano Tovoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ennio Morricone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
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Italy ⓘ |
| director | Valerio Zurlini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Gaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditor | Ruggero Mastroianni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Arg-e Bam
NERFINISHED
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Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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war ⓘ |
| hasFilmPoster | The Desert of the Tartars poster ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
absurdity of war
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alienation ⓘ existential waiting ⓘ military futility ⓘ passage of time ⓘ |
| notableFor |
haunting atmosphere
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visual depiction of existential waiting ⓘ visual depiction of military futility ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| producer | Jacques Perrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 140 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
André G. Brunelin
NERFINISHED
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Jean-Louis Bertuccelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerio Zurlini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | remote desert fortress ⓘ |
| starring |
Fernando Rey
NERFINISHED
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Franco Nero NERFINISHED ⓘ Giuliano Gemma NERFINISHED ⓘ Helmut Griem NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques Perrin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Louis Trintignant NERFINISHED ⓘ Max von Sydow NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Noiret NERFINISHED ⓘ Vittorio Gassman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Desert of the Tartars Description of subject: The Desert of the Tartars is a 1976 Italian-French film adaptation of Dino Buzzati’s novel, renowned for its haunting atmosphere and visual depiction of existential waiting and military futility.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.