The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
E501599
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and written by Geoff Burton, following an alienated young man adrift in the streets of West Berlin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Prisoner of St. Petersburg canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5195033 — 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 Prisoner of St. Petersburg Context triple: [Geoff Burton, notableWork, The Prisoner of St. Petersburg]
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A.
The End of St. Petersburg
The End of St. Petersburg is a 1927 Soviet silent film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, renowned for its innovative montage techniques and revolutionary political themes.
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B.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
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C.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
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D.
The Forgotten Prisoners
The Forgotten Prisoners is a landmark 1961 article by Peter Benenson that exposed the plight of political prisoners worldwide and led to the founding of Amnesty International.
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E.
A Prisoner
"A Prisoner" is a section of Peter Kropotkin’s autobiographical work "Memoirs of a Revolutionist," recounting his experiences of arrest, confinement, and political persecution.
- 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: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg Target entity description: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and written by Geoff Burton, following an alienated young man adrift in the streets of West Berlin.
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A.
The End of St. Petersburg
The End of St. Petersburg is a 1927 Soviet silent film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, renowned for its innovative montage techniques and revolutionary political themes.
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B.
The Man from St. Petersburg
The Man from St. Petersburg is a historical thriller novel by Ken Follett set on the eve of World War I, involving espionage, political intrigue, and an anarchist plot in Edwardian England.
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C.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
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D.
The Forgotten Prisoners
The Forgotten Prisoners is a landmark 1961 article by Peter Benenson that exposed the plight of political prisoners worldwide and led to the founding of Amnesty International.
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E.
A Prisoner
"A Prisoner" is a section of Peter Kropotkin’s autobiographical work "Memoirs of a Revolutionist," recounting his experiences of arrest, confinement, and political persecution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| director | Ian Pringle ⓘ |
| follows | an alienated young man adrift in the streets of West Berlin ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasWriter | Geoff Burton ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| productionCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Geoff Burton ⓘ |
| settingLocation | West Berlin ⓘ |
| title | The Prisoner of St. Petersburg ⓘ |
| writer | Geoff Burton ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg Description of subject: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and written by Geoff Burton, following an alienated young man adrift in the streets of West Berlin.
Referenced by (2)
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