Ilsa Lund

E49486

fictional character film character protagonist

Ilsa Lund is the enigmatic former lover of Rick Blaine and the central female protagonist in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca," portrayed by Ingrid Bergman.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ilsa Lund canonical	11
Ilsa	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T379705 — 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: Ilsa Lund
Context triple: [Casablanca, character, Ilsa Lund]

A. Malena Ernman
Malena Ernman is a Swedish opera singer and environmental activist known both for her acclaimed mezzo-soprano career and as the mother of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
B. Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican-born Hollywood actress best known as the first on-screen "Bond girl" in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale.
C. Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse was an American dancer and actress renowned for her dazzling, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
D. Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth was a celebrated American film actress and dancer of Hollywood’s Golden Age, famed for her glamorous screen presence and iconic roles in 1940s musicals and dramas.
E. Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake was a popular American film actress of the 1940s, famed for her roles in film noir and her iconic peek-a-boo hairstyle.
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: Ilsa Lund
Target entity description: Ilsa Lund is the enigmatic former lover of Rick Blaine and the central female protagonist in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca," portrayed by Ingrid Bergman.

A. Malena Ernman
Malena Ernman is a Swedish opera singer and environmental activist known both for her acclaimed mezzo-soprano career and as the mother of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
B. Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican-born Hollywood actress best known as the first on-screen "Bond girl" in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale.
C. Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse was an American dancer and actress renowned for her dazzling, technically precise performances in classic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.
D. Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth was a celebrated American film actress and dancer of Hollywood’s Golden Age, famed for her glamorous screen presence and iconic roles in 1940s musicals and dramas.
E. Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake was a popular American film actress of the 1940s, famed for her roles in film noir and her iconic peek-a-boo hairstyle.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ
appearsIn	Casablanca ⓘ
associatedWith	La Marseillaise scene in Casablanca ⓘ airport farewell scene in Casablanca ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	duty versus desire ⓘ lost love ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
basedOn	character from the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's ⓘ
countryOfWorkOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Howard Koch ⓘ Julius J. Epstein ⓘ Philip G. Epstein ⓘ
culturalImpact	iconic romantic heroine in classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ
familyName	Lund ⓘ
fictionalStatus	alive at end of film ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Casablanca universe ⓘ
filmDirectorOfWork	Michael Curtiz ⓘ
filmGenreContext	romantic drama ⓘ war film ⓘ
filmStudioOfWork	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
firstAppearance	Casablanca ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1942 ⓘ
fullName	Ilsa Lund self-link ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
givenName	Ilsa Lund self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ilsa
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
narrativeRole	central female protagonist ⓘ love interest of Rick Blaine ⓘ wife of resistance leader Victor Laszlo ⓘ
nationality	Norwegian ⓘ
notableQuoteContext	involved in the line "Here's looking at you, kid" ⓘ involved in the line "We'll always have Paris" ⓘ
occupation	resistance sympathizer ⓘ
portrayedBy	Ingrid Bergman ⓘ
portrayedInMedium	feature film ⓘ
romanticPartner	Rick Blaine ⓘ
screenTimeContext	one of the two main leads of Casablanca ⓘ
setDuring	World War II ⓘ
setIn	Casablanca ⓘ
setInCountry	French Morocco ⓘ
spouse	Victor Laszlo ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	early 1940s ⓘ
workReleaseYear	1942 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Casablanca → character → Ilsa Lund ⓘ

Victor Laszlo → spouse → Ilsa Lund ⓘ

Ilsa Lund → fullName → Ilsa Lund self-link ⓘ

Ilsa Lund → givenName → Ilsa Lund self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ilsa

Everybody Comes to Rick's → hasCharacter → Ilsa Lund ⓘ

Rick Blaine → romanticallyInvolvedWith → Ilsa Lund ⓘ

Rick Blaine → helpsCharacter → Ilsa Lund ⓘ

As Time Goes By → associatedWithCharacter → Ilsa Lund ⓘ

Rick's Café Américain → frequentedByCharacter → Ilsa Lund ⓘ

Carl → associatedWithCharacter → Ilsa Lund ⓘ

Here's looking at you, kid. → spokenToCharacter → Ilsa Lund ⓘ

subject surface form: "Here's looking at you, kid."

Here's looking at you, kid. → associatedWithCharacter → Ilsa Lund ⓘ