Funeral in Berlin
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Funeral in Berlin is a 1966 British Cold War spy film starring Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, adapted from Len Deighton’s novel of the same name.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Funeral in Berlin canonical | 5 |
| Funeral in Berlin film | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4916119 — 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: Funeral in Berlin Context triple: [Harry Saltzman, produced, Funeral in Berlin]
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A.
Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral is a 2007 British black comedy film centered on a dysfunctional family gathering for a chaotic and farcical funeral.
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B.
Goodbye to Berlin
Goodbye to Berlin is a semi-autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that portrays the lives of diverse characters in pre-World War II Berlin and later inspired the musical Cabaret.
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C.
Street, Berlin
Street, Berlin is a 1913 oil painting by German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, renowned for its vivid colors and distorted forms depicting the frenetic energy and alienation of modern urban life.
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D.
Westwall
Westwall is the German name for the Siegfried Line, a massive system of defensive fortifications built by Nazi Germany along its western border before and during World War II.
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E.
Deutschland 83
Deutschland 83 is a German Cold War-era television drama series that follows a young East German border guard sent undercover to West Germany as a spy in 1983.
- 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: Funeral in Berlin Target entity description: Funeral in Berlin is a 1966 British Cold War spy film starring Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, adapted from Len Deighton’s novel of the same name.
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A.
Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral is a 2007 British black comedy film centered on a dysfunctional family gathering for a chaotic and farcical funeral.
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B.
Goodbye to Berlin
Goodbye to Berlin is a semi-autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that portrays the lives of diverse characters in pre-World War II Berlin and later inspired the musical Cabaret.
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C.
Street, Berlin
Street, Berlin is a 1913 oil painting by German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, renowned for its vivid colors and distorted forms depicting the frenetic energy and alienation of modern urban life.
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D.
Westwall
Westwall is the German name for the Siegfried Line, a massive system of defensive fortifications built by Nazi Germany along its western border before and during World War II.
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E.
Deutschland 83
Deutschland 83 is a German Cold War-era television drama series that follows a young East German border guard sent undercover to West Germany as a spy in 1983.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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Cold War film ⓘ film ⓘ spy film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Funeral in Berlin (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Len Deighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Funeral in Berlin (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnGenre | spy novel ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Len Deighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Harry Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Harry Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Billion Dollar Brain (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
spy film
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thriller film ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
defection
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espionage ⓘ intelligence services ⓘ |
| leadActor | Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| notableCastMember | Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Harry Palmer film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Ipcress File (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars | Michael Caine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Funeral in Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Funeral in Berlin Description of subject: Funeral in Berlin is a 1966 British Cold War spy film starring Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, adapted from Len Deighton’s novel of the same name.
Referenced by (6)
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this entity surface form:
Funeral in Berlin film