Spies
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Spies is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its intricate plotting, innovative visual style, and influence on the spy genre.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spies canonical | 5 |
| Spione | 2 |
| Spione (1928 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1989571 — 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.
Target entity: Spies Context triple: [Fritz Lang, notableWork, Spies]
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A.
Spies
Spies is a German-origin surname most notably associated with August Spies, a prominent 19th-century anarchist and labor activist involved in the Haymarket affair.
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B.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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C.
SPY
SPY is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, a widely traded fund that tracks the performance of the S&P 500 stock market index.
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D.
American Spy
"American Spy" is a memoir by former CIA officer and Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, recounting his clandestine operations and career in U.S. intelligence.
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E.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Spies Target entity description: Spies is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its intricate plotting, innovative visual style, and influence on the spy genre.
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A.
Spies
Spies is a German-origin surname most notably associated with August Spies, a prominent 19th-century anarchist and labor activist involved in the Haymarket affair.
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B.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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C.
SPY
SPY is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, a widely traded fund that tracks the performance of the S&P 500 stock market index.
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D.
American Spy
"American Spy" is a memoir by former CIA officer and Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, recounting his clandestine operations and career in U.S. intelligence.
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E.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German film
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espionage film ⓘ film ⓘ silent film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| artDirector |
Erich Kettelhut
NERFINISHED
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Karl Vollbrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto Hunte ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Thea von Harbou ⓘ |
| character |
Agent 326
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Haghi ⓘ Sonja Baranilkowa ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Fritz Arno Wagner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| director | Fritz Lang ⓘ |
| distributor | UFA ⓘ |
| filmmakingInnovation |
complex cross-cutting
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multi-layered narrative structure ⓘ use of miniatures and models ⓘ |
| filmMovement |
German Expressionist cinema
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surface form:
German Expressionism
|
| followsWork | Metropolis ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
espionage
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silent film ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
double agents
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international espionage ⓘ surveillance ⓘ technological modernity ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alfred Hitchcock spy thrillers
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James Bond (film) ⓘ
surface form:
James Bond film series
spy film genre ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| musicBy | Willy Schmidt-Gentner ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative visual style
ⓘ
intricate plotting ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Spies
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Spione
|
| productionCompany |
Fritz Lang
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surface form:
Fritz Lang-Film
|
| productionEra | Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1928-03-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 145 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Thea von Harbou ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Fritz Rasp
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Gerda Maurus ⓘ Lupu Pick ⓘ Rudolf Klein-Rogge ⓘ Willy Fritsch ⓘ |
| title | Spies self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Spies Description of subject: Spies is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller film directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its intricate plotting, innovative visual style, and influence on the spy genre.
Referenced by (8)
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