Esther and the King
E467031
Esther and the King is a 1960 biblical epic film dramatizing the Old Testament story of Queen Esther and her efforts to save the Jewish people in ancient Persia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Esther and the King canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4763643 — 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: Esther and the King Context triple: [Raoul Walsh, notableWork, Esther and the King]
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A.
Esther
Esther is a central character in Paulo Coelho’s novel *The Zahir*, portrayed as the missing wife whose disappearance drives the narrator’s obsessive spiritual and emotional quest.
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B.
Esther
Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that tells the story of a Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia and courageously saves her people from annihilation.
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C.
Megillat Esther
Megillat Esther is the biblical Book of Esther, a scroll read in synagogues that narrates the salvation of the Jews in Persia and forms the scriptural basis for the Jewish festival of Purim.
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D.
Additions to Esther
Additions to Esther is a set of Greek expansions to the biblical Book of Esther, found in the Septuagint and considered deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.
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E.
Queen of Persia
Queen of Persia is the royal consort of the Persian king, historically associated with figures such as Cassandane, wife of Cyrus the Great in the Achaemenid Empire.
- 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: Esther and the King Target entity description: Esther and the King is a 1960 biblical epic film dramatizing the Old Testament story of Queen Esther and her efforts to save the Jewish people in ancient Persia.
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A.
Esther
Esther is a central character in Paulo Coelho’s novel *The Zahir*, portrayed as the missing wife whose disappearance drives the narrator’s obsessive spiritual and emotional quest.
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B.
Esther
Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that tells the story of a Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia and courageously saves her people from annihilation.
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C.
Megillat Esther
Megillat Esther is the biblical Book of Esther, a scroll read in synagogues that narrates the salvation of the Jews in Persia and forms the scriptural basis for the Jewish festival of Purim.
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D.
Additions to Esther
Additions to Esther is a set of Greek expansions to the biblical Book of Esther, found in the Septuagint and considered deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.
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E.
Queen of Persia
Queen of Persia is the royal consort of the Persian king, historically associated with figures such as Cassandane, wife of Cyrus the Great in the Achaemenid Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical epic film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Book of Esther
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Mario Bava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Color ⓘ |
| composer | Franz Waxman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Italy
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Jewish people in exile
ⓘ
royal court of Persia ⓘ |
| director |
Mario Bava
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raoul Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Leo H. Shreve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical epic
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Esther NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Esther
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Haman NERFINISHED ⓘ King Ahasuerus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mordecai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | ancient Persia ⓘ |
| portrays |
attempted extermination of the Jews in Persia
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story of Queen Esther ⓘ |
| producer | Raoul Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ennio De Concini
NERFINISHED
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Michael Elkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Raoul Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Persia
NERFINISHED
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Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Denis O'Dea
NERFINISHED
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Gabriele Tinti NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Renato Baldini NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ Rik Battaglia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergio Fantoni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
courage
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persecution of Jews ⓘ religious faith ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Esther and the King Description of subject: Esther and the King is a 1960 biblical epic film dramatizing the Old Testament story of Queen Esther and her efforts to save the Jewish people in ancient Persia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Raoul Walsh