The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum is a 1975 German film, based on Heinrich Böll’s novel, that critiques tabloid journalism and state power through the story of a young woman whose life is destroyed by a media scandal.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum | 4 |
| The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum canonical | 3 |
| Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum | 1 |
| The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (novel) | 1 |
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Target entity: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Context triple: [Martin Benrath, notableWork, The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum]
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Doctors' Trial
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Doctors' Plot
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The Trial
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Target entity description: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum is a 1975 German film, based on Heinrich Böll’s novel, that critiques tabloid journalism and state power through the story of a young woman whose life is destroyed by a media scandal.
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A.
The Confessions of Felix Krull
The Confessions of Felix Krull is a picaresque novel by Thomas Mann that humorously chronicles the rise of a charming con artist through society by means of deception and role‑playing.
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B.
Doctors' Trial
The Doctors' Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which Nazi physicians and medical administrators were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity, particularly for inhumane medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners.
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C.
Veronika Decides to Die
Veronika Decides to Die is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that follows a young woman’s transformative journey after a failed suicide attempt in a mental institution, exploring themes of madness, freedom, and the meaning of life.
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D.
Doctors' Plot
The Doctors' Plot was a fabricated late-Stalin-era conspiracy accusing predominantly Jewish Kremlin doctors of plotting to kill Soviet leaders, used as a pretext for antisemitic purges and heightened political repression.
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E.
The Trial
The Trial is a seminal 20th-century novel by Franz Kafka that portrays a man’s bewildering and nightmarish entanglement in an opaque, authoritarian legal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Heinrich Böll ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (novel)
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| castMember |
Angela Winkler
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Dieter Laser ⓘ Hannelore Hoger ⓘ Heinz Bennent ⓘ Jürgen Prochnow NERFINISHED ⓘ Karlheinz Vosgerau NERFINISHED ⓘ Mario Adorf ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jost Vacano ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | West Germany ⓘ |
| director |
Margarethe von Trotta
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Volker Schlöndorff ⓘ |
| distributor | Filmverlag der Autoren ⓘ |
| editedBy | Peter Przygodda ⓘ |
| filmSubject |
civil liberties
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media scandal ⓘ state power ⓘ tabloid journalism ⓘ terrorism hysteria ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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political film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gudrun Landgrebe
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surface form:
Katharina Blum
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| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hans Werner Henze ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | West Germany ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptation of Heinrich Böll’s novel
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critique of tabloid journalism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Angela Winkler ⓘ |
| producer | Eberhard Junkersdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Bioskop Film ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1974 ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | premiered at the 1975 Berlin International Film Festival ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 106 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Margarethe von Trotta
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Volker Schlöndorff ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power by authorities
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destruction of a private life by the press ⓘ freedom of the press versus individual rights ⓘ |
| timeSettingContext | Red Army Faction era in West Germany ⓘ |
| titleInGerman |
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
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Subject: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Description of subject: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum is a 1975 German film, based on Heinrich Böll’s novel, that critiques tabloid journalism and state power through the story of a young woman whose life is destroyed by a media scandal.
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