The Colditz Story
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The Colditz Story is a 1955 British war film dramatizing the real-life escape attempts of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious German fortress-turned-POW camp Colditz Castle during World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Colditz Story canonical | 8 |
| The Colditz Story (book) | 2 |
| Colditz | 1 |
| The Colditz Story (1955 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4869751 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Colditz Story Context triple: [Guy Hamilton, directed, The Colditz Story]
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Colditz
Colditz is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, best known for its historic hilltop castle that served as a high-security prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
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The Great Escape
The Great Escape is a 1963 World War II adventure film about a mass escape from a German POW camp, renowned for its ensemble cast, suspenseful plot, and iconic motorcycle chase sequence.
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story is a 1988 television war drama film that revisits and expands on the true story of Allied POWs’ escape from a German camp during World War II.
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The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed is a bestselling World War II thriller novel by Jack Higgins about a fictional German commando mission to kidnap Winston Churchill in England.
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Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B is a comedic World War II prison-camp parody episode from the British television series Ripping Yarns, created by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
- 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: The Colditz Story Target entity description: The Colditz Story is a 1955 British war film dramatizing the real-life escape attempts of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious German fortress-turned-POW camp Colditz Castle during World War II.
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A.
Colditz
Colditz is a small town in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, best known for its historic hilltop castle that served as a high-security prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
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B.
The Great Escape
The Great Escape is a 1963 World War II adventure film about a mass escape from a German POW camp, renowned for its ensemble cast, suspenseful plot, and iconic motorcycle chase sequence.
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C.
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story is a 1988 television war drama film that revisits and expands on the true story of Allied POWs’ escape from a German camp during World War II.
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D.
The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed is a bestselling World War II thriller novel by Jack Higgins about a fictional German commando mission to kidnap Winston Churchill in England.
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E.
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B is a comedic World War II prison-camp parody episode from the British television series Ripping Yarns, created by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Colditz Story Description of subject: The Colditz Story is a 1955 British war film dramatizing the real-life escape attempts of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious German fortress-turned-POW camp Colditz Castle during World War II.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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